Re: Is this forum really as busy as it claims?
 

If you look at the number of posts, only space empires and dominions have serious activity here.

Re: Is this forum really as busy as it claims?
 

I know, speaking for myself, I visit this forum probably (on a conservative estimate) 20-30 times for every post I have, just to read what other people say. It wouldn't be surprising if I wasn't the only forum stalker on the internet.

...or at least I hope I'm not the only person that weird.... :(

Re: Is this forum really as busy as it claims?
 

Nahh the weird ones are the ones that haunt the forum and chat for 16+ hours a day for no pay.
THATS WEIRD (yeah I know thats me)

Re: Is this forum really as busy as it claims?
 

I'm one of those who bought the game recently, and was wondering what the "incident" was that sounds like it chased away a lot of old vets.

I'd like to ask what other forums are there that I can refer to for strategy, but there's probably a rule here not to name them or something :p

Re: Is this forum really as busy as it claims?
 

Basically, a very prolific modder got banned for something many people didn't consider a serious offense, there was a bit of a forum war over it that resulted in several more people receiving bannings, and a number of people don't really post here anymore as a result. The threads are pretty recent actually if you cared to go back and look at them. Anyway, there are still people who post here, and most of the vets post at http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/index.php . It's not really a taboo, there are a number of links floating around :P

Re: Is this forum really as busy as it claims?
 

nah, i do this too

Re: Is this forum really as busy as it claims?
 

It's a fantastic game, it deserves the following and I'm happy to see it :) . I've so far only played the demo, but I'm hoping to buy the full version some day.

Re: Is this forum really as busy as it claims?
 

There are a number of forums out there that have always had fairly active Dom3 discussions. Quarter to Three *always* have games going on, and reading up on them can provide a lot of play insight.

Quarter to Three

Re: Is this forum really as busy as it claims?
 

Good stuff, I'll make use of them, thanks!

Re: Is this forum really as busy as it claims?
 

To me it seems the problem is/was people that tend to incorporate very black-and-white views and group people into "factions" that they then see as rivaling sides competing against each other. Pick a side, define "good" and "evil", done. Rules and morals that would apply when dealing with "members" of your side can be broken or ignored when you deal with the other "faction" because they're outlaws where those no longer apply. You don't even need to listen to argument anymore because it's void when it comes from somebody you identify as belonging to the rivaling faction.

I am a member of the tuna-eating faction and I strongly oppose all those from the non-tuna-eating faction! :re:

This partition into warring, rival factions automatically leads to perceived ongoing quarrels instead of seeing everybody as part of the community and using informal dictate of the better argument and adopting the motive of a cooperative quest for truth to reach a consensus, i.e. rational discourse. Eh, I'm coming from academia, it's no wonder I come up with stuff like this.

Before I registered on here, I've been playing and hosting a fair number of Dom3 MP games games on the OctopusOverlords forums, which had a handful of users that would engage in continuing MP games, though this stopped as far as I am aware when they decided to dissolve their "Multiplayer Games" subforums. The most recent Dom3 thread that they have is this one, where I recognize a couple of the former players.

Another very big community that plays Dom3 games is the SomethingAwful crowd, though these forums require a small access fee, as far as I am aware.

Dom3 threads can be found on other gaming forums, for other strategy games even. There's a recent "Let's play!" thread on the PA forums.