Hey, bro. Don't worry about the amount of players. As a Chinese player, I can tell you that there are so many new players joining in Pokemmo every day if you could stay awake to have a look in the early morning : ) This is a global game for all the pokemon lovers, isn't that?
I think all we need to do is to keep a good game environment continuously and wait sinnoh's coming peacefully : )
It seems that u r a liittle bit pessimistic. Cheer up, my foreign friend!