Hell no. The problem doesn't lie in the fact that creative is underused, it comes from the fact that Minerealm creative is miles behind every other creative server out there.
I hate to say this, but Creative is way too far behind the best creative servers out there, it should take more inspiration from them.
Creative, in general, is best use to express ones creativity. This cant be done effectively because of a few things. Ill list them here.
- 1. Multiworlds: Fantastic idea in general, but works against itself. When its about expressing creativity, keeping builds in a private world just works against itself; why not just build on single player? Whats the difference?
2. Natural worlds: Ive gone on about this before, minerealm is the only server i know that does NOT have natural worlds. Regardless of the impact on the server, natural worlds are a MUST HAVE.
3. Plugins: Minerealm has a very lite version of World Edit, the lack of brushes makes it next to useless. If the server is going to use any outside plugins, it should have the best of the best, and world edit is up there for building, but Voxel Sniper is the best for terraforming
The ultimate creative server is one where everyone works TOGETHER to build amazing things, not one that is segmented by worlds and realms, this is the ultimate triumph, and the ultimate downfall of Minerealm as a whole. Its an annoying paradox.
All i can suggest for creative is a total rewrite. A single, large, natural world in which people can make claims. People could be promoted to use the higher functions of the world edit plugin and veteran players would be trusted to make choices for the world. When the world is full of amazing builds, it is wiped and put up for download.
Another idea is to have a guest area, with application builds. I understand that this could lower the amount of people being active on the server, but could turn it into a prestigious and well known server, similar to those like the Voxel Box, which is a server i would aspire to be like.
I don't know what direction Minerealm creative wants to go in, but shutting down is the wrong one.
There are a few choices, and they include becoming a more prestigious, hard-to-get-into server. At the moment, its a very friend-friendly server, where friends can come together and 'plan' their builds for survival. There is very little appeal for outside players.
I say a natural world is better than multiworlds, and terraforming plugins on top of that are amazing.
Again, its up to Intelli to decide where Creative goes, but i think creative is very appealing to outside players, but Minerealm creative isn't. Its difficult to use, and relatively stupid, not meaning any offence.
If it is to stay, it needs change, otherwise its useless.
I hope you make the right choice Intelli
TLDR; Tough luck. Read it.
Long live Minerealm Creative!