CoPaP

Try Manuel the White.

I suggest you choose a CoPaP world, join it as a player, then when you are comfortable with that world, apply to join the staff as a DM. Alternately, the worlds that are currently in development and haven't "gone live" yet may be looking for DMs now - you could try contacting them.

BOOYEAH!!

The people who actually do this may not care about being banned in Abyss404. Not to worry - we'll make sure to ban you in Avlis as well

I'm like choral in that I enjoy running long, involved plots for the most part. I try to get as many people involved as possible, but it's tough. Two, is to gear the ongoing quest in such a way, that lvl doesn't mean much. It's possible to setup a long involved plot, where melee ablity, or high lvl ...

It's been said above, but I want to stress it: there is no better here, just different. We're all making qualitative judgements here, based on our personal preferences. The great thing about CoPaP is that a player will have a cornucopia of worlds to choose from. If he doesn't like the world he start...

Demandred and Felisin, congratulations! I hope Jade & Siballe are still gonna be hanging around Avlis. Good luck in your online DM endeavors!