Hozen Mijzu | Fri 12-Nov-04 09:45 AM |
Member since 12th Nov 2004
3 posts
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#6360, "RE: Lowering player numbers and its cause"
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I often see arguments/questions about people leaving the game. They seem to discount the release of other products which would draw from our player base. Muds are a privimite form of MMORPGs. The proliferation of MMORPGs over the years have been the main factor which keeps the growth of Carrion Fields (and most Muds) in check. This is not to argue that any given commercial MMORPG is better/worse than non-graphical Muds - they each have their strong and weak points. I'm just saying that the same 500,000 or so players who have access to Everquest (and pay for access each month) would be able to play Carrion Fields (which has,probably .02% of that playerbase - 1K players) and/or other Muds - but the lure of graphical enhancements, socialization and a much more fully realized staff (again - this is in no way a knock on the great job the IMM staff here does with the game - it's just a fact that a huge corporation paying dozens of programmers to work full time will have more resources/staff for improving their game than a dozen person staff volunteering their free time to do the same).
With that said, Everquest 2 has been released this week (and I would expect that it would appeal to some of our playerbase, resulting in an attendance downturn) and Worlds of Warcraft is due out by the end of the month (which I would expect to result in another downturn in attendance). Beyond the exodus of a couple of staff members, I'd posit that the release of both of these MMORPGS (the two biggest MMORPG releases in a year since City of Heroes, which did not have necessariy the same genre/target audience as WOW/EQ2/CF) has hit the player base at CF the hardest.
- Mijzu
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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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