I fully agree with your sentiment of CF becoming a much, much better experience over the course of 20+ years. Like you, I was on (and very much off) with CF for these 2 decades. I suppose it makes sense that we matured in MUD, as we did in real life. Those hormones aren't raging the way they used to, we are much calmer and hopefully better people nowadays.

Onto Dohri specifically - it is very hard to connect to people as Thormmstein because of my sporadic play times. Again, we find ourselves in the same boat: work and kids. But Dohri was a very bright spot for Thormm in this regards. I could log in and get one tell from you and I would find myself smiling IRL. That character really shone through -- and as someone else said here or on Discord -- it made you forget the "scoreboard" aspect of CF and instead, it transported you at least a little bit into the actual fantasy world of CF. Mojabosombo had the same effect on me. Llovris too, in his horrible way :)

Thank you for being a part of CF and enriching not just the world, but the players behind the screens. This is the high standard that we should all aspire to.