If Servers Were Cities
Aug 11th, 2009 by pyra
Last night, a friend and I were discussing which city best represents each server.
It started when discussing Quetz and my friend described it as the “Alabama of servers”. I, being the smartass I am, asked “so what would be the Mississippi of servers?”, and without hesitation, he replied “Fairy”.
Which started a small discussion of which city represents each server.
Odin, it was determined was NYC. Very popular place to be, lots of people. Remora was therefore North Jersey. They so badly want to be Odin (NYC) but, like the real Jersey, is where those not quite good enough for NYC end up.
We had a hard time trying to figure out where that would make Bahamut. I suggested Boston, which was quickly responded to with “No, I like Boston”. My friend suggested London. I didn’t know how to respond to that, so we let it just sit. London may have been due to my friend’s dislike of both London and the BG crowd.
Diabolos (my original server) is Detroit. The place sucks like no other, but if that’s the only server you’ve been on, it doesn’t feel so bad.
Caitsith, as I described it, is “vacation”, especially after being on Diabolos for so long.
That wasn’t good enough, and my friend being a Caitsith native asked me why so many people were migrating from Diabolos to Caitsith. I thought about it and realized that there were quite a few, although as far as I know, I was one of the first to move over. It is almost trendy to move here now, especially from Diabolos.
So we came up with the best city where it is trendy to want to move to and the people are generally friendlier (than Detroit). Our answer was Sydney.
As to the others? Neither of us really had any experience with them, so I invite others to compare your server to a city and give a reason why. You can even disagree with me, although your chances of changing my mind on Diabolos are small.
-pyra
“They so badly want to be Odin (NYC) but, like the real Jersey, is where those not quite good enough for NYC end up.”
Uh, as someone who’s lived their entire life in North Jersey, this couldn’t be farther from the truth. 95% of the people I know and have met hate New Yorkers (ha you should hear my mother when she gets started). The only good thing about the City is the entertainment factor (Broadway ftw). Trust me, I wouldn’t *want* to live in NY and pay their out the arse taxes- there’s a reason why New Yorkers come to Jersey outlet malls to shop.
Pro Tip: What you see on the Real Housewives of New Jersey isn’t the status quo by any way, shape or form.
I’ll never understand why those who live in NJ always get so bent out of shape when it gets mocked.
The place smells, the drivers suck, and for some reasons there are no left turns. And people wonder why all the bridges charge you to exit. No one in their right mind would pay to enter. Maybe NJ is like Detroit — you think its ok, until you’ve lived elsewhere, then you realize how terrible the place is.
It was never intended to be more than a joke. Perhaps I should have said Brooklyn, and something about how its almost Manhattan, but just isn’t the same. It was simply an accurate retelling of a story I found amusing, and a chance to take a jab at NJ, which is something to never be passed up.
Pro Tip: Don’t assume I watch that crap.