Why this whole thing was a joke:
1) This is a polarized server with two main factions of end game players who hate each other. Trying to put anything together that requires them to work together for even 30 seconds is gonna end in a messy failure.
2) Even if it's something that encourages collaboration on multiple fronts, that is a "blue" mindset. The first inclination for any mobilized group of players on red would be "Hey, this is an exclusive mob with exclusive loot. If we can't take it down ourselves, make sure no one else gets it either and grief them. Nuke their clerics. stun their tanks," etc etc....
3) Derubael doesn't have a thick enough skin to deal with the red community. He could make a whole brand new zone with better raid encounters than Sony themselves, invented his own items and loot tables, brought 500 new players on to the server, and even if ONE person said "this is trash, wtf are you doing Deru," he would get emo and whiny about it, delete all the said content, and retreat in to a pity party.
I've barely been on the server a month and these three points are pretty obvious. Not saying that it's a good thing, in fact it's quite a tragedy considering what this server could be, but it's not entirely his fault either.
For him to shut down and say "No GM events ever again because you're all ungrateful fucks" is just a cop-out in my opinion. Grow some balls and learn to deal with criticism, you still provided something new for a 15 year old game and people got something out of it. Long story short, it was somewhat of a success in that regard, so don't be such a little bitch about it.
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