Urban Dead Article and Interview

[grigori]

www.escapistmagazine.com/print/98/16

I stole that from the Malton Gazette, for starters, so don't go thinking I got all original and actualy found that.

In regards to the article, it's worth reading. There's an interview with Kevan and a really positive portrayal of the game you don't see very often when you read articles about UD. Oh, and Zambah Br!dh!

[Rakk]

Good article at least a year maybe two behind the times, now if only they would do that on Nexus as Nexus is dying a slow as hell death.

[grigori]

Ah, good 'ol "Half empty? That glass a a black hole of sorrow and misery!" Rakk.

[Rakk]

Well Nexus is dying and it is talked about a ton, as its member ship has been dwindling for months. Just keep track of active players on a week to week basis. Since 1.4 it has been increasing.

Anyways, I say this article is a few years too late because most of the prolific players, and huge events already happened and are long dead in the past. Hell Mall Tour '07 struggled for a while due to the lack of a certain person who led the last one who shall go nameless for this moment. So it took a lot of time for it to even get near starting.

And well when you start out with a full glass and drink half of it, who are you to tell me that it is half full. Ya prick.

[Kan]

Nexus is dieing? dam that figures when I join something I find out it dieing, or not active as much.
and that was a good article.

[grigori]

I still say UD isn't dying. it's been at 40k players for the past, I dunno, year? That's not dying. And the people who did leave for Nexus are now leaving that. I don't think anything's dying: I think there's just a certain breed of people who can't sit still in one place for any amount of time, hailing their next destination as "the next big thing," and then tossing it away once their time in the limelight is gone.

[Big J]

Yeah, I agree Grig. Same people that left EQ for WOW, WOW for GuWar, and GuWar for... well, whatever's next. A certain percentage of the MMO world is made up of players with no brand loyalty--like a child with ADD they will run drooling to the next attention grabbing shiny thing, tote it as "ZOMG SO AWESUM BESTEST GAME EVAR!!!" and then two month later complain non-stop on the forums that it sucks while waiting for the next shiny object.

[Remellion]

Since we're on this forum, I think we know where our allegiances lie. Right? *whistles* There will always be a small percentage of people backing any game, and we do so for UD. Membership could be seen as a bunch of shadows obscuring the true player base.

[grigori]

Very good points, Rem and J. Some people play the game and hail it as awesome but quit as soon as it stops being new and then move on. When they do, it leaves the people actually commited to the game, of which there are apparently quite a few.