Post by mchales_army on Oct 9, 2013 8:30:47 GMT -5
I am hearing from the commisioners of the worlds that were attempting to merge how WIS is pretty much against the merger idea.
I think the REAL problem is those worlds do not have 100% owner support.
Regulars appears to have all owners but one on board, and apparently that one owner can basically hold the other 20 owners hostage if he chooses to stay in the world although everyone else wants to try to pursue a merger.
More Cowbell's commissioner has been pretty frustrated but has not answered my question concerning how many owners does he have for and against.
Joey Belle is in the same boat as Regulars, only worse. They only have 18 owners left in that world. 14 are for merging the other 4 have not said they are against a merger, they just have simply not replied. Those 4 owners include one guy who joined the world last season, and re-upped before rollover, but has never checked in since they rolled on 7/7. The other 3 are (likely) alias accounts created within a 12 day period and all joined while Joey Belle was public for 3 weeks. 1 of them has never checked in again, another hasn't since 9/18, and there is one who checks in regularly, but still has not offered an opinion on merging.
kcatlantis (More Cowbell) has started a forum thread for them all to update each other on admin's responses. I don't know how that will help, and do not think it will. Another problem is Regulars and More Cowbell are public, so anytime they might appear to be close, a new owner could join either and screw up the numbers. I am, at this point, not very confident of a merger happening with those three.
I am, however, starting to think that Joey Belle may just keep getting worse and worse off, and we could potentially take over that world when/if they get desperate enough. Although that would mean all 32 of us would not be able to play, it would at least get our foot in the door of a world, which is the most important thing at this point. They have lost 2 owners in the last week alone & if you don't count the 4 absentee owners, they have only 14 real owners left in that world as is, and one owner said this back on the 1st of OCT "I'm also in (for merging) as long as this happens relatively soon". Gotta think he's tiring of the wait.
Another owner from Joey Belle had this to say in WC:
"Can we notify WIS that in the absence of a merger, we are planning to shutter the league and WIS will need to offer credits"?
However I don't know if that idea actually has any support or if he is just talking out of the side of his mouth.
I think the REAL problem is those worlds do not have 100% owner support.
Regulars appears to have all owners but one on board, and apparently that one owner can basically hold the other 20 owners hostage if he chooses to stay in the world although everyone else wants to try to pursue a merger.
More Cowbell's commissioner has been pretty frustrated but has not answered my question concerning how many owners does he have for and against.
Joey Belle is in the same boat as Regulars, only worse. They only have 18 owners left in that world. 14 are for merging the other 4 have not said they are against a merger, they just have simply not replied. Those 4 owners include one guy who joined the world last season, and re-upped before rollover, but has never checked in since they rolled on 7/7. The other 3 are (likely) alias accounts created within a 12 day period and all joined while Joey Belle was public for 3 weeks. 1 of them has never checked in again, another hasn't since 9/18, and there is one who checks in regularly, but still has not offered an opinion on merging.
kcatlantis (More Cowbell) has started a forum thread for them all to update each other on admin's responses. I don't know how that will help, and do not think it will. Another problem is Regulars and More Cowbell are public, so anytime they might appear to be close, a new owner could join either and screw up the numbers. I am, at this point, not very confident of a merger happening with those three.
I am, however, starting to think that Joey Belle may just keep getting worse and worse off, and we could potentially take over that world when/if they get desperate enough. Although that would mean all 32 of us would not be able to play, it would at least get our foot in the door of a world, which is the most important thing at this point. They have lost 2 owners in the last week alone & if you don't count the 4 absentee owners, they have only 14 real owners left in that world as is, and one owner said this back on the 1st of OCT "I'm also in (for merging) as long as this happens relatively soon". Gotta think he's tiring of the wait.
Another owner from Joey Belle had this to say in WC:
"Can we notify WIS that in the absence of a merger, we are planning to shutter the league and WIS will need to offer credits"?
However I don't know if that idea actually has any support or if he is just talking out of the side of his mouth.