I counted up the number of people in the Races page and added them together. The total number of players represented on the Races page is 3,588 (by my last count, which was a few minutes ago).
According to that little ticker up there ^^, there are 4,073 active members. Somewhere there are 485 people not accounted for on the Races page.
“After death you must wait 3 weeks before being able to rejoin as a playing character
- 3.2/ What happens to you? ”
I assume "Active Member" is someone who logs in at least once a week. Considering the respawn timer after death is 3 weeks, that means that within the past 3 weeks 485 died (or are waiting).
Seems like a pretty high fatality rate for a game without combat.
And if they are waiting for approval, why are they on the "active members" tally? They aren't members until after approval.