I think its awesome that a newcomer to ALFA has such a positive attitude! Its nice to see ALFA through fresh eyes - usually I see ALFA, or rather feel it, through the filter of my own long history here, and even months after I pulled away, the mere sight of the boards or the thought of logging in causes me anxiety. I put a lot into ALFA for quite a few years - from 2003 to early 2008 my heart belonged to this community, but then that heart was nearly broken. I stuck through the tough time, as I have many good friends here and I gave NWN2 a good try, but gradually my connection to ALFA seemed to fade. Each time I would log into TSM with Vellya I would start looking for excuses not to stay. I had long since abandoned chat, and eventually abandoned the forums as well. And then I stopped logging in to play. I tried coming back for Vendrin's exalted campaign, but after one night I was looking for reasons not to come back again. Its nothing Vendrin or anyone else did - everyone was very nice and the game was great - its me and my feelings from last year. I am still not over it I guess, and until I am, its hard for me to return. That said, I am glad ALFA is doing well. I knew it would really - I've never been a doomsayer here - but from what I read ALFA is doing even better than I thought it would and that gives me hope. I don't know if I will ever return to play, maybe I will - I am being courted by old friends - but whether I do or not, its good to know that ALFA is trucking on, and more than that, even thriving. Congratulations!It really is a happy place. I'm a newb here...joined in Sept. or Oct. of '08...but from what I've seen you should both reconsider and come give it another try. The forums and servers are civil, mature, and great fun from what I've seen.
Come on back and have a cruise...what have you to lose but a bit of download time?
Ciao.
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