Souced,
PVP is what drives this game.
I really don't see why anyone would play this game other then for PVP.
UO is a game for nostalgia. Anyone who stays in Trammel their whole UO time will eventually get bored in a few months and move on to the games with better graphics. (Yes, including you).
There is the exceptional loser who stay in Trammel for years on end... (Phelon).
j/k
There are a lot of other games out there with FAR better graphics and player bases.
PVP is saving UO because no other game has PVP like UO.
Hell, why do you think the 3 servers that have the most players are all Pre-AoS?
Then you have Demise as the most populated post AoS server.
Then it drops off. Any post Aos server not called Demise has less then 100 players average. While 3 Pre AoS servers have double or triple Demises' population.
Also, you don't have to watch their videos. Or even read their threads.....