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Join Date: 2002-09-30 Member: 1381Members
Join Date: 2002-09-30 Member: 1381Members
<div class="IPBDescription">How many people will play this?</div>Where do you think the apex of the mountain we know as NS popularity will lie?
A)1-100 Servers
B)101-300 Servers
C)301-600 Servers
D)601-1200 Servers
E)1201-5000+
I bet A.
Not because the mod isnt good or something, but the average person did not buy HL to play a RTS. Not to mention its hard to get MODs popular these days. Look at how DoD is doing, and its much more fun than CS is (IMHO).
FLF was destroyed by one release, now its at the A range, when it could have made it to C- Range.
I Don't honestly know, this is just an opinionated estimate.
I hope it makes it to C, and not a server over.
(EDIT: This is about the <b>apex</b> (peak) of the popularity, but the posts regarding the formation of the population line graph are still appreciated.)
A)1-100 Servers
B)101-300 Servers
C)301-600 Servers
D)601-1200 Servers
E)1201-5000+
I bet A.
Not because the mod isnt good or something, but the average person did not buy HL to play a RTS. Not to mention its hard to get MODs popular these days. Look at how DoD is doing, and its much more fun than CS is (IMHO).
FLF was destroyed by one release, now its at the A range, when it could have made it to C- Range.
I Don't honestly know, this is just an opinionated estimate.
I hope it makes it to C, and not a server over.
(EDIT: This is about the <b>apex</b> (peak) of the popularity, but the posts regarding the formation of the population line graph are still appreciated.)
Comments
--Scythe--
You do realize that would be a catastrophic amount of downloads from File Planet?
I can just see it:
xferla4.fileplanet.com:
Wait: 41917 Minutes
Current People: 300/300
You are 12381236 out of 12381236 in line
Or you could just get a bunch of 404 errors if you go anywhere else. <!--emo&:(--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('><!--endemo-->
and he got a whole list of mirrors ready to be contacted.
it can reach Z no problem....
FYI, I play TFC a lot I am sure that TFC is also in the E range. Just that only about 600 servers are really worth playing on.
According to my All-Seeing-Eye, I see over 900 servers.
just so you know <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
NS and it's amazing team have taken an out dated engine made it look impressive even by todays tough standards. They've taken the 2 most popular PC genres and combined them into one game that appeals to you no matter what kind of gameplay you enjoy. This isn't some little "realisitc" military mod, this isn't merely some capture the flag, capture the point, the radio, the scientist, the cow, etc,etc. This game has totally unique gameplay. These guys know what they're doing, look at how popular it is now before even the big "PR-blitz" occurs. People are noticing this MOD and once it's finally out we can almost be sure that it's going to blow these small time mods out of the water. If this game pulls off half the stuff they're claiming and is as fun as it looks and sounds, I'd say it will have no trouble making it to "C" territory. I doubt it will be a CS killer simply because it has a firm grip on the Half-Life community, but I think it will easily blow other MODS away. And whoever said it will be "A" for the first week: Mods get the most attention the first few days of release, not the least.
NS and it's amazing team have taken an out dated engine made it look impressive even by todays tough standards. They've taken the 2 most popular PC genres and combined them into one game that appeals to you no matter what kind of gameplay you enjoy. This isn't some little "realisitc" military mod, this isn't merely some capture the flag, capture the point, the radio, the scientist, the cow, etc,etc. This game has totally unique gameplay. These guys know what they're doing, look at how popular it is now before even the big "PR-blitz" occurs. People are noticing this MOD and once it's finally out we can almost be sure that it's going to blow these small time mods out of the water. If this game pulls off half the stuff they're claiming and is as fun as it looks and sounds, I'd say it will have no trouble making it to "C" territory. I doubt it will be a CS killer simply because it has a firm grip on the Half-Life community, but I think it will easily blow other MODS away. And whoever said it will be "A" for the first week: Mods get the most attention the first few days of release, not the least.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So true, so true.
Another one for your "Proclamations" section, QUAD <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->.
I'd say A range. How many people really want to run a server, when they could play on someone else's? And then I can see many of those "1337 H4x0rz" being chased away because they have the attention span of a rock, are half as smart, and will be unable to grasp the simple concept of teamwork as marines, and will hate aliens because they have no guns.
Too bad the popularity of a mod is usually inversely proportional to the IQ of the players...
im gonna say B. final answ- no wait! yes b. ok. b, final answer.
I expect the A range on the number of servers for the first week. This being because it's gonna take time for everyone to download and get NS setup on their server. Then the number of servers will just keep climbing. My guess is that there will eventually reach 1000 servers.
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