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Been on Mateus checking things out and had a couple things to say about the community there, for those moving, for those just joining, and even for other servers which probably have similar small but growing groups:
1) I think it should be stressed, this new server isn't totally established. When you join Mateus in whatever way you do, do so with a mindset to help build and structure and grow with the community, at a rapid pace, but certainly not a simple move and settle. That isn't to say there aren't connections, there are many, but numbers aren't so that you have an endless possibility (at least not yet) unless you plan to make that for yourself if it isn't available.
2) You aren't moving to the promised land of Mateus to escape the wasteland of Balmung. I guess this is the Balmungian in me to state this, but you shouldn't come into Mateus after having seen or lived on Balmung, and think that you are escaping something, you're not. Many people on Mateus are from Balmung, whether this was their original server or they have created a character to help out or just check out the new community growing there. Balmung people, the decent folks who make up the actual community which isn't always represented here, do not think that Mateans are truly cast-offs or lesser, that is just the nature of some of the shallow and easily threatened people on this board and shouldn't be taken as rule of law for everyone.
3) As just encouragement in general? Create new things! Make new groups, think of new plots and ways to use the world. Don't necessarily get sucked into a group right away unless you are truly ready to just settle in and accept what comes your way. If it is in your nature or character to create these new paths for others, do it, because a group like this can't survive by choosing one of two FC's, the variety needs to be there to support and encourage further growth and stability in an RP community, and even more specifically in an MMORP Community.
Hope this helps, and I hope that more people end up checking out this (these) server(s), as their first home, or as a new home for their main or alternative characters!
1) I think it should be stressed, this new server isn't totally established. When you join Mateus in whatever way you do, do so with a mindset to help build and structure and grow with the community, at a rapid pace, but certainly not a simple move and settle. That isn't to say there aren't connections, there are many, but numbers aren't so that you have an endless possibility (at least not yet) unless you plan to make that for yourself if it isn't available.
2) You aren't moving to the promised land of Mateus to escape the wasteland of Balmung. I guess this is the Balmungian in me to state this, but you shouldn't come into Mateus after having seen or lived on Balmung, and think that you are escaping something, you're not. Many people on Mateus are from Balmung, whether this was their original server or they have created a character to help out or just check out the new community growing there. Balmung people, the decent folks who make up the actual community which isn't always represented here, do not think that Mateans are truly cast-offs or lesser, that is just the nature of some of the shallow and easily threatened people on this board and shouldn't be taken as rule of law for everyone.
3) As just encouragement in general? Create new things! Make new groups, think of new plots and ways to use the world. Don't necessarily get sucked into a group right away unless you are truly ready to just settle in and accept what comes your way. If it is in your nature or character to create these new paths for others, do it, because a group like this can't survive by choosing one of two FC's, the variety needs to be there to support and encourage further growth and stability in an RP community, and even more specifically in an MMORP Community.
Hope this helps, and I hope that more people end up checking out this (these) server(s), as their first home, or as a new home for their main or alternative characters!