I've been noticing a huge lull in my home mud this last week or two, but also, TMS ratings seem to be down this week. I'm putting it down to spring break, but just wondering if anyone else has noticed such things, and if so, for what reason?

MUDS ARE DYING! OMG!

Kidding. We have these posts every once in a while, because populations are cyclical. My own games were in a lull for a bit, but now they're jumping again. What causes it depends largely on the time of year, the composition of your normal playerbase and the regularity of community activity and publicity about your game (reminding players you're still there for them).