I've talked to a lot of players about what they are going to miss the most. How most players said 'MinerWare', 'Tower Defense', 'Duels' or 'Among Slimes', one person (I won't mention their name) made me shed a tear with their answer. Reason for that is because I understand and relate to their pain. I'll try to quote it as much as possible since it was in a call and not in english:
"I'll miss my friends the most. Most of my friends I met online, with CubeCraft being our only reason we stayed in touch. The anger this update caused with them made them decide to quit. CubeCraft didn't only remove some of their best games, but also some of their best players, and a big part of their community. I get the decision, but it saddens me knowing I probably won't return, as my friends won't be online anyways."
The pain caused by many is not only because their favourite games are gone, but because everything they experienced and built up from their youth is removed. Some of my favourite games (e.g. Battle Zone, Archer Assault, Competitive Parkour) are dead games and the decision to remove them was very obvious. By removing some of the really popular games as well, even games I barely/never played (e.g. Tower Defense, MinerWare (both mentioned above), Quake Craft, Slime Survival, Line Dash), you can bet all your money on it that this community will never grow back to the size of 1k players ever again.
Some cuts were understandable, but too radical. By setting up a goal but removing the path towards that goal you might as well say it's a dream that will never come through.
Sincerely,
An ex-CubeCraft player in 5 hours