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Other communities benefit from competition because their members generally don't interact with people from other community websites. In the FFXIV RP community, we all interact in varying degrees in the same game, no matter what community website we go to. Websites like the RPC serve as a hub to facilitate and foster opportunities for that interaction, and it isn't helped at all by having competitors, especially if the members of both forums aren't actively encouraged to advertise their free companies and linkshells on the other website.
This not only puts an extra burden on people posting content, who now have to post on two forums in order to advertise linkshells and events or else be satisfied with not inviting everyone to the party, but it also puts a burden on people who are trying to keep up with what's going on, who already have the game to play and their linkshell communities to read and post in, but now have an additional two websites to check if they want to keep up with absolutely everything that's going on.
And the people who only post and frequent one website or another are not always going to be just the people who want to split the community. Not everyone has the time or patience for going to more than one website for the same purpose and mostly the same content, so they'll end up choosing whichever one seems prettier, or more active, or the one that has the most members. It's only going to make things harder for everyone.
The only way I could ever really see this as beneficial in any way is if there are people on the new community website who would never frequent or post on the current RPC even if it was the only option (which is likely a given, seeing how stubborn some people are) At least then you'd have a way to reach everyone.
The thing is, I want to see this community come together again so that we don't need two websites. That's why this new website upsets me, because it means we're getting further away from unity, not closer..
EDIT: Okay, yeah...Verence is right in that the venom in my first post was uncalled for. And although I do regret the words now, I'll leave them unedited to perhaps serve as a reminder for the future. The fact that I can't see any other conclusion as to why Lior is doing this doesn't give me license to assume the only option I see is correct. For this much, I'm sorry Lior.
I do, however, stand by my position that this is a bad idea that will only harm the community by making it more difficult for everyone to stay connected. We don't get to talk a lot, Verence, and I would really like to RP with you more because I remember my first time roleplaying in FFXIV with you, and you were great person and a great roleplayer! But I don't get to do that anymore because we've grown apart. You're in a community website that I can't join in on without more or less throwing away all the other linkshells that I've dedicated myself to, and I don't feel like I know you well enough to just ask you out of the blue. Our being on different community websites has literally kept me from having great RP with you, and I hate it.
This not only puts an extra burden on people posting content, who now have to post on two forums in order to advertise linkshells and events or else be satisfied with not inviting everyone to the party, but it also puts a burden on people who are trying to keep up with what's going on, who already have the game to play and their linkshell communities to read and post in, but now have an additional two websites to check if they want to keep up with absolutely everything that's going on.
And the people who only post and frequent one website or another are not always going to be just the people who want to split the community. Not everyone has the time or patience for going to more than one website for the same purpose and mostly the same content, so they'll end up choosing whichever one seems prettier, or more active, or the one that has the most members. It's only going to make things harder for everyone.
The only way I could ever really see this as beneficial in any way is if there are people on the new community website who would never frequent or post on the current RPC even if it was the only option (which is likely a given, seeing how stubborn some people are) At least then you'd have a way to reach everyone.
The thing is, I want to see this community come together again so that we don't need two websites. That's why this new website upsets me, because it means we're getting further away from unity, not closer..
EDIT: Okay, yeah...Verence is right in that the venom in my first post was uncalled for. And although I do regret the words now, I'll leave them unedited to perhaps serve as a reminder for the future. The fact that I can't see any other conclusion as to why Lior is doing this doesn't give me license to assume the only option I see is correct. For this much, I'm sorry Lior.
I do, however, stand by my position that this is a bad idea that will only harm the community by making it more difficult for everyone to stay connected. We don't get to talk a lot, Verence, and I would really like to RP with you more because I remember my first time roleplaying in FFXIV with you, and you were great person and a great roleplayer! But I don't get to do that anymore because we've grown apart. You're in a community website that I can't join in on without more or less throwing away all the other linkshells that I've dedicated myself to, and I don't feel like I know you well enough to just ask you out of the blue. Our being on different community websites has literally kept me from having great RP with you, and I hate it.