I hate to say I really have no clue what this thread was designed for... but in light of this community spirit contest and all... I would like to invite everyone to log into 5 random shards of your choice and have a look around. It seems the staff likes to favor shards other then Atlantic... but Atlantic has far greater population and much more active community, hands down. You would have a hard time debating this fact just looking around for an hour at other shards. As overpriced and lousy as our Lagtown is... imagine the same city packed with repair deed vendors as a highlight and shard wide empty vendors dominate. Imagine shopping for rares and not being able to find any for sale. Or not much of them. Or how about trying to round up a group for some kind of hunt... or needing help, and there is no one. It's a real crying shame the state of other shards.
As much as I like to make jokes... it really makes me feel lucky I picked Atlantic. It seems the only shard with a strong heartbeat despite the fact EA doesn’t feel the need to put the face of our game in the retail shops. WE are very lucky in that one respect... we have a shard that’s alive.