Oh im sorry, you were making sooooooo many generalisations, i thought i would join in with a general comment addressing the many people in here that have stated they wont train.
You see its easy to generalise isnt it.

Unodin 1st April – 6th May


Byari 7th May – 12th June


Treman 13th June – 18th July


Kravaan 19th July – 23rd August


Quintahl 24th August – 28th September


Azhord 29th September – 4th November


Ylaaren 5th November – 10th December


Dwanden 11th December – 15th January


Novari 16th January – 21st Febuary


Yndoli 22st Febuary – 31th March

Adding these events to the official calendar is our next step. We certainly have not forgotten or ignoring them. In fact if someone can write them up and provide screenies i will happily add them to the calendar asap.

To precede the official release of the events page here http://www.planeshift.it/events.php we would like to draw your attention to the first of the events from the calendar. All are welcome to take part. These events are designed to promote player RP with minimal GM support. That said GMs will be available and will be taking part to help enhance the events.

Feast of Unity
Byari 13 [19th May]
http://www.planeshift.it/event4.html

On this day we celebrate the unity shared between the various races of Yliakum. We remember the toils of our ancestors and thank them for all they helped to build to bring us to this day. The first feast was reported to be held the day that the last stone was placed on the wall that surrounds Hydlaa. Those that believe this to be true often bring a small pebble to add to the wall or just carry it with them. Others believe that the feast started as a symbol of peace between races to discuss an end to conflicts and difference of opinions. Those that believe this to be true leave their weapons at home and vow to make a new friend of a different race on this day.

People travel from all levels to meet and share in the giant feast in Hydlaa. This is an opportunity for cooks to show their skills, entertainers to perform to a crowd and merchants to sell their wears. A dining area is set up near the Laanx temple and market stalls pop up all over Hydlaa. After the feast itself people set up their stalls or try to attract a crowd with entertainment and story telling. But whatever people decide to do, they are all their for the same reason, community. Over the years this celebration has become one that brings enemies together as friends, a day that people leave behind their quibbles with others and conflict is left outside the gates.

When you come and join the celebration, you are expected to bring something with you, be it food, drink or entertainment. As long as you bring something you will be greatly welcomed by all. It has become a tradition over time to greet those who are not of the same race, with a bow to signify your respect for other races and their beliefs. When leaving the feast it is tradition to bow and declare “I leave the feast, good will to all.” to all left at the table. Where this originates no one is really sure.

There are people that use this celebration to do things they would never usually do, Iragdun himself even turned up to a feast in fancy dress. One year Harnquist even vowed to drink not a thing all day but he vanished half way through the celebration and was later spotted sleeping it off under a fur round the back of his house. But after all its the thought that counts. The celebration starts as soon as the tables are set. Staff of the vigisami set out the tables early and as people arrive the feast starts to grow.

Celebrated all over Yliakum by all races.

As many of you may know, over the last few months the GM and Dev team have been experimenting with different ways to help promote player RP's. One of the things we have been doing is to place and lock posters at various locations around Yliakum. To an extent this has been successful. However, I am sorry to inform you of the cessation of this service. GMs and Devs will no longer be locking books in place until further notice. We thank you very much to all who have made use of this service and we would very much like to hear your thoughts as to the difference it did or didn’t make to the announcing of player events.
We are always looking at ways to improve the announcments of player events so any thoughts on the matter would be welcomed.

There is no point in flogging a dead horse. There is no need to post arguments with statements that have already been made 300 times before. Respect is lost for people when they hard on about the same crap over and over again. My argument here is simple, read the forums, find how many threads there are about what RP is and such. Once you have read one you have read them all. No backup statements are needed when telling someone to change the record. And just so the GM team doesn’t get the blame for anything I may have said, I am no longer a GM. I am now on the settings team. The reason staff are acting so passionately and defensively is because the morons in this forums, and you all know who you are, are constantly trying to undermined and belittle the work the staff are doing. I won’t harp on about volunteer work etc, but maybe if the community and the vocal morons around here showed a little respect and gratitude rather than picking fights all the time, the forums would be a much nicer place to visit.

Incidentally, this is not an angry post, though I see it may seem that way. It’s the fact as they stand. People just tire of having to defend all that they do. Still, im smiling, im enjoying myself, as I know many, many others are too.

OH MY CHRIST ON A BIKE!!!!!!!!!!!
Dont you people ever get sick of arguing the same crap, thread after thread after trhead after thread??? If your RP skills were anywhere near as good as your heads are big. And maybe if you could even think of an original argument instead of the same old crap day after day. Then maybe just maybe people would start actrualy listening to you instead of laughing at you.. And i can assure you, THEY ARE.... Get over yourslves..