Very recently...less ppl playing BF1942

Caslon · 09-09-2003, 03:13 AM

Anyone noticed that since about a week ago (when college started),
there's been a dramatic drop in the number of ppl playing?

I sure have.

All at once it's like a mass exodus from online BF1942. Tons of empty servers all the time now. It's kinda scary actually, hehe.

I'm not sure if it's because of college, too many expansion paks or what.

I don't play as much these days..but I could always find crowded servers
at most any time day of night. Not anymore...where has everyone gone?

Scipio · 09-09-2003, 03:33 AM

I would think people would play more during college since that's when they get fast connections. Mabye I'm wrong.

Caslon · 09-09-2003, 03:50 AM

Maybe they've not gotten settled in yet or something.
There's been this really noticable decrease of online play, as of late.

Usually the weekends it picks up. For the first time this past weekend, it
didn't. And it seems to be a continuing trend. Kinda shocking and disappointing.

It's not gotten to the point of becoming alarming, just that I noticed a tangible
decline in the number ppl playing as of very recently.

[BFN] Night Star · 09-09-2003, 04:07 AM

Who cares! With less people that mean you have less smacktards and noobs to mess up the game. Let them go to college or play their other games! I for one won't miss them!

420 · 09-09-2003, 04:47 AM

Same thing happens every year with every game.

Gort · 09-09-2003, 06:54 AM

It seems to drop for a couple of weeks but then really starts to pick up after everyone is settled into the drudge of school.

Caslon · 09-09-2003, 07:54 AM

Gort..ya but Nvidia is dropping their 64/64 servers now maybe.
I'll miss fat pipe 64 plyr servers running big maps.

Dot.com Cowboy · 09-09-2003, 05:34 PM

I haven't noticed a significant drop in players, and servers have actually increased in total.

So I'm happy.

The game is just about a year old, but with 2 expansion packs, hopefully that will keep the number of users steady / and or growing.

BigRed · 09-09-2003, 06:48 PM

I've seen a dramatic increase in boneheads, arrrrgh!!!

Cpl. Reynolds · 09-09-2003, 07:08 PM

Interesting thought... EA originally said they would support the game online for one year. The year is just about up, I wonder if they'll keep their servers going (my guess is yes because of the recent expansion packs).

BigRed · 09-09-2003, 07:16 PM

I've been out tune for awhile, when does Secret Weapons come out?

yetix · 09-09-2003, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Cpl. Reynolds

Interesting thought... EA originally said they would support the game online for one year. The year is just about up, I wonder if they'll keep their servers going (my guess is yes because of the recent expansion packs).

played SW on some EA servers, so they should be there for a bit longer with the new expansion. good SW servers ta boot.

RVtiss · 09-09-2003, 08:38 PM

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I've been out tune for awhile, when does Secret Weapons come out?

It came out yesterday most places. I picked up a copy out of curiosity. Not bad, the bad lag that was in the demo has been improved, the throwing knife and shotguns are cool, so are the maps and the large enclosed buildings on some maps. The "indoor" fighting kinda reminds me of some CS maps now and then, only cooler.

Dr. Boom · 09-09-2003, 09:09 PM

I agree. I have been spending most of my gaming time playing Star Wars Galaxies.

I got a copy of SW of WWII and couldnt find any online games to play. Or at least any with more than 5 or 6 people on a server .

Milo · 09-10-2003, 12:41 AM

I think most of us would say we've had pretty good value for money out of this game. It's inevitable that a game comes to the end of its peak popularity as people move on to other things.

Yes, it seems quieter. But I'm still surpised at the amount who still play including me.

-WOODY- · 09-10-2003, 12:53 AM

Yep, every game goes through it's cycles. From now till the first part of next year there's going to be a bunch of great games coming out so the competition is going to be pretty strong.

Guru Imakuni · 09-10-2003, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by -WOODY-

Yep, every game goes through it's cycles. From now till the first part of next year there's going to be a bunch of great games coming out so the competition is going to be pretty strong.

But will we ever come back to Battlefield 1942 after they are released? :/

Half-Life 2 which is right around the corner, Doom III, and Soldner are all looking pretty good. Can BF keep up it's consistency of crappy support or are these new releases going to force them into giving us more then 3 free maps?

BigRed · 09-10-2003, 04:48 AM

Well I stoppedby my locla Walmart and they didnt have any on the shelf(they never got any)

Dr. Boom · 09-10-2003, 10:04 PM

Well at least we still have BF Vietnam to look forward too. The screenshots look really good.

Scipio · 09-11-2003, 03:41 AM

Too bad 1942 is sooooooooo much better than those other games. It will be a damn shame when no one buys or plays them.

09-09-2003, 03:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
Caslon Lieutenant Colonel Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Deep inside the Earth. Posts: 4,712	Very recently...less ppl playing BF1942 Anyone noticed that since about a week ago (when college started), there's been a dramatic drop in the number of ppl playing? I sure have. All at once it's like a mass exodus from online BF1942. Tons of empty servers all the time now. It's kinda scary actually, hehe. I'm not sure if it's because of college, too many expansion paks or what. I don't play as much these days..but I could always find crowded servers at most any time day of night. Not anymore...where has everyone gone?

09-09-2003, 04:07 AM	#4 (permalink)
[BFN] Night Star Master Warrant Officer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Eminiet domain Capital of the US Posts: 1,297	Who cares! With less people that mean you have less smacktards and noobs to mess up the game. Let them go to college or play their other games! I for one won't miss them! __________________ Looking forward to Spore. Looking forward to bf1942. 12841

09-09-2003, 04:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
420 General Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 2,605	Same thing happens every year with every game. __________________ "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." Kristian Wilson, Nintendo Inc, 1989

09-09-2003, 06:54 AM	#6 (permalink)
Gort Warrant Officer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Southern BC, Canada Posts: 825	It seems to drop for a couple of weeks but then really starts to pick up after everyone is settled into the drudge of school. __________________ 8)´

09-09-2003, 05:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
Dot.com Cowboy Sergeant Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 403	I haven't noticed a significant drop in players, and servers have actually increased in total. So I'm happy. The game is just about a year old, but with 2 expansion packs, hopefully that will keep the number of users steady / and or growing. __________________ -War is the anvil upon which history is forged. MSI K8N Neo Platinum 2 Gig\'s of Corsair Xtreme PC3200 (DDR400) AMD 64 4000 CPU (2.4 Ghz, 939) GF 6800 GT. Samsung 19inch LCD 930b (8ms response time) Klipsch surround sound system (w/400watt sub) Cable 4.2 Mbps

09-09-2003, 03:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
Scipio Master Sergeant Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: over there, by the beer Posts: 527	I would think people would play more during college since that's when they get fast connections. Mabye I'm wrong.

09-09-2003, 03:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
Caslon Lieutenant Colonel Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Deep inside the Earth. Posts: 4,712	Maybe they've not gotten settled in yet or something. There's been this really noticable decrease of online play, as of late. Usually the weekends it picks up. For the first time this past weekend, it didn't. And it seems to be a continuing trend. Kinda shocking and disappointing. It's not gotten to the point of becoming alarming, just that I noticed a tangible decline in the number ppl playing as of very recently.

09-09-2003, 07:54 AM	#7 (permalink)
Caslon Lieutenant Colonel Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Deep inside the Earth. Posts: 4,712	Gort..ya but Nvidia is dropping their 64/64 servers now maybe. I'll miss fat pipe 64 plyr servers running big maps.

09-09-2003, 06:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
BigRed Private 1st Class Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Minnesota Posts: 103	I've seen a dramatic increase in boneheads, arrrrgh!!! __________________

09-09-2003, 07:08 PM	#10 (permalink)
Cpl. Reynolds First Lieutenant Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Hiding in a foxhole, protecting my hiney. Posts: 1,923	Interesting thought... EA originally said they would support the game online for one year. The year is just about up, I wonder if they'll keep their servers going (my guess is yes because of the recent expansion packs). __________________ http://www.planetbattlefield.com/longestday

09-09-2003, 07:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
BigRed Private 1st Class Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Minnesota Posts: 103	I've been out tune for awhile, when does Secret Weapons come out? __________________

09-09-2003, 09:09 PM	#14 (permalink)
Dr. Boom Master Sergeant Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Dallas, Tx. Posts: 520	I agree. I have been spending most of my gaming time playing Star Wars Galaxies. I got a copy of SW of WWII and couldnt find any online games to play. Or at least any with more than 5 or 6 people on a server . __________________ Shop Smart........Shop S. Mart!!

09-10-2003, 12:41 AM	#15 (permalink)
Milo Private 1st Class Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 141	I think most of us would say we've had pretty good value for money out of this game. It's inevitable that a game comes to the end of its peak popularity as people move on to other things. Yes, it seems quieter. But I'm still surpised at the amount who still play including me. __________________ Drake!....... We are LEAVING!

09-10-2003, 12:53 AM	#16 (permalink)
-WOODY- First Lieutenant Join Date: May 2002 Location: home of the Indy 500 baby! Posts: 1,692	Yep, every game goes through it's cycles. From now till the first part of next year there's going to be a bunch of great games coming out so the competition is going to be pretty strong. __________________ Well whatever the heck it is, I don\'t like it!

09-10-2003, 04:48 AM	#18 (permalink)
BigRed Private 1st Class Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Minnesota Posts: 103	Well I stoppedby my locla Walmart and they didnt have any on the shelf(they never got any) __________________

09-10-2003, 10:04 PM	#19 (permalink)
Dr. Boom Master Sergeant Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Dallas, Tx. Posts: 520	Well at least we still have BF Vietnam to look forward too. The screenshots look really good. __________________ Shop Smart........Shop S. Mart!!

09-11-2003, 03:41 AM	#20 (permalink)
Scipio Master Sergeant Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: over there, by the beer Posts: 527	Too bad 1942 is sooooooooo much better than those other games. It will be a damn shame when no one buys or plays them.