Future of Folderol

[Xaltu]

The last time I posted a 'State of Folderol' was August 2008. In that post I commented about things being quiet, now 12 months later nothing as changed. If anything Folderol is quieter than before but with small spurts of more active but never more than 3 players online at anyone time. I currently have had to take the the server down for maintenance(nothing terminal) but was wondering whether it is time to let Folderol die.... Not a decision I want to make, but I can not justify running the server 24/7 when it is not being used.

Please post your thoughts here as I will be making a decision at the end of September 2009.

[Tsap]

To Site Admin.
Dear Xaltu. Because I truly appreciate your fine work I answer to Your post, even though I have no answer to Your question. Many thoughts wake up by this and I think I should type something down, in spite that I fear I will let You down. To leave without reply would be even worse.
1) This post needs no answer. Please wait for those who played more and understand better.
2) Folderol is a classic and extremely fine game-world. It is truly tragic, if it would disappear and yet I can imagine how disappointing it can get to keep up good thing that none appears to value.
3) Is there, perhaps, third choice - let the Realm rest a bit or something? You have thought this over carefully, but players haven't, I imagine. A very human feature of behaviour is to start complaining when something is gone.

4) Personal view: I have no excuses to why I haven't been playing in Folderol, but explanations I have, some. I was disheartened when my old characters went with dodo. I felt mildly nervous, when the shop-system changed, because to ME it meant slowing down something that already was snail-pace. I mean, I suspected I would not make it to epic. That I no more met the old friends to help me, that was probably which made me scarce. The Realm felt harder. Without company it was too hard for me. Terribly sorry for my part but I had not stamina enough.

Tsap