I just wanna say, if we say the mod is dying and post on the forum to tell it or repeat it in game, people will think the mod is dying and it'll make a bad publicity preventing new players from joining as they think anyway people are stopping playing, and won't want to join afterwards.. Also, it can discourage players already advanced from investing (as even if skill is very important, it is a grind game that require some investment), or influence them for quitting themselves...
I don't think the mod is dying, there are a lot of gamers, passionate and/or devoted ones such as I who don't want it to end, who find the idea awesome and have lots of plans for the future. We've seen quite a few drops of players before, especially at the end of semesters, and players did come back after.