Hey gang.. with the recent departure and additions to the ARK Events team, it comes to mind that we as players could be a little more proactive with each other. There has always been this sort of cold shoulder (I hesitate to use the term Cold War) between the rk1 and the rk2 roleplayers. In our respective dimensions we have evolved a bit differently than the other. When the servers where being rumoured to merge, this set about a series of troubling thoughts because some of us on rk2 had kept tabs on some things on rk1, and often out of curiosity we'd visit - or some would visit us. Some of it went well, some of it not so much.
But, there was a nice tradition that the RK1 folks had called the Greencloaks. Those of us on RK2 basically just used our OOC bot (run previously by Trousers, and then eventually by Ahndramoriel and myself) to plan things, but our community eventually was so small and we were so into each other than we almost didn't really need it. However, with the raising of our player numbers and all of our alts that work within the RP scene it looks like this would be a good time to get collaborative! What I hope here is that we as a group came come together and get right to it with creating collaborative storylines ( or scheme against each other!) between our RP toons.
Like the greencloak meetings, we could meet at Reet's Retreat or anywhere else that seems appropriate. We could all just throw lots at or with each other, and get some creative juices flowing. People can announce their initiatives and gather up likeminded folks who would be willing to contribute or just get involved. In short, Networking!
At one point in time Omni-pol (and Omni-tek in general) had the bulk of the roleplayers in our new server, but since then have swayed completely counter all the way to Clan side showing the larger more active numbers. This is thrilling for me personally, because wow did I wait for a long time for Clan things to get active! But, it's still just as lopsided just with a different coat of paint. Hilfy and I have been talking about it and she was kind enough to offer this thread here, to offer anyone willing to try to contact the various RP toons that are available the opportunity to do so.
But I'd prefer it not stop there.
I propose we get another set of player meetings, completely under our own power. ARK Event Staff of course are invited to come, but are not required to do so. I think this is a good opportunity to solve not only the dimensional differences we had before, but offer up a new format and forum to which we as players can start really getting involved in each other's backstories and current evolutions. This is while providing a new place for new role players to meet and greet the veterans, and helping them get involved! I am not often playing when the ARK Event IC meetings are taking place (Like the Council of Truth, The NLCC, and the newly formed Omni-tek Affiliate Program for example) and I apologize in advance that I'd like to organize the first event and get everyone's take on the current situation, and see if there is room to squeeze something like this in.
However, if you wish to leave any comments, recommendations, or feedback please do so in this thread. Happy RP hunting in the meantime!