Many on (or no longer on box) will attest to what HB did. He made server more accessible to people who have not been playing pvp emus since 2005. He created an atmosphere that was open to new players and I was having more fun playing eq than I have had in many years and I didn't even raid.
There are a lot of players out there interested in this box but it's impossible to get involved without getting dragged through the az/nilly shitshow. HB gave all those neutral players a place to meet, exp and learn to pvp together. Sad nearly all of that new blood is gone. Maybe this new group of players will form up into a true third guild but I really don't see anyone else having the time or ability to build something like HB did with Red Dawn. The amount of effort he put into Red Dawn for basically zero reward was incredible. What the vets of this server fail to realize is not everyone wants to be part of the shit slinging, ePeen PVP scene but can still enjoy casual PvP. Personally I have way more fun on Red than any other EQ server but I do not enjoy the "culture" of the server.
Now it's back to choice 1) log in once a week and get shit stomped in(az) maybe snipe 1 mob. Choice 2) join guild which has raid attendance requirements and is not active except during repop.
Fucking miss red dawn. People who can't see how good it was for server are blind. Even if you hate HB at least he brought you a bunch of people to YT.
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