Just a quick correction, I never indicated that "the majority" wanted this, but it received a generally positive response at the meeting. Perhaps most who disagreed just kept their mouths shut at the time, which is fine. I'm glad it'e here for the discussion. With that said though, I feel like an idiot when I try to argue for something that I thought was at least received well and only see the opposite when brought in an official capacity on the forums. It's not the first time I've experienced this and it's discouraging for me personally. I have a lvl20 and lvl3 imp who I doubt I'll ever play, but that is because I wont solo them. My fun is based on groups, and I refuse to join anyone other than FA. Now if I did know who was on that side from FA, it might be different and I may play there for the benefits, but this pretty much shoots it down for me.
Also, the conversation of "multi-guilding" got out of hand. Guild other than FA = kick. no shit. not sure where that came from. I considered this an extension of FA, only of FA people.
I'm fairly surprised at the responses given the split last meeting. The consensus seems to be keep imp alts private and limit grouping to personal decisions (other imps, or unknown FA). Very different than what I was expecting, but I'm glad we got thoughts written down.
I take big issue with the concept of "multi guilding = kick" when it would be with FA alts. Not promoted imp as FA guild, but alts of active members. Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean others wouldn't like to see a form of it implemented.
I think your fears of splitting the guild up are 100% valid to discuss, but I also think you're already saying "no" to something you can't prove will happen. As I mentioned, I think you're taking your fear and blowing the idea out of proportion. If anything, I think having the ability to NOT be in a guild, and therefore NOT be in TS makes it EASIER to avoid FA members and events. If we had the in game mechanics to see who was on imp side at the time it would be much easier to group up for those people and they would feel more inclined to get on TS. If I decide to lvl an imp, I can simply not tell you my name, ignore you, not get on TS, and miss out on our stuff when I'm needed. Obviously I wouldn't, but if your argument is for awareness of members online, your idea sure doesn't support it. If your argument is about roleplay story, why must this be tied to that? We dictate our story, why can't we exclude it, or we be creative with it. I'm not saying these are solutions, but I'm at least saying they are options to discuss before feeling like you've "broken a promise". Trust me, I won't be offended, and I wouldn't assume others would be either... Your post makes it seem like when I mentioned this you think that I had this vision of what we are now, but on the other side - raids? No. Allies? No. Strong RP events? No. I'm surprised you even thought some would be interested in that. Why would we do that? As far as your comments about what you saw in MxO... I'm hoping you're not assuming that's what you think FA members would do. If you think any of our members would do that, why are they still in FA? Moot point, IMO.
I appreciate you making a thread to get other thoughts on the matter. Thank you.
This is me being incredibly, ridiculously, massively anal, but... the two large character bars don't line up. The right one is slightly higher, and that would drive me insane.
I fixed this, and also made the sidebars a little bit bigger.. WIll post that xml up later and edit my posts.
Why did you stop Dj'ing? I don't think I could ever stop.
Time, money, corporate job, and after moving away from Chicago to a more rural area, there just wasn't enough of that culture to sustain my interest. I did internet radio with it for a while, but that didn't last. Sold my tables for $$$ but never did get rid of my records. I've had crates just sitting for about 4 years now with "one day" plans of converting all to digital and picking up new decks. Probably not going to happen.
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