It's weird, when I first joined I got these vague rumours about a place called NPC, a place where the forum was filled with outstanding posts and the mods were the most chilled bunch you'd ever hope to meet. A virtual paradise that was a constant contrast to the dire state Arlong Park was in at the time. Rumour had it that if you tried your hardest and posted well enough then the gates might just slide open for you. So I set off on my merry journey to be the bestest poster in the land and join up with the cool kids!
And then I learnt a little more about it and discovered it was a closed community of tight-knit friends. Bam, enthusiam gone. I don't need friends, I've got my own. I don't really want to make the effort to get to know another group of people.
So yeah, I do wish we wouldn't all obsess over NPC like we do. But on the other hand, it'd be pretty cool if Carter and other people I don't know posted here more often.