i have not yet seen jitspoe rid the game of annoying sounds (though you can yourself) honestly i think alot of people are shunned away by that....hence another possible reason the community isn't growing. (not to mention the graphics aren't up to the standards of todays game play.)
I have seen the hi-res textures...make it a bit diffrent...slightly better. i have seen alot of eurofolk trying to help grow the community over on there side. yeah.