I know that I'm not posting a list of pros and cons, other people have gone on to describe that enough.
Think of joining Balmung as joining a new place of work. Perhaps I was just -too privileged- when I went to high school but the comparisons are just laughable to me.
You are always going to gravitate towards a specific group of friends. You're going to be friendly with a very large group of people but you cannot just hang out with each and every single other person. What it is is personal dissatisfaction. You want -that- person or -that- group to be your close friend or your tight-knit family. Unfortunately, that isn't always going to be the case. It's human nature, not all of us will perfectly jive with one another.
Most people are not going to go on a personal smear vendetta campaign unless you've actually wronged them* (tumblr mobs aside and these have been in very specific cases). You do not harass a player. You do not act like a creeper. You don't do that? Good, you have no need to worry about having your name besmirched. No one really wants to pursue drama; it takes way too much energy to be that negative. Very few cases out of the multitudes of people there are on Balmung. It's just that because you have lots of people you will get lots of types.
Think of joining Balmung as joining a new place of work. Perhaps I was just -too privileged- when I went to high school but the comparisons are just laughable to me.
You are always going to gravitate towards a specific group of friends. You're going to be friendly with a very large group of people but you cannot just hang out with each and every single other person. What it is is personal dissatisfaction. You want -that- person or -that- group to be your close friend or your tight-knit family. Unfortunately, that isn't always going to be the case. It's human nature, not all of us will perfectly jive with one another.
Most people are not going to go on a personal smear vendetta campaign unless you've actually wronged them* (tumblr mobs aside and these have been in very specific cases). You do not harass a player. You do not act like a creeper. You don't do that? Good, you have no need to worry about having your name besmirched. No one really wants to pursue drama; it takes way too much energy to be that negative. Very few cases out of the multitudes of people there are on Balmung. It's just that because you have lots of people you will get lots of types.
