Many people (including me) have phases where they lose interest in JJ2 then come back into it. I've been in a phase where I'm not so interested right now. Usually people who announce leaving with sentimental tones come back at some point, due to the emotional attachment. Those who truly leave tend to do so silently.

The public servers may be full of awful players, but organised games (i.e camel duels) and JDC are way above their league.