Well having looked at
UO Forums over the weekend I have to agree with Twothumbs and can see the potential that being amongst a wider
UO community can bring. I for one when I Gmed KoV remember talking with new recruits outside the rp world who had never heard of CoRE and who had no idea where we all lurked on
F4G....so perhaps bringing our community to a wider audience can only benefit us.
I also see that there is a great deal of stability there with the servers etc and having spent a good few hours retrieving lost stories I wouldnt wish to have to do that again (needless to say I have backed all mine up in word now), but new stories will arise and I dont want to have to keep thinking of what might happen to them.
As for the issue of being self governing/moderating or whatever. Well I actually can see the benefit of having external and indepedent moderators who can arbitrate on issues without being clouded by in game or OOC friendships. The
UO Forums seem very polite and friendly with no rudeness there - surely as a community that is what we would all wish for. If people really want to be rude and vulgar then let them do it on a private forum at their GMs discretion.
My thanks go out to Marty and all those who have made
F4G a success for us in the past.....but this can be a new start for our community - lets make it a fresh one with bigger and better potential and hopefully see more people joining in the rp who may otherwise not have known we existed.