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I feel like I can relate some to what you're talking about. I feel a lot of people who have friend circles that exist outside of the internet don't really understand quite as well what a group of online friends can mean to someone. I grew up in a very, very small town in a geographic area that would largely contain people I'm not going to connect with very well. Obviously there were some, but the majority of my friends for most of my life have always been online. Needless to say, the past year and some months of my life have been pretty lonely. I've tried putting my time and efforts into other activities, and I've made a handful of friends by doing that along the way, but reminiscing of old times with people I met on this board years ago always makes me long for those days.

Granted, your situation was just watching groups dwindle whereas with me I took an active role in stepping away on purpose. While we did share one such group that shrank, I know you and I personally had only passing interactions. That being said I always considered you a reassuring constant in those days I remember most fondly, specifically days where gauntlets were still played and we had only just started the list projects. That was probably my favorite overall time on the internet; those days where a group of people played some games and also ranked some films together. Even if our interests may not have aligned know I valued your participation and presence during all those things.

It's a sad situation. I can relate to the WoW stuff since the guild I was once in is all gone but one person that I still play with on a casual level now. I don't really have any words of wisdom or advice; I wish I did, but if I did I wouldn't be in the spot I am in now in terms of my friendships. I guess mostly I just wanted to share and say I empathize.