500 million fee

[Zelot]

As a member who was here before the 500 mil rule, and especially in the time leading up to it, the forums were literally flooded with faction proposals. There would be three and four in a single day, but because of the rules at the time, there was no restriction on posting them, also the only requirement that had to be met was membership numbers. These rules were put in place to stop the YANF phenomena, and you know what? They have worked exactly as they were supposed to, we are not flooded with "I am here with friends, we want to shoot outcasts cause they are druggies" faction posts every day. The path to officialdom for a faction now days is much more demanding, and thats exactly what it should be. Older factions that have not been able to adapt to the new faction responsibilities have gone or been forced out. This whole argument is moot, the older factions have paid the same amount of money as those who applied after the new rules, and the older factions have to meet the same standard as the newer ones. If someone could point to a faction that does not meet the expectations of official factions, then maybe this conversation would be relevant, but with the exception of some activity issues, which are the same for old and new factions, every faction that currently has official status would have been accepted for being official under the new rules. So what are we really arguing about here?

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