My turn to say my opinion - agree or don't, here it is:

You're saying that players you've spoken to have explained why they "stopped playing." What you're not taking into account, is the people that have come to SMP since you've all decided it was too "stale" and the people who stayed since before you left. Sure things like a delisting of warps, and cleaning up the economy a little might be in order -- but completely disintegrating everything your current SMP regulars love about it, is just cruel and inconsiderate. By doing this you're saying that only the people who have stopped caring about/loving SMP matter, and those who are loyal do not.

But in case this was not specific enough let us go further into detail. No point system could replace the ease that the market creates, especially in periods when there's new updates to Minecraft overall and we're left without naturally spawning new items that we want to try/use. It also helps create a more build-friendly style of SMP, which is why the regulars stay. Removing all the worlds - especially while so many of us are mid-big builds with each other, is beyond insulting and rude. And the argument that building is for creative, is completely invalid. Building where the blocks are constantly accessible without any form of survival playing (either by trying to make money in market, or legitimately going out to mine the blocks) is more stale to me than what some people feel the SMP server has become. This market and block collecting system builds a sense of community with all the players working together to achieve their goals of the time. So honestly creative does not replace this style of playing, not by a long shot. The PVP world you attempted to implement has had little to no success, and I bet you can't imagine why? Because we - the people who remain loyal to SMP are loyal because of how it is NOW. We don't like/need to try and get the best armor and kill each other - or have people kill us while we're trying to enjoy the game. You are proposing fundamental changes to what makes Opticraft this amazing community we all love and enjoy, without even really being involved with it much anymore. You've lost touch with how much we all love and enjoy the server, and I think these changes will ensure the end of Opticraft.

Accepted, use /region addmember Bauernhof (playername)  to add people to the region.

Congratulations to this month’s Top Voters! As you know the rewards for top voter of each month is a shiny green title for a month and donation money amounts of $10 for 3rd, $20 for 2nd, and $30 for 1st.

Please PM on the forums with your reward requests and I will happily send them your way! Thank you to all of the Top Voters and everyone else who voted for Opticraft.

First($30): Roza
Second($20): Gavin1928374655
Third ($10): lipperdie

Congratulations to this month’s Top Voters! As you know the rewards for top voter of each month is a shiny green title for a month and in game money amounts of $10 for 3rd, $20 for 2nd, and $30 for 1st.
Please PM on the forums with your reward requests and I will happily send them your way! Thank you to all of the Top Voters and everyone else who voted for Opticraft.
First($30): Roza
Second($20): NIR_BundyRum
Third ($10): Lando_V

Congratulations to this month’s Top Voters! As you know the rewards for top voter of each month is a shiny green title for a month and in game money amounts of $10 for 3rd, $20 for 2nd, and $30 for 1st.

Please PM on the forums with your reward requests and I will happily send them your way! Thank you to all of the Top Voters and everyone else who voted for Opticraft.

First($30): devara
Second($20): ak_tag
Third ($10): Lando_V

There may be a slight delay in the pardon, I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

I think it would be fair to mention the the original:
http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/cishssoii-candyland-race-track/

There's a sign at the start of the race track with cishssoii's name on it -- and at no point did I say it was mine.