As the faction leader of IC| I'll give you my two cents.
I have basically no time to game anymore, RL has got me busy most days of the week and I get fairly little downtime from work.
I'm moving to retire after IC| disbands for good. I rejected further applicants because I do not wish to lead my dying faction anymore, as I've spent 12 years playing Freelancer and I feel like I could use a break; and that I lack a sufficient HC in order to pass on command, so I felt it was best to disband at this point.
Our RP story to get back into Rheinland basically stalled for a couple different reasons but theres not much that can change that now.
Although I do enjoy the occasional RP encounter or doing trading, I've lost much of my passion towards Disco, motivation to try to convince others to be active themselves, etc.
Go ahead and say what you want, I really dont care