LMAO, this thread is great. It needs to be nominated for funniest thread or something.
After reading through I had to go back to the front page to remember what the OP was; it immediately went from some dude asking a question to sarcasm, to Consolves vs. PCs, to global computer virus theories, to MWLL vs. MWO, with a smattering of random stuff related to the topic and not.
Funny as hell. We really need to start threads with the title "Pi$$ing constenst #x". Like a 12v12 with sarcasm and Urine as the only weapons.
Back to the OP; I had concerns for a while as well regarding player base and even asked if we could reinstate the player counter on the old Ask the dev's threads to no avail. It seems some days it takes forever to find a match, some I get the same faces in half a dozen drops, and some I never see the same name twice for hours.
Personally I am finished with speculating or really caring about what the population is. It is what it is and MWO will die or not. In the end somebody will be right and somebody will be wrong. Without real live numbers and facts there is no point to it all.
I plan to get what I can out of the game as long as I can, play when I feel like it and take a break when I need one and try not to think about the money I may or many not have wasted by buying Pheonix.
But please consider the Pi$$ing contest threads. I hate having to comb the forum for good laughs.