The reason for this change is because of the curve of activity from both members and staff. Without a decent chunk of them being active, it's just becoming harder and harder to get something like member. It's the same reason why Gmod has a five +1 requirement, the lower population just merely calls for the lower requirement. We can't really just say, "Hey, you play in RPG surf, easier to get into xG." Because we don't have requirements for each server, but each division.