Right now I'm playing on a high pop EU BC classic realm. If you think that's a gotcha, enjoy. I have played WoW since 2009 and seen the lot of it when it comes to full servers, dead servers, RP servers, full and dead private realms and dead classic servers too. I know it sucks to play on a dead realm. It doesn't take some great feat of imagination for anyone to realise that. I've given my opinion on the RDF and also recognized yours. I don't know why you want to harp on whether I play on dead realm right now or whether I used to. In fact I wrote earlier that I got a free transfer to high pop realms for all my classic (not played since vanilla classic) chars so you already know I don't play on a dead realm as of today. Do you think I would change my mind if I played on the deadest of dead BC classic realms right now? I've played on about 20 different servers over the years, everyone knows it sucks.
It is especially weird that you want to go on about this oddly specific point when I recognized that RDF has its merits and solves some problems. I don't think it's a piece of trash system or unwarranted in retail. I've made my mind up by considering both points of view and choosing a position, fully aware that not everyone will agree or weight those points equally. We are, you know, just in disagreement.