With the server merges coming, the Lore channel is going to get axed.

[Cusashorn]

<p>Some of us on the Befallen.lore channel have noticed that with the upcommin server merges that will soon be happening, the lore channel will no longer exist and a new one will need to be made.</p><p>Now, using a new server to host it isn't a big problem, but there is the issue of losing people who seldom use the channel because they may not know what the new one is. Some people like to listen but don't speak up too often in the channel.</p><p>A vote was taken and it seems that Guk.lore may end up being the new one, but it was also agreed that not very many people voted to make a huge impact.</p><p>Not counting the foreign servers, here is a list of all the servers that will remain after the merges:</p><p><strong>Guk, Unrest, Oasis, Butcherblock, Everfrost, Permafrost, Antonia Bayle, Lucan D'Lere, Nagafen, Crushbone, Vox, The Bazaar, and Test.</strong></p><p>I'm posting this thread for two reasons:</p><p>First, the channel wishes to see a larger population active in voting for a new hosting server.</p><p>and Second, I'm wondering if it's possible to merge Oasis into Befallen instead. If there's no technical advantage to using the Oasis server over Befallen, then why not just keep Befallen so this whole thing becomes a non-issue?</p><p>I don't have a problem with what happens either way, but it would be nice if we didn't have to lose our current channel.</p><p>What do you guys think?</p>

[Vortexelemental]

<p>The Bazaar. Because it pwns.</p>

[betatester7]

<p>I like Vox and Guk because they're short names and easy to remember, but are you going to vote again?</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p>I missed the first vote, and the others on the lore channel said another vote would probably be appropriate.</p>

[tkia]

<p><cite>betatester7 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I like Vox and Guk because they're short names and easy to remember, but are you going to vote again?</p></blockquote><p>I'd agree with this and suggest Guk for 2 reasons:</p><p>1.  It's likely to hang around longer than Vox.</p><p>2.  It's already in common use for many world class channels.</p>

[Ahlana]

<p><cite>tkia wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>betatester7 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I like Vox and Guk because they're short names and easy to remember, but are you going to vote again?</p></blockquote><p>I'd agree with this and suggest Guk for 2 reasons:</p><p>1.  It's likely to hang around longer than Vox.</p><p>2.  It's already in common use for many world class channels.</p></blockquote><p>Also Vox is PVP and can not talk to the rest of the world :p</p>

[Aneova]

<p>Guk.Lore works for me</p>

[Kamimura]

<p>My vote it also for guk, keep it short.</p>

[Anaogi]

<p>guk.lore is fine by me.  Heck, I've already got it set up on my lists...</p>

[Rezikai]

<p>Eh i suppose guk.lore it is for me to then.</p><p>btw lets get started on that community EQuniverse project!</p>

[betatester7]

<p>ok, Guk then!</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p>I'd like to see a dev post in this thread to hear what they have to say about the server merge. Personally, I'd rather Oasis get merged into Befallen instead of the other way around.</p>

[Maergoth]

<p>Guk.lore for reasons I've already said but have no problem reitterating.</p><p> Lucan_Dlere.lore failed because no one could figure out how to underscore. Upon switching names, the channel population doubled. Guk is easier to remember, easier to spell, and unbiased since most people aren't from Guk anyway.</p>

[kdmorse]

<p>Guk. </p><p>It's easy to use, easy to remember, easy to spell, and everyone else uses it for the same reason, making it even easier to remember.</p><p>-Ken</p>

[Zabjade]

<p><span style="color: #00cc00;">Guk works I guess, I had planned on setting it back up on whatever server Befallen ends up as (Oasis?)</span></p>

[Shanak85]

<p>I dunno why, but I would feel it right for it to be on an RP server, but they both have such long names, so I guess guk is alright.</p>

[Wilin]

<p>I vote for Guk because that's my server and I just want to join the "lore" channel. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Thanriyon Arkhelt]

<p>I'd vote for Guk.Lore, it's short, it's easy, and I have a bad memory <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Zabjade]

<p><span style="color: #00cc00;">Last time it was on an RP server, I hear, it was taken over by a "tyrant".</span></p>

[Raven_Ancient]

<p>I vote for Splitpaw.Lore. Simply because there IS a world outside of the US. *Cue the Duh Duh DUHHHH music*</p><p>No really who gives a hoot. What does it matter what server it rests on in the end? Whether Befallen gets merged into Oasis or vice versa. In the end a lot of planning I'm sure goes into a server merge and I doubt they'll change the plans because a few chat channels need to be remade.</p>

[Gungo]

<p>I vote for guk.lore because then it sends the chat lag to their server =P</p>

[Zabjade]

<p><cite>Ruatha@Splitpaw wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I vote for Splitpaw.Lore. Simply because there IS a world outside of the US. *Cue the Duh Duh DUHHHH music*</p><p>No really who gives a hoot. What does it matter what server it rests on in the end? Whether Befallen gets merged into Oasis or vice versa. In the end a lot of planning I'm sure goes into a server merge and I doubt they'll change the plans because a few chat channels need to be remade.</p></blockquote><p><span style="color: #00cc00;">Lies! The world Ends 20 miles off the coast of all the US territories! /sarcastic humor</span></p><p><span style="color: #00cc00;">Yes we know. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> </span></p>

[Cusashorn]

<p>Sounds like the majority vote goes to Guk.Lore. I guess that settles it then. See you all there.</p>

[betatester7]

<p>its guk.lore open? when we're going to using it?</p>

[Zabjade]

<p><span style="color: #00cc00;">Yeah it was created you can create it from any server, I even plopped a character over there to be sure.</span></p>

[Saroc_Luclin]

Granted it's a longer channel name, and I don't get into the side channels much anyways, but doesn't UCS (and thus EQ2) have the catchall "serverwide" 'server', for server independent channels? I know for EQLive we have the eq.serverwide.eqlive : tnz as the old Newbie zone channel. You guys should (if you wanted it) be able to make a serverwide.lore (or even eq2.serverwide.lore ) channel, independent of the servers. I think you only need eq2 if you are coming from outside the EQ2 chat space. Then again "serverwide" may be an EQLive only thing.

[Cusashorn]

Just so everyone knows, the Befallen.lore channel is no more. The new channel is now Guk.lore.

[Zabjade]

<p><span style="color: #00cc00;">Aye, I was on Befallen to the End...I woll tell you what Oasis might want to avoid the Antonican Wizard Spires on Tuesday...Lag issues.  We had a Party....and I still didn't win the Lotto before the Gogglegibbers absconed for while making for the Oasis Evacuation Portals.</span></p><p><span style="color: #00cc00;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #00cc00;">The NagaCube has Eaten Befallen. The Leraclysm has run it's course on Befallen.</span></p><p><span style="color: #00cc00;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #00cc00;">Pulled up Alevah over on AB and at let those know hwo monitored the channel that Befallen was no longer active, not many on at that time.</span></p>