Starsider

Well I rolled a toon on Starsider to finally check out what all the hoopla was about. After reading about the 24 hour PvP in Kessel and massive scripted events that seem to go without any major hitches - you know I had to roll a toon and check it out.

After playing on and off for a couple days, here are the things I noticed most:

1) Noticeably higher population at all hours - a morning on Starsider seems more action packed than Gorath at peak hours.

2) English speaking Imperial roleplayers (usually in groups of 3-4) patrolling ME cantina and other busy places checking ID's and cooperative player humoring them because they know their place.

3) Lots of random RP, I would say the busy areas look like S&V usually does and this type of chatter seems to be going on at most hours.

4) Lots of large well established communities seem to be thriving. I say "seem" because I have no way to really know. Starsider doesn't feel like its in NGE recovery mode.

5) Space is active, wow is it active.

There's more, but hard to remember everything. I am not going to say this server is the holy grail of RP but its a real wake up call. I think a lot of people here have made the mistake of judging SWG by judging Gorath. Taking a look at what other communities have achieved has been a real wake up call for me.

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What's the hoopla? is it now RP capitol of the world?

Sounds interesting enough.
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I'm sure servers have their cycles of flux. Back when I was in the process of moving to Gorath, I tried out Starsider with Iri because we were told that it was the unofficial RP server. It seemed very dead...as such, Gorath was extremely attractive as it was active and friendly. Not trying to negate your experience...just saying that servers probably go in and out of having high populations and with that moving populations of RPers.
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Yeah its always been considered the unofficial RP server.

This is the post that got me to actually try it out: Gorath Clicky

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Been on starsider and kettemoor and have to say this has been the friendliest community of RPers I have met. Its hard to judge something frmo the outside looking in... Yes Starsider started out as the unofficial Rp server right from day 1 so many went there... were disappointed with the cliques and left. Sunrunner started up for west coasters to RP and then Kettemoor formed from those who left Starsider.

I wont comment to much more on the communities as many people enjoy them still.

Although this is a small community since the NGE its one worth saving and building. Being open to new Rpers is key... it may mean suspending disbelief and doing something out of character (many characters I have met are very closed and private) but in the end it gives people an in and a bigger community means more and varied storys to enjoy.

And jabe how on earth do you have time for even more characters? teehee There are jedi in need of saving! *turns on the Mighty Mouse theme song*
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Oh dear Goddess if they only had the foresight to declare an RP server at launch!!!!!!

Just imagine if most of the Roleplayers across all the galaxies landed on the SAME SERVER.


It sounds like they have attained that critical mass. People attract people.

High-pop servers > low-pop servers when it comes to fun.



Sooooo.. the real question is.. Can we do that here? Or is it easier to just move over there?
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What are they doing that is not being done on Gorath? Are they having more public events? What are they doing to draw the people?

Whatever happened to the idea of random public events in noob spots like Mos Eisley to attract new rpers?
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Dew wrote:What are they doing that is not being done on Gorath? Are they having more public events? What are they doing to draw the people?

Whatever happened to the idea of random public events in noob spots like Mos Eisley to attract new rpers?
A lot of reviews on game sites have mentioned Starsider as the unofficial RP server in the past. It just has that label and so I am guessing your average roleplayer who has done any research is just going to go straight there. This I've known for a while. The level of its success is the thing that has me shocked for the moment.

It should also be noted that the "convergence" is a recent phenomena of roleplayers flooding to the server, specifically people interested in space combat. If you read the stickies in their forum you'll see a lot of guilds mention their growth via the convergence. They also have a sticky thread of non-AFK entertainers and where to find them in their forum as well.

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I think it can be done here also. It would be a shame if this community moved. This is what has kept me in the game - im not prepared to move again... :( Guess ill keep watching the threads and see what you all decide but there is a small community in Ruby Lake that wants to help build the RP community here with you! Just tell us what we can do and where you want/need us.
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Jeza'bella wrote:I think it can be done here also. It would be a shame if this community moved. This is what has kept me in the game - im not prepared to move again... :( Guess ill keep watching the threads and see what you all decide but there is a small community in Ruby Lake that wants to help build the RP community here with you! Just tell us what we can do and where you want/need us.
Ruby Lake is the big thing keeping me going right now. You'll be seeing more of Jabe. :)

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Keep in mind this is kind of a pilot centric movement. Here are some relevant threads.

Starsider Convergence Main Thread

Character Transfer Welcome Center Info (Starsider Player City)

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I think it's great they have had so much success and I look forward to fostering the same encouragement of RP on Gorath. The day this community dies is the day I die as far as SWG goes. No way in hell I'd move unless they could move all my stuff too, which if I remember correctly, they can't.
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Starsider is where I started. It was what introduced me to roleplaying. There were some very good roleplayers from England and Sweden at that time.

Then I decided to make a toon on Gorath just for the fun of it. Sort of a place to get away. I met some pretty great people here and started dividing my time between the two servers and then ended up staying here. People do make a difference.

I do visit Starsider from time to time and there is a great RP community there but most I had played with are no longer there.

If anyone is interested send me a PM and I'll tell you the name of my toon. Might be fun going there with someone I know.

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I have a toon on starsider, but i only played it a couple of days...
I just have too much Stuff on Gorath that I'm missing on Starsider
Money, NS Bracer, Jetpack, sabers, cl90 toon JSF... ;) pretty much everything....
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Well, lets look at what they are doing and see if we can do the same on Gorath.

I have seen imperial patrols in ME on Gorath as well. It was a while ago, but it's not like we cant do the same things they are doing and have that again.
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