I often miss the heyday of the Meritocracy, and I'll say I enjoyed the politics there much more than the real thing!
One thing I think the people who came later after the first wave of Meritocrats is those of us who put this together initially used to actually plan together to make the sort of chaos that we wanted the region to experience. It was done in fun, in what became a consensus, especially between Justin of Eureka and I who are good personal friends at this point, to try to make life more fun. Over time, we shifted into an almost entirely RP stance on the whole thing.
But I really want to give credit to the second generation leadership like Jasque, Argyres, and many others, who took what we built and ran with it. Truth be told, they were very good about that, and I think the more inclusive and expansion vision they created was where it needed to go. Not that I didn't try to cause a little chaos, but in real life, I've become something of a radical.
Still, I wish there was a game that captured the dynamic that NS had for me in its best times. And if it does, the first thing I'm doing is declaring war and organizing against Blackbird, because he truly is one of the most evil and calculating minds out there.
To everyone else, thanks for the kind words!
