PRO Lumiel Post: I liked some of his reasons, the #1 being my favorite reason.
Re: [Poll] LIVE Unofficial RP Server (NA) Restart
Postby Labyrinth on Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:37 am
Lumiel for the win. I've been hoping Lumiel would be a server in the launch lineup and hope has been rewarded.
Reasons:
1) Lumiel is a fruity name. As a fruit, I think I'm qualified to say this. It sounds like the name of a Disney character, for nyerk's sake. From my perspective, that's a feature. It seems to me that the average internet nyerkwad will be less likely to roll on a server with a fruity name. It doesn't fit the "I'm so nyerking awesome" mindset. Less nyerkwads = Win.
2) For those who've played the game and thus know anything about the lore, Lumiel or Markutan (Wisdom or Fate) would be the obvious choices for a roleplaying server. Kaithiel, or Yustiel (Illusion or Life) would be distant seconds. As an activity, roleplaying doesn't say "Death," "Destruction," or "Justice" to me---Triniel, Zikel, and Nezakan. To me, those read as "Awesome Griefers." This is subjective, I understand, but nonetheless, less awesome griefers = Win.
3) I'm not surprised that Lumiel seems to have a comparatively low OB population. No one knew if it was going to be a choice until OB was actually live only five-ish days ago. We had a pretty huge CB population, from my perspective. Of course the servers that existed during CB are going to have inflated populations. Let's not forget, however, that there will invariably be a horde of players come launch who are getting in on the action. Worrying about the launch server population based on numbers right now is paranoia at best and outright panicking at worst. We shouldn't make this decision based on anxiety. There will be plenty of players on each of the servers by the end of the first month.
4) The fact that Lumiel has a comparatively small server population right now is an incredible opportunity. The fewer experienced non-roleplayers that are playing on Lumiel at launch, the better the chances for us, the roleplayers, to establish a mature, welcoming community from the very beginning. Good game mechanics and a pretty world will make a game appealing for a little while, but it's the community that'll make it stick like glue. New players will, more often than not, follow the example set by the more experienced players. Speaking from experience, that's the way an awesome community gets made. The seeds of it have to be there at the start. Lumiel is prime soil for planting. Opportunity for mature, friendly community = Win!
That's why, from my perspective, Lumiel is the obvious choice. Timezone doesn't matter, as has been pointed out up thread. And even if it did, the fact that it's an East Coast server and thus is the most central to both West Coasters and European folks playing NA is a good thing.
