I must strongly protest about the current state of success happening in Excelsior. Back in the goold ol' days, I could log in and have almost the whole shard to run around in and nary see a sole around. I could walk out onto my porch in my skivies (undergarments for those who don't know) in the middle of the day scratching myself and not have a care in the world. Now, I can't even walk out to the privy without seeing some new fangled house being built in my front yard. Its so a legendary warrior can't even go out an make a decent livin anymore either cause all of the competition. It's enough to make me want to retire to my roof garden,tend to my bees and watch the sun set 3 times a day, but I can't, cause there are too many buildings around! I hope you and Rayne are happy. See what are your hard work got for you, urban sprawl and more players you can shake a stick at! Don't you wish for the good ol days when there were just 13 or 14 of us on? Oh well, if this is what you want, then you and Rayne keeping running this place inthe excellant manner that you do and I am sure you'll eventually hit 200 players online. Oh boy, I just can't wait. I hope you guys can clone yourselves cause you'll need it. 
[Disclaimer: I apologize to anyone who does not recognize my use of old American slang and grammer but I was going for a certain effect
]Congratualtions on a job well done. You and your staff have made this a most enjoybale ride these past 2 years and I am looking forward to many more years ahead. Keep up the good work and keep on rockin'!
I can't keep track of everyone anymore hehe. If a player was gone for a week, we used to all notice it. But basically these almost 4 years feel like a couple of weeks. If someone tells me for example "hey colibri i couldn't get on for the past 4 months but i'm here again to play" my reply is usually "oh cool, feels like i just saw you here last week". 