Welllllllllll, since you brought it up..
You've been given an opportunity on creation. You didn't do well. Tell that story.
This, for the record, is also a snarky comment and not an informative dissertation on the state of the game.
Though, perhaps I should mention that my larger posts about the state of the game are very heavily intentioned and sometimes take some time to write because I like to provide good and concrete plans for the future of the game in the hope that those who play will find the things mentioned therein to not only be worth discussing here but also enough to entice them to come back to the game perhaps after an absence of days or weeks or in many cases as we have seen lately after quite a lot of years.
In fact, one of these posts is and has been in the works for some time, it'll probably get posted soon (we're still figuring out what to ruin for you).
I do not take my position lightly, though you seem to enjoy making light of it. I do not believe that anyone cares for Arctic more than I do.
Nor do I believe that anyone else ever will. You want what you want because you are a player, it's why you'll never make it as a creator.
It's hard to see the wires in the circus, hard to know how the magic works, it ruins the circus, ruins the magic.
This game is my game and I do everything for it for the benefit of people like you who seem to care not at all for the people who devote themselves to its betterment.
The staff stagnates periodically because life gets in the way, but coming back to shitposters and scumbags doesn't exactly fill anyone with a desire to renew their devotion.
If you don't like the game I am running, play a different one. There are some great ones out there. None of them are like this, or as good.
But..
If you love Arctic, believe in the people who are working for it, to make it better, and maybe, just maybe, try to believe in them.
Believe that they do it out of their devotion to a game that they love, for a playerbase that they love, for an idea that they love.
Try caring about those people who have given you so much enjoyment, so much fun, so much fear and devastation.
Afterall, this is Arctic.
"Life is dangerous, Caramon. Just stepping out that door is dangerous! You
cannot hide from danger. Death floats on the air, creeps through the
window, comes with the handshake of a stranger. If we stop living because
we fear death, then we have already died."
-Raistlin Majere "The Soulforge"
The roads are long and tiring, be prepared. The game is designed for
experienced MUD players; it is full of subtle dangers, so keep your:
eyes open.
'You will be yet another pawn on this chessboard you call
life. I bind your soul to the mortal realm so you may
play your part in the continual struggle. This is not
a gift. As you will see, it can be your curse.'
Welcome to Arctic.