What's kind of interesting to me is that some folks are saying there really aren't as many RPers as people seem to think and others are stating that putting all RPers in one previously empty server will make it just as full as Balmung is now.
Thus far, the only arguments against moving to an official RP server are:
1. But muh house
2. I'll only move if other people move
3. I'm against all RPers being in one place
I'm getting the feeling that the most divisive bit about the official server/1 server vs. multiple servers thing is how many RPers the individual thinks are out there. I support consolidation because I don't think there are as many RPers as we'd like to think there are. Putting all RPers in one bucket with their "I enjoy watching RP but not participating" friends and I would say we'd be a mid pop server. I do agree with the whole "we'd still be full" argument on one thing... it takes a crowd to draw a crowd (this was my mantra for organizing events on Atomos); this means that many non-rpers could still potentially flock to the RP server just because it is the most ACTIVE in the open world.
Thus far, the only arguments against moving to an official RP server are:
1. But muh house
2. I'll only move if other people move
3. I'm against all RPers being in one place
I'm getting the feeling that the most divisive bit about the official server/1 server vs. multiple servers thing is how many RPers the individual thinks are out there. I support consolidation because I don't think there are as many RPers as we'd like to think there are. Putting all RPers in one bucket with their "I enjoy watching RP but not participating" friends and I would say we'd be a mid pop server. I do agree with the whole "we'd still be full" argument on one thing... it takes a crowd to draw a crowd (this was my mantra for organizing events on Atomos); this means that many non-rpers could still potentially flock to the RP server just because it is the most ACTIVE in the open world.
