How Many Players We Really Have

Suncho · Post by **Suncho** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:56 pm

So I've been taking snapshots of the number of players in games over the past few weeks and here are my results:

Total number of players playing at once at some time between 9:00pm and midnight (EDT) each night:

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Sun: 6/27/2004 41
Mon: 6/28/2004 35
Tue: 6/29/2004 26
Wed: 6/30/2004 22
Thu: 7/01/2004 23
Fri: 7/02/2004 25
Sat: 7/03/2004 30
Sun: 7/04/2004 27
Mon: 7/05/2004 22
Tue: 7/06/2004 44
Wed: 7/07/2004 30
Thu: 7/08/2004 33
Fri: 7/09/2004 31
Sat: 7/10/2004 35
Sun: 7/11/2004 37
Mon: 7/12/2004 31
Tue: 7/13/2004 33
Wed: 7/14/2004 23
Thu: 7/15/2004 35

Yeah... it's not that much. But Descent 3 certainly isn't dead either. =)

I'm going to a LAN this weekend so that's why I'm stopping my data collection tonight.

JazzyJet · Post by **JazzyJet** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 8:07 pm

D3 lives!

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 8:21 pm

Yep, I'm on my way to a 8 player D3 lan this weekend also. Shame there isn't more players.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 11:32 pm

JazzyJet wrote:D3 lives!

If you call a coma living ....

Suncho · Post by **Suncho** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 11:40 pm

Duper wrote:
JazzyJet wrote:D3 lives!
If you call a coma living ....

Just because you don't play anymore doesn't mean D3 is in a coma.

DigiJo · Post by **DigiJo** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 3:21 am

add a few, lets say 20 to 30, from europe (netherlands, germany, england, denmark,norway, sweden, finnland mostly) and some from australia and new zealand. they all dont play at 9pm est

and even more who dont play regulary, but once in a while and that for years now. still a lil bit depressing but hey if i want to play, i allways find a game, thats enough for me.

what i find strange is some of the multiplayer-levels have really high download counts.subwaydancer for example was downloaded 4200 times from fischleins site alone. alot others have between 300 and 1000. even some newer levels then sd.

Bet51987 · Post by **Bet51987** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:48 am

I luv Subway

pipsqueak10 · Post by **pipsqueak10** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:13 pm

Looks like a poll might be in order. I'd be curious to know how many users of the DBB actually play the game. There certainly seems like a ton more readers than players.

Ned · Post by **Ned** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:32 pm

After finishing ALL the levels of D3 (for the 3rd time) and killing Dravis, I finally decided to try multi for the first time. . . last month.

I suspect a lot of people loooove that game, and will try multi in a bored experimental moment. Seeing sites like this in google searches helps a lot.

-Ned

PS - I never tried the add-on pack levels, so you all like them or not?

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:24 pm

Suncho wrote:
Duper wrote:
JazzyJet wrote:D3 lives!
If you call a coma living ....
Just because you don't play anymore doesn't mean D3 is in a coma.

Actually, I was thinking of when there were a couple of hundred people playing as apposed to barely 50.

I know it's not dead. But it could use some viagra.

Some great new levels have come out recently.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 6:42 am

I don't usually play D3, but I try to. I always die and I'm like, "How are these guys so GUD!?"

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 10:36 am

Because we usually play D3...

{OSS}Paedric · Post by **{OSS}Paedric** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 6:34 am

I personally tend to go through cycles where I get really into Descent , burnout, go to other games, burnout, come back to Descent (Lather, rinse, repeat)...

Been playing since 1995. Bought a computer which came with the demo bundled with it. Bought the game (better than Quake/Doom). Joined a local BB so that I could play with other people, died alot. Was introduced to KALI, died alot. Bought Descent II, died even more. Bought Descent 3, continue to die but am now able to take a few of you with me.