Isildur | Fri 12-Nov-04 10:52 AM |
Member since 04th Mar 2003
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#6362, "RE: What online graphical game is challenging CF?"
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Half-life was released in October 1998. Everquest in March 1999. Warcraft and Warcraft II came out in 1994 and 1995 respectively, but they didn't start infringing on CF territory until June 1996 when Battle.net was released.
All of these (and other titles like them) are much more widespread than they used to be, to the point where it's viable now to hook up to a random server online and start fragging away. I'm not certain, not having been a part of that "scene" at the time, but I don't think this was the case in 1998 when Half-life was first released. You generally had to assemble a group of players on your own and find your own LAN to play on.
As for other games that compete with CF, I've heard people mention Diablo II, Neverwinter Nights, Guild Wars and City of Heros in addition to the most recent World of Warcraft craze.
Carrion Fields, for its part, came out in Spring 1994, so it predates the earliest of these by two and a quarter years.
My take on the whole "graphical competition" argument is this. It isn't that existing players are defecting in order to play graphical online environments, it's that potential new players are showing a preference for these alternatives instead of text-based environment (with an extremely high learning curve) like CF. There is always going to be player turnover. People leave, new people arrive. In the past the outflow has always equaled the inflow; that may not always be the case.
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Lowering player numbers and its cause
[View all] , Evil Outlander, Thu 11-Nov-04 07:17 PM
its called xbox or vr,
Jeremiah,
22-Apr-23 09:16 PM, #61
RE: Lowering player numbers and its cause,
Chalupah,
25-Mar-23 02:58 PM, #57
RE: Lowering player numbers and its cause,
Some old dude (Anonymous),
28-Mar-23 06:49 PM, #59
RE: Lowering player numbers and its cause,
Hiya (Anonymous),
08-Dec-22 09:15 PM, #54
RE: Lowering player numbers and its cause,
Lhydia,
08-Dec-22 09:50 PM, #55
No need to LOL this man!,
ltlbtycnji,
03-Jan-23 10:29 PM, #56
You Imm's could have saved yourselves and this guy some...,
(NOT Pro),
15-Nov-04 02:24 PM, #42
RE: You Imm's could have saved yourselves and this guy ...,
Qaledus,
15-Nov-04 04:02 PM, #43
Once when I was in the army.,
(NOT Pro),
15-Nov-04 04:42 PM, #44
RE: Once when I was in the army.,
Qaledus,
15-Nov-04 08:58 PM, #47
About names,
Jhishesh,
15-Nov-04 05:17 PM, #45
RE: About names,
Cerunnir,
15-Nov-04 05:45 PM, #46
RE: About names,
Qaledus,
15-Nov-04 09:20 PM, #48
RE: About names,
WildGirl,
16-Nov-04 04:39 PM, #50
Erm did you pray about the name?,
Narissa,
16-Nov-04 09:57 PM, #52
RE: About names,
Qaledus,
17-Nov-04 09:51 AM, #53
We've had this conversation before.,
Valguarnera,
16-Nov-04 09:50 PM, #51
A lot of what you say is 100% true, BUT...,
Curious,
14-Nov-04 07:54 PM, #41
I love CF more today than yesterday, but not as much as...,
Zepachu,
06-Dec-22 09:33 PM, #37
Bingo!,
Narissa,
14-Nov-04 09:17 AM, #39
Excellent post. (~),
Adrigon,
14-Nov-04 01:00 PM, #40
I agree. (nt),
JamesC,
16-Nov-04 10:04 AM, #49
As another very long time player I agree with a lot of ...,
Rogue,
03-Apr-23 11:04 AM, #60
I can tell you why exactly,
jaynus,
12-Nov-04 10:32 PM, #27
RE: I can tell you why exactly,
nepenthe,
13-Nov-04 12:00 AM, #28
RE: I can tell you why exactly,
Jhishesh,
13-Nov-04 12:09 AM, #29
RE: I can tell you why exactly,
Valguarnera,
13-Nov-04 12:24 AM, #30
RE: I can tell you why exactly,
Jhishesh,
13-Nov-04 12:30 AM, #31
RE: I can tell you why exactly,
nepenthe,
13-Nov-04 10:06 AM, #34
RE: I can tell you why exactly,
Isildur,
13-Nov-04 02:09 AM, #32
A good post,
incognito,
13-Nov-04 08:49 AM, #33
Ranking is Soooo much easier...,
Astillian,
13-Nov-04 02:20 PM, #38
Glimo's is still around? What's the site addy? n/t,
KooK,
12-Nov-04 02:59 PM, #23
RE: Lowering player numbers and its cause,
Hozen Mijzu,
12-Nov-04 09:45 AM, #15
RE: Lowering player numbers and its cause,
Isildur,
12-Nov-04 12:35 AM, #8
RE: Summary deletion for trivial issues:,
Valguarnera,
12-Nov-04 02:10 AM, #9
Another factor(s), not flame,
Narissa,
11-Nov-04 11:27 PM, #7
I just talked with another player,
incognito,
11-Nov-04 07:30 PM, #1
So 30% of the playerbase used to be kick-ass? nt,
Evil Genius (Anonymous),
11-Nov-04 07:54 PM, #2
Also I am not saying social/ganging groups are good for...,
Evil Outlander,
11-Nov-04 08:23 PM, #3
RE: Social groups,
Valguarnera,
11-Nov-04 11:06 PM, #5
What you see is black and white, what I see is gray, an...,
Evil Outlander,
12-Nov-04 02:47 AM, #10
Makes sense, kept me thinking too,
Narissa,
12-Nov-04 04:58 AM, #11
Some valid points, but you're twisting some too,
incognito,
12-Nov-04 07:05 AM, #12
What online graphical game is challenging CF?,
Evil Genius (Anonymous),
12-Nov-04 07:15 AM, #13
RE: What online graphical game is challenging CF?,
Hozen Mijzu,
12-Nov-04 09:53 AM, #16
RE: What online graphical game is challenging CF?,
Isildur,
12-Nov-04 10:52 AM #17
RE: What online graphical game is challenging CF?,
Evil Genius (Anonymous),
12-Nov-04 11:47 AM, #19
RE: What online graphical game is challenging CF?,
Isildur,
12-Nov-04 12:13 PM, #20
Some answers:,
Valguarnera,
12-Nov-04 09:33 AM, #14
RE: What you see is black and white, what I see is gray...,
Isildur,
12-Nov-04 11:32 AM, #18
You're forgetting...,
nepenthe,
12-Nov-04 02:12 PM, #21
When you say "we changed the rules",
Theerkla,
12-Nov-04 02:17 PM, #22
It was more fun being the blame magnet...,
Valguarnera,
12-Nov-04 03:21 PM, #24
I bet it was.,
Nivek1,
12-Nov-04 04:50 PM, #25
RE: I bet it was.,
Valguarnera,
12-Nov-04 05:49 PM, #26
As for me...,
Grurk Muouk,
13-Nov-04 10:31 AM, #35
Big #3 for me,
Phaelim (Anonymous),
13-Nov-04 12:10 PM, #36
RE: Social groups,
Chalupah,
25-Mar-23 03:01 PM, #58
You both have a point.,
Qaledus,
11-Nov-04 10:15 PM, #4
Another good point.,
Valguarnera,
11-Nov-04 11:15 PM, #6
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