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'''Rolling Lounge''' (short form: '''RL''') is a Rolling Sky-centered community server founded on January 11th, 2018, by Gems Power and owned by SHAvibe. The server serves as a central place for international Rolling Sky players to chat about the game. It has also partnered with several Rolling Sky ~~Fanmades~~ such as [[Rolling Sky Remake]] and [[Rolling Universe]].

'''Rolling Lounge''' (short form: '''RL''') is a Rolling Sky-centered community server founded on January 11th, 2018, by Gems Power and owned by SHAvibe. The server serves as a central place for international Rolling Sky players to chat about the game. It has also partnered with several Rolling Sky fanmades, such as [[Rolling Sky Remake]] and [[Rolling Universe]].

After its foundation by Gems Power and ownership by SHAvibe, the server had grown due to its unique addition of challenges for the three games Rolling Sky, Dancing Line, and Dancing Ball. The server was promoted on YouTube and grew a large community in a short time. This also set the start of several problems, such as raiders and hackers invading the server. This community expanded in the [[Reflex Games Discord]] era, where more promotion came into place thanks to more YouTubers joining. The community decided to make itself stronger, and several community projects as signs of unity and friendship arose.

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The first challenges were also introduced at this time. The concept of challenges is that a challenge host/manager gives out a specific mission to be completed inside a game, which is then submitted to gain rewards depending on how fast the challenge is completed. This concept was taken by the biggest Dancing Line server at that time, Dancing Line Discord, and was applied to not only one game (Dancing Line) but three games (Rolling Sky, Dancing Line, and Dancing Ball). A level would be given where you had to reach a specific percentage in that level along with other parameters (like crowns and gems in Rolling Sky). Depending on your speed of completion, you'd get a server-wide currency called "Points," which placed you higher in a public leaderboard.

The management system was not a structured system at the beginning of the server yet. Instead, a handful of people who offered their help got access to administration roles, which they then used to help the owner with setting up the server. Various people in this old management system were Chorl Fate, EmmaCat, GemsPower, and TNTBlower. This was changed when the server had reached 120 members, when a staff team system was established, starting with the first official staff [[AZMindroma]].

The management system was not a structured system at the beginning of the server yet. Instead, a handful of people who offered their help got access to administration roles, which they then used to help the owner with setting up the server. Various people in this old management system were Chorl Fate, EmmaCat, GemsPower, and TNTBlower. This was changed when the server had reached 120 members, when a staff team system was established, starting with the first official staff member, [[AZMindroma]].

The server's start was quickly followed by arising problems. A raider with the name "MLG Dancing Line," who was also an issue in the Rolling Sky community inside of Discord already, had targeted this server and began spamming the then against everyone ping unprotected server with mention spam and general raiding. As one account got banned, the raider used Virtual Private Networks to come back, but it was unknown where the raider was provided with the invite links and the possibilities to rejoin, as it was seen like the raider was expected to be a very young person due to the maturity they had shown. This problem was not solved for a long time until the problem was identified in the Reflex Games Discord Era.

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[[File:RSDAnimated.gif|thumb|One of Rolling Sky Discord's logos, designed by Khoi Tuan.]]

[[Rolling Sky Discord]] was the pinnacle of the server's existence in terms of activity, community size and strength, activities and more. This era has changed the server and its influx still holds until today. This era lasted from October 3rd, 2018 to January 25th, 2020.

[[Rolling Sky Discord]] was the pinnacle of the server's existence in terms of activity, community size and strength, activities, and more. This era has changed the server, and its influx still holds until today. This era lasted from October 3rd, 2018, to January 25th, 2020.

After some time of its existence, the management and the community of [[Reflex Games Discord]] had discovered several issues with the contents of the server. The issues were that Dancing Ball lost relevance drastically and problems with other servers ~~arised~~ due to the existence of Dancing Line as a main game, as another server had it as a main topic already. Because of this, both Dancing Line and Dancing Ball were removed as topics from the server once this era started.

After some time of its existence, the management and the community of [[Reflex Games Discord]] had discovered several issues with the contents of the server. The issues were that Dancing Ball lost relevance drastically and problems with other servers arose due to the existence of Dancing Line as a main game, as another server had it as a main topic already. Because of this, both Dancing Line and Dancing Ball were removed as topics from the server once this era started.

With the removal of Dancing Line and Dancing Ball, their dedicated challenge channels were also removed, leaving only Rolling Sky challenges. That's why Rolling Sky challenges were expanded drastically, as a new Challenge Manager team under the rulership of RoyalMike had formed and gone through intensive planning for events. The currency $RGD was renamed to $RSD and several other currencies were added, which were used to buy different items. The Challenge Manager team added several new modes to the challenges adding twists and tricks, which made them far more ~~varying~~ and interesting. This increased the ~~participator~~ amount by a lot and therefore the Challenge Manager team put intensive work in creating a Google Spreadsheet showing the entire leaderboard of RSD. In this era, Weeklies were introduced as well, challenges that were hosted every week instead of every day. Due to them appearing less often, the challenges required more time to beat and also rewarded the winners more. Unique to the Weeklies was the role "Challeader", which was given to the winner of the current Weekly challenge.

With the removal of Dancing Line and Dancing Ball, their dedicated challenge channels were also removed, leaving only Rolling Sky challenges. That's why Rolling Sky challenges were expanded drastically, as a new Challenge Manager team under the rulership of RoyalMike had formed and gone through intensive planning for events. The currency $RGD was renamed to $RSD, and several other currencies were added, which were used to buy different items. The Challenge Manager team added several new modes to the challenges, adding twists and tricks, which made them far more varied and interesting. This increased the participant amount by a lot, and therefore the Challenge Manager team put intensive work into creating a Google Spreadsheet showing the entire leaderboard of RSD. In this era, Weeklies were introduced as well, challenges that were hosted every week instead of every day. Due to them appearing less often, the challenges required more time to beat and also rewarded the winners more. Unique to the Weeklies was the role "Challeader," which was given to the winner of the current Weekly challenge.

The community reached its peak size during the Rolling Sky Discord era, reaching ~2500 members at its maximum. Due to its name and defined topic, people could identify if the things that they would like to talk about ~~was~~ included in the server and therefore made the server more attractive. With the growth of the community, the YouTube ~~Content Creators~~ inside the server also increased. One encouragement for joining the server was the presence and for the first time, activity of official Rolling Sky developers outside of Chinese chatting applications. Though the first Rolling Sky ~~Officials~~ already ~~had~~ joined the server in its first major era "Reflex Games Discord", they showed little to no activity. In the RSD Era however, the activity of the officials increased by a bit, causing an incredibly large amount of people to join the chat and try to interact with the officials. While there were ~~a lot~~ of people who solely chatted about Rolling Sky (and its sequel) or people who didn't chat often, there were also ~~a lot of~~ people who befriended each other in the server, expanding the core community of the server.

The community reached its peak size during the Rolling Sky Discord era, reaching ~2500 members at its maximum. Due to its name and defined topic, people could identify if the things that they would like to talk about were included in the server and therefore made the server more attractive. With the growth of the community, the YouTube content creators inside the server also increased. One encouragement for joining the server was the presence and, for the first time, activity of official Rolling Sky developers outside of Chinese chatting applications. Though the first Rolling Sky officials had already joined the server in its first major era, "Reflex Games Discord," they showed little to no activity. In the RSD Era, however, the activity of the officials increased by a bit, causing an incredibly large amount of people to join the chat and try to interact with the officials. While there were plenty of people who solely chatted about Rolling Sky (and its sequel) or people who didn't chat often, there were also numerous people who befriended each other in the server, expanding the core community of the server.

This core community almost solely used Rolling Sky Discord to chat in all of Discord and built ~~a lot~~ of projects together to increase the community feeling or benefit the server in any other way. Notable projects were the continuation of the Family Pictures and the extreme growth of the Rolling Sky Discord Community YouTube Channel. Many other "unofficial" artworks were drawn for the server and a website dedicated to RSD was also in the works.

This core community almost solely used Rolling Sky Discord to chat in all of Discord and built plenty of projects together to increase the community feeling or benefit the server in any other way. Notable projects were the continuation of the Family Pictures and the extreme growth of the Rolling Sky Discord Community YouTube Channel. Many other "unofficial" artworks were drawn for the server, and a website dedicated to RSD was also in the works.

Raiding problems continued in the RSD Era, with two figures, towo and Ramesh being the biggest issues coming from outside the server. However, due to its peak of activity and community size, Rolling Sky Discord suffered from a lot of drama coming from inside the server. ~~A lot of~~ arguments happened at this time for various reasons, ~~may~~ it be because of Rolling Sky, specific moderation measures taken against members, people feeling disrespected and more. Some dramas in this era also caused parts of the core community to either temporarily or permanently take their leave from the server.

Raiding problems continued in the RSD Era, with two figures, towo and Ramesh, being the biggest issues coming from outside the server. However, due to its peak of activity and community size, Rolling Sky Discord suffered from a lot of drama coming from inside the server. Numerous arguments happened at this time for various reasons, be it because of Rolling Sky, specific moderation measures taken against members, people feeling disrespected, and more. Some dramas in this era also caused parts of the core community to either temporarily or permanently take their leave from the server.

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-'''Rolling Lounge''' (short form: '''RL''') is a Rolling Sky-centered community server founded on January 11th, 2018, by Gems Power and owned by SHAvibe. The server serves as a central place for international Rolling Sky players to chat about the game. It has also partnered with several Rolling Sky Fanmades such as [[Rolling Sky Remake]] and [[Rolling Universe]].
+'''Rolling Lounge''' (short form: '''RL''') is a Rolling Sky-centered community server founded on January 11th, 2018, by Gems Power and owned by SHAvibe. The server serves as a central place for international Rolling Sky players to chat about the game. It has also partnered with several Rolling Sky fanmades, such as [[Rolling Sky Remake]] and [[Rolling Universe]].
 After its foundation by Gems Power and ownership by SHAvibe, the server had grown due to its unique addition of challenges for the three games Rolling Sky, Dancing Line, and Dancing Ball. The server was promoted on YouTube and grew a large community in a short time. This also set the start of several problems, such as raiders and hackers invading the server. This community expanded in the [[Reflex Games Discord]] era, where more promotion came into place thanks to more YouTubers joining. The community decided to make itself stronger, and several community projects as signs of unity and friendship arose.
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 The first challenges were also introduced at this time. The concept of challenges is that a challenge host/manager gives out a specific mission to be completed inside a game, which is then submitted to gain rewards depending on how fast the challenge is completed. This concept was taken by the biggest Dancing Line server at that time, Dancing Line Discord, and was applied to not only one game (Dancing Line) but three games (Rolling Sky, Dancing Line, and Dancing Ball). A level would be given where you had to reach a specific percentage in that level along with other parameters (like crowns and gems in Rolling Sky). Depending on your speed of completion, you'd get a server-wide currency called "Points," which placed you higher in a public leaderboard.
-The management system was not a structured system at the beginning of the server yet. Instead, a handful of people who offered their help got access to administration roles, which they then used to help the owner with setting up the server. Various people in this old management system were Chorl Fate, EmmaCat, GemsPower, and TNTBlower. This was changed when the server had reached 120 members, when a staff team system was established, starting with the first official staff [[AZMindroma]].
+The management system was not a structured system at the beginning of the server yet. Instead, a handful of people who offered their help got access to administration roles, which they then used to help the owner with setting up the server. Various people in this old management system were Chorl Fate, EmmaCat, GemsPower, and TNTBlower. This was changed when the server had reached 120 members, when a staff team system was established, starting with the first official staff member, [[AZMindroma]].
 The server's start was quickly followed by arising problems. A raider with the name "MLG Dancing Line," who was also an issue in the Rolling Sky community inside of Discord already, had targeted this server and began spamming the then against everyone ping unprotected server with mention spam and general raiding. As one account got banned, the raider used Virtual Private Networks to come back, but it was unknown where the raider was provided with the invite links and the possibilities to rejoin, as it was seen like the raider was expected to be a very young person due to the maturity they had shown. This problem was not solved for a long time until the problem was identified in the Reflex Games Discord Era.
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 {{See also|Rolling Sky Discord}}
 [[File:RSDAnimated.gif|thumb|One of Rolling Sky Discord's logos, designed by Khoi Tuan.]]
-[[Rolling Sky Discord]] was the pinnacle of the server's existence in terms of activity, community size and strength, activities and more. This era has changed the server and its influx still holds until today. This era lasted from October 3rd, 2018 to January 25th, 2020.
+[[Rolling Sky Discord]] was the pinnacle of the server's existence in terms of activity, community size and strength, activities, and more. This era has changed the server, and its influx still holds until today. This era lasted from October 3rd, 2018, to January 25th, 2020.
-After some time of its existence, the management and the community of [[Reflex Games Discord]] had discovered several issues with the contents of the server. The issues were that Dancing Ball lost relevance drastically and problems with other servers arised due to the existence of Dancing Line as a main game, as another server had it as a main topic already. Because of this, both Dancing Line and Dancing Ball were removed as topics from the server once this era started.
+After some time of its existence, the management and the community of [[Reflex Games Discord]] had discovered several issues with the contents of the server. The issues were that Dancing Ball lost relevance drastically and problems with other servers arose due to the existence of Dancing Line as a main game, as another server had it as a main topic already. Because of this, both Dancing Line and Dancing Ball were removed as topics from the server once this era started.
-With the removal of Dancing Line and Dancing Ball, their dedicated challenge channels were also removed, leaving only Rolling Sky challenges. That's why Rolling Sky challenges were expanded drastically, as a new Challenge Manager team under the rulership of RoyalMike had formed and gone through intensive planning for events. The currency $RGD was renamed to $RSD and several other currencies were added, which were used to buy different items. The Challenge Manager team added several new modes to the challenges adding twists and tricks, which made them far more varying and interesting. This increased the participator amount by a lot and therefore the Challenge Manager team put intensive work in creating a Google Spreadsheet showing the entire leaderboard of RSD. In this era, Weeklies were introduced as well, challenges that were hosted every week instead of every day. Due to them appearing less often, the challenges required more time to beat and also rewarded the winners more. Unique to the Weeklies was the role "Challeader", which was given to the winner of the current Weekly challenge.
+With the removal of Dancing Line and Dancing Ball, their dedicated challenge channels were also removed, leaving only Rolling Sky challenges. That's why Rolling Sky challenges were expanded drastically, as a new Challenge Manager team under the rulership of RoyalMike had formed and gone through intensive planning for events. The currency $RGD was renamed to $RSD, and several other currencies were added, which were used to buy different items. The Challenge Manager team added several new modes to the challenges, adding twists and tricks, which made them far more varied and interesting. This increased the participant amount by a lot, and therefore the Challenge Manager team put intensive work into creating a Google Spreadsheet showing the entire leaderboard of RSD. In this era, Weeklies were introduced as well, challenges that were hosted every week instead of every day. Due to them appearing less often, the challenges required more time to beat and also rewarded the winners more. Unique to the Weeklies was the role "Challeader," which was given to the winner of the current Weekly challenge.
-The community reached its peak size during the Rolling Sky Discord era, reaching ~2500 members at its maximum. Due to its name and defined topic, people could identify if the things that they would like to talk about was included in the server and therefore made the server more attractive. With the growth of the community, the YouTube Content Creators inside the server also increased. One encouragement for joining the server was the presence and for the first time, activity of official Rolling Sky developers outside of Chinese chatting applications. Though the first Rolling Sky Officials already had joined the server in its first major era "Reflex Games Discord", they showed little to no activity. In the RSD Era however, the activity of the officials increased by a bit, causing an incredibly large amount of people to join the chat and try to interact with the officials. While there were a lot of people who solely chatted about Rolling Sky (and its sequel) or people who didn't chat often, there were also a lot of people who befriended each other in the server, expanding the core community of the server.
+The community reached its peak size during the Rolling Sky Discord era, reaching ~2500 members at its maximum. Due to its name and defined topic, people could identify if the things that they would like to talk about were included in the server and therefore made the server more attractive. With the growth of the community, the YouTube content creators inside the server also increased. One encouragement for joining the server was the presence and, for the first time, activity of official Rolling Sky developers outside of Chinese chatting applications. Though the first Rolling Sky officials had already joined the server in its first major era, "Reflex Games Discord," they showed little to no activity. In the RSD Era, however, the activity of the officials increased by a bit, causing an incredibly large amount of people to join the chat and try to interact with the officials. While there were plenty of people who solely chatted about Rolling Sky (and its sequel) or people who didn't chat often, there were also numerous people who befriended each other in the server, expanding the core community of the server.
-This core community almost solely used Rolling Sky Discord to chat in all of Discord and built a lot of projects together to increase the community feeling or benefit the server in any other way. Notable projects were the continuation of the Family Pictures and the extreme growth of the Rolling Sky Discord Community YouTube Channel. Many other "unofficial" artworks were drawn for the server and a website dedicated to RSD was also in the works.
+This core community almost solely used Rolling Sky Discord to chat in all of Discord and built plenty of projects together to increase the community feeling or benefit the server in any other way. Notable projects were the continuation of the Family Pictures and the extreme growth of the Rolling Sky Discord Community YouTube Channel. Many other "unofficial" artworks were drawn for the server, and a website dedicated to RSD was also in the works.
-Raiding problems continued in the RSD Era, with two figures, towo and Ramesh being the biggest issues coming from outside the server. However, due to its peak of activity and community size, Rolling Sky Discord suffered from a lot of drama coming from inside the server. A lot of arguments happened at this time for various reasons, may it be because of Rolling Sky, specific moderation measures taken against members, people feeling disrespected and more. Some dramas in this era also caused parts of the core community to either temporarily or permanently take their leave from the server.
+Raiding problems continued in the RSD Era, with two figures, towo and Ramesh, being the biggest issues coming from outside the server. However, due to its peak of activity and community size, Rolling Sky Discord suffered from a lot of drama coming from inside the server. Numerous arguments happened at this time for various reasons, be it because of Rolling Sky, specific moderation measures taken against members, people feeling disrespected, and more. Some dramas in this era also caused parts of the core community to either temporarily or permanently take their leave from the server.
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