Let's do the sit-in on the test server. Only about 400 people on
there at peak times. Of course, it's questionable as to whether we
could get any GMs or guides there. Since there are usually none.
Unless we made them aware of it somehow.

>From: BROWNCA9@...
>Reply-To: EQ-Clerics@onelist.com
>To: EQ-Clerics@onelist.com
>Subject: [EQ-Clerics] Reconsider the Sit-in!
>Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 10:30:35 -0500
>
>Read this and reconsider the sit-in!
>
>Greebo (Stratics Moderator) said:
>-----
>I have a very old friend who contributes to the Guide program. Naturally, I
>can't say who, but in the interest of preventing a similar fiasco as with
>the Monk sit-in, I will confirm that players in Fenin's Fear Plane were
>lagged out due to over-loading network resources on the server which houses
>both Fear and West Freeport.
>
>The server didn't crash, the network resources were overloaded, and so
>people lagged out, leaving the Fear Plane with a half-linkdead party, which
>died, followed by people reconnecting into Fear as a now very lonely, and
>shortly after very dead, person.
>
>Fear plane did not crash itself - that would have made the players safe -
>because Fear does not populate for some time after a reboot. Instead, the
>overload of players on the server caused the tragic and needless deaths of
>people who just wanted to enjoy the game, and made their corpse recovery
>even harsher.
>
>Clerics and Necromancers, I urge you - find a better way to protest. You
>are
>going down a path which will, again, bring needless suffering on those who
>are not participating. Non-violent protest is admirable, but if it causes
>death, its no longer non-violent, is it?
>-----
>
>I believe a sit-in, now that it is known that it causes problems to other
>players, is not a good way to protest. Please invent another form of
>peaceful protest, for the sake of others!
>
>~ Briza X`Ris ~
>~ Mistress of Innoruuk ~
>~ Fennin RO ~
>
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