@Draheim, last night in our Gilgamesh server meeting, we discussed ways to help promote Gilgamesh but the trouble we run into is everyone inherently thinks "Saying something good about Gilgamesh, and that it will be a different experience from Balmung, is like saying Balmung is no good." We've been over this so many times that it gets almost frustrating on my part, as someone who has friends both on Balmung and on Gilgamesh, because I want both places to be a success.
Tearing apart someones wording, when they're trying to do their best to make Gilgamesh a success while simultaneously being flamed for the words they're trying to use carefully, seems like in and of itself is just getting to the point of bullying. Is Gilgamesh supposed to just say "We're the secondary RP server. If you don't like Balmung come here." No, because a lot of us actually want to see both servers succeed, and at this point YES Gilgamesh does need more help than Balmung to get going. You can't blame anyone for trying to get the word out that there will be roleplay on Gilgamesh.
The point of promoting Gilgamesh isn't to exclude anyone, especially Balmung. You guys have the majority of the roleplayers, how can you get upset about one person posting a thread where they are ripped apart for their wording when they're trying their best not to antagonize anyone. Gilgamesh is the "new" server, saying it's not is just a lie. We all know Balmung is the old or the Primary RP server, no one has ever discounted that.
All I see lately is a bunch of bullying, picking apart anything anyone says about anything server related, especially when god forbid Gilgamesh wants to try to pick up their numbers or encourage the people who will be playing on Gilgamesh to actually roleplay with us (Reddit users included). We're being as INCLUSIVE as possible, yes you can pick apart anything anyone says on the internet, does that make it right? No.
I just want us all to get along, if you can't handle Gilgamesh trying to grow in number, are you really being a great community member? Don't we want both communities to succeed? If so, what's the problem?
This is actually the first "rant" I've had, so excuse me but I feel like a lot has been left unsaid and I feel like the general bullying and picking everything on the forums apart has just reached an all time high after we just had a meeting to address nearly all of the issues people still seem to be flinging about.
I love this community Balmung AND Gilgamesh, I love the mods, I love our members, a lot of you are actually trying to help Gilgamesh, putting your feelings aside about the community going two ways and I sincerely appreciate it.
Let's have constructive criticism from now on, and not pick on people for how they might word something. Text can lose a lot of context, so just try to remember that folks.
Tearing apart someones wording, when they're trying to do their best to make Gilgamesh a success while simultaneously being flamed for the words they're trying to use carefully, seems like in and of itself is just getting to the point of bullying. Is Gilgamesh supposed to just say "We're the secondary RP server. If you don't like Balmung come here." No, because a lot of us actually want to see both servers succeed, and at this point YES Gilgamesh does need more help than Balmung to get going. You can't blame anyone for trying to get the word out that there will be roleplay on Gilgamesh.
The point of promoting Gilgamesh isn't to exclude anyone, especially Balmung. You guys have the majority of the roleplayers, how can you get upset about one person posting a thread where they are ripped apart for their wording when they're trying their best not to antagonize anyone. Gilgamesh is the "new" server, saying it's not is just a lie. We all know Balmung is the old or the Primary RP server, no one has ever discounted that.
All I see lately is a bunch of bullying, picking apart anything anyone says about anything server related, especially when god forbid Gilgamesh wants to try to pick up their numbers or encourage the people who will be playing on Gilgamesh to actually roleplay with us (Reddit users included). We're being as INCLUSIVE as possible, yes you can pick apart anything anyone says on the internet, does that make it right? No.
I just want us all to get along, if you can't handle Gilgamesh trying to grow in number, are you really being a great community member? Don't we want both communities to succeed? If so, what's the problem?
This is actually the first "rant" I've had, so excuse me but I feel like a lot has been left unsaid and I feel like the general bullying and picking everything on the forums apart has just reached an all time high after we just had a meeting to address nearly all of the issues people still seem to be flinging about.
I love this community Balmung AND Gilgamesh, I love the mods, I love our members, a lot of you are actually trying to help Gilgamesh, putting your feelings aside about the community going two ways and I sincerely appreciate it.
Let's have constructive criticism from now on, and not pick on people for how they might word something. Text can lose a lot of context, so just try to remember that folks.
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