Is SEIV going the way of the dodo?

gregebowman · #1 October 25th, 2006, 08:47 PM

Just discovered this site, and I noticed earlier that there is a huge increase of SEV posts, and very few SEIV posts going on. Now that SEV is out or about to come out (I'm not sure which), there seems to be a lack of interest in SEIV. i hope not. I may have to play the earlier game for awhile, and I'd hate to see all of the great people who made SEIV such a great game abandon it. I know people in the past have said they wouldn't lose interest, but I can't tell that by the forum. So let's see some more SEIV threads out there.

Black_Knyght · #2 October 25th, 2006, 09:19 PM

I pretty much saw this coming.

So much fuss was made over the newer version that I had a hunch SEIV was a dead issue even before anyone wanted to admit it.

Other than just a handful of people, I'm sad to say that SEIV seems like it's pretty much been abandoned. People still stop by and check in, but no real active discussion or contributions anymore, other than by a few diehards like myself.

Suicide Junkie · #3 October 26th, 2006, 01:09 AM

Half the SE4 stuff goes in the main forum... which is called SE4/5 anyways.

capnq · #4 October 26th, 2006, 01:39 PM

AFAICT, the volume of SE IV traffic hasn't changed all that much; it's been relatively low but fairly steady for quite a long time.

What has changed is that SE V came out, so there's a large volume of traffic about that, making the SE IV traffic seem even smaller by comparison.

Black_Knyght · #5 October 26th, 2006, 09:14 PM

Stopping by and reading posts isn't really what I'd call "active discussion or contributions". It honestly looks like nearly everyone has dropped any further efforts towards anything SEIV.

The volume of traffic in the Main forum does remain high, admittedly. But, it just isn't SEIV related much anymore. SEIV discussion has very nearly died around here. There's very little SEIV stuff in the Main forum that is post-release of SEV.

Artaud · #6 October 26th, 2006, 10:16 PM

Well, I have not stopped playing SEIV, nor will I. Whether or not others remain interested in the game, that's up to them.

I have not bought SEV because after playing the demo I can see no reason to. SEV just doesn't excite me.

If posts on SEIV are no longer welcome at Shrapnel, that's OK. I will be happy to post somewhere else.

Fyron · #7 October 26th, 2006, 11:07 PM

Black_Knyght said:
Stopping by and reading posts isn't really what I'd call "active discussion or contributions". It honestly looks like nearly everyone has dropped any further efforts towards anything SEIV.

It died about 1.5-2 years ago, really. A few things here and there, but not much. It's mostly been on autopilot.

Artaud said:
If posts on SEIV are no longer welcome at Shrapnel, that's OK. I will be happy to post somewhere else.

Why would they ever be unwelcome?

If you want to see more posts about SE4, why not create some new, interesting threads? Posting about dwindling interest isn't going to get anything done.

PvK · #8 November 5th, 2006, 06:50 PM

I disagree too. I'm still tweaking my SEIV Proportions mod, and am not planning to mod SEV until many things improve.

thorfrog · #9 November 6th, 2006, 02:20 AM

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PvK said:
I disagree too. I'm still tweaking my SEIV Proportions mod, and am not planning to mod SEV until many things improve.

That's good to hear. I'm staying in SEIV land for a while longer. SEV is just not up to snuff yet.

Fyron · #10 November 6th, 2006, 03:34 AM

Well, go play Adamant 0.16 then; it just came out last Thursday!

http://adamant.spaceempires.net/