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(06-08-2017, 09:46 AM)Sig Wrote: (3) RP should be consolidated on one server. It doesn't matter where that server is. We're a small community and need to stick together to make sure RP remains frequent and diverse.Â
(4) The hyperbole about Maetus being the new promised land of RP is colored with so much self-interest that it makes me sad. Maetus likely began as a tiny enclave of RPers who deliberately chose to break off from Balmung for purely person reasons. Perhaps they thought there were too many futas in the Quicksand. Maybe they wanted housing. Who knows. But they made a decision not to participate in the greater RP community where 80%+ of RPers roleplay.Â
When SE locked server transfers, 5-10 Maetus RPers did a terrific job of orchestrated a concerted effort to promote their server -- not just as a place where people can RP if they can't access the greater community on Balmung, but as the next "unofficial" RP server. Some of those users cite erroneous statistics purporting that Balmung is completely unsustainable, or failed to see that there are many ways to preserve a central RP hub and deal with a population problem. They did this out of a desire to grow their small RP community. What they do not understand or value is that RPers /need/ to be consolidated in one central community to ensure the long-term viability of the RP community as a whole. [...]
Sig, RP can not be consolidated on one server. People are already RPing in different places. OP did not transfer back then, and it was their choice not to, and I do not think they're complaining about not RPing on Balmung.
You can also not say Balmung is 'greater'. Nobody knows if it's 'the best'. Greater in the amount of Roefutas lurking about the Quicksand, maybe. I'm not judging! But it's all numbers, and while, of course, it is HUGE in terms of playerbase, it's still locked right now - we're not talking about what should have been, but about what is happening now, and honestly I'm thrilled to know there are other worlds than Balmung thriving.
I do not think you can blame people making accessible new RP communities while one of the legacy servers nearly everyone (who isn't in) regrets not being in is on lockdown.
To me, it is like a full LS. If it is full, make another one. You can not tell people to go to the other linkshell, or that they should've joined it earlier. It is unfair, uncouth, and uncalled for. The issue is the lack of space. Not the lack of will to roleplay, nor the people building new communities. The very prospect of roleplayers having several other caches is exciting to me.
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