Old member checking in. I'm also the founder of Espero and current President of Espero, with divisions on three servers. I also spent a year as an admin on Minetown. Regarding Gackt's claim on the Vegas War, there were never any battles between us, nor did they defeat Espero. We embellished Valor's military with volunteer soldiers at the Battle of Vegas. Espero's fall on Minetown can be attributed to poor management. Every summer I must leave Minecraft for two or three months because I work at a summer camp in real life with limited internet access. Espero had an election and named Reggief the Mayor of Espero City during my leave, effectively a substitute Governor as he was in control of the capital city. Recruitment and interest faded under this regime and Espero's numbers dwindled from 70 to 20. Nowadays we don't have much interest in a new focus on Minetown. The atmosphere is not quite what we are looking for, although we are always present. We try to remain a major diplomatic power in the Millenium Alliance, and we still value our diplomatic ties to the Espero-Frost Alliance, our old ties to the Oktavon (Minetown's first factional alliance), and our close friendship with Valor. There are rumors that the Espero Ministry of Intelligence has maintained an invisible presence, too. <object class="emojione" data="https://resources.enjin.com/1489581540/themes/core/images/emojione/svg/1f609.svg?0" type="image/svg+xml" standby=";)">;)</object> Any questions, hit it - I joined November 2010.