TO:
All former/current Feenix players, but everyone willing can (should) help.
PREMISE:
As most of you know, the Feenix-hosted realm Emerald Dream (launched at 13:37 on 25 August 2012), is no more. For a long time the most successful and populated blizzlike-vanilla realm, has had its plug pulled once and for all and now just doesn't exist anymore. [A minute's silence.] Finally, after several months of lies, bad decision making and outright inactivity, the proud Feenix admins must have thought they could do better than shooting themselves in the foot and turned the gun to their head instead, forcing all players from their other 1.12.1 realms (Al'Akir and indeed ED) onto Warsong, and... turning it into a TBC realm just a few days later. I let you imagine the outcry on their forums.
OBJECTIVE:
This seems like the perfect chance for us to join our efforts and try offering our disillusioned and forsaken vanilla friends a new home, before they start looking around and turn to the competition (Nost). The final goal is of course to help Kronos population grow and advertising it at the same time.
STRATEGY:
Sort through all of Feenix forums, searching for all disappointed users who've been thrown outboard their 1.12.1 realms, and discreetly contact them via PM to inform them about their options (you can use the model I made available under Message, further down this post). Each and every user showing disagreement with the recent turn of events, rage posters, and everyone who likes their posts: all of them are potential Kronos new players. This isn't poaching: we don't want to steal members from another project, we're simply providing objective and unbiased information to fellow players who have suddenly found themselves homeless, letting them decide for what's in their best interests. Unbiased I said, because our competition too has to be mentioned for the sake of transparency.
PROBLEM:
Feenix have set strict limitations to PMs, in order to hinder spammers and poachers on their site. As far as I know (with a newly created account at least), you can only start a conversation via PM every 10 minutes, and up to a maximum of 10 conversations in a 24-hour span.
SOLUTION:
All those of you who don't mind risking their forum accounts on Feenix (in fact the risk is very relative, as you can imagine, since PMs aren't monitored), and those willing to create a new account from scratch to join this recruitment campaign, could help making our numbers go past the aforesaid limitation and thus reaching a larger audience.
MESSAGE:
Everything that's posted on Feenix website, be it forum posts or PMs, is heavily filtered for spam words. I've therefore prepared a message which contains a lot of information, using redirect links and images to make it look nicer and completely bypass all filters. All you have to do, is copy the source code under the spoiler here...
...paste it in the message form on Feenix site, hit the BBCode switch twice to have it formatted...
...and send it.
A FINAL WORD:
Let's take action now while we can. Similar occasions don't happen everyday.
All former/current Feenix players, but everyone willing can (should) help.
PREMISE:
As most of you know, the Feenix-hosted realm Emerald Dream (launched at 13:37 on 25 August 2012), is no more. For a long time the most successful and populated blizzlike-vanilla realm, has had its plug pulled once and for all and now just doesn't exist anymore. [A minute's silence.] Finally, after several months of lies, bad decision making and outright inactivity, the proud Feenix admins must have thought they could do better than shooting themselves in the foot and turned the gun to their head instead, forcing all players from their other 1.12.1 realms (Al'Akir and indeed ED) onto Warsong, and... turning it into a TBC realm just a few days later. I let you imagine the outcry on their forums.
OBJECTIVE:
This seems like the perfect chance for us to join our efforts and try offering our disillusioned and forsaken vanilla friends a new home, before they start looking around and turn to the competition (Nost). The final goal is of course to help Kronos population grow and advertising it at the same time.
STRATEGY:
Sort through all of Feenix forums, searching for all disappointed users who've been thrown outboard their 1.12.1 realms, and discreetly contact them via PM to inform them about their options (you can use the model I made available under Message, further down this post). Each and every user showing disagreement with the recent turn of events, rage posters, and everyone who likes their posts: all of them are potential Kronos new players. This isn't poaching: we don't want to steal members from another project, we're simply providing objective and unbiased information to fellow players who have suddenly found themselves homeless, letting them decide for what's in their best interests. Unbiased I said, because our competition too has to be mentioned for the sake of transparency.
PROBLEM:
Feenix have set strict limitations to PMs, in order to hinder spammers and poachers on their site. As far as I know (with a newly created account at least), you can only start a conversation via PM every 10 minutes, and up to a maximum of 10 conversations in a 24-hour span.
SOLUTION:
All those of you who don't mind risking their forum accounts on Feenix (in fact the risk is very relative, as you can imagine, since PMs aren't monitored), and those willing to create a new account from scratch to join this recruitment campaign, could help making our numbers go past the aforesaid limitation and thus reaching a larger audience.
MESSAGE:
Everything that's posted on Feenix website, be it forum posts or PMs, is heavily filtered for spam words. I've therefore prepared a message which contains a lot of information, using redirect links and images to make it look nicer and completely bypass all filters. All you have to do, is copy the source code under the spoiler here...
Code:
Hello,
You probably don't know me. This is pure information to your own advantage no-one else is gonna share with you, straight from vanilla enthusiasts to others, so take it as such. We've taken ourselves the time to put these few lines together to make our experience and knowledge on the matter available to those vanilla players still on Feenix that should feel forsaken after the recent turn of events, hoping it will help them out of the current, understandable state of uncertainty.
After years confronted with the same old bugs (did we mention corrupted admins too? See [URL="http://tinyurl.com/p2738m2"]here[/URL] if you want to learn the backstory none has ever told you) we finally migrated to a quality-oriented project and are now prospering and having a blast there.
Now, if you're looking for [B]serious [/B]alternatives, the vanilla scene is currently dominated by two rival teams (both with [B]no gear/money rewards[/B] on their realms, [B]all rates 1x[/B]):
[img=http://i.imgur.com/aQA1ElV.png]
[URL="http://tinyurl.com/pf85l3o"]Main Website[/URL] | [URL="http://tinyurl.com/ohjumsu"]Realm Website[/URL]
A Czech Rep.-based, professionally-run, multi-realm network (they offer a realm for each expansion: [B]Vanilla[/B], [B]TBC[/B], [B]WotLK[/B], [B]Cataclysm[/B]) dating back to 2009. Their vanilla realm, [img=http://i.imgur.com/ShvHgwc.png], is very young (launched on 28 March 2015), and its population still only matches low-medium standards (with peaks of nearly [B]1000 players[/B], you can see actual real-time data [URL="http://tinyurl.com/zvogbs5"]here[/URL]), nevertheless it's really a jewel when it boils down to the stunning quality of content and refined scripting, certainly the most polished private realm to date. Most things that are bugged/not scripted on the other private projects work exactly like vanilla retail here, even mini-events, mobs' special skills and [I]merely cosmetic stuff[/I]. The community is far less toxic and the GM team is renowned for the readiness they show toward answering your ingame tickets. [B][COLOR=#ff0000]If you're in for the sheer quality of content, community and staff, this realm is your best choice[/COLOR][/B].
For a first glimpse: [URL="http://tinyurl.com/nvjpy38"]Release Trailer[/URL] | [URL="http://tinyurl.com/z9ocdj6"]BWL Trailer[/URL] | [URL="http://tinyurl.com/pqk2nug"]Video Review[/URL] | [URL="http://tinyurl.com/glqgsce"]Bugtracker[/URL] | [URL="http://tinyurl.com/zsrr4ch"]Database[/URL] | [URL="http://tinyurl.com/nvedjv2"]Armory[/URL]
[img=http://i.imgur.com/idFcm5g.png]
[URL="http://tinyurl.com/llb9qvv"]Main Website[/URL]
A France-based, two-server project launched on 28 February 2015 (the day which marked the death blow to ED), currently hosting two realms: a PvP one and, newly released, a PvE one (both running under the [B]1.12.1 client version[/B]). The PvP realm is overcrowded, with all the pros and cons related to overpopulation. This one has indeed a peak player base of [B]9000+ characters[/B] (here is the [URL="http://tinyurl.com/hoxnf9d"]thread from their forum[/URL] dedicated to population data), although with problems pertaining resource nodes, lag, ganking, reduced visual range - note that original retail vanilla realms were tuned for and only allowed a maximum online population of [B]2500 players[/B] - and many of the bugs we've seen on the Feenix servers before. However, finding groups for dungeons, participating in world PvP and Battlegrounds is made more simple here. [COLOR=#ff0000][B]If you're in for the sheer number of players, this realm is your best choice[/B][/COLOR].
For a first glimpse: [URL="http://tinyurl.com/j3g6tsw"]Release Trailer (PvP)[/URL] | [URL="http://tinyurl.com/pt8u333"]Release Trailer (PvE)[/URL] | [URL="http://tinyurl.com/gnw7rbh"]Video Review[/URL] | [URL="http://tinyurl.com/gwrf73y"]Bugtracker[/URL]
[B]BOTTOM LINE:[/B]
As long as vanilla WoW is concerned, Feenix has had its day.
It's no surprise they're scrapping it altogether, seeing the level of the competition, resorting to TBC - and possibly later expacs, if they're ever gonna make it that far. Our advice is to [B]leave this place behind and never look back[/B]. You'd better check out those brand new, shiny projects instead. If you want to have a deeper insight to what each realm has to offer, its strengths and flaws, it is highly recommended the [URL="http://tinyurl.com/nwru8gh"]in-depth comparative review[/URL] of both (beware: it's a wall of text). After all, if you plan to invest the time vanilla WoW requires, maybe it is well worth a read.
All in all, [img=http://i.imgur.com/dRbNhKI.png] distinguishes itself for the huge number of players (almost four full retail vanilla realms in one), clearly and arguably [B]the largest vanilla WoW community of the world[/B]; whereas [img=http://i.imgur.com/ShvHgwc.png] is remarkable for the level of organization and top-notch professionalism shown by its crew and ingame staff, which reflects on [B]the unmatched quality of the game world[/B] and the peculiar services their web platform provides (Database + Armory, to name a few).
We would recommend the first option, going for the better quality and the more blizzlike population realm, which also has room to further develop. In the end, however, the choice is entirely yours. Hopefully we've shed some light and made it easier for you.
Thanks for reading, and good luck!...paste it in the message form on Feenix site, hit the BBCode switch twice to have it formatted...
...and send it.
A FINAL WORD:
Let's take action now while we can. Similar occasions don't happen everyday.
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Just saying. ED and Al'Akir got merged into the bigger realm. 
