Anybody playing A Tale in the Desert?

I heard about it here in some thread, and I wondered if anybody else is into it. It’s a MMPORG with no fighting - you’re just trying to build an ancient Egyptian civilization. I heard about it here and started, and I really don’t know how I feel about it. Theoretically, so far, it’s the most boring parts of any game - you get wood, you make boards. You plant flax, you weed flax, you twiddle your thumbs, etc. I can’t stop playing, though - I finally built my compound and got so excited.

The people are really nice - I’ve never played a MMPORG before and I figured it would be all “OMG u suxxx0r fagit!” but everybody’s really helpful and cooperative. I’ve joined a mentoring guild in Kush and I can’t believe how much easier everything is once you have a guild’s resources to draw on - greenhouses, man! Right now I’m gathering stuff to expand my compound with.

So, anybody playing? If you’re playing, tell me something about what the game is like once you get really playing? Am I in the right place? Did I settle down too soon? I took somebody’s advice on where to build my compound, and I’m a little worried about having chosen well or poorly - I mean, how do you know who to trust? And is it always so slow and laggy?

Nobody? Bump?

link to their site?

A Tale in the Desert