Shiri2005-02-11 11:25:29
Aw. Elryn, we can always wait for Ackleberry! (I can't believe I just said that. But I think Glomdoring would be better than Gloriana.)
Gwylifar2005-02-12 00:23:14
One of the things I adore about Lusternia is that you can't always decide how events are going to go based on that kind of OOC reasoning. I've never seen an administration so ready to shift things and run with them.
That said, I have to agree with Guido. Glomdoring is too big a thing to let Gloriana happen, realistically. Except maybe if all the support for Glomdoring vanished and Gloriana caught on hugely, but that's not going to happen.
However... it's possible that RP efforts to purify Gloriana will have some other effect. Maybe it'll change the tone of the Glomdoring that will be, or it'll provide a path leading to some wholly other thing. Maybe it could change the Ethereal Glomdoring and separate it from the Basin Glomdoring, forcing the Glomdoring supporters to embark on a quest to build a whole new gate somewhere with their restored nexus. Maybe it'd be nothing more than the satisfaction of saving some of the creatures that have been trapped in the taint. I bet if I spent two hours thinking about this I'd come up with a dozen really compelling and fascinating things that might come from the struggle to purify Gloriana and the struggle to reform Glomdoring, and I'm not even an admin, privy to all the stuff they've already thought and planned and considered.
Again and again I say, the strength of Lusternia is in two things: the resoundingly rich and consistent backstory that puts all the pieces in place for stuff like this to grow on its own, like a kettle full of amino acids and primordial ooze; and the administration who are willing to stir the kettle and let it take shapes that they hadn't explicitly planned, but which are likely to turn out fascinating. Nowhere is this more evident than in the possibilities surrounding Gloriana/Glomdoring.
That said, I have to agree with Guido. Glomdoring is too big a thing to let Gloriana happen, realistically. Except maybe if all the support for Glomdoring vanished and Gloriana caught on hugely, but that's not going to happen.
However... it's possible that RP efforts to purify Gloriana will have some other effect. Maybe it'll change the tone of the Glomdoring that will be, or it'll provide a path leading to some wholly other thing. Maybe it could change the Ethereal Glomdoring and separate it from the Basin Glomdoring, forcing the Glomdoring supporters to embark on a quest to build a whole new gate somewhere with their restored nexus. Maybe it'd be nothing more than the satisfaction of saving some of the creatures that have been trapped in the taint. I bet if I spent two hours thinking about this I'd come up with a dozen really compelling and fascinating things that might come from the struggle to purify Gloriana and the struggle to reform Glomdoring, and I'm not even an admin, privy to all the stuff they've already thought and planned and considered.
Again and again I say, the strength of Lusternia is in two things: the resoundingly rich and consistent backstory that puts all the pieces in place for stuff like this to grow on its own, like a kettle full of amino acids and primordial ooze; and the administration who are willing to stir the kettle and let it take shapes that they hadn't explicitly planned, but which are likely to turn out fascinating. Nowhere is this more evident than in the possibilities surrounding Gloriana/Glomdoring.
