OK Bardalicious, Harrison and Kope listen up. School is in session. Here's how it goes.
The need for pixels is highly exaggerated compared to blue servers
Expectedly, this server will start with a large population relative to VZTZ. After the initial period, 2 guilds will emerge competing for top Raid Mobs.
During the lifespan of the server, even if it were teams, it will be a rare moment if 3 guilds are actually perfectly even, competing 3 ways for top Raid Mobs. It would be what's called a sweet spot.
Eventually one of the 2 guilds will by numerous means gain so much power that the rest of the server will feel hopeless to get the gear they feel they need to compete. At that point, if they can't be top dog, they will quit.
Then you and everyone as ignorant, will begin to point to all sorts of phantom reasons, not realizing the convergent forces of need, greed, hopelessness and shame merge macrodynamically to eventually and inevitably form the free trade market that we see during the lifespan of each pvp server.
Studies have shown that YT and leaderboards have a positive effect on the longevity of the server although, even rewards are not enough to staunch the bleeding. Attrition catches up eventually. See figure 1.
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Figure 1. Relative Population
Historically, other forces such as the feeling everyone is hacking against you, or GM favoritism have been shown to have a major effect on population. It is expected this server will not have those problems.
Tomorrow, i want a 5 page report on when you die, what excuses you will use and why. Will yt or no yt have any effect on your excuses and why or why not?
Class dismissed.