(05-23-2017, 12:47 PM)Oswin Wrote:(05-23-2017, 11:00 AM)Flynn Rosenberg Wrote:(05-23-2017, 09:54 AM)Sig Wrote: Unofficial server designations for an alternative RP server have not and will not work. Balmung is a testament to this.
You say that such actions before have been met with failure, I disagree! There has never been such an occasion in XIV's history that has required the RP community act so swiftly. To be relaxed in such a position is an invitation for destruction! By ignoring the fresh lifeblood of our community we ensure that we shall starve!
This is a GLORIOUS opportunity for communities to grow and prosper. They are perhaps niche right now, as you have said, but as new players go to these communities they will grow beyond their previous boundaries into a wonderful new existence!
Unofficial "alternative" server designations are flawed because they do little more than divide the RP community across artificial barriers [servers], cause RP stagnation/homogenization, and are not an effective long-term solution to population issues. No argument has refuted this.
The overwhelming super majority of RPers value having a large, healthy, and diverse central RP hub. The popularity and size of Balmung is a testament to this. We need to be taking action to ensure that there is a centralized RP hub, as opposed to scattering the RP population across multiple servers. I'm sorry if the importance of this goes overlooked because we take Balmung for granted, and it is difficult to evaluate remote contingencies.
I appreciate your recent efforts to identify servers where RP communities exist so newcomers will know where to go, but trying (for the upteenth time) to go down the failed path of an unofficial alternative serve designation is a waste of time for all parties. In fact, those who stand the most to lose are people who toss their eggs in the alternative server basket, as most RPers are likely to transfer back to Balmung when the restriction is lifted (likely 2-3 months), and the community on "alternative RP servers" will remain small, isolated, and homogeneous (and sadly stagnate over time). I don't want to see this happen to RPers.
This is why RPers should take action to pursue a very attainable goal: getting an official RP server designation (or revocation of the transfer ban).
