The Great Tree

[Durin Mephit]

Here's a quick comparison of the shards I'm on:

* Guild of Greeter's Shard
Website: http://www.greetersguild.com/
Status page: http://www.greetersguild.com/GoG_Until-Uru_Online.php
Maintained by: See http://www.guildofgreeters.com/guildmasters.shtml
Semi-busy most of the times I've checked (around 15-20 people)
Does not permit character imports
Holds occasional "activity" events like "Hide & Go Seek"
Plans to make bonus clothing available as rewards for contests
Nexus books in private ages

* Tapestry Shard
Website: http://www.urutapestry.com/
Status page: http://www.urutapestry.com/TapestryWhosOnline.php
Maintained by: Eric L (KI #: 20281) and the Bridge Builders
Most busy of the shards I've seen (usually > 20 people)
Still permits character imports
Consists of two physical servers
Accepts donations: http://www.urutapestry.com/pledge/
Has turned on bonus clothing for some players
Nexus books in private ages

* The Meeting Place Shard
Website: http://www.meeting-place.org/
Status page: http://www.callard.org.uk/phptest/online.php
Maintained by: The Meeting Place
Not very busy (usually 5-6 people)
Does not permit character imports
Has some "experimental" items turned on (Library Bahro Stone to Kadish Tolesa)
Cleft tree door is open
Regularly scheduled downtime is at 8:00AM UTC
No nexus books in private ages

* Urkle's Shard
No website
No status page
Maintained by: Urkle (KI #: 24294)
Least busy of the shards I've seen
Does not permit character imports
Is planning a shard web site with the best pictures from all of the ages (KI-mail your submissions to Urkle)
Has many "experimental" items turned on (Eder Kemo Bahro stone [goes nowhere], Ae'gura journey cloths)
Cleft tree door is open
Regularly scheduled downtime is at 4:30AM CDT (-0500 GMT)
No nexus books in private ages

Anyone else have status for any of the other shards, or information to add to the above?
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Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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[Gadren]

well, there is discussion on the Tapestry shard about doing a vault wipe and disabling imports, because of all the corruption, so that's gonna be up in the air soon.