The other thing Blade Lakem touched on, but seemed to dismiss, is the fact that people settle down when you can play the game, City of Heroes, Uru, the game that is the reason the community is there. There is no Uru to play, so people have to find something to do. Debating issues( sometimes a bit heatedly) on the forums is something to do. Blade seems to think we should all be doing something else \”productive\”. My question – \”who says\”? That\’s so silly. You can\’t make people do what they don\’t want to do.

I actually think the community, for what it\’s worth, is in pretty good shape. I\’ve seen worse. When Uru comes back, people will have something else to talk about.

On why people don\’t walk away, even though so many people have – that\’s interesting. I see people leaving without saying they are leaving, all the time. There\’s a very active thread on Uru Obsession of ex Uru people happily playing Guild Wars. That\’s one example. I think other people stay because Uru keeps coming back. So, you get all ready to leave, you are done, goodbye, and then the thing returns.

I do think this is the last time for Uru – really. It\’s a different Uru, the Uru with fan content, with no new Cyan content, the Uru with more realistic expectations on what Cyan can do. It\’s a different Uru, more an experiment than anything else. We\’ll see what happens.