Really? What were the prominent communities? If any were hosted in late 2013 I can probably understand why I wasn't around to play on them. That was the time period when I was moderating for some of those quality-questionable servers; joining another military rp server and increasing its player count was seen as one of the biggest sins one could commit, especially if you were on staff. In hindsight, I should've gotten over my dedication to the game mode and left those servers sooner. I honestly spent way too much time in that type of kitty-server-fight environment that I'd now expect between poorly run, mediocre DarkRp servers.
But hey, I was younger, and I learned my lesson.
Adding on to the previous question, can you talk (or type, I guess) about what it was like back in 2011?