[Withdrawn] Looking for players subforum proposal

[Avalanche]

The only thing I can add to the above is pointing out that Discord is a lot more dynamic than the forums, making it more viable for alerts about the smallest events, such as a mere clash, skirmish, raid, trade or smuggling run, convoys, etc. What you suggest, Ava, is already an existing and used feature on the official Discovery Discord server, specifically the #find-players and #find-a-battle channels.

Absolutely spot on. No denying that Discord (and Skype back in its prime) are superior platforms for this sort of "Jump in-game" posts. They are instant messaging platform after all.

If tomorrow Discord/Skype/Etc dies, this forum would live on. If tomorrow the forum dies, our community and the essence of why we are all here is instantly broken. Discord would die eventually after. The reason, Thyrzul, I propose this new subforum is because of one particular simple fact. This forum is our communities beating heart. This forum came before everything else. It holds yours, mine and every members Discovery identify and expressions.

A subforum which encourages all us members to post when going in-game, not only shows other members but also visitors and veteran lurkers that our community is still alive and worth their attention.

Furthermore, as I said before, this forum holds our Discovery identities, our Discovery forum accounts. On Discord I do not know who half the people are. But here? Here if I see you, Thyrzul or Silverlight, Durandal, Pillow, Altzek, Miloslav, WPeregrine and everyone else post a thread saying "Going in-game in an hour. Trading from Kusari to Rheinland via Sigma" then I know who you are and I know I can expect a bloody good time interacting with you in game. An added benefit being when you go in-game you know other players are holding your actions in-game as a reflection of your forum account. Ultimately likely to improve your enthusiasm in game and RP/PvP better than ever.

Threads also hold records better than Discord. I could browse this proposed subforum and see all the players agreeing to meet up in-game and perhaps along the way some semi-major events unfold. Imagine threads saying "Alright in 12 hours, myself and two other LNS caps are invading Rheinland. LNS-Hampshire, LNS-Wilco & LNS-Washington". Then within that 12 hours leading up suddenly 4 or 5 other great community members reply "Ha! Me and the RM boys will be ready". And then after you go back onto that thread and it's "Kudos for the fight. Loved the Roleplay". That sort of community spirit and interaction is the most important thing we can ever share on this forum.