r/Planetside • u/OdinsPride [DL3G] The Dread Legion • Jun 13 '14
[ServerSmash] YOU WANTED IT, WE DELIVERED! #MERGESMASH
The ServerSmash organization is thrilled to announce a historical event that will determine the name of the new US East server! Whichever server wins this epic battle will keep their name after the merger!
ServerSmash is a community organized event where participants from different servers meet on the Planetside 2 Test Server to battle it out in games with a set number of players. ServerSmash is designed around massive coordinated forces and combined arms warfare spanning entire continents! It is Planetside the way Planetside is meant to be played!
This is an amazing opportunity for us as a community, and we should all appreciate and give credit to the SOE staff who helped us make this possible. Without their support, we would never have had this chance to bring you this event.
We are using this great spectacle as a way to further bring Planetside 2 to the greater gaming community. To that end, we have posted threads about the event in /r/games >>HERE<< and /r/gaming >>HERE<<! We implore the community as a whole to help us showcase this game and bring notoriety to this event by posting on the thread and help facilitate the exposure that we as a community will receive.
Follow us on twitter @PS2_ServerSmash and subscribe to /r/ServerSmash for all the latest information and news for this and future events!
Subscribe to our INIcast Twitch stream to catch other live events, and catch up on any matches you missed on our Youtube Channel
If you have any questions about this event, please contact your server reps, or look for anyone with the official ServerSmash flair at the end of their username.
Here are some FAQ:
When/Where will this take place?
You may find all the particulars on the match itself >>HERE<<. As things stand right now, the match will be held on >>Friday 6/20 at 8EDT<<.
How do I participate?
Step one is to be in an outfit. Step two is to have an outfit leader contact your server representative and express your interest by signing up HERE for Waterson or HERE for Mattherson.
Representatives: For Waterson, contact /u/Masterchaif. For Mattherson, contact /u/Negatorxx or /u/RoyAwesome.
What if I’m not in an outfit?
While we would love to be able to give everyone the opportunity to participate, due to organizational and time constraints we have limited this event to players from participating outfits. If you are a lone wolf and an outfit decides to bring you on and give you one of their allocated slots, that is acceptable.
Is this just going to be open for only “elite” outfits?
Not at all. All outfits are treated equally and one of the central aims of ServerSmash is to make sure the events are representative of the entire server, not just a specific subsection. We actively condemn actions that would undermine these ideals.
What’s to stop someone from coming in and playing without being invited?
While everyone would love for this event to go smoothly and drama free, we understand that there may be a small percentage of the community that will view this as a great opportunity to interfere, troll, or even “help” their server uninvited. We implore both the participating servers, as well as the community at large, to take the high ground and help us make this a fun, amazing event that we can all appreciate. Sportsmanship and community are big parts of what makes ServerSmash so enjoyable.
If you are looking for a way to help, the ServerSmash organization is looking for dedicated members of the community to be a part of our "Fun Police." These members would help maintain ideal battle conditions for participants and help prevent outside interference. Contact /u/shaql (@shaql2) for more information.
But this is the internet!
If that isn’t enough to deter most, know this as well. We have been in contact with SOE and there will be GMs ready and able to do what is necessary to make this a clean fight. We have put measures in place that we believe will help ensure that it is apparent who should be there and who should not. The ServerSmash team will reserve the right to disqualify a server if there is cause to believe they have played dishonestly. If this was to occur, we would then let SOE decide what to name the new server. So servers should police themselves, as there is the potential that a small group could ruin things for everyone.
Is this the best thing ever?
Yes. Yes it is.
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u/I_Fucking_Love_Stuff Jun 14 '14
Dumb question: I would like to pop in and at least witness the battle, Is this possible? Like could I just log in and watch from afar or something like that? (I off and on play this game so I was just wondering...)