Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:40 pm
By a fond farewell I am refering to the slow wasting away of myth, which is hastened by certain unwelcome events.Oroboros wrote: Boy... If I got fiddy cents every time I heard that... I'd prolly be f00ked off I didn't get $2M every time I heard that.
I think it's a mistake to think that MNet is meant to fill ANY shoes. It just... IS. And if MNet goes the way of the 5.25" floppy, Magma will prolly resurrect BattleWatch =>:-]
-Oro
Just looking at some events past and current.
I like myth, however that doesn't change some evidence which shows the slow decline.
Evidence = low player numbers
Evidence = repeated server attacks
Evidence = dropping volunteer capacity to deal with some of these difficulties
Evidence = for pay gaming site beginning to host myth (which actually may be counter productive since it seems inferior to playmyth)
However, there is of course
Evidence = people still are creating maps
Evidence = tcp/ip still available
Evidence = there remains a hard core of players who likely will perserve
Evidence = some newer web sites dedicated to myth
BTW I never said mariusnet was "meant" to replace playmyth, it is, howver, the predominant alternative.
It's current status doesn't match playmyth's (no disrespect to mariusnet), however, that could change depending on volunteer capacity and interest.
Anyway I hope playmyth does continue in some way at the level Blades has managed to maintain it. Myth and Playmyth have been interwoven over the last few years and certainly playmyth going down, if it does, does not bode well for myth inclined people.
I've played this since oct 97 and against that back ground, losing the playmyth server/site, if that happens, is a "sea change" for what remains of this gaming community.
Maybe not. I hope I am wrong. But I wouldn't be surprised given some of the difficulties emerging that "miff" might just slip almost entirely under the waves.
Only time will tell.
