(10-21-2013, 12:30 AM)Bentii Wrote: Okay… So after long consideration, I have finally decided that I should post a response to a question that everyone has seemingly continued to ask… Is there ever going to be another RP server?
Here is what I have to say about this subject:
First off… Where does it say that Balmung and Gilgamesh is supposed to be the only RP servers for this game? I mean seriously! Square Enix doesn’t even support an actual Roleplay server! Who got to decide which servers were going to be the “Unofficial†server! What are you going to do if they ever decide to put in official servers (Not saying it will but this is just something for you to think about) and choose to have different servers to support RP? There is no reason to limit 2 out of 23 servers to RP.
Second… I think I should put it out there that both Balmung and Gilgamesh are almost completely full of players! I am sure I am not the only one that realizes that this prevents people from actually logging into the game to RP on said servers! I for one feel that another server would greatly help spread out our community so more Roleplayers can do what they love…. I guarantee you that waiting a half an hour to log in is not something anyone loves...
So I really think that it is time to put it to the vote whether we add another server to our list… I mean seriously… why don’t we ask what everyone else wants to do… instead of acting like the admins are the overlords of the damn RPC… I don’t see why random people get to decide on this… From my first point I made, Square Enix is not deciding on this… we are, and when I say we… I mean everyone! Not some random group of people that are only in charge because they made this site.Â
If the only reason there isn’t another server on FFXIV is because the admins say so, then this really isn’t much on a community in my opinion. But like I said it’s not just my opinion that counts its everyone’s, cause that is what a community is…
Now if I am wrong about this then I am sorry and I would love someone to tell me exactly why there are only 2 servers being used for RP... out of 23.
ALSO!!! Now that I am asking I would also like to know why in the hell Gilgamesh was chosen as a RP server! You would think it would be shunned... being as it is also home to 4chan and Reddit... Seriously... you would think that server is like... troll headquarters or something... ./shrug
First, there are only two unofficial RP servers recognized here because the RP community is very, very small, and for that reason we're also generally very close knit. Splitting into two servers is already spreading us thin. Spreading us across more servers would be asinine and hurt the RP community. Each server would only have a small little clique of role-players who may be difficult to discover and join, not a healthy, thriving community.
Second, the people did decide what to do. We choose to RP on Balmung, and then some people who shied away from Legacy servers chose to RP on Gilgamesh. This was the majority's decision. A single person, or small group of people, did not decide on this and magically force everyone else to comply. It was a "unanimous" decision.
Third, there is role-play on the other servers. It's just so few and far between that there is not an actual, notable role-play community on those servers and the RPC doesn't and shouldn't see fit to encourage and perpetuate it.
Fourth... okay, I have no idea why Gilgamesh was chosen, I agree that it was a pretty questionable choice. I suppose you'd have to ask whoever first suggested and agreed on Gilgamesh.
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