Having so many active, strong-willed players all together in the same realm can really make things crazy. It's really going to take a while for things to settle down.
What's really funny is all the players who have only played for two or three years suddenly getting more messages than ever before. "40 messages every time I log on? Stop sending so many messages, there's no way I can keep up with this!" There were times back in '06/'07 that you'd get 40 messages within about 5 minutes of a turn change. It wasn't uncommon to get 200-300 messages a turn.
And remember that 600+ character tournament on AT? Ack! O_o
