Is It Just Me Or....

[Slynky]

...are the number of players in competition-type games (KOTH/Ratings) dwindling? Has the enthusiasm suffered through the realization that some players are good and others never will be as good?

If there IS a drop in such participation, is it because of another reason? For instance, a drop-off due to anticipation of SE5? Lack of time these days? Boredom due to playing the same players over and over?

Just curious.

Thoughts?

[geoschmo]

I dropped way down in my own level of playing. I'm only in two games now, and only running two others as game owner. I'm a little burnt out. Going on 4 years? That's a long time. I'm also busy with school and stuff. I am looking forward to SE5 though.

[Randallw]

I've been here and playing for awhile now, but I simply don't fancy my chances against veterans. It may just be my own lack of confidence but I can't get interested in something where I believe from the outset that I'll be steamrollered by an expert. I also hear that KOTH is 1 on 1 and I personally can't see much fun where its just a case of launching an all out strike as soon as the other person finds you.

[Fyron]

Randallw said:
I also hear that KOTH is 1 on 1 and I personally can't see much fun where its just a case of launching an all out strike as soon as the other person finds you.

My sentiments exactly. It really takes away almost all of the fun of the game when all you do is fight to the death, especially against a single opponent... Maybe others are realizing this?

[Ragnarok]

Imperator Fyron said:
My sentiments exactly. It really takes away almost all of the fun of the game when all you do is fight to the death, especially against a single opponent... Maybe others are realizing this?

I doubt it. People are just getting burned out on SEIV. I am down to just 5 games on PBW and 2 of them are pretty much finished. One is my KOTH game and the other is RTH and the Last one is the race to SEV game.

[Alneyan]

I am burnt out myself as well, and I am simply cranking down on my SEIV games. I will quite likely resume challenges once I my game number has been reduced even more though.

Edit: The Fairy Typo struck again. ("I am burnt down"?! What was I thinking of? In case you were concerned for my health, I wasn't put to the torche by an odd raiding barbarian)

[geoschmo]

Yeah, what Ragnorok said. I know you were only semi-serious Fyron, but you can't extrapolate anything like a qualitative judgement from the lack of people playing in rated 1 on 1 games. There are less people playing >2 rated games as well. I think what we are witnessing is just the normal entropy of the game.

My own personal opinion is that I still enjoy 1 v 1 games more then bigger games. I simply have less interest in any games. The fact that the two games I am in happen to be >2 games is merely due to them being longer and me not wishing to abandon the other players in them.

Once they are over I may actually get into a 1v1 game or two. Just to keep the juices flowing.

[Asmala]

I'm also cutting down the amount of games I'm playing. I'll have to do my military service after the turn of the year so it's not reasonable to start new games now (I don't like to drop out of games).

[Atrocities]

Sorry, I am on a PBW diet at the moment. I play when I have time otherwise my Ministers handle the turn. I even have a game going with Intimidator that I don't have time to play.

[Alneyan]

Your answer brings another question Atrocities: who is NOT cranking down on SEIV play? It looks like quite a fashionable trend of late, and replacing players are rarer than a peace-loving tree-hugging Klingon.