My two cents...
HoG: Let's compromise. Have a Top 5, then have a link to the top 20 as "Honorable Mentions"...(as spayed said, rank 20 is ABI, and he does not even play...)
Nerfed workers: I think Emi is trying to make us decide between dedicating our segs to workers, or to our planet... will be interesting to see who chooses which : )
PvP updates: Cool! I just hope we can actually make a profit from PvP now instead of a consistent loss... Because that would be really neat.
Emi: The reason that there are so few players in this game now is because the game is totally unfair, and unbalanced. There are still exploits, and abuses that players use to gain an advantage over other players.
In order to retain players, you don't need to change the HoG to accompany a higher quantity of players, you need to get rid of multi-accounting. Before galaxy updates, having more than one account was not significantly beneficial. However, now, with galaxy updates, it totally is. It creates a totally unbalanced game when a player can use an alt to make money for themselves, pass money, multi attack, etc...
I know you say that a few of these are "against the rules" or not allowed, but Emi, be honest with me... when was someone last banned from this game for cheating!??!!?
I don't think there have been many; and I don't blame you, as with so few active players, banning even one could be a detriment to YOUR financial livelihood.
I believe, without a doubt, that if you only allow ONE account PER IP (STRICT exceptions for family members. If you need an example I will happily provide one), you will restore the balance in this game and bring back once again, the magnificence that was once Space Odyssey.
---Wes