I am a fan of MTG, YU-GI-OH, MineCraft, and RuneScape. So yeah. Also, I have no computer. I can only get on the forums via IE on Xbox, which annoys the living crap out of me. I only muster through the pain because, as you said, we've become more than just random strangers.
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I'd like for it not to be true (our demise, that is). But, alas, there isn't much we can do. We've all been stricken with a case of either boredom or life-stuff. Maybe both. But I'll still get on a few times a day (as I have been) and post and/or message people on here. So yeah.