I get the sense from Ren's videos that perhaps some folks have been negative towards Ren, not fully understanding the idea of role-play? He mentions being found annoying, or that we have to put up with him, stuff like that. I want to counterbalance that with another perspective.

Just wanted to say... Ren, if you're reading this: the storyline you helped enable has been incredibly fun and entertaining. My kids and I have been following multiple perspectives the story arc from its inception, and it's been super engaging and enjoyable to watch and follow. Ren's videos in particular were quite popular with us.

The whole story arc was super well done. The quests did a lot of productive work for the server and provided a whole bunch of great content for dozens of hermits, and the arch of champions extended the lifespan of that even further. Provoking Grian's not-resistance and the Soup Group's actual resistance likewise generated a whole bunch of fun videos, and the descent into madness was hilarious fun.

The HotGuy assassinations, the numerous dry humour quips from Cleo, everything BDubs did, bombing the throne, moving Gem's shop, the ridiculous signs... all fantastic stuff that left us howling with laughter. Introducing "royal emeralds" and swapping those to the shops was brilliant and unexpected and caused so much glorious chaotic content for us all to watch.

TL;DR: To Ren and everyone else, thanks so much for the great shows and fun times.