KWSM moving the bar

[Nirgon]

Haha whew I love this guy

[Nirgon]

If you want to give us our own personal replica copy of p99 beta, be my guest. Out of the box eq emu servers aren't of use to us.

[xdrcfrx]

lookatchu bro

[Twochain]

Originally Posted by xdrcfrx [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Shocking. Former <Aftermath> player sides with other former <Aftermath> players. Who could imagine?

It's not about checking specific boxes, like "oh we killed a Vindi on such and such date," and contesting Vulak is never going to be the bar for guilds to participate in the draft.

Seal Team, a group with 0 active presence on blue, wants to take part in events that are designed for the blue community. Maybe if instead of trolling that community, they tried just coming and being a part of it, they'd get less pushback.

Look if you want to talk about the blue community.... you're talking about players who spent over a decade on it. Just because they haven't been around for the last 18 months because they were enjoying our communities new fresh classic server, doesn't mean that they are not part of our community. Many of those players in <Seal Team> helped theorycraft raid strategies we use to this day on Blue.

Phatez said some trolly shit, but i'm sure that's because how dismissive everyone was about it right off the bat.

Now, i'm not saying 1 vindi = serpentine draft entry, i'd like to see them attempt to compete/kill a mob once or twice a week. But outright dismissal due to their focus on the green server is wrong in my elf law opinion.

[xdrcfrx]

Originally Posted by Twochain [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Just because they haven't been around for the last 18 months because they were enjoying our communities new fresh classic server, doesn't mean that they are not part of our community.

That's exactly what it means! They willingly left to go play on another server, which is totally fine. But "haven't been around in the last 18 months" doesn't exactly add up to "am an active member of the community." 18 months is kind of a long time. (query: if you were in AM, and didn't attend a raid for 18 months, were you still in AM, or did you get removed for inactivity? Were you still allowed to spend DKP, or did you need to maintain a R.A. over a certain percentage?)

I otherwise agree with the rest of your comment, mostly. If they are around and have a legitimate sustained presence on blue, then cool please join us in the community events, for the community of which you are a part! Showing up just to spite everyone else doesn't inspire a ton of good will, however.

[Danth]

Originally Posted by Nirgon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We are interested in testing mobs on the beta, it is that simple.

Since you guys don't care about pixels, care if I tag along if/when you get your draft and loot anything I like? Can't stand raiding on P99, so that's the only way I'd ever get that stuff.

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Said it before, I'll say it again: Doesn't hurt to hash out the criteria for a new entity to join the "draft." Other new guilds will form over time, as well, regardless of where the players come from. If "reasonably constant activity on Blue" is one requirement, that's fair enough, but it ought to be spelled out someplace where everyone can see it. Would prefer a strict policy rather than something left up to interpretation or else you'll quite inevitably see a circle-the-wagons mentality as the present guilds do their best "Class R big guilds" impersonation and attempt to interpret any and all newcomers out of qualification for this or that reason. Pixel Sickness does that to guilds--so count on it and plan for it.

Danth

[Twochain]

Originally Posted by xdrcfrx [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That's exactly what it means! They willingly left to go play on another server, which is totally fine. But "haven't been around in the last 18 months" doesn't exactly add up to "am an active member of the community." 18 months is kind of a long time. (query: if you were in AM, and didn't attend a raid for 18 months, were you still in AM, or did you get removed for inactivity? Were you still allowed to spend DKP, or did you need to maintain a R.A. over a certain percentage?)

I otherwise agree with the rest of your comment, mostly. If they are around and have a legitimate sustained presence on blue, then cool please join us in the community events, for the community of which you are a part! Showing up just to spite everyone else doesn't inspire a ton of good will, however.

It shouldn't matter how long/why they haven't been active on Blue. You're talking about raid leaders who have been here since the <TMO> days and beyond. On top of that, 99% of their raiders would immediately be invited into ANY top raid guild on blue if they wished to do so individually. Which leads back in to "removing for inactivity"..

If Franswa, who is kind of the grandfather of Riot, wanted to come back and do a <Core> style guild where 30-40 of his peoples competed for some mobs, i'd argue the same for his guild entering the draft.

[Arvan]

Originally Posted by Twochain [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Look if you want to talk about the blue community.... you're talking about players who spent over a decade on it. Just because they haven't been around for the last 18 months because they were enjoying our communities new fresh classic server, doesn't mean that they are not part of our community. Many of those players in <Seal Team> helped theorycraft raid strategies we use to this day on Blue.

Phatez said some trolly shit, but i'm sure that's because how dismissive everyone was about it right off the bat.

Now, i'm not saying 1 vindi = serpentine draft entry, i'd like to see them attempt to compete/kill a mob once or twice a week. But outright dismissal due to their focus on the green server is wrong in my elf law opinion.

0 seal team online all day yesterday and today, I'll keep you in the loop!

[xdrcfrx]

Originally Posted by Twochain [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It shouldn't matter how long/why they haven't been active on Blue. You're talking about raid leaders who have been here since the <TMO> days and beyond. On top of that, 99% of their raiders would immediately be invited into ANY top raid guild on blue if they wished to do so individually. Which leads back in to "removing for inactivity"..

If Franswa, who is kind of the grandfather of Riot, wanted to come back and do a <Core> style guild where 30-40 of his peoples competed for some mobs, i'd argue the same for his guild entering the draft.

If people that haven't been around in years want to come back, by all means. If they all come back and are invited to blue guilds, cool! If they want to start a new blue guild, also great! But it's ridiculous to assert, after being absent for a year or more, that you are an active member of the community and should be able to benefit from events established for that community. Can they re-join the blue community if they want to? Of course. Have they done that, yet? No, they have not. Galach's comment from the 1st draft was that GM's don't want alt-guilds and guilds that exist just for the draft. That's exactly what Seal Team is right now. Doesn't mean that's what they'll be in the future, but it is the present reality.

If they really want to have a sustained presence on blue, that'll bear itself out over time.

[strongNpretty]

People need to fucking retire from this game man..