I've been talking to one of my old Arkfall members who owns his own server, and its been doing very well. It has grown to about 30 people a night during the weekends. Some of his members are also very successful mod developers. He has a 40 slot Ark server and a 30 slot Teamspeak server. He also has the #1 highest rated mod collections of any server to date. If we merge with his server I will be part owner, and will be upgrading his Ark server from 40 to 70 slots and his Teamspeak server from 30 to 100 slots. The rules on his server are a little more open, but I'll get into that below.

PROS
-More Active Players
-More Active Admins (Like Me)
-Active Teamspeak
-Helpful Members
-Faster Server Updates
-Changes to .ini file don't require a server shutdown
-Mods can be updated while the server is on (max 10min downtime)
-Active Mod Developers play on the server
-Server has its own custom made mods
-Less Rules
-More Server Events
-Keeps the no Killing Passive Dinos Rule
-Keeps the no Collateral Damage Rule
-No Hacking/Griefing/Exploiting
-Starter Kit Item
-Community Voting
-No Torch Mod

CONS
-No Offline Raid Protection
-No Dino Trade In Program (Because Tame 10x)
-No Referral Program
-No Asset Replacement Program (Because Gather 20x)
-Bye Bye Siege Arena

The main .ini file changes are (Tame 10x/Exp 10x/Gather 20x)

Join his Ark Server Here: http://www.gametracker.com/server_info/104.238.154.159:21050/
Join his Teamspeak Here: ts49.gameservers.com:9138

My friend is fine with a server wipe, so everyone from my server and his server have a chance to find their base spot. The other option is we can join his server, and he and I will drop base building mats for the CraveArk members to build a full base. The other option would be to not merge, and stay on CraveArk. We have a long way to go in terms of growing a pop, but I'm working on making videos to promote the server now that I got shadowplay working. However don't expect magic to happen overnight. We are moving to Gameservers as a host before Nov.1. After that I will give the server another 2 months to increase in pop, but if it doesn't I will most likely give up to do other things with my time.

Take some time to think about it, and reply here with a yes or a no.