I wish I didn't have to agree, but I suppose I do. I've often thought that the best chance for building a new community out of the old one would be to eliminate all but a couple of muds. But no one wants to volunteer their own to be ditched, of course... perhaps even more now than before, since most of the "I wanna be a god" muds are gone. I'm certainly not willing with DarkScapes, for instance. I know from experience that if it goes down, my mudding time will drop exponentially due to lack of interest. And even if we were left with two good muds, can you *imagine* the trouble the players would cause with each other, after all the history everyone has with someone? ;)

And even more, I strongly suspect that the reinterest of late has been a fluke and is on the downswing already, although I don't know if it'll fall as far into neglect as it was for a while. At least for some time. I miss the muds the way they used to be, but I'm not able to truly believe it'll ever be the way it was. *sigh*

Such a cheery discussion.. :)