Is the server still alive?

just a gentle reminder to every one who plays here...the best way to say thank you to the ppl who provide us with this great place to play is to VOTE!!!!! 

Since starting here we have brought a few people to Vanir  and highly recommend it to many  old friends we have played with over the years. I stand by this server, the admin and the GM we have seen active ingame. Yesterday a friend tested the server in hopes of bringing a clan plus alliance here to play. He was extremely impressed  with his findings until a few of you old ppl insulted his gf in global chat.  I won't mention names of toons but I was ingame and witnessed it. When will players realize that server side , Admin and GM's are not the only part of this game! Community is a big part and when you belittle players , come across as rude and unhelpful you undo the works of a fine team. You make the playing environment an unwelcomed one. So shame on you who do this. We prolly lost 15-20 ppl due to your ignorance gj.  I don't care what you say to me what I witnessed last night was rude, uncalled for and makes me question why I play here as well. And be careful if you say leave if I don't like it ; this community can't afford new people leaving. Think before you type and keep personal convos in pm's or clan chat. Btw this isn't the first time this has happened here.

Samshere, do you know at what time did it happen aproximately? yesterday night I guess.

Edit: Oh, have you got any screenshot?

@ 10:00 pm  (GMT-5) Look i am not out to cause a stink but players have to be aware they represent your good name and server .  Being rude to new ppl , asking them who they think they are etc shows a clear unwelcome mat  to those who are ingame.  My friend was told not to read global chat  and that's absurbed . I personally understand a friendship or kinship develops between players who have been playing together for some time and I respect that  as much as I respect we aren't playing on this server alone. Unless ofc that is their desire to do so. Sorry no screenies of the event I should have done this and I know the automatic response of admin w/o screenies it didn't happen. But personally I don't have anything invested in your server other than being an advocat for it and trying to recruit new ppl to play here because it is a serve worth playing on  and investing time into. The only personal benefit I get from bringing this to your attention is more people to develop a larger community and nothing more.  It's just common sense and respect for others that's all.

This shit happens because GMs and mod(if he  still exist) dont take things too serious.
Since i have returned to this server i have noticed a lot of bad behaviour from several players.
Several players dont even bother to respect the server rules on a daily basis.
You do need to get more staff gm or mods and punish the rule breakers harsher , the punishments now are just a big lol.
And maybe to have mods for several time zones to somehow have someone watching over chat more often.

edit: Also about other language than english in trade and hero chat... whats the point of having english only rule in shout if the other 2 are still global chats and it is really annoyng to see any other language but english in chat?

If you had any screenshot showing the chat it would be awesome >.<. Sadly I was offline yesterday evening/night.

It's ok KoS ( and thank you  for coming forward on this matter ) backed me up on this and I understand you can't be ingame 24/7 . You should not have to be ingame 24/7 these ppl have played here a long time they should know better and how to conduct themselves. Trust me I know the dilemma  you are in as GM I was HGM, GM and owner of a server..we have real lives too.
A note to all the old players who play, here if I may. There are rules for a reason. Keeping it in one language saves confusion. Talking about issues such as a clan mates breast size has nothing to do with game, nor does it add to the quality of game. Using profanity, racial slurs or sexual slurs is offensive to some. Having a personal conversation can be held via whisper, party or clan chat not global. (and switching to Hero Voice doesn't make you a God, given the community size we know how you got your hero status!)  And telling new people not to participate in the full advantages the server has to offer is one way of telling them to get lost.   When a clan of 15-20 active members are put off by your actions you potentially are closing the doors to many they could have brought here, as well. Basically THINK before YOU type imo.   
Myself personally, will monitor the community and report back to the lady that was offended and  it's in their hands, not mine.  But maybe, just maybe other people will think before they type.

Sanshere, I agree with about 99% of your post.  Racial slurs, profanity, or any sort of offensive language does not belong in global chat, much less on our server.  When I still had the time to be really active, my chat bans were long, and got longer every time I saw a repeat offender.  More than a few people ended up having some jail time as well.  When I log in now, I see those same people being worse than ever and I constantly wonder if what I find offensive differs from the rest of the people here.  Your post makes me think that's not the case.  As for hero chat and trade chat not being limited to English only, it's simply because you can turn both of those chats off without missing a thing.  People use global chat to buy and sell items, so trade chat is not necessary.  Hero chat is mostly annoying and pointless and if I wasn't a GM who needed to see all of what people were saying, I'd turn it off myself.

However, here is where we have a difference of opinion, because it didn't take me very long to figure out exactly what your post was referring too.  I might not be active, but many people still come to me about things.  Global chat is exactly that, it's a global chat.  Telling players to PM each other when there's more than two people in a conversation is just as rude as telling a player not to use global chat.  It's a friendly server (mostly), and players often have normal conversations in global chat, we like and encourage that.  As long as it's not a flame war or useless arguments about breast size, that is.  If you don't want to read the conversation, ignore it and wait until you see other people names pop up in global.  No one told your friend not to use the chat, but to stay out of the conversation in it if she didn't like it.  This was a simple matter blown way out of proportion, and both people involved here are at fault.

Ty for responding and with great care. It is difficult to lay down the line of what one feels is offensive or rude. I am assuming you were ingame at the time of this incident due to the fact Sekai asked for screen shots and you don't have chat logs for the server? Like I said, I too was ingame and perhaps it is a matter of intrepretation.  I also anticipated the response but ty for your time.

To be honest,
Every server has toxic players who mostly were not seeing a woman for long time, so they act like a monkeys, knowing they are "anonymous". There is rarely that kind of situation here, and most of people are nice and cool. I know, Your friends wanted to check the waters and that happend, but that one situation is not the reason to gave up on playing here. Being rude is strictly prohibited here, especially to women's, and im sure that situation won't happend again.