Maybe the thumbnail picture should be different than the one used for the two previous campaigns, the map is very distinct and I fear it might 1- trigger the mods into automatic overreaction mode and 2- provoke mindless outrage at the "repost", a word that redditors love to hammer on anything that looks familiar.

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Lady Liserett of the House O'Kleefe
Countess of Chester-le-Ford, Wysteria
Deputy Minister of Hermertian History
Appointed Minister of Wysterian Architecture

I think a shot of Concordia would make for a good thumbnail, with the map being one of the last images in the album. We should also word the title of the post careful so as not to make the mods suspicious.

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Guardian of Casadia
Master of the Slayers Guild
Minister of Hermertian History

Lol Liserett I like your enthuisiasm but even that kind of response might get you banned (I'm banned from /r/minecraft for that reason.) ALSO in all likelyhood they will delete anything Hermertia related because for some reason the seem to have a vendetta against us (even when we don't break the rules)

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Gimpy/The Italian Stallion

It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door, You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." -Bilbo Baggins

Duke of Kaine

Nicholas, I explored a new venue for the campaign and they're open to it: https://www.reddit.com/message/messages/4th0z3

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Lady Liserett of the House O'Kleefe
Countess of Chester-le-Ford, Wysteria
Deputy Minister of Hermertian History
Appointed Minister of Wysterian Architecture

Can you post the text from those messages? The link doesn't work.

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Guardian of Casadia
Master of the Slayers Guild
Minister of Hermertian History

awe poop.
here it is

Sent to mod mail on /r/minecraftbuddies
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Hello,

I wish to post in /r/minecraftbuddies, but I'm afraid it might be on the edge of infringing the rules, so I'd like to verify with you first.

In a nutshell, I want to present a community based around a server; Project Hermertia. It is a gigantic, elaborate, structured 5 years old world based around building, lore and most of all, community.

We are aware of /r/mcservers, but its format and rules make it quite impossible to well portray this server. A title like Project Hermertia [vanilla][smp][whitelist] doesn't come close to describe its rich history, its many cultures, its complex politics or the immense social aspect of it.

We tried to showcase the server on /r/Minecraft, but their rules are, if I may say, rather tyrannical. If a redditor ask, for example, if they can join, we can't provide an answer as it breaks the rules, even in a private message.

Given the unique nature and highly social aspect of Project Hermertia, I think it might have its place in a post on this subreddit and so I would like your input on how we could present an invitation to join the community while respecting the no server advertisement rule of /r/minecraftbuddies

Thank you for your attention!


Reply from TheCookieDude ~35 min later
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Hey, thanks for contacting us first, we appreciate it

The reason for the 'no advertising' rule is to prevent those posts where the server owner doesn't particularly care about the people who play on their server, they just want to boost the numbers. From what you've said, this server doesn't seem to fall into that category. It sounds like you're the owner, or at least a moderator, so I'd say if you've at least held a conversation with pretty much every member of the community, you're all good.

Feel free to send us a draft of what you want to post if you're still not sure though, we'd be happy to take a look at it.


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That's awesome, and thank you for your quick reply!

I'm just a member of the community, but we do an "advertisement campaign" roughly twice a year. There will be one soon and I thought of your subreddit as it seems close to what we are about.

I'll share this conversation with the person who organizes the campaign and no doubt he'll be in contact with you, within a few days/weeks.

Thank you!

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Lady Liserett of the House O'Kleefe
Countess of Chester-le-Ford, Wysteria
Deputy Minister of Hermertian History
Appointed Minister of Wysterian Architecture

Thanks for doing this, Liserett! Sounds like this could be avenue for recruiting.

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Guardian of Casadia
Master of the Slayers Guild
Minister of Hermertian History

My pleasure! It's not the largest venue there is, but it's appropriate and it's one that won't delete our posts and comments or ban us.

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Lady Liserett of the House O'Kleefe
Countess of Chester-le-Ford, Wysteria
Deputy Minister of Hermertian History
Appointed Minister of Wysterian Architecture

Excellent work Liserett. Good to know there's a place we can advertise which is understanding

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Prince Septimus Cersil, Lord of Wychwood
Minister of Surveyors and Civil Engineers
Warden of the North
- Recipient of the Pyrencian Good Effort Award
- 2016 Winner of the 'Medal of S'alright'
- Stronger than an ant
- The Tallest

I really appreciate this Liserett; I was not aware of this subreddit, but based on a quick glance it looks like a good place to show off our great world! And besides, the awesome social aspects of our world and its longetivity are worth advertising

I will certainly be in touch with good sir TheCookieDude soon to present him with a draft, likely a reworked version of my past write-ups. Watch this space!

Thanks!

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Wysterian Labourer's Council
Currently Holding Stewardship of Wysteria
Minister for Applications and Settlement
Forums Administrator