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Eva Wrote:I'll take ownership of the suggestion. The fact is we were discussing in the T.A.L.E. IRC why it was necessary to wait three days before having to [probably] ultimately reroll our characters on another server and potentially risk losing our character name. There was nothing 'tyrannical' about the proposal. I was made with the best of intentions on behalf of myself and the community to which I belong (which I had thought was the purpose of the Council forums). The goal would have been to allow for one person that represents the community to expediate an otherwise lengthy (and some feel unnecessary) process. I had suggested that Castiel, who has always shown to have the RP community's interests close at heart, push the button when the time came. But really it doesn't matter who was chosen, so long as it was agreed upon for everyone to follow suit.
But apparently server choice IZ. SERIOUS. BUSINESS. And what seems to be an extremely vocal minority has cried out in opposition. While I adamantly disagree with the reasons being cited against this proposal, the fact is that emails have already been mass distributed and the end of the timeframe is rapidly approaching so, as Castiel said above, there's really no sense in overhauling what we already stated we were going to do. Frankly though, I wish someone had thought to suggest this sooner, as there's no reason we shouldn't really be able to mobilize ourselves on one server within minutes of the server list being announced.
Sadly, the general attitude from some people towards something as simple as a suggestion has given me a great deal of pause concerning what will be my level of involvement with regard to cross-guild RP and the RPC in general, once the game is underway.
I have no ill will towards your suggestion. Everyone has a right to their opinion. I respect your opinion just as much as I would hope others respect my own opinion. The fact that it is under consideration does not bother me. I only said that I understand why individuals would be upset over the matter, because they have a fear of losing that choice, and that choice is indeed a very big deal. When it comes to the matter of 'choice' it is always a big deal, regardless of the details of the choice being made.
We may be the 'vocal' minority, but that it only seems that way because we are the only ones being vocal. Believe me when I say there are many more that feel as we do, but are more 'lurkers' then they are 'vocal'.
It also saddens me how individuals on both sides of the argument are planning to take the route of "you don't agree with me so I don't want to hang around you anymore". This only perpetuates our community to be further divided. We should be working on building bridges, not burning them.
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