End of the world?? Which world has ended??
No one has finished a world on .net.
Worlds get boring when it becomes big block wars, I can't stand that stage of the world. Often most of the skilled players have long since left and only the determined have stayed. Just because someone has the stubbornness to stay long after the fun has left does not make them the most experienced.
Man I never want to have to control 500 or more villages, I have way too much going on in real life to effective run that much.