Yeah, the reason I think "if you leave Balmung that's bad! stay on Balmung!" is actually completely irrelevant here is because being on Balmung is no longer an option for anyone who started the game after 17/05/17. It is not possible to join Balmung. It is not possible to advertise Balmung as an open, welcoming community - because the game has forced its gates closed.
We need an open, welcoming community for roleplayers to join, either to start afresh or to start at all. Balmung can no longer be that community. Full stop. The end. Nothing to do with the people who make up the Balmung community - it is an immutable, indefinite, SE-made decision that - at the end of the day - we have to deal with, whether we like it or not.
Our only, singular option for providing that welcoming community, as of now, is to support the creation or growth of a new one - to encourage solid foundations for it so it can continue to grow moving forward. There's obviously a fair amount of desire for an EU-focussed attempt, so I support its pursuit.
If you're reading this thread, are European, and either aren't on Balmung, or are on the fence about leaving it because you don't really have m/any friends here... and are therefore considering throwing your lot in with the initiative described in the OP... I'd enthusiastically encourage you to do so. You have the opportunity to be part of something awesome. You are just one person, but those "one person"s add up, and there will need to be a lot of them if we want to make something lasting. You could be one of them. Go in with a positive, constructive mindset and do your best with the others to establish something good.
If you're like me and you don't feel like moving would be a good choice for you for one reason or another (any reason! many reasons! this is a hobby, it's your choice) - I would encourage you to promote the efforts (for the sake of those who might feel differently than you do), and to support in other ways if you have something you think you can offer that doesn't involve moving your character. Every roleplayer deserves to have a community that feels like "home" to them, and like I say, it is simply not possible for Balmung be that home for anyone just now joining the game (or anyone whose ping is now unplayable, anyone whose timezone renders USA-friendly events untenable...). Let's try and help those who are acting to stop the gap to do so.
We need an open, welcoming community for roleplayers to join, either to start afresh or to start at all. Balmung can no longer be that community. Full stop. The end. Nothing to do with the people who make up the Balmung community - it is an immutable, indefinite, SE-made decision that - at the end of the day - we have to deal with, whether we like it or not.
Our only, singular option for providing that welcoming community, as of now, is to support the creation or growth of a new one - to encourage solid foundations for it so it can continue to grow moving forward. There's obviously a fair amount of desire for an EU-focussed attempt, so I support its pursuit.
If you're reading this thread, are European, and either aren't on Balmung, or are on the fence about leaving it because you don't really have m/any friends here... and are therefore considering throwing your lot in with the initiative described in the OP... I'd enthusiastically encourage you to do so. You have the opportunity to be part of something awesome. You are just one person, but those "one person"s add up, and there will need to be a lot of them if we want to make something lasting. You could be one of them. Go in with a positive, constructive mindset and do your best with the others to establish something good.
If you're like me and you don't feel like moving would be a good choice for you for one reason or another (any reason! many reasons! this is a hobby, it's your choice) - I would encourage you to promote the efforts (for the sake of those who might feel differently than you do), and to support in other ways if you have something you think you can offer that doesn't involve moving your character. Every roleplayer deserves to have a community that feels like "home" to them, and like I say, it is simply not possible for Balmung be that home for anyone just now joining the game (or anyone whose ping is now unplayable, anyone whose timezone renders USA-friendly events untenable...). Let's try and help those who are acting to stop the gap to do so.
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