I remember it being down in the low 10s and 20s back in the odd hours of the nerfed season 5ish times. We easily got double that still.

update from text .. about 100-150 players. player count went up
cap on stats update .. about 150ish players. player count did not flux much
russian hackers .. about 200 players. activity did not flux
addition of HC .. about 200-250 players .. activity increased.
addition of Multi player.. about 250-300 players .. activiy increased.
nerf of mute system .. down to about 200 players .. activity decreased
no maze removed .. down to 150 players .. activity decreased
arena removed .. down to 50 players .. activity almost non existant.

next update.. ?? not enough around anymore to care honestly.

Good, the disgusting fake inflation of items can go down.

It's already been said too many times by the oldschool members that they wouldn't mind losing out on a large amount of value on their items.

Heck, 10k is nothing compared to what some people around here have lost.

But that doesn't make the people quit.

if you no longer have buyers/sellers.. the statis of the market will not change. people will just horde or delete..

another thing .. isnt it sad that there were actually MORE players when the game was the "lame" text game than now after all the SUPER updates that are supposed to make the game into something better and more interesting??

we still have people playing the NES (original) in this country.. perhaps once you have something good.. you shouldnt mess with it much OR allow for older versions to be played still ..

You are missing a lot of time up here when during the text era when there were very few players.

not quite true. A "Bandaide" right now is being implimented to try to keep ppl happy while the next update is being created (this is solely my interpretation). The drop rate has DRASTICALLY been increased. Think of how many 200+ee items have dropped since 1.20 and compare that to say 1.19. Now lets also consider the amount of ppl that are playing now in comparison.

Unfortunately, the last kick in the balls to the old school players is happening right under our noses with a devaluation of items from increased drop rates and a flooding of the market. This Needs to be reversed!

This post was edited by Stok3d on Jan 5 2011 09:48am

Stinks that even with the new inflated drop rates you speak of Nick, I still haven't found anything of value, and struggle more than ever.

yes driving is a pain in the ass!