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[TalonShriner]

After watching a few videos on PS3's new "Home" feature, I was inspired. I know this same general idea was proposed in the past, but I want to reinforce it.

GraAxis (A combo of "Graal" and "Axis". Just an idea on a name) would be a place where ALL players will be able to hang out in a relaxed center where the only goal is to encourage socialization and community in a noncompetitive environment. This means that there is no pressure to be spending countless hours leveling your character to be on the top of the charts. All players in GraAxis would be given their own space to customize and put in furniture, posters, games and other interactive objects.

Around the town in GraAxis, players will be able to shop for objects to put into their home, relax at a lounge, or do other activities such as skateboard on the streets or even play a round of mini golf. To get people to branch off from GraAxis, some of the mini games located around the town will directly connect you to the Skill Games server. For instance, if you sit down at a poker table in GraAxis, you will be connected to the cardgames section of the Skill Games server. As for other servers such as Graal Kingdoms, Unholy Nation and N-Pulse, billboards will be setup around the town with a picture, playercount and short description of the server advertising for people to connect. The player will be able to double click these boards and directly connect to the advertised server. Another way to connect to servers is through the "Q-menu" which will be changed into a revamped serverlist.

Other things such as resturants, movie theaters, player-owned shops and skateparks could also be included. But as of now, I do not have an idea how players could earn money to use at shops. If you have any ideas on this, please post it.

Finally, there could be an option to turn off a direct connection to GraAxis and instead open the original serverlist.