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Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar
As a moderator with a primary interest in book discussions, I have a rather different slant on this question. I watched the start of WW games with curiosity, even joined one to try it out, and found it to be extremely time-consuming. With that in mind, I watched with concern as the Books and other forums became neglected because the WW games involved so many members who suddenly had less time for posting there. I know not all members who play WW were active elsewhere, some even joined just to play, but a lot of previously excellent posters were too busy for discussion threads. So, if WW games slow down, perhaps there will be more of those again?
That said, real life is definitely a concern for many of us, whether we concentrate on discussion, mirth, RPing, or WW. Like numerous others, I find myself busier elsewhere now than I was back when I first joined and spent hours reading and writing posts. Change is a major Tolkien theme, so why are we surprised when it involves us Tolkien fans?!  |
These are very good things to mention. Also the Book one. The games like WW are relaxation, though sometimes one gets hooked and... well, the Downs are not entirely about this, are they? One could visit a special WWing (or Mafia, for that matter) forum. Or with less fantasy play a... Counterstrike or whatever they play these days (for me it used to be Aliens versus Predator).
There is something like a natural flow of things. There is time with more WW, there is time with less WW. The Preacher could say: "There is time for WWing, and there is time to stop WWing". But it's always that someone gets used to something and it's hard to leave that habit, and it seems strange when there are suddenly less players or less games. But look - now suddenly, there appeared people like sally, Nerwen, or The Might and they seem to enjoy the game (of course let's wait what they say on the afterthread). So who knows what the future of WW is. Whether it will or will not be played in the future, and in what scale, is still, for the most part, not in our powers. It depends on the interest of every person who is at this forum and even on the interest of every person who is not already at this forum, even, but will be.