Apr 7th 2022, 8:23:06
Originally posted by paradise:
I am also a returning player back from around 2005/2006. Although I played mainly on the primary server and a bit on tourney in the early 2000s when I was still a kid.
I remember the game being a lot bigger and more popular back in the days. Utopia was also massive back then too and they were on the same server. I think there were at least 6k players in primary server in 2005 and prob more than 20k players in early 2000s or late 90s. Just to finish in the top 100 was a huge achievement back then and I did it once back then. Now a days, you just need to create an account and make 100 turns just to stay in the top 100 lol
Alliance or FFA was never my thing back then. It was a bit too hardcore for me and I preferred to play at my own pace. Although one of my high school friends did play it and was in a clan. I think there were at least 60k or 100k ppl in the FFA server back then (sorry my memory as a kid is a bit vague lol). All I remember was it was a lot bigger and I had most of my school friends playing the game too.
Tourney was also different back then. I think at least 10-15 levels going from A-Z back then too. I wish this game was still popular so we can enjoy the greater interactions and social experience. I wish it was still a challenge just to finish top 100 in primary server.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure what happened to the game. Maybe the game just lost some popularity due to the evolution of other technologies. For me, my life just got busy when I started going to uni. It seems this game has still kept all its basic fundamentals. The land gain must have increased significantly, as I don't remember seeing countries with more than 50-100 k lands back then. Same with the networth due to the 2 billion bug.
I remember the game being a lot bigger and more popular back in the days. Utopia was also massive back then too and they were on the same server. I think there were at least 6k players in primary server in 2005 and prob more than 20k players in early 2000s or late 90s. Just to finish in the top 100 was a huge achievement back then and I did it once back then. Now a days, you just need to create an account and make 100 turns just to stay in the top 100 lol
Alliance or FFA was never my thing back then. It was a bit too hardcore for me and I preferred to play at my own pace. Although one of my high school friends did play it and was in a clan. I think there were at least 60k or 100k ppl in the FFA server back then (sorry my memory as a kid is a bit vague lol). All I remember was it was a lot bigger and I had most of my school friends playing the game too.
Tourney was also different back then. I think at least 10-15 levels going from A-Z back then too. I wish this game was still popular so we can enjoy the greater interactions and social experience. I wish it was still a challenge just to finish top 100 in primary server.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure what happened to the game. Maybe the game just lost some popularity due to the evolution of other technologies. For me, my life just got busy when I started going to uni. It seems this game has still kept all its basic fundamentals. The land gain must have increased significantly, as I don't remember seeing countries with more than 50-100 k lands back then. Same with the networth due to the 2 billion bug.
Glad your back aswell man did you miss out on some fun if you were not here in 2001 the server was huge back then. I believe that in 90s and early 2000s there was a company called Swirve or swerve that owned earth, utopia, and a handful of fantasy sports games based on real time stats that competed with yahoo fantasy sports. Swirve put a lot of money into marketing their community and that is simply what is missing today is a budged for marketing and advertising. Earth Empires would need to hire someone who has a college degree ib marketing and advertising if they want to seriously grow the game like before. I think Muhel or something was the person who bought earth and utopia from Swirve if i am not mistaken