Hmm... I've had a couple of mini-events, I must say that I've always enjoyed them, especially because they came at the most random moments.

Just made me cry in a fit of Missing Zeus the player...

My whole take on this all, if you are stressed with Rp and see it all go downhil, take a break, Rp somewhere else. (If you primarily play on the surface, try a Drow or something similiar or vice versa).

When I couldn't take some of the stuff on the surface anymore did I log on with my Drow and... instantly found the mood to RP again, even with my other character, just by being instantly invited to the Drow party and them commenting how they missed me.

I don't think of myself of a overly good Rper, perhaps a bit sub par, at best medium. But that made me feel so welcome and gave me the will to carry on again.

So many opinions have been expressed, so many things been said, good, bad, hurting, comforting and everything in between.

Amia is not doomed or something similiar, it will change and people need to accept that. Of course will everyone try to cling to what they have and what they like, but the players will go eventually and then you need to do something else, find something else to have fun with.

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