MotherJedi wrote:1. PW's identity has been mentioned several times so lets clarify. its always been short rounds and totally random where you land and i believe this has provided the backbone for a solid community over the years and i believe these are the 2 things that shouldn't be changed. so insane is quite right with his comment
Yep, I've been saying the same thing 
MotherJedi wrote:2. point 1 does not mean that i disagree with renders idea. for quite some time ic has fallen a bit by the wayside and needs an injection of something to renew the 'passion' for the game, to bring back people that have left, to encourage new players to join. so there is no harm in trying this new idea out since its really no different to trying out the koth thing etc.
I don't think anyone is actually opposed to the idea? Everyone who can, 'has' signed up.
MotherJedi wrote:3. i also agree with lee that its going to need a bit more time to sort out the kinks, so in the meantime would it not be a good idea as lee suggests to have a short round with small families just to keep people interested enough to stay on and help do this thing
This was my suggestion
Mods were ready to restart the galaxies earlier, but because of Render's thread and then consequently me thinking that it's only fair MW should also choose how they want to play, and with Black Eye galaxy and everything eles from irc shenaningans, bugs, etc, I thought it'd be a good idea to just have a short 4 week round, while things settle down, and Ideas are refined. Again, it's just a suggestion.
MotherJedi wrote:4. i'm not sure if torq is playing devils advocate or not but no matter what way you put it, you were planning to merge the 2 galaxies and probably with this bug, now was going to be the golden opportunity to do this since both galaxies are going to be shut down at the same time. and i'm pretty sure you're missing the point with pw players protests. its really not so much about the pw identity as it is about the different styles of play between the 2 galaxies. if pw players wanted to play mw then they would do so and vice versa. and while we still have 79 people in pw, its not a dead duck yet.
Yes, I am to an extent. First of all, I don't "plan" anything. I suggest. It's not in my authority to plan and make changes of this nature. In any case, everyone knows theres differences in playstyle between PW and MW, noone argues with this either.. The same is true For Andromeda and Triangulum. However, as a Dev, I see it as my job to look at the bigger picture here. I try to think on what's good for the overall game. Can I always be right? No, ofcourse not. I just share my opinion and why I think so. And this is one of those things. With specific regards to PW players, ofcourse they'll have this resentment of merging. If there were only 10 players left in IC, 5 from PW 5 from MW, they STILL wouldn't want to merge and would rather continue playing their own playstyles. Is this necessarily the best way forward? No, personally, I don't think so.
MotherJedi wrote:and finally i would like to use the same words to those in power as were used on us when pw got chopped and changed around - don't knock it unless you tried it. we're all troopers here and we played the rounds that were changed around. this time we're going to be troopers again and try something else that is being suggested by the players rather than mods/devs. and while i favour the randomness and short rounds of the current pw, i will be a trooper and give renders idea a shot.
Don't misunderstand the Mods/Devs. We're troopers too, and we play in all gals as well. In a Mod/Dev capacity, we do what we can to help IC. We volunteer our time to try to make the game better for all of us. Afterall, we're players too 