Colosseum is slowing down...

[Alexandr III. Biges]

You can see it by:
Fewer new posts
Fewer interesting posts
Much more off topic posts
Too many AI and Gameplay bitching posts (including one which is mine )
Less newcomers who visit for tips/questions
and the game out for how long? less than 3 months...
Somehow i remember that MTW lasted much longer...
Shogun i don't quite remember - but i still have it on my PC heh
We need a solid patch guys, lets admit it...
we need something to bring this game to its full glory once again.
well forget it, i guess it is another off-topic useless post

Well, MTW is more strong to be sure. Compared the value added, MTW has done much better work. Maybee if RTW would be a surprise, but no, massive ad campaign, hopes, a long time it took to "finish" the game, that made expectations too high, than the disillusion.
MTW offers more attractive era (from military point of view), more different civilizations, religions, people like to play for a nation they can identify with (by geografical or othe means). RTW, too much energy spent to try to correct bugs which should be corrected by CA. Blah, blah... what the hell are we talking about? We should be discussing tactics, like in MTW posts, not these things. :)

[Maltz]

Actually there are still a lot of fun in RTW, for its good variety will take a long time to experience every faction's style.

I am sure there are more people playing RTW than STW and MTW, just people feel there isn't too much to ask about. Why? There is already the forum index, with good newbie's guide and everything that covers 90% of the questions. That's a few whole days of read-load! We didn't have this wonderful index before, so repeating questions appear in a much higher rate than now.

Also, users dislike hostile and/or pessimistic atomsphere, although they might enjoy watching some the short term.

[Ar7]

Well at the speed I am playing I will have fun with Rome for a long Long LONG time as I have only played as the Romans currently.

As for the forums, it's better that way. It was insane when there were 10 post per minute, I didn't even bother to read them, now the ORG returns to meaningful discussions of the pre RTW summer.