For Zam.com Refugees

[Murphie]

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*drops a pile of worldly belongings with a huff* Well yet another refugee camping out here, so don't mind me. Hopefully I'll be able to find someway to contribute to the community ~^.

*Scurries off with her "RPLS recruiting" signs to the crafting sections*

I wish I'd thought about it more when I returned to the game (a little over a month ago). I would have looked for a server with a strong RP LS to join. I loved playing on the RP servers in EQ2 and WOW while I was on hiatus from FFXI, and it's an aspect of the game that I miss.

Kudos to you and yours for playing your own way!

edit> In other news, I think my sig is too tall. I mean, it's within regulations, but it bugs me. Time to go shorten it!

[Chardero]

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Hello , nice to meet you all.

Down with Allak and IGE!

[Artsfalcon]

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Another refuge.
I'll miss Alla, but I'd miss my soul even more.

[Galantdramon]

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Dunno about Allakhazam any more, the main reason I used it was for the Forums, but if IGE owns it, I am definately not going to give them any patronage (and certainly won't be getting a Premium as I had planned).


Oh well, we'll have to see how this forum works (gonna miss allak, but I suppose I can live without some of the <bleep> you could run into there).



Galantdramon
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Sensubean on Midgardsormr

[Kaliet]

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I wish I'd thought about it more when I returned to the game (a little over a month ago). I would have looked for a server with a strong RP LS to join. I loved playing on the RP servers in EQ2 and WOW while I was on hiatus from FFXI, and it's an aspect of the game that I miss.

Kudos to you and yours for playing your own way!

Well feel free to check us out anyway ^~ We have a few people from multiple servers since the RP enviroment on their main was a graveyard

http://www.s14.invisionfree.com/gauntlet

[Ellamir]

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Hello!

Ellamir from Hades
Funny how things wind up. I think Feba told me to stop beating a dead horse when i asked why RMT was bad for the game (when i was a new player, and new account in Alla) ;P

Anyway, I was in Alla for the people. And cause every other place was so full of RMT junk.


Nice to Meet you!

Ellamir

[Feba]

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Well I updated my blog with a condensed version of what happens, along with a little bitching thrown in.


Anyone interested would probably be best off looking there, and AIMing me tommorow for any missing details

[Amanada]

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Glad to see fellow server players here (Nyru)

I am quite disappointed with Alla did today. I know it is a business decision, but I really do not want to be part of a company that supports gil selling indirectly. I will definetly posting here for a while

[Bwelchka]

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I wonder if PlayOnline.com will continue to use the alla banner on their website.

[Zion]

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Leader of the Exodus? Isn't that a bit much Feba?

It may be a bit much, but I respect Feba a bit more now; he's left his account in Alla, and it was just before he reached the 10,000 post milestone. It takes some initiative to do that.

[Pai Pai Master]

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Welcome, welcome welcome to FFXIonline.com - Dreams In Vana'diel. As many of you may know or not know, this forum was the very first English speaking FINAL FANTASY XI community. Since then, I think we've all grown in our own right into the very best of them all.

I'm glad so many people are finally able to look past the crapheap of what is now (and has been for a while) Allakhazam. As many of the other users and moderators have said so far in this thread, I implore you to come into Dreams in Vana'diel with a different mindset than you do other FFXI forums. We're much more tightly knit, we appreciate eachother a lot more, and we stand against troublemakers much more (since we actually have an active mod team).

And hey, what do you know? Everyone here loves Final Fantasy XI. No more joint networks where your WoW and EQ trolls can come bother you. Feel free to talk about anything and everything, so long as it abides by the current rules, established in 2003:

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Once again, I don't think we will have any problems with this, but I felt it would be good to post it any way and keep things clearly defined. Please post with good intentions, and if anyone would like to discuss this post, feel free to do so in this section.


Sorry to nitpick. But for many years now, the admin team here at FFXIonline.com have worked hard to keep it a healthy community with standard posting rules and guidelines. For that long, we've all worked hard to abide by those rules and I'd love it if everyone here could continue to do so. If you have any more questions or comments, feel free to PM or IM me.

[Rising Tornado]

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Welcome, welcome welcome to FFXIonline.com - Dreams In Vana'diel. [....] We're much more tightly knit, we appreciate eachother a lot more, and we stand against troublemakers much more

That's okay, I come from the MNK forum there. It is (or at least was) able to be described in much the same way.
Thank you for the welcome.

[Shopee]

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/salute.

I will also be joining you, like it or not! =)
I hope (and expect) it will be a pleasant experience.

[Gwaelin]

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Hello, my name is Gwaelin and I'm an Alla-holic. I have spent the last five years needing my daily fix and I'm hoping that I can now find the strength to quit, with your support.

While I'm usually not very chatty (350-ish posts in 5 years), I always help out if I can.

[Caspian]

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I wonder if Alla will now ban anyone who posts threads about how RMT is bad?

Pai forgot one other rule.
11. Post lots of informative and interesting posts M-F from 3-11pm CDT. I'm at work then and need interesting posts to read when I'm bored. Do that and everything will be cool.