I can relate back about 5-4 years playing factions on this particular server, I loved it. The name was scavengercraft. It's now shut down, I played that server nearly everyday. I knew a lot of the staff before they got staff. Even though I've been playing IJAH for 1-2 years I've never really went onto factions, But a couple weeks ago I went on it and I absolutely loved it, Now It's the server I live on. I use to play creative and survival games, But now I'm always on factions.
I agree, creative has always been the big thing but personally I love hardcore factions just as much.