Sign by every word Lynx said and want to add some more...
Even after 20k+ games I still find a lot of enjoyment in playing, I don't quite play as much as I once used to but still - this game is something truly unique both as a game and as a community. A hidden gem if you might ;)
It tremendously helped me(and still helping) to get through tough parts of my life, to get better at English and constantly practice it while having fun-fun-fun. My definition of fun might be different from what most people here are used to though, for example I heard saying(a lot) that loosing ain't fun, I strongly disagree - everything is fun, be it winning or loosing.
Just emerge yourself in this game, - huge freaking robots(we aren't yet to see for thousands of years) fighting for survival... It's just can't be boring :O Shit is exploding left and right, lobsters are raging and fighting for survival :D
I especially want to say thanks to administrators(even though I sweared countless times at them), this game made me a tiny bit better person I think, nowdays I try to think a little bit more before I say/do something and I think it's due to zk :)
Though I still too much addicted to heckling, just a part of mentality I think... You know, the part when you don't specifically want/wish anything bad but just want to tease a little bit ^_^
It's also extremely impressive that such a great game was developed completely on people enthusiasm, with no/very little payment...
Heck, I'm a software developer myself struggling A LOT with motivation nowdays, it's almost unthinkable to me that such creation as ZK could emerge completely on voluntarily basis!
P.S. even if I just stopped playing ZK and every other game possible I'd still login couple of times a week to say hi and just spec a few games...
I miss some of the vets though, like
Klon and
[I]burp and
Svatopluk :(
Woooha, ZK IS THE BEST