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So about a week ago, I installed MOUL on my new computer and came back to the cavern for the first time in, I think, a few years now. I was a little surprised to find people still around, even late at night. I was also a little surprised that no one seemed to be doing anything. I've been back a few times since then, and it seems that the primary way of spending time now is standing around chatting. I started thinking about all the things we used to do between episodes of the ongoing story, and I am curious to know if people are still doing any of these things--and if so, can I join in? Here's a brief list of some of the things I remember:
1. Custom Marker Missions. Once you're calibrated, you can put Markers anywhere you can get to, and then share the missions. You can even give each Marker a custom name which shows up when collected. Sometimes Marker missions have themes, sometimes they are all in one Age, and sometimes there are dozens to find all spread out over the wide world of Uru. Do people still do this?
2. Jalak Games. The primary purpose of Jalak is for explorers to invent multiplayer games to play against each other involving logic or athletics or both. I remember we used to come up with TONS of new ideas for games to play on Jalak. There was even a website for uploading rule sets along with maps for game layouts, etc. I'd post a link here but I just checked and the site is "down for maintenace"--I think it's actually defunct. Is anybody still doing stuff like this? Or, if not...does anyone want to?
3. Player-made Stories. Back when Cyan was still dishing out monthly (okay, ALMOST-monthly) story, Uru was really more about role-playing than anything else. True, the role you played was supposed to be yourself, but the point was that you were participating in a realtime dramatic story that felt real. In between episodes, players would often invent their own interactive stories for others to participate in. These stories were told through chat and through interaction with the game world. Sometimes they could even include Marker Missions, Jalak games, or other ways to interact. Some of them were terrible, but some were a lot of fun. Nowadays it seems like no one even bothers to pretend the game is real, much less come up with new stories. Am I wrong? Are people still actively doing this? If so, who are they?
4. Ahyoheek. Okay, it's not great as a long-term game, but as a time-filling minigame, a few rounds of 'Heek with other players can be kind of fun. I haven't seen a table in use since the "Good Old Days". Have I just been missing it?
5. Shared Exploratrion. We used to get bored after a while, just chatting in a hood or in the cavern. So we'd make use of the Age-sharing functionality of the game to all go play around on Ahnonay, or have a Marker-Mission-based race on Teledahn, or do our best to map out portions of Minkata. Sometimes we'd go animal watching in the pods, or just go to an Age we'd all been to plenty of times before and look for things we hadn't noticed. I have absolutely no idea if anyone is still doing this, because private Ages are only available to other players on invitation. I know I haven't seen anyone inviting anyone else, though.
Just wondering if these are things are still done, and I just don't happen to see it. Or is the newest crowd of explorers just uninterested in anything beyond chat once they've solved all the puzzles?
P.S. For anyone who knew me before, you might have noticed I know have a middle initial on these forums, and have only 1 post. That's because I've lost my old passwords--to both my old account AND the email account it was linked to. That's how long it's been. So I started a new account, but I promise, it's me. Verify it with me in-game if you want. 
_________________ KIQuest: a companion program for Uru custom marker missions that rewards you with unlockable prizes for each marker you find! For more info, see http://www.florestica.com/hpotd/kiquest/!
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