mmhm it was never about just reading out loud, Umbra especially was based on the mentor + apprentice relationship. Some of that was put to use for the University when it was held but it wasn't always successful. Aryala was very creative with her work, I on the other hand had issues thinking outside the box due to other matters filling my head.

I think it's great that you want to try to hold these again, they could be quite fun if the person holding it was creative. Sometimes we used to go outside or use other structures to hold our lectures. The whole concept of Umbra was to teach, well the first concept that Saktoth did was more based around his Orcs and the SC method but after that we built the guild around the whole idea of passing on knowledge to other players IC.

As for Umbra, we didn't really just step out of the door for a breather. I think a lot of people don't realise this but Umbra disbanded. If you haven't noticed the Umbra University collapsed and the guild isn't around anymore. I think Aryala is the only one that actually plays.

Best of luck with the lectures though, I'm sure if you put your mind to it. You'll see some interesting results