And...here we are. Here we are, at the end of another season. The end of another International Doom League season. The fourth, in fact. That means this has been going for a little less than two years, now. It all started 1 year, 7 months, and 28 days ago. That&#039;s quite a long time, considering how quickly things can change in this sort of gaming community. The ports change, the players change, the teams change, the people change. All within a matter of months, yeah? By now you&#039;re probably wondering what I&#039;m getting at with my crazy rant, but I&#039;ll get to that. Remember when the first season started? In case you weren&#039;t around, or don&#039;t remember too clearly, I remember. It was an idea, I suppose. An idea that went way outside the norm of typical monthly tournaments or clan wars. This was a real [b]league[/b]! Something to draw everyone with a competitive thirst in, mix them all together, and go at it. And hey, it worked, didn&#039;t it? For four times, one right after the other. Winter, Summer, Winter, Summer. Who can forget the memorable playoff games, where it really heated up? What about Shaq Fu versus Sex Gods in Season One? PenUltimate&#039;s infamous 3v2 game in week 4 of Season Two? I doubt anyone forgot about Virgin Roster&#039;s shining moment against Pak Attack&#039;s playoff game in Season Three. And how about this season, where Deep Thrusts&#039; game versus ContraBanned became the heated epic battle everyone waits for? This league and even this [b]game[/b], almost [u]fifteen years old[/u] now, have become sort of a home for us. A place to meet, mix and mingle with players we probably otherwise wouldn&#039;t have. So, as Season Four comes to a close...Here we are, now what?<br /><br />No doubt many of you have heard of the recent rumors of IDL actually dying. After this season, many players said they will be done with it, possibly for good. I know what you might be thinking: &quot;[i]Well, everyone says that but they keep coming back for more![/i]&quot;... Yeah, maybe! They could also be burned out. Four seasons of intense competition in the space of two years? The seasons themselves last for months! That&#039;s just crazy, considering how there was virtually the opposite before IDL came into view. Does this mean the end of IDL? [b]I[/b] don&#039;t think so. It&#039;s most certainly not the end of IDL. Look at the ZDaemon Duel League, I mean, come on. That didn&#039;t die when Chaindude pulled his support. It didn&#039;t die when Red Nexus went under for a little while. And it hasn&#039;t died yet. But it&#039;s not the same, is it? It&#039;s under new management, is all! Some people like that, some don&#039;t. You can&#039;t change that it&#039;s a fact. Not every league or tournament, clan or organization, forum or website, will be run by the same person or group of people all the time. It&#039;s going to happen eventually. And it&#039;s happening now. Will the IDL simply fade out of existence, leaving the community without what has been a main source of competition with CTF growing more commonplace than 1v1? Will it survive under a new leadership, proving that everything does carry on in some form or another, continuing the intense Capture The Flag gameplay everyone still participating in this age-old game hungers for? Many people have said that they won&#039;t play another season, for one reason or another, or maybe even for no reason at all. Some will stay, some aren&#039;t sure.<br /><br />For the first time in a long while, the International Doom League&#039;s future is uncertain.<br /><br />What do you think will happen after this season is finished?