[lwarmonger]

But if we are going to make exceptions for him, are we going to make exceptions for me in October when I am gone for two weeks? Or for everyone else when they are gone for a week or two at a time? I'd understand if it were Christmas or even Thanksgiving... but you can't just accomodate everyone, as you wind up losing players that way.

EA Ermor is staling... as his neighbor I can tell he stopped building anything a little while ago. Jomon has at least gone to the edge, though I don't share a border with him.