You people are by far the coolest then other game gamers :-)

***phishhound*** · January 14th, 2001

Sup Dogs,
I just wanted to say, that from all the games i have ever played (which is probably too many), the online community of Sacrifice is by far the most unique and enjoyable to play with. Battle.net people are really cocky for the most part, and all think they are so much better then everyone.

Sure, we have had our problems, with some, well, i dont need to go there.

But 3 Cheers for eveyrone who plays Sacrifice!

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-Phishhound
Kine Destroyers

I have traveled many worlds, gone through enemy after enemy, but still, I have not ever seen any like you. And yet still, I dont know who I am. Why must I live this way? Hence, this is the way I battle, this is the way I am!

***Auxryn*** · January 14th, 2001

Agreed, this is probably the most tolerant forum I have seen in a long time.

***TheOnlyCoolTim*** · January 14th, 2001

I think you have not seen enough game communities...

Team Fortress Classic has a great community going with its message boards...
Homeworld USED to have a great community on the Relic Message Boards but we got changed to a different moderator who basically destroyed it, and I left.

Generally Blizzard makes good games but with the most horrible communities... Starcraft is just about impossible to play multiplayer because of how horrible the community is...

Here is a good community too though

Tim

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***phishhound*** · January 14th, 2001

I agree Tim. I think that Blizzard was just swimmming in there munny to much, and didn't care enough about their community. People still play it alot though. I still think it is a fun game, (starcraft) but the people that play it are just, ehh. And you get your ass kicked SO FAST. You dont even know how.

Lets thank Shiny for giving their customers support though.

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-Phishhound
Kine Destroyers

I have traveled many worlds, gone through enemy after enemy, but still, I have not ever seen any like you. And yet still, I dont know who I am. Why must I live this way? Hence, this is the way I battle, this is the way I am!

***Ark*** · January 14th, 2001

I don't think Blizzard can be to blame for the problem with their community.

Something that you can see in almost ANY community (Especially online) is that the more people you get, the less 'quality' of a community you have. I have no idea why this is, but it's true. Go look at how people treat each other in a small town, then go to New York, LA, Chicago, or any other big city. HUGE difference.

Same thing with online games. I played this online game called Kingdom of Drakkar a long time ago (back when online games cost like $4/hour to play). There was maybe 50 people playing, and the community was TIGHT. Everyone new each other, everyone was polite.

Then go look at UO, or EQ. People treat each other like **** in those games

It's the same thing with Sacrifice... look at the number of people posting here... not NEARLY as many as you'd see on a Blizzard forum.

I guess it all boils down to anonymity (err... I totally butchered the spelling on that word :P Sorry, it's late and spellchecker didn't seem to catch it! ). If you don't know the other person, and others don't know you, people seem much more likely to be an asshole.

That's just what I've observed in my 10+ years of online gaming. What do you think?

***phishhound*** · January 14th, 2001

Ark, Ark Ark, you have a VERY good concept of online game. I have never thought of that. I dont think that it should be limited to 50 people though. I think the Sacrifices community is awsome as it is. Just connecting to a battle net chat room took about 5 min. And people do have more respect for each other in a small community, i totally agree with you 110%

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-Phishhound
Kine Destroyers

I have traveled many worlds, gone through enemy after enemy, but still, I have not ever seen any like you. And yet still, I dont know who I am. Why must I live this way? Hence, this is the way I battle, this is the way I am!

***Ark*** · January 14th, 2001

I agree, 50 people is TOO small. Hmmmm, what would the optimal number be, maybe a 200 - 300 or something? Of course, that's not total people playing the game, but the average that you run in to, who play during the times you play, etc.

***Big-Floppy-Llama*** · January 14th, 2001

www.diabloii.net (In the sorceress forum) is where i had my best community experience. We talked during the game, shared items, trusted eachother, and when i stopped playing Diablo 2, I gave all my stuff away to the people i was closest to.

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Big Floppy Llama

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***Asmor*** · January 14th, 2001

My best experience was with Heretic II. The community was probably 75-150 people at its peak, and pretty much everyone knew everyone else, and everyone was friends. Chances are if you joined a server you'd know every person who was on it, and you'd probably know who the admin was, too.

Sigh... The good ol' daze...

***Prodigal*** · January 14th, 2001

I'm not sure sheer numbers account for the differences. I think certain types of games appeal to certain types of people. Fast games with alot of twitching, alot of explosions and little thinking will attract younger and more immature players than games which are purposely designed to tax a player's savvy and resourcefulness.

I've played the Age of Empires series over the years and it is a known fact that Age players are older and more mature than their Starcraft counterparts. Age takes more time, more patience, more micromanagement and more decision-making in general and therefore doesn't get nearly as many *k3wl d00ds* as SC. Within AoE/AoK deathmatch games attract many more youngsters than Random Map games. Comparing the forums at MFO (the top Age site) and Bnet is like comparing night and day.

I think certain games are predisposed to attract lamers.