Your views on vi mp.

[ichi]

That's odd, I thought we were having a bit of revival this last week (I think I saw Elrich in the lobby, and a few others)

Of course, you gotta remember that out of 6 billion potential players the most I ever saw online was around 200, and I've been alone in the lobby with chatty (quite scary really).

So going back up from 35 to 45 isn't a big deal, but I can usually get a good game with some old friends most nights.

Even see a few newbies.

ichi

[L'Impresario]

Good to hear again from you Sid. Been a month or two I guess (my usual internet/PC probs heh).

Well, now that I'm back after quite a long period of inaction, I started playing a bit of VI mp, only to remember that most of the time I 'm trying to fight off boredom:). Otoh I always yearn to log on in order to get my VI "fix", if solely for a quick game every other day. This reveals the greatest appeal of the 2d-sprites TW era, at least according to me: there isn't anything similar out there, combining so much positive elements, extensively analysed over the years, while having serious negatives ones that could be partly fixed, but by no means in a RTW scale. In a few words...it was playable and highly addictive.

But it is also a product and nowdays...(enter naive and endlessly repeated comments on consumer society and trends).
After all some had played it for about 3 years- hmm, I guess that's why I continue playing it, 1.5 years to go:)

And I don't think it's simpler than RTW, nor was it "balance" that forced many a poor sod to change sleeping habits, among other things heh
(plus I haven't played yet extensively any VI mod mp, always a good option when you get bored of v4 woodsmen:P)