Hey there! Alpha45 here, reporting for duty! I may not have returned for good, but I am back for now!
I've missed you guys, and missed the thrill of space combat in EL.
Things have changed, I see. Lots of new pilots, and I appear to not be the only one to have left. I've changed too. I've gotten hold of a dedicated server, and started up a roleplay community (possibly the biggest mistake of my life, RP servers are extremely high-maintenance), and am setting up different servers for different games (heck, I'm trying to set up my own EL server as well, get more players in).
I've noticed that there's tons of players out there who are fans of space combat games, but simply have never heard of EL. After explaining to them what it was, I got a nostalgic feeling and decided to return here, and hopefully end up bringing some potential new pilots with me.
I'm still nuke-crazy though.
And mad cat