why should people create a 8.0 - server? There are less features, less stability, less performance, (xml??), less sprites and less monsters. Totally useless. 8.5 is the new tibia and people wants to play that and not a outdated tibia.
In parts its right, people are downloading the server, changing some configuration and but it online. But even in a real map there's a lot of work.. (tracking the new 8.5 cities and other small island took me about 20 hours..)