Wonder why you are being so stubborn about resetting the server. You obviously made a mistake, people profitted from what you could call bug abusing, others are behind because they come in 15 minutes later. This will discourage them to start, as they find they don't have a fair chance catching up to the rest.
Besides that, it's impossible to login for most (or all, website shows people are online though), another thing discouraging people. Doesn't start off well imo.