The Quest for a Home (Server Vote--concluded)

[Mycroft]

According to reports' date=' Lindblum is the largest populated server of them all, followed by Mysidia and Figaro. People who haven't voted yet are urged to vote for something else, though I'm unsure if it matters at this point >.>;[/quote']

 

Psst.. Go Gysahl!

[Ozak Kuzak]

According to reports' date=' Lindblum is the largest populated server of them all, followed by Mysidia and Figaro. People who haven't voted yet are urged to vote for something else, though I'm unsure if it matters at this point >.>;[/quote']

 

Maybe we should pick our 2nd pick as the server to go to?

[Koti Nexus]

It wouldn't surprise me if they are having server issues, as that was one of the major problems in Closed Beta. There servers seem to have trouble with the amount of draw they are getting. This makes me wonder if they were not expecting this big or a crowd or a few hamsters decided to have a party, got a hang over and called off from work. >.>

[Ozak Kuzak]

Should've just let Castiel reason it out and pick one for all of us. (Couldn't resist' date=' had to say it.)[/quote']

 

I kinda like this idea too :moogle:

[Koti Nexus]

According to reports' date=' Lindblum is the largest populated server of them all, followed by Mysidia and Figaro. People who haven't voted yet are urged to vote for something else, though I'm unsure if it matters at this point >.>;[/quote']

 

In the end, I will go where ever the RPC goes, after all, I picked Cornelia!

[Aveline]

Should've just let Castiel reason it out and pick one for all of us. (Couldn't resist' date=' had to say it.)[/quote']

 

I kinda like this idea too :moogle:

 

Yep. :lol:

[Rhio]

According to reports' date=' Lindblum is the largest populated server of them all, followed by Mysidia and Figaro. People who haven't voted yet are urged to vote for something else, though I'm unsure if it matters at this point >.>;[/quote']

 

While I'm not the sort to advocate disrupting the democratic process except when I do, it might be prudent in light of developments to call for a re-vote. We know more now than we did when the vote started, and votes were being primarily cast on the basis of which game we liked more. Our data about who was going where was being collected at the same time as the votes were being cast, and that results in a bit of chaos.

 

I can't say I'm expecting it, but a recall election (so to speak) might give us the chance to put together a more sober picture of the overall landscape.

[Soren Miren]

Lindblum is the Kefka/Sephiroth of city names

[Koti Nexus]

According to reports' date=' Lindblum is the largest populated server of them all, followed by Mysidia and Figaro. People who haven't voted yet are urged to vote for something else, though I'm unsure if it matters at this point >.>;[/quote']

 

While I'm not the sort to advocate disrupting the democratic process except when I do, it might be prudent in light of developments to call for a re-vote. We know more now than we did when the vote started, and votes were being primarily cast on the basis of which game we liked more. Our data about who was going where was being collected at the same time as the votes were being cast, and that results in a bit of chaos.

 

I can't say I'm expecting it, but a recall election (so to speak) might give us the chance to put together a more sober picture of the overall landscape.

 

Revote!!

Or you pick Castiel!

 

Besides I think only a /few/ of us are in the Open Beta at this point anyhow.

[CrimsonVonSanguine]

A revote will put us in the same mess, we would just end up picking another "pretty" or "popular" name. If we vote on anything, I'd say we vote on investing someone with the responsibility of picking a server and discussing some pros and cons with the community :3

[Kejira]

wouldn't mind a Revote

Or that Castie Pick.

[Nikolai]

I don't think I've heard of any larger groups going to Kashuan, Gysahl, or Istory, so any one of those three would be ideal, no?

 

EDIT: Can anyone in beta check out the populations of those servers? I'm in class atm. D:

[Koti Nexus]

A revote will put us in the same mess' date=' we would just end up picking another "pretty" or "popular" name. If we vote on anything, I'd say we vote on investing someone with the responsibility of picking a server and discussing some pros and cons with the community :3[/quote']

 

Or we go with the lowest server with the most less votes!

[Rhio]

Mysidia and Lindblum are still missing. Figaro is back.

[Aveline]

A revote will put us in the same mess' date=' we would just end up picking another "pretty" or "popular" name. If we vote on anything, I'd say we vote on investing someone with the responsibility of picking a server and discussing some pros and cons with the community :3[/quote']

 

Yeah I believe that's how Eorzeapedia did it--they voted on who would select the server for them. Still a vote, but with far less mess and hassle.

[Kylin]

To be honest, only having 10 servers available for OPEN beta was a dumb decision on Square Enix's part. They should have at least had 15. I'm willing to bet that they'll be adding several more very soon.

[Mycroft]

I don't think I've heard of any larger groups going to Kashuan, Gysahl, or Istory, so any one of those three would be ideal, no?

 

I know of one group going to Kashuan, named Disdain.. They're a quite large End-game ls.

[Rhio]

A revote will put us in the same mess' date=' we would just end up picking another "pretty" or "popular" name. If we vote on anything, I'd say we vote on investing someone with the responsibility of picking a server and discussing some pros and cons with the community :3[/quote']

 

Not necessarily. The reason why everyone picked the name they liked most at the start is because we had precisely zero information as to what groups were going to what servers. We had loose guesses based on mapping bosses to games to cities, but those only panned out to an extent. (IX's boss server was Necron, I believe, and who in the world was rolling there?) Furthermore, there are several cities who didn't wind up getting any initial votes, and as a result they never had a chance once Lindblum and Besaid started approaching critical mass.

 

In other words, I think the initial vote (and quite possibly the final vote - I'll abide by the results with due diligence) went with surface qualities because we lacked any other meaningful criteria. We have more meaningful measurements to go by now.

[Smiling River]

While I'm not the sort to advocate disrupting the democratic process except when I do, it might be prudent in light of developments to call for a re-vote. We know more now than we did when the vote started, and votes were being primarily cast on the basis of which game we liked more. Our data about who was going where was being collected at the same time as the votes were being cast, and that results in a bit of chaos.

 

The bold text is the problem. Lots of voters were just picking randomly or voting for the most popular on the poll. If you vote with no reason, you wont get reasonable results

 

Obviously this is a huge problem at the moment. Let's just wait out the 24hours and see where we are, and where the rest of the major communities are. Maybe we can have a reasonable server alternative, and we can vote either to keep these results or go to that server which less people have already claimed.

 

Also, the general population that will pick up the game on launch with no idea where different groups are going will probably be attracted to our current leader. New general player, new RPers, the current RPC and a few other communities? If we stick with it, we're screwed.

 

I wouldn't expect people to wait an hour after work to get in 30min of playtime.

[Koti Nexus]

My friend (who is more into FF) says the safer servers to probably go to are Cornelia, Kashuan, and Gysahl, because..

1) They are absurd names

2) They were from the old school FF, which mostly people are not familiar with.

3) and now a days, people think of Gysahl, they think of Chocobos (wark!)

[Shamadconde]

Here's an idea. If we choose to have a revote, let's have it on the 15th. Everyone will have access to the beta by then and the various factions will have chosen their server. Plus if Squenix adds servers (which they SOOO should) we can have more choices. Just a thought.

[Siben]

I say we wait it out until Square drops the actually complete list of servers for Live (you know, the whole 20 they said they were going to have?) and do another vote before OB ends.

[falcolas]

We have a council, let them decide. A small group can make a reasonable decision faster than us as a democracy can. We're already trusting them with the fates of our roleplaying interaction, why not the server choice?

[Mycroft]

Here's an idea. If we choose to have a revote' date=' let's have it on the 15th. Everyone will have access to the beta by then and the various factions will have chosen their server. Plus if Squenix adds servers (which they SOOO should) we can have more choices. Just a thought.[/quote']

 

I agree with this.. And this time we should consider having it as a 48 hour vote.. Such things shouldn't be rushed, but on the other hand with all the info we're likely to have it should be quicker.

[Rhio]

The full list is back up once again.

 

As an aside, I know I was the one who put forth the idea of a revote, but I don't in any way mean that as a condemnation of the current process. I just want to make sure that we wind up with the best possible home we can. I am also a lifelong proponent of the idea that home is where you are, not where you wish you could be, so take from that what you will.