Is this true?

[Prussian to the Iron]

hm, again, we don't work for you :)

secondly, I have E:TW and have quit playing it already. It was cool for a couple weeks, but thats about it. Different tastes for different people. If youre looking for flashy units and bright shiny colors, EB assuredly isnt for you. We primarily make this game for ourselves, and those in the community who share our love for history.

ONCE AGAIN i didnt say ou did! anyway, its obvious it is going extremely slow, too slow for most of the people that like it which is why it is dying.

[Meneldil]

While I don't think the mod is dying or anything else (there weren't much people bothering about EB during the early dvlpt stages, ie. before RTW was even released), I can see how the fact ETW has been released might not help keeping the forum actives.

Furthermore, the modding community, once active on the Org, kind of disappeared/moved to TWC. EB is, AFAIK, the last big mod still primarly housed by this forum (and I'm glad it is, as TWC has turned into a spam fest for 13 year old people).

[gollum]

Once the mod start having versions out the forum will be populated and active. Hopefully the hoolabaloo from ETW will have calmed down too by then.

[/Bean\]

ONCE AGAIN i didnt say ou did! anyway, its obvious it is going extremely slow, too slow for most of the people that like it which is why it is dying.

Have you thought of helping them? It would go faster...

I think you mistake posting in the public forums for being active on the team. Your statement is utter nonsense and I can't imagine why you think you know anything about what goes on inside the EB2 team. We've got four active Romani guys alone, all of whom worked on EB1.

Oh, and Atilius, I'm not being serious. It's called British understatement. Of course I know theres more than 5 on the team. What I meant was they are undermanned, as all mods are, which of course makes progress slow. I didn't mean to offend you in any way .

[Tellos Athenaios]

ONCE AGAIN i didnt say ou did! anyway, its obvious it is going extremely slow, too slow for most of the people that like it which is why it is dying.

We have a different idea of 'dying' here. For the developpers the mod does not live by the grace of the interest of people outside the team; it is encouraging and motivating sure but it is not required in order to make the mod live. What you mean is that the interest of other people is dying. Perhaps it is, but personally I haven't noticed much? (I've seen EB in its 0.74 stage, and back then the forums were a good bit more quiet about EB 1 over here than they are now about EB 2.)

[/Bean\]

I'd say support grows everyday, with more people signing up to EB and the forums all the time, experiencing the mod, and then finding out about EB II. I mean, the EB II forums are more active than most of the other mod forums out there, and EB II isn't even out yet...doesn't that tell you something?

[Tollheit]

I have yet to play most factions of EB 1, and MTW II Gold Edition is still a bit too pricey for my tastes.
If anything, the EB team is working a bit too fast, as far as I am concerned.

[alatar]

EB2 dying? Please look at EB, it took a good four years to do?

And it is damn near perfect. Personally I can wait for EB2, the team seemed to manage EB1 without my thoughts on it. Infact one could go so far as to say that people who no nothing about the mod, or modding in general, should realise that nobody cares weather or not they think the mod is taking to long.


I love EB, and will only be buying M2TW when EB2 is released, or maybe afterwards (no offence, but the .72 version was not for me, I only enjoyed .81 and afterwards).

Oh, and TWC is a bit of a spam feast so stuff there should be taken with a pinch of salt.

[Rilder]

ONCE AGAIN i didnt say ou did! anyway, its obvious it is going extremely slow, too slow for most of the people that like it which is why it is dying.

Except its not dieing, I bet no doubt that once EB2 Nears open beta release these forums will rocket into the most active forums ever.

You can't make global judgments just because your impatient.

Also.

yah but im getting E:TW in a week at most. if i get it then i know i will not go back to m2,

So if a sequel comes out you buy it and throw away the older game?

Bloody hell thats stupid, I still play the Original MTW from time to time, its good fun.

Depending on performance (yay my 2ghz processor) I'l probably still play EB1 when EB2 comes out.

Also if it wasn't against the rules I'd request your copy of M2:TW Kingdoms, since yours is just going in the trash -_-.

[Prussian to the Iron]

So if a sequel comes out you buy it and throw away the older game?

Bloody hell thats stupid, I still play the Original MTW from time to time, its good fun.

Depending on performance (yay my 2ghz processor) I'l probably still play EB1 when EB2 comes out.

Also if it wasn't against the rules I'd request your copy of M2:TW Kingdoms, since yours is just going in the trash -_-.

no. you misunderstood. i mean i will not want to play m2 because u will be too busy playing E:TW. I'll sell you it, how much will you buy it for?

i never throw games away. ever. i still have the ps1 version of pong, planning to sell a shit load of ps1 and ps2 games next week

[Vasiliyi]

EBII can take as long as it wants to. Seriously. I personally love EB1. Absolutly love it. And I know that whatever peive of art the Eb teams gives us will be perfect or as close to it as possible. Let's not flame these guys who work for free. My only regret is my own stupidity with computers. I have countless hours of free times, just very little knowledge of modding and the such. Otherwise is would too help out the team. Once again, thank you EB team for such a fantastic mod.

[oudysseos]

Well, John117, I think we'll survive your lack of interest.

On the Org forums, the subforum that includes all RTW mods has about 400,000 posts. Of these, the EB subforum has 375,000 posts, and our private sub-forum (for EB2, even though it's in the RTW subforum) has ca. 170,000 posts.

That's posts, not views. Just for comparison, all other M2TW mods on the Org taken together have about 10,000 posts.

So, John, we are very much alive and well, but we don't work for you, so we won't 'pick up the pace' just 'cos you say so. Too bad, so sad. It will still be a long time until we release EB2. At least we'll have the pleasure of your silence if you give up on us and stop posting.

[alatar]

no. you misunderstood. i mean i will not want to play m2 because u will be too busy playing E:TW. I'll sell you it, how much will you buy it for?

i never throw games away. ever. i still have the ps1 version of pong, planning to sell a shit load of ps1 and ps2 games next week

I have ETW, it is good, but not perfect, and nowhere near as impressive as EB. Still worth the money, but don't think it willl be the only game you ever play.

[delablake]

ONCE AGAIN i didnt say ou did! anyway, its obvious it is going extremely slow, too slow for most of the people that like it which is why it is dying.

how old are you? 12? 13? - Your nick seems to give away your degree of maturity.
Understand: for certain people waiting a year or two or even longer for something really good is natural, it's called patience and pleasant anticipation.
And of course it's the opposite of that stupid concept:
"I want everything immediatly and get bored of it two days later, then start all over again".
I for one know what's better for me (and maybe could be for the rest of this haste-raped planet)
My advice: hit the books!