Yikes . . . sounds like this game is one big chore to some people. Do you guys do anything fun?

Actually, I have a lot of fun now. Over the past few days, things seem to have turned around and I'm grouping with people my level and above again. And, thanks to a newer friend, an old festering wound that had all but destroyed an old friendship has been healed.
To me, being with friends and doing the best I can do, is having fun. Success is fun. Being the best at what I do is fun. Being acknowledged for what I do well is sheer ecstacy. =) Helping others to have fun while having fun myself is perhaps the pinnacle.
Linako