Yea I'm kind of on Chad's boat. It's disappointing that hte outspoken crazies haven't made it furhter, but we still have the quiet crazies who I'm hoping will pop off later. Just like a volcano.
I'm also resigned to the fact that characters like jane, erica, jimmy j made the pre-merge an awesome story. We just have to hope that the strategists and others now come out of their dormant states and start playing hard in the merge.