I think it’ the Holiday season, and while the Wild Hunt may have been a controversy, I have to say it actually did jump start the who list in that there are more people on now than there had been leading up to that occurrence. Game pops also ebb and flow, just the nature of long-running games, doesn’t mean people have permanently moved on.
I also think some folks are just quieter right now, whether that’s the holidays, burnout, or waiting to see what comes next. Even if more people are sticking to whoinvis, it doesn’t mean interest or investment is completely gone. In my experience the population rebounds when there’s new story momentum, new rp hooks, or that special whatever that pulls people back into play.
I know it feels lonely right now, but I don’t think the game is as empty as it sometimes looks, it’s definitely not dead; this is just a lull.
