Petition to Keep Balmung Server Locked

[Skivvy]

I wouldn't say hate, but extreme dislike and annoyance that you guys demand to be treated any differently than any other server out there. SE didn't make you guys special snowflakes. You did that on your own when you began declaring you guys were the central hub for RP, something SE never wanted, hence why they will never declare an official RP server.

Some history for the masses. Back in 2010, there had actually been a poll amongst the players to try and figure out which server to name as the unofficial RP server. Besaid won the poll.

When ARR launched About 18 months before ARR launched, Fabul and Besaid merged to create Balmung, bringing the unofficial RP server title with it. So there you have it. It's not so much that we suddenly began declaring ourselves anything, it's that the early players of XIV 1.0 had put the decision to a vote and settled on Besaid, which eventually became Balmung.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Some history for the masses. Back in 2010, there had actually been a poll amongst the players to try and figure out which server to name as the unofficial RP server. Besaid won the poll.

When ARR launched, Fabul and Besaid merged to create Balmung, bringing the unofficial RP server title with it. So there you have it. It's not so much that we suddenly began declaring ourselves anything, it's that the early players of XIV 1.0 had put the decision to a vote and settled on Besaid, which eventually became Balmung.

Besaid and Fabul merged into Balmung before 2.0 launched, not for the launch. It was around 6-12 months before the servers shut down IIRC.

Edit: Looks like around Feb of 2012. 18 months before 2.0 launched.

[Skivvy]

Besaid and Fabul merged into Balmung before 2.0 launched, not for the launch. It was around 6-12 months before the servers shut down IIRC.

Edit: Looks like around Feb of 2012. 18 months before 2.0 launched.

Ah, thank you for the correction! I was not playing at the very end of 1.xx - I just know I was placed on Balmung when ARR launched.