POTW have had at least 2 members pass, while over time about 50-60 players have come and gone as squad members. If you research financial studies, one of the biggest problems with millenials as consumers is they want everything for free. Some give them the credit with leading the movement to cut the cord from cable and it's fees, while some point to the millenials and their lack of disposable income since 2008 creating the era of FTP, pay to win, bait and switch games. AH wanting money for a full time subscription is hard to take for some of them once the word Free is associated to AH at Steam. To them, that's an unsustainable demand in a reality that sustainability is one of their most important ideals.
I don't think nuget cares about this game or playing it, he has a captive audience in our forums which is far more important to him. Hitech provides an excellent soap box while exercising the patience of Methuselah to look at ideas no matter how dead the horse has been beaten. I hope over the years he has received his bribe as Christmas presents from his fans for this.
By the way, it almost looks like when the field you are at is captured, you are moved to the next field in your country with the highest amount of activity.