(08-08-2013, 12:26 PM)Xerek Wrote: I appreciate this thread honestly. Unfortunately with the current atmosphere of the site your good intentions resulted in something else. Lets just hope that Square will do a good job handling the situation. If any of your guys are going to be in during open beta and early access I suggest getting them in as soon as possible. Hopefully everyone going to Gilgamesh will do the same so that more can get in during actual launch.(08-08-2013, 11:07 AM)Spiritual Machine Wrote:(08-06-2013, 12:14 PM)Xerek Wrote: It's not quips. My comment was in regards to the fact that some people think I suggested splitting Gilgamesh, which is simply not true. The Balmung/Gilgamesh thing is now moot, as it is now forbidden in this thread.Well...
What some people fail to see is that the simple purpose of this thread was to spark discussion between Gilgamesh players and Companies. With the news of Reddit, 4Chan and others going Gilgamesh, I was simply curious if the community as a whole wanted to pick a different server, and I thank the posters that stayed on-topic for it. I wasn't pushing to move, as some people think. I apologize if my initial post somehow suggested it. That was never my intent.
(08-05-2013, 06:28 PM)Xerek Wrote: +Okay, I've seen the whole mess with 4chan and reddit landing on Gilgamesh. Regardless of what you think of the communities there is an undeniable risk that the server will simply fill up and be locked, which would be disastrous for a new RP community.If you say so.
Now, I've heard of people moving from Gilgamesh to Balmung as a result of all this, which to me is sad. I'm looking forward to helping build a new RP community. I also can't ignore the potential problems of Gilgamesh. But I got to wondering...
...why not simply choose a different server to Gilgamesh as our unofficial RP non-legacy server? Right now, Gilgamesh is a name. We've nothing vested in it, and there is no reason we could not settle elsewhere instead. We'd still have our community apart from Balmung to develop. We'd still have, well, everything we wanted.
Now, I looked at the original poll, where Gilgamesh won handily. The NA runner up was Behemoth. Why don't we simply change from Gilgamesh to Behemoth? Seem to make the most sense, and make the most people happy. Would also solve the problems we're having with Gilgamesh atm.
Thoughts?
Note: Please vote only if you are planning to play on Gilgamesh
(08-06-2013, 12:14 PM)Xerek Wrote: Balmung/Gilgamesh mess aside, this thread did still manage to fufill it's objective. There are enough Gilgamesh players commited to making things work there, that any move to a different non-Legacy server would do nothing more then divide an already thin Gilgamesh community. So, looks like we're going to batton down the hatches and brace for the storm. We're a hardy bunch, we should be fine.But it still sounds like you're speaking for the whole community instead of yourself or your own guild. Frankly, I wasn't aware that the Gilgamesh community had a leader.
If it doesn't, then I think that the people who are bothered by the situation on Gilgamesh should do what will make them happy, and ignore this poll and the people speaking for them. Just go join the Behemoth community if you want.
We, as in the "other" or "alternate" community. If we have a leader it sure isn't me. I'm not sure how to reply, because I have no intent on taking the bait. So, I'll simply summarize and hope that is enough.
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The "other" community decided on Gilgamesh. A big outcry came up when it was believed Reddit and 4Chan were going to land there as well. A number of players originally planning to go to Gilgamesh instead went to Balmung not because they had a sudden change of heart, but because it was the RP server without 4Chan and Reddit.
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So, this thread was started to propose an alternate solution. The idea being to simply pick a different non-legacy server. There was never an intent to divide the Gilgamesh community. It was meant as an all-or-nothing. Not everyone was on board, so rather then split the community it looked like we were all staying put.
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Anyone can do anything they want. I wasn't trying to force anything and I am out of ways to say that. I offered a suggestion and solicited feedback. When it looked like the suggestion was rejected I simply said that.
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I cannot be any more blunt about what I said and what my motives were with this thread.
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I said what I had to. I will not be baited into more.
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I just ask don't let the actions of some here discourage you. Trust me many of us heard you and we can privately talk in pms for options if you want. Right now I've found that many are unstanchingly going to Gilgamesh. As I mentioned I have no issue going to another server but this would cause so much confusion during the last minute and feelings are already high here enough with other issues.  Unforunately that means we lose those that are not willing to deal with the possibility of those from certain sites bothering them. There is no truly easy solution. We now just have to see what happens I guess. Personally I've always looked at us mainly having to recruit our roleplayers from the server itself anyway.
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Not that this part would change anyone's minds but a member here from 4chan has stated and linked that most of them are going to Ultros. Just wanted to reiterate that. Also know that many of the problem players have openly stated heading to other servers now after Gilgamesh being deemed an -rp- server. *shrugs*. You can check around the internet for that and the beta forums. Crops grown in harsh conditions make for the best crops.
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We will see what happens I guess.
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