Next US PvP Server.. The Zerg?

With the opening of Dreadmaul server, I thought I'd finally be able to start fresh - a new PvP server with no transfers and clean economy, so everyone is back on a level playing field with plenty of balanced world PvP. Unfortunately my Florida ping to an Oceanic server was unbearable. 9 US PvP servers were the last to be opened a year and a half ago, so we've got to be due for another one sometime soon. With the release of TBC, there were a bunch of new servers opened, so perhaps we'll have to wait for WoLK.

Who else is up for rolling fresh on a new PvP server, Zerg-style? It'd be cool to get us as a collective group dominating a new server with plenty of fresh world PvP opportunities. :)
As soon as one is released, I'd like to get us started and up to 70 as fast as possible..

It's tempting, to be sure, but I kinda like facerolling people with Knight-Champion titles.

I just logged into Dreadmaul (Oceanic) and I'm getting a 75ms ping from the Upper Midwest US... just wondering if maybe it's a local thing for you in FL.

The server itself resides in the Los Angeles datacenter. You can check on where your realm's server resides on wowwiki.com. There are only 4 datacenters for the US: Boston, MA; Dallas, TX; Los Angeles, CA; and Seattle, WA. Each battlegroup is clustered in one of the four datacenters. If you've got a low ping on your current server, it's probably either in Boston or Dallas, or it could be a local ISP thing for you down there. LA and Seattle centers are physically closer to me (well Dallas may be by a couple hundred miles) but the Seattle datacenter only has 2 battlegroup servers currently there (Emberstorm and Whirlwind servers).

Also, it's been open for a couple of months (Apr 21 launch) and looks to have some 70 transfers from the overcrowded servers... just looking at the /who when I made my level 1 to check ping...

I'll check from the house and see if the ping is any worse or not. If it's tolerable (200ms and under) then I'll probably start a Horde side 5 man group. Pally/Priest/Lock x 3... this altitis while multiboxing is a bit out of control on my part :D

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Also, it's been open for a couple of months (Apr 21 launch) and looks to have some 70 transfers from the overcrowded servers... just looking at the /who when I made my level 1 to check ping...

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Ah, I see they had a large period of free and paid character transfers since the Oceanic servers were so populated. The server I was thinking of was Cairne - it was stated that there would be no character transfers for 6 months:
"We’ve opened a brand new PvE realm to be added to the Emberstorm Battlegroup. This is a new non-transfer realm and as such it will not be available as a destination for Paid Character Transfers for six months. We invite new and old players alike to join this realm and begin a fresh adventure in Azeroth."

Unfortunately, Cairne is a PvE realm, so I have no interest in it. However, within 3 months, the realms population was large enough that Bliz was offering free character transfers OFF the new realm. It goes to show that new non-transferable realms are very popular, as many players are looking for a fresh start. It's unfortunate that they haven't tried this with a PvP server recently. Many PvP servers tend to have population problems (Kalecgos? I HATE this server, but many RL friends play there), but a fresh non-transferable start may be a way to keep the population on a PvP server healthy.

Just look at the population of Cairne - that's what it should look like..
http://www.warcraftrealms.com/census.php?serverid=814

Compare that to the old realm of Laughing Skull..
http://www.warcraftrealms.com/census.php?serverid=68