The Syndicate

I used to play like 2-3 (or even 4) forum mafia games a month across multiple sites last year, but nowadays I do 1-2, at most 2. This is due to a number of things, top-most being the biggest factor:

--COVID stopped being serious enough to prevent in-person interaction for most of my education, causing travel time for IRL stuff to be a factor again after 1.5ish years
--I also have increased the amount of courses I take per semester up to 5 from 4.
--I have other, non-FM games that have my interest. This isn't to say that I'm not interested in FM; I certainly am, but I can no longer satisfy my entertainment needs if I play solely one thing (especially if I played said thing a lot in the past).
--I currently consider 4 communities to potentially play FM on (This used to be 2-3 back in 2020). I try to play across them with even frequency if I can, but if I'm playing 1-2 FM games per month then it can be several months or even half-a-year before I even sign-up for another game on the same site.

I might one day return to playing as frequently as I did in 2020 but I'm doubtful that will be anytime soon; that may have to wait until late May of 2022.