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I agree. It does not add anything to roleplay. This should not be apart of the lotc experience.

grrr wold team grrr

cool dunk

LMFAO

Rest in peace Garg. I am truly sorry to hear of your passing. Your death is a huge loss to the Minecraft building community. I have taken a lot of inspiration from your work with color and will continue to build in your memory. Thanks for the friendly conversation over the years.

This is a tech/dev team problem. If they wanted to fix it they would have.

Ah the great Sugundese people.

You praise the tech team in one paragraph for fixing the lag and then lambast them in the next for not getting warclaims working. I wish I could have fixed that and it is a major regret of my time on staff I could not influence it. I think freebuild is atrocious and continue to argue against it. I know it is easy to dunk on me for being unintelligent or something but the truth is idgaf what you think. I have moved on from my minecraft job and am expressing my opinion as a longtime player. I do not want freebuild to return and will rely upon my experience and knowledge to argue against it. I think if we listen to freebuild screaming it will hurt the server. Take it or leave it, that is up to the admins. Forum posting about it won't change it either so write a staff application if you want to see meaningful movement on this topic. Trust me, these posts do not influence Admin discussion.

I think there is a big memory hole on free build on previous maps. We spent close to six months cleaning up the charter system last map and could never even think to tackle the freebuild areas which were choked with abandoned towns. With the last maps charter system most of the outer ring outside the nations were freebuild settlements that never had much activity outside of the initial period of founding. I understand if you are unaware of the numbers but we got rid of somewhere around 80 charters that were between 0.00 (that means no one logged in all month) and 0.2 percent activity. Player counts rose considerably to their new normal after the culling of inactive charters. There was increased conflict after the destruction of inactive charters. These are the facts of the last two years of development after the failure of the previous ring map. You can go to nations right now and there is nation sponsored freebuild. I am no longer on staff or world team but it appears to me they are accepting settlement applications and giving people a chance. We create a world worth rping in by interacting with other players. Freebuild allows you to create something without that rp interaction. If you think back to the freebuild settlements of Aegis or Anthos, those that continued are the extreme minority. The number that never had any longevity is incomprehensible I saw arguments that the World Team could just clean up inactive freebuilds. This is a waste of time for those volunteers. There is already enough bureaucratic management issues to add policing freebuild to their plate. It was a lot less work to implement a rigorous settlement application process then all the hours spent wiping dozens of charters a month. I remember when we had to approve those shovel charters there being a new one almost every day. It is a crazy amount of workload for people who are not getting paid. Think back to those 100+ charters we had to wipe last map. Can you remember the names of most of them? I spent countless hours world editing them out and they are a muddled together. I can not remember much of any relational geography last map because of the circular shape. I am much more grounded in this current map as a player. I think fast travel could possibly help with travel times on this map but that is not what is being discussed. The only way I think you could create some freebuild opportunity is on a temporary basis. Expansion/temp map style that took people's attention to another landmass briefly and let new settlements flourish. The idea would be to incorporate those new groups back into the normal map after the end of the event or time period. A nation could even declare one of it's provinces freebuild to attract settlers. I think Yong Ping is a perfect example of the success that can come out of cooperative roleplay being forced through the system. They were able to build up a player base and culture in relation to another nation and strike out on their own when they were ready. Their culture is now grounded to the greater reality of the server and not just a sudden creation out of the imagination.

Grool signs the petition.

I am impressed. This is a very good feature to add. @zezimus will never be on the main server again.

Former Mayor Alphonse Sylvester Halcourt would think long and hard about the words of this Haenseman. "Most of your kings die before age thirty due to mental health issues. You should consider investing time and effort into your own royal family's well being. Yam glad that your king will kill himself before too long. I am sure the Economist Mister Fitzpatrick would agree with upon reviewing a statistical analysis of the correlation between nu-haensian royalty and sinful behavior. I heard the current king beats Norlandic women for fun but that does not fit your 'bleeding heart' agenda you wish to sell to the Church so you can join your Rusty Accord friends."

Alphonse would remark upon reading this work, "It is true, the only place the Norland hordes find success is in their imaginations."

The Mayor, the illustrious Alphonse Sylvester Halcourt, also known as A.S.H. would hear the news of the end of the pathetic insurrection. He would ponder what next steps lay for the Empire and the capital, his beloved home of Providence. He would reach for his trusty journal and begin to write. Dear Diary. I am sorry to hear about the end of this affair. It made things a bit more interesting then the daily drone of the City Assembly. It is bittersweet, this victory. I am both glad that I did not have to leave the safety and warmth of the Imperial Capital but also a bit disappointed I did not get to bash these vagabonds skulls in with my Imperial State Army issued mace. The boys would have gotten some education in the art of subjugation in such an encounter with hearding these wayward sheep. I will keep this entry brief due to wanting to fold in the raw emotion of such news. Their defeat was expected but their surrender is quite the surprise. Can you imagine the shame of not even bothering to fight a battle to protect your home? I guess it is no surprise that a Johannian would surrender his home without a fight. Maybe they could not afford to pay the troops due to their inability to pay their taxes. This lines up with historical precedent. Marnans seem to be born without backbone. I assume they will slither away to Haense. Imagine that. Horen's a vassal to Carrions! History seems to be repeating itself over and over. The Sedanite babe seems to have been crushed in its crib. Infanticide. Our Emperor puts Victor in Evictor.

It was a pleasure to work alongside you Anore! Nothing but love.

"The People of Providence look forward to working with our partners in Talon's Port to host this event. I promised to help bring this event to other nations and this is a promise kept. Thank you to our partners down in Talon's Port and I look forward to another amazing event!" -Mayor A.S.H.

Very cool!

So proud of you for finishing this project!

"I am very excited to host this event with our friends in Talon's Port. This will be a great competition that will test the sailors of Almaris beyond normal ability. We look forward to all the festivities and spreading the spirit of competition!" Mayor Alphonse Sylvester Halcourt

I am not sure what I have to do with this.

THE MEAD AND MARKET THE LORD-MAYOR ANNOUNCED AN ALE FESTIVAL FOR ALL DRINKS, GAMBLING, AND GOOD FUN THE MEAD AND MARKET shall signify the new and bright future of the Lord-Mayor Halcourt’s tenancy in office! It will be a festival of drinking, fun and joviality. We invite ALL of Almaris to join the festivities. DRINK DRINK DRINK! THE NOVELLEN shall be hosting a grand drinking competition. It shall cost five mina to enter and the winner will receive an honorary novelty title as well as a special prize! Gambling stations will be set up in the Tavern and drinking stalls will be set up by the front of the city close to the Central Tavern. COME ONE, COME ALL! THE MAYOR will host a brew tasting competition with a panel of three judges selected from the guests in attendance. There will be a cash prize of 100 MINAS to the finest brew, wine, and spirit in Almaris. You can submit an entry to all three categories. ALL are invited to participate, regardless of nation or race. Contact the Lord Mayor’s Office to reserve a tent. There will be some stalls available the day of for late arrivals. All merchants, whether a brewmaster or not, are invited to request a stall, free of charge. Signed, The Lord-Mayor of Providence OOC: DATE: 13th February SAT TIME: 5pm EST LOCATION: MAIN SQUARE OF PROVIDENCE CONTACT: Almaris IG, or Grool#6871 on Discord

Krug is gender neutral. Or is it?