IGN, gamespot and MMORPG both had the news about 2.0 and them starting to charge. Of course when the "we are charging before 2.0" was up, the comments were all saying stuff like "people still play that game" or "i guess they just lost those 3 people who are still playing" ...ect.

every time something negative hits any big game site about this game, its just more fodder for outsiders to dislike it more, or for people who didnt know about it to get a nasty first impression. This isnt about the small playerbase they have now, its about the future and the outsiders who will play it (they wont run this game with 30k~ players for very long)