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On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 01:14:55 -0600, Annie Benson Lennaman wrote:
> James Grahame wrote:
>>
>> From the EQLive website, at
>>
http://eqlive.station.sony.com/community/dev_view.jsp?id=64016 :
>>
>> "On February 8th a new server will show up on your server selection list.
>> Zek will host the combined characters of the four current PVP servers
>> (Rallos, Tallon, Vallon and Sullon) and will use the Rallos Zek ruleset. It
>> is our opinion that merging the four current PVP servers will revitalize the
>> PVP environment, adding new challenges and players for you to test your
>> skills against."
>>
>> So who won the merge pool?
>>
>> James
>
> Via the magic of Google, here is the last list that I had compiled.
>
>
>
> Oneiromancer............... March 15, 2005
>
> Graeme Faelban............. March 20, 2005
>
> Simond..................... April 13, 2005
>
> James Grahame.............. May 22, 2005
>
> Kaev....................... June 5, 2005
>
> Sugarman................... July 1, 2005
>
> Rumbledor.................. August 19, 2005
>
> Pamela Carlton............. October 10, 2005
>
> Crash86.................... November 1, 2005
>
> Lance Berg................. November 8, 2005
>
> Celaeno.................... April 1, 2006
>
> Don Woods.................. April 30, 2006
>
> Annie Benson-Lennaman...... May 16, 2006
>
> Tyas....................... January 14, 2007
>
> Mary Poppins............... Never
>
>
>
> So it looks to me that our winner is... the person that took the
> very earliest date! Oneiromancer, who was off by a mere 35 days, if I
> counted right. Please note that I have turned on the applause sign, and
> respond accordingly. /em clap clap clap! Oneiromancer, please watch
> your mailbox for the delivery of the imaginary VW flower painted van
> with the decent radio, as I will be shipping promptly and I'd imagine
> that you'll have to sign for it or something.
>
> But you know what? That wasn't as, I dunno, as satisfying at it
> could be. Truth be told, when I thought of this pool, I didn't even
> think about the Zeks. Oh, even if I had, I would have still picked far
> too late a date. But these have always been low population servers, and
> frankly they probably could have been merged long before WoW and EQII
> came along.
>
> So, in the spirit of "But I want a do over!", I'm going to keep the
> pool open for the first merger of the normal rules servers, and Firiona
> Vie. That's right kids, I will send off _another_ imaginary VW Flower
> painted van to the person who is closest to guessing the date of the
> next server merger. And this one has, oh, I dunno... how about a cool
> black light poster of Led Zeppelin taped to roof, so that you can lay on
> the shag rug and stare at it and just dig it all.
>
> And I'll accept new entrants as well, and allow the old ones to
> change their dates as well. In the spirit of fairness I will keep my
> old date. And remember, by the rules of the contest everyone must have
> a unique date.
>
> If there are any updates, I will post the updated list in a new
> thread.
Put me in for May 25th (my anniversary and leave it to SOE to screw up a
holiday weekend).
--
RJB
2/2/2005 11:43:51 AM
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