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[Felix Dante]

Almost there...

Just need another 500 people or so.

Another milestone!

[Adridos]

Just remember that it does not mean we have (rounded) 100 000 people going to play. Just almost 90 000 people signed up and posted something.

[CoffiNail]

Now, how many MWO registrations, as the members is apparently only those who have visited the forums, not just signed up.

Damn you ninja... damn you

[Trevnor]

We'll get there, eventually.

[Thornn]

Once there is some serious advertising and promotion, the playerbase is going to explode in size. We will be looking back and chuckling at only having 90k.

[Volturnus]

I will be very, very surprised the day a F2P game with giant robots and explosions does not get at least 100,000 members.

[Adridos]

Volturnus, on 30 April 2012 - 09:50 AM, said:

I will be very, very surprised the day a F2P game with giant robots and explosions does not get at least 100,000 members.

You're talking about 100 000 forum posters. People playing the game are far greater in number. At least that's what devs use to say.

[Volturnus]

Adridos, on 30 April 2012 - 10:02 AM, said:

You're talking about 100 000 forum posters. People playing the game are far greater in number. At least that's what devs use to say.

It's okay if we don't get 100,000 forum posters, you post enough for all of them

[Major Tom]

Just a few hundred more alts then all my favorite mechs will win the polls.

[Claw55]

How big of a stadium would we need to house an MWO convention, assuming we all came?

[Volturnus]

Claw55, on 30 April 2012 - 12:08 PM, said:

How big of a stadium would we need to house an MWO convention, assuming we all came?

Out of Paul's wallet, you say? We can rent out the whole of Amsterdam for a weekend...

[Claw55]

Volturnus, on 30 April 2012 - 12:09 PM, said:

Out of Paul's wallet, you say? We can rent out the whole of Amsterdam for a weekend...

It'll have to do.

[Emily Weiston]

I just hope MWO has enough server capacity for all of us. I've been through so many games where server loads make the game completely unenjoyable.

[Volturnus]

Claw55, on 30 April 2012 - 12:30 PM, said:

It'll have to do.

Yeah, we could've done better, but Paul spent almost all of the development money on Pixy Stix and snowmobile parts

[Joe Mallad]

BT/MW has such a large fan base, I can almost bet that this game is going to explode out of the gates and the Devs are going to be hard pressed to keep up with the overflow of players. Im just glad we are finally getting this after what I thought would truly be lost forever.

Edited by Yoseful Mallad, 30 April 2012 - 12:42 PM.

[Hawkeye 72]

Thornn, on 30 April 2012 - 09:48 AM, said:

Once there is some serious advertising and promotion, the playerbase is going to explode in size. We will be looking back and chuckling at only having 90k.

Or we could be looking back and missing the day we only had 90000 users. Who knows what will happen to the forums after the game launches. I for one fear the day general discussion becomes littered with new player topics asking about everything. While I am eager to teach and bring in new players, redundant posts will multiply.

We could very well end up missing the days when it was a majority of grizzled veterans users bringing along small numbers of new players at a time

Edited by Hawkeye 72, 30 April 2012 - 12:43 PM.

[Joe Mallad]

Hawkeye 72, on 30 April 2012 - 12:43 PM, said:

Or we could be looking back and missing the day we only had 90000 users. Who knows what will happen to the forums after the game launches. I for one fear the day general discussion becomes littered with new player topics asking about everything. While I am eager to teach and bring in new players, redundant posts will multiply.

We could very well end up missing the days when it was a majority of grizzled veterans users bringing along small numbers of new players at a time

Hawkeye 72, on 30 April 2012 - 12:43 PM, said:

Or we could be looking back and missing the day we only had 90000 users. Who knows what will happen to the forums after the game launches. I for one fear the day general discussion becomes littered with new player topics asking about everything. While I am eager to teach and bring in new players, redundant posts will multiply.

We could very well end up missing the days when it was a majority of grizzled veterans users bringing along small numbers of new players at a time

AGREED!

[Claw55]

Volturnus, on 30 April 2012 - 12:39 PM, said:

Yeah, we could've done better, but Paul spent almost all of the development money on Pixy Stix and snowmobile parts

I'm sure if MWO takes off well enough, they will replenish. And then we can make plans for air fare.

Edited by Claw55, 30 April 2012 - 12:49 PM.

[Volturnus]

Claw55, on 30 April 2012 - 12:48 PM, said:

I'm sure if MWO takes off well enough, they will replenish. And then we can make plans for air fare.

Yes, but I kind of get the feeling that a gigantic MW convention would shortly erupt into a massive series of brawls that would later be dubbed the 5th SW...

[Thornn]

Hawkeye 72, on 30 April 2012 - 12:43 PM, said:

Or we could be looking back and missing the day we only had 90000 users. Who knows what will happen to the forums after the game launches. I for one fear the day general discussion becomes littered with new player topics asking about everything. While I am eager to teach and bring in new players, redundant posts will multiply.

We could very well end up missing the days when it was a majority of grizzled veterans users bringing along small numbers of new players at a time

In the big scheme of things, this has happened to many communities over the years. Its a given. In the end though, we are the community - and what we make of it is what we make of it.