I have to agree with this. I like to travel from bending server to bending server to gain a new experience and become a better firebender, but half of these servers are different than what they were, say a couple years ago with Orion's plugin.
A lot of servers rely on people donating for other elements (Multibenders are bullshit, that's my take on it. I'm not trying to insult a single server owner or multibender, but I'm just opposed against it. The server I play on gains money without having multibenders, and it's quite a pleasurable experience), while others can have a horrible community. Years back, I could expect some honorable opponents, some people I could make friends with, even if we're opposed in the arena. Now, I try to fight in the arena, and I get either spammed with avatarstate, addons, or both. In a way, the bending plugin did die. The old way of having fun, making friends, and joking around has ended, practically vanished. And while Orion's plugin was far from perfect compared to what we have now, I'd much rather experience Orion's Plugin with the old community than have this with the present day community.
As a side note, I'm not a hypocrite if you ever find me on a server with multiple elements. Infact, if you find me on a server with multiple elements, it means that I take it practically as a joke, nothing too serious.