[Matthew White]

GK has become utterly awful, recently. The kingdoms are poorly, not to mention oft corruptly run, and they're designed to run on a premise that doesn't really work in the first place -- realistically, for a person to be a kingdom leader, they would have to devote a good portion of their lives to this game. ... with some exceptions, this is generally not the case.

Assume then, that if a person in power devotes a good amount of time in their life to the game, that other prospects (Job, college, etc.) become less and less likley.

Further, speculate that if one cannot keep a job due to being utterly enraptured into a game, they will begin to search for money IN the game, and we get USD'ing.

Eventually, they get flamed half to death because they know how to manipulate the system and get USD. Then, they are either banned, or simply driven to madness by people (notably the same 4, or 5 people) senelessly flaming them on the forums.

In essence, the very system upon which GK stands is alot like communism, in that it's a wonderful idea, but it just doesn't really stand up.