GK Fails

[Googi]

Originally Posted by Gerami

Yeah but on Classic list you'd probably get a larger playerbase, which could act as an incentive for upgrading. I mean as it stands who wants to upgrade for a ghost town?

I have talked to trials about why they don't upgrade to play 2K2. I have never heard 2K2's playercount cited as a reason for not upgrading. Actually, I hardly ever hear anything other than being unable to upgrade (no credit card, etc.)

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Googi

I have talked to trials about why they don't upgrade to play 2K2. I have never heard 2K2's playercount cited as a reason for not upgrading. Actually, I hardly ever hear anything other than being unable to upgrade (no credit card, etc.)

That's all our excuses man xD.

If GK was actually active in terms of playercount it'd be much more fun in my opinion, along with the fact that it would have a thriving community might make people want to upgrade.

[Googi]

Originally Posted by Gerami

If GK was actually active in terms of playercount it'd be much more fun in my opinion, along with the fact that it would have a thriving community might make people want to upgrade.

A trial never experiences this. Community is something that has more "stick" than "pull". It doesn't really bring new players in, but rather it gives people a reason to stay even after they get bored of the gameplay, but gameplay is what pulls new players in.

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Googi

A trial never experiences this. Community is something that has more "stick" than "pull". It doesn't really bring new players in, but rather it gives people a reason to stay even after they get bored of the gameplay, but gameplay is what pulls new players in.

Not really. I used to go to GK simply because people actually played it. I'd run around, talk to people, level a little bit, build a house for the sake of having one because all my friends had one too, etc. But once people including my friends stopped playing, I stopped too.

If GK had more players, I don't know if I speak for anyone else but I'd play it more often.

[Googi]

Originally Posted by Gerami

Not really. I used to go to GK simply because people actually played it.

But you aren't a trial.

Originally Posted by Gerami

But once people including my friends stopped playing, I stopped too.

This is pretty much confirming what I just said.

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Googi

But you aren't a trial.

I am on weekdays.

This is pretty much confirming what I just said.

They're the main reason why I started too though. Not the gameplay.

[Googi]

Originally Posted by Gerami

I am on weekdays.

Which you wouldn't be anymore if 2K2 was made classic.

Originally Posted by Gerami

They're the main reason why I started too though. Not the gameplay.

Right, you somehow deduced that 2K2 had a great community before you even started playing it. What did you do, use your spidey senses?

But let's suppose that this is actually what happened and most other Graal players behave this way (which, of course, isn't true). The reason 2K2 can't attract new players is because it doesn't have enough of a community. If it was made classic, it still wouldn't have enough of a community (because without enough of a community, it wouldn't be able to attract enough players to create enough of a community to attract players). Of course, the fact that 2K2 would attract a lot of new players if it was made classic is alone enough to disprove this.

(You could, of course, say that it would increase its playercount enough just by being "new" to the classic list, except that every server that's new the classic list experiences an initial high playercount because people want to try it out, but only those servers that offer good enough gameplay are able to maintain a high playercount.)