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What happened?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by eamono, Jun 26, 2013.

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  1. eamono

    eamono Arsonist

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    Where did everyone go? 2-3 weeks ago I was playing 32 person games and now it seems that less then 30 people are online! where did everyone go?
     
    eamono, Jun 26, 2013
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  2. Lieber

    Lieber Is Probing Uranus Global Moderator Forum Moderator Donator Tester

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    Exams, summer holiday, Beta fatigue. No need to worry about it.
     
    Lieber, Jun 26, 2013
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  3. Apronymous

    Apronymous Bison Rider

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    Also you get abnormally large crowds on the day of an update.
     
    Apronymous, Jun 26, 2013
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  4. 16th

    16th Bison Rider

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    All play classic, coz beta still sucks.
     
    16th, Jun 29, 2013
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  5. whatever1works

    whatever1works Drill Rusher

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    beta is WAY awesome now... NO MOAR STALE MATES
     
    whatever1works, Jun 30, 2013
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  6. UnionBossJack

    UnionBossJack Catapult Fodder

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    Players are mostly in classic. No 'summer fatigue'.
     
    UnionBossJack, Jul 6, 2013
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  7. Jlordo

    Jlordo Nobody Donator

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    Depends on what time you play. Right now, there are plenty of people on with the IGS thing.
     
    Jlordo, Jul 25, 2013
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  8. eamono

    eamono Arsonist

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    this, but there is nowhere near the number I would expect, last I checked IGS sold 2500+ premium acounts, and I've never seen the number of players in the beta top 100
     
    eamono, Jul 25, 2013
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  9. Jlordo

    Jlordo Nobody Donator

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    I know. It's confusing me.
     
    Jlordo, Jul 25, 2013
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  10. eamono

    eamono Arsonist

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    My guess is that 1500~ish people just by every IGS game for 1$, but they can't play any of them cause they have too many
     
    eamono, Jul 25, 2013
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  11. amgtree

    amgtree Haxor

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    What happens is everyone goes to MM us testing server for the good ping, but it fills up and other people just say fuck it cause all of the othere ones are empty and do something else
     
    amgtree, Jul 25, 2013
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  12. eamono

    eamono Arsonist

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    this too, i wish more peeps played RTDM
     
    eamono, Jul 26, 2013
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  13. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    For what it's worth in classic there are on average 2-3k active players, and the count never tops 300 or so on at a time.

    We can hopefully steer clear of the deadlock we got into earlier with an injection of more players - theres nothing more daunting than 0 players online :/
     
    Geti, Jul 26, 2013
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  14. Geokinesis

    Geokinesis Catapult Fodder

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    If I understand it KAB will be released on steam when finished?
    That would be a massive shot in the arm for online play.
     
    Geokinesis, Jul 26, 2013
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  15. eamono

    eamono Arsonist

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    But it would be a massive boost in terms of player numbers, which the game desperately needs, I'm not sure when the last time I played on a TDM server with over 12 people
     
    eamono, Jul 26, 2013
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  16. Geokinesis

    Geokinesis Catapult Fodder

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    Uh, I was saying KAB on steam would be a good thing.

    The phrase 'a shot in the arm' means:
     
    Geokinesis, Jul 26, 2013
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  17. eamono

    eamono Arsonist

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    ooooohhhh, my bad, I figured a shot in the arm meant something along the lines of "taking something that was good and making it worse"
     
    eamono, Jul 26, 2013
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  18. Jlordo

    Jlordo Nobody Donator

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    The steam release will have a huge influx of players, but it will also degrade the community quality. However, hopefully the Buy to play will keep most 8 year olds out.
     
    Jlordo, Jul 26, 2013
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  19. amgtree

    amgtree Haxor

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    With a fresh new play base we might see the gameplay change drastically
     
    amgtree, Jul 26, 2013
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  20. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    This is actually our hope too. It also completely undermines pub griefing and hacking - every time a serial griefer or hacker is caught they'll need to pay another tenner to keep doing what they're doing, a price I'm sure almost every one of them will _not_ be able to keep up with. Our dedicated support dude Lucas (Furai) watches the reports feed with hawks eyes. As the major plague on classic is hacking at the moment, not being able to just create a new account and get back to it should be a huge deterrent for them. Good riddance to them.

    Yes, it will. I had no idea what a shot in the arm meant though so thought you were saying it'd be a bad thing as well :^) The increase in player base should ensure that the game has enough players to stay viable - we likely need a slight change in player behaviour at the moment though if the game is going to stay full, idling in otherwise empty servers to build games from nothing rather than exiting when you see zero players is a start. An IRC specifically for gathering players for a TTH game could also work - we'll be looking into it harder once the beta is in the hands of the public at large.
     
    Geti, Jul 27, 2013
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