I have been in 17th for about 3-3.5 years. This was the first zone i played, and when i started here there was no such thing as events just pub. There was no elim, no rumble, no duel arena (if some vets remember there were duel boxes in the pub arena), no nothing. The zone was stagnent but interesting in my noobie days. Then Fujin Frost made elim, duel, and rumble. Right there the whole zone exploded with massive numbers or people coming to play the events. That is the time when a major amount of DSB people came to play, and there used to be EG squads that came to play in 17th (but they got owned horribly). I dont see this changing, events are what made this zone thrive and always will. I can honestly say all the 3yr+ vets dont play in 17th ne more unless some are smurfed. And i think vets are what makes a zone, without them you got some noobs who are just tryin this game out and will be bored of it in 2 months and quit the game and then ur back to square 1. As Maka said, they know the game inside and out, and know what makes it fun. Premier