[quote]While Ezequiel was a bit more... hostile than I was, I asked the same question and am genuinely curious as to why TIO members/gov think that this incarnation of TIO will succeed whereas the former incarnation disbanded due to inactivity. What is different this time that will make inactivity not an issue?[/quote]
Like Skippy has said before, RL issues were a problem. Also it was the caliber of nations that were there, when all the nations in an alliance are around the median range, no superpowers or newbie nations, thing generally don't happen much, the finance department doesn't really move and the only thing that really stays exceptionally active is IRC. there were no wars or any other problems that we had to deal with so there was nothing to do. So sure inactivity is going to occur. This time is different. Planet bob is a bit more volatile and the nations are a little different, some have rerolled, some have continued to grow. Problems in the past are gone now.
Hope thats worth somthing