Yes, definitely. Everything seemed to be turned into a bot event. The bot events were meant to be very simple, and when there weren't any admins around to host. There is way too much reliance on the game itself these days.

I remember a lot of the community complaining about Kota, Mariah Nicole, etc. People still treat you guys like celebrities, but it's because there's hardly any of you guys compared to the huge community. Back then, it seemed like there was a good balance of time under the amount of times these events happened, and the management of it. It at least gave management more of a job.