I've been there, Meiz. I talked to one of my old friends here and asked why he didn't come back... he answered with, "Eh, nothing much going on. Items suck too." (that's what he really said)
and it hurt, a lot. It hurt a little less after because we did get to continue talking over skype.

Nah Lauv you're all right, it's a legitimate question, don't worry about it. I know the staff just wants to impress upon the users that we're not just sitting around doing nothing because we don't care anymore, we don't want that to be the impression. We care, definitely, we just hope everyone can bare with us.

I'm attached to this site because of the community and nostalgia. I don't really care about items at this point because I keep the same avatar so I never need new items but I do understand the importance of new items. Even if everyone agreed that items aren't the reason that they come to this site and it was for community, there's still the fact that monthly items sold for Runes are what pay for the site's bills. :P

This.
We all know it's what keeps everything on the internet alive.