Alright so before I start, I know this suggestion isn't gonna get 100% positivity, and even though I know that I am fine with still posting this suggestion.
TF is dying. We've got a huge admin to OP ratio now, just in the last month we got over 5 reinstated/new admins and we barely hit 8 players on even a US night now. This is the lowest it has ever been, and it is honestly not going to better unless we try and do something major to turn it. No small temporary things like plugins. Major things, one of them which is to make TF cracked again.
We can't list the server on websites if we're cracked
At this point does this even matter? The listings have been up for a year now with little effect. The only listing that worked was the one made a month ago on PlanetMinecraft, where the server boomed with players. Then we had an even higher increase as fionn started off the weedhouse, and then after that things dipped.
It creates a heavier job for admins
Although going cracked will definitely make a heavier job for admins, the admins in the past managed to handle these situations. Because of the amount of admins we already have, if the player count was to boom, then I'm sure there will be admins available to handle this.
Plot world is gonna get messed up
We can give players 1 month (yes, a whole month) or longer to create schematics of their plots. If this isn't possible, we could find other solutions. However, the Plot world is currently not used as much and if it is, it's only by a few players. Giving players a whole month and setting a reminder to go off everyday will make sure that they can save their plots.
If we are able to keep the plots, that's even better.
Everything on TF right now is made to support Premium
This is why in the above point I mentioned 1 month of time for people to save schematics. We could use this whole month of time (or longer) to prepare for the movement of Premium to Cracked once again.
Conclusion
Going cracked will help TF a lot, in my opinion. We can open our playerbase up once again to so many more players, who cannot afford Minecraft. For some it's only a 'measly 20 dollars' but for others its expensive. Going cracked again will help us to expand our playerbase. We won't get all those cracked players back instantly.
Thanks for reading.