This is a really interesting idea for a topic (so long as we keep on topic).
Disclaimer: This is my personal view and experience, how I saw things, how I see them now. You said to be honest, I will be. I want to make it clear that I don't have hard feelings over any of this anymore (I was initially pretty upset by it) and think it's very cool that you're asking for our views on your pearl. This is not to slander the pearl, its members, or to discourage anyone from joining, because your experience will likely be very different from mine!
I'm an outsider, though I had applied to Everwatch some time ago.
I thought it was a neat idea, would be fun for RP, and an interesting spot to put my character in where she could be a part of something bigger than herself.
However, during the initial application I felt more than just a judgement of my character or my fit to the shell. I felt I was being judged for my affiliations with another pearl, Sanctus Refero. I was well aware that some upper members in EW had problems with SR. But the fact that I felt like I was already labelled iffy, even though I had not interacted much at all with any of you ICly, or at all OOCly, upset me. It didn't take more than a few responses to my application before I felt like I was being singled out in this, having read some other applications before I applied. I withdrew my application, citing real life and scheduling, but that was truly only part of it. I have enough stereotyping to overcome playing a miqo'te (scoff if you want but it is true), I didn't need an additional 'she's from SR' stereotype to overcome too.
Nowadays, I see Everwatch as a possibly dying pearl. This is mostly because recently the events I see with EW members present, usually just 2 or 3 core members show up and RP among themselves. The members' public journals lead me to believe there's a really.. odd disturbing love-mess there that I wouldn't want to get involved with myself, which makes me wonder how much of EW's purpose and goal IC is held onto. Again, this is just what I see, which is obviously not the whole picture! Of course friends tell me of their experiences with EW, and many of them are negative, but some are positive. My own IC experience has been alright, and I'll continue RPing with EW members in whatever situation we may find ourselves in.
So, there's one outsider's perspective. Kudos for asking for them!
Disclaimer: This is my personal view and experience, how I saw things, how I see them now. You said to be honest, I will be. I want to make it clear that I don't have hard feelings over any of this anymore (I was initially pretty upset by it) and think it's very cool that you're asking for our views on your pearl. This is not to slander the pearl, its members, or to discourage anyone from joining, because your experience will likely be very different from mine!
I'm an outsider, though I had applied to Everwatch some time ago.
I thought it was a neat idea, would be fun for RP, and an interesting spot to put my character in where she could be a part of something bigger than herself.
However, during the initial application I felt more than just a judgement of my character or my fit to the shell. I felt I was being judged for my affiliations with another pearl, Sanctus Refero. I was well aware that some upper members in EW had problems with SR. But the fact that I felt like I was already labelled iffy, even though I had not interacted much at all with any of you ICly, or at all OOCly, upset me. It didn't take more than a few responses to my application before I felt like I was being singled out in this, having read some other applications before I applied. I withdrew my application, citing real life and scheduling, but that was truly only part of it. I have enough stereotyping to overcome playing a miqo'te (scoff if you want but it is true), I didn't need an additional 'she's from SR' stereotype to overcome too.
Nowadays, I see Everwatch as a possibly dying pearl. This is mostly because recently the events I see with EW members present, usually just 2 or 3 core members show up and RP among themselves. The members' public journals lead me to believe there's a really.. odd disturbing love-mess there that I wouldn't want to get involved with myself, which makes me wonder how much of EW's purpose and goal IC is held onto. Again, this is just what I see, which is obviously not the whole picture! Of course friends tell me of their experiences with EW, and many of them are negative, but some are positive. My own IC experience has been alright, and I'll continue RPing with EW members in whatever situation we may find ourselves in.
So, there's one outsider's perspective. Kudos for asking for them!
