Thanks for the nice words, Ramoth, I'm glad you like it here.
A fact is that 4D always has had a rather small playerbase. We never had the money to advertise, and even in the good old days, we rarely peaked above 30 players. Perhaps that is why we never really grew. Someone once told me that the magic number was 40 players on line simultaneaously. Then the word-to-mouth effect would be strong enough to get more new players into the mud than the ones that quit, and then the Mud would start to grow exponentially. Well, we never reached that magic number, so we stayed small.
On the flip side, our regular players tend to stay very long, and we've survived the general decline of Text Muds better than most. There are advantages about being small too. You get to know everyone, and it is easier to make an impact yourself.
Anyhow, we've been on line for almost 20 years now, and we don't plan to disappear any time soon.
By the way, that nice review on TMC, was that you? If so, it was much appreciated.
