*chimes in*Hey there! Basically what Gorgon said, well, exactly what Gorgon said

And Elradra! peeps keep posting while i have been writing this behemoth
This take work, code, clever people and all sorts of resources that we either do not have, OR could be doing much more important things like fixing building coding ect.
And yeah Sath, but...
And I will add a few things as an Avlis admin, a few things that might not be considered.
One of the main reason that we, Avlis (and all of CoPap) use the alpha server.. is basically quality control.
When you register with Alpha, we have a record of IP, a contactable forum account, willingness and an agreement to bind by Avlis rules, setting RP quality, a senior staff contact you can go to if your stuck or need anything and general community acceptance.
We check copap history, ensure no ex griefers, or non-fitting types return to grief or mess thing up for others. And a record of who plays here, in case of accident, help, customer service and advice.
Avlis far outshines those servers in so many areas. We have better systems, better crafting, better classes, better areas.
Agreed
Yet most of all, a better class of roleplayers and community. And see, the Avlis community is what what Avlis mostly amazing. Pulling people of the street, does not necessarily improve Avlis.
Everyday, without fail, i check my PMs, at least twice, thats when i get up, and when i get home from work. When im at work, or asleep, avliswebadmin is about checking for alpha registrations.
I dont think anyone in the last few years has had to wait more then 12 hours for alpha registration.
And if your friends, or whoever thinks this is too long to wait, to feed the instant gratuity of "i want it now" is hardly going to have the patience to start at level one and rp there way through friendships, meaningful RP, levels and experience to get to a point where they will truly understand and appreciate what Avlis really means.
There are also legalities, people that register properly to the forums and the game, agree they are are a certain age.. ect ect...
The last thing i want.. is for some 12 year old to be hit on/murdered/slash.. wtf adult stuff.. and there parents come for us.. i know you could just tick a box, but again its about communication. Its a duty of care to keep Avlis safe. Not just a tick in the box on a form.. lawyer business.. but to actually ~keep~ it safe. For like reals...
There are massive jumps of players between servers- waves of 10 or so players will leave one PW they are estranged or bored of, and look up all of the currently active RP worlds and choose a new one
Tell them how cool Avlis is, and get them all to register now.. so next time you are bored... you are ready

Anyways.... , we get to rewrite a system that serves us well as a community, (and even more so, on the back end, where people look after this place, quality and people alike)
so a wave of 10 people show up at lvl 1 and make a difference till they get bored?

j/k but you know what I mean right? 12.. even 24 hours at worst case (apparently avliswebadmin has a life)
is no time at all compared to how long you will spend under lvl 10.
And if thats too long, jump on IRC, tell Ronan or Kanos, or any of the DMs .. you need logins NOW and if im awake they can find me. And i am never without my super tablet that i can boot off my phone, that i can not only administrate but log in toolset or AVlis proper if needed.
We are doing fine with our finance, our people.. sure, it looks empty at times, (its a really big world, at the disadvantage of having 9 servers, but HEY /who /lfg we are working it out) but we have a strong playerbase, that will come if you book them. QA and CCC are the strongest they have ever been.. and yeah.. we basically are awesome. Worth the wait to me, and the time, to register properly, read the rules.. agree.. and have personal contact with a senior staff member, and forum account, and all the things I have already said. Worth it for them, and MORE then worth it for us.
The newsletter has been taken up again and we will have a regular one soon. If people want more players here.. then invite them. Serious rpers will but in the 15 mins worth of effort.
And just on a personal note, as a DM here....
i love the playerbase numbers we have right, I know nearly everyone, i can tailor plots, world plot, mini plots, events, or even that very special piece or loot or storyline.
I love having a massive event.. with 30-40 people, rather than 100 headbutting the server untill they get in. (pretty sure the limit is 60) Constant lag and crashing
I love the fact, i can devote time, to one or two or 6 players.. and add all the little things that make a login.. an event. Surely you remember Isadora?
I love the fact i can answer nearly all my PMs...
I cant do that with 40 players scattered all the time between servers.. well i could.. but need to sleep and work and stuff too

Anyways, been a long time since the last Pleth ramble, so yeah..
*blames Gorgon*I very much doubt we will be removing the Alpha server anytime soon. The amount of difference it makes on our end, truly negates not more than a days wait, and 15 minutes, to register your MSID.
Whoa! way to long.. need to set up Pubcrawl. Just under two hours from this post!
Hang Brain.. Mikona.. lets get dirty...
