Re: What happened?

I think that maybe there was a wide influx of players into the internet hobby three and four years ago as a result
of the internet becoming widely available, and the fact that the internet now *is* widely available that influx of
people who are new to the internet finding that diplomacy can be played here is now reduced.

Of the large intake of three years ago, I would suggest quite a number are like Charles, they tried it, they took on
a big game load and they burned themselves out.

In addition to that, as broadband becomes more popular it may be that communities like Redscape which are web rather
than E-mail based become more popular.

So in summary I think there is an element of truth in both of Charles' and Ray's suggestions.

Regards
Peter


----- Original Message -----
From: "David E. Cohen" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 1:35 AM
Subject: Re: [CAT23-GM] What happened?


> Welcome back Charles.  I agree with you.  The various Cat23 lists are
> quieter than they were a couple or three years ago.  Maybe it is people
> drifting into other groups (and it seems as though there are many people
> who were once mainly Cat23 types who are now active in multiple forums),
> or it may be due in part to the continuing success of the Worldmasters
> (60 or 70 games and questions arising from them not on the regular
> lists, but rather in the Tournament lists).
>
> mczet wrote:
>
> >No, its still pretty active. Games start quite regularly. Normal ebb and
> >flow I'd say.
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Charles Schmidt" <[email protected]>
> >To: <[email protected]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:09 PM
> >Subject: [CAT23-GM] What happened?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Howdy there. Some of y'all may remember me from when I was a heavy
> >>regular around here a few years ago. I've completely avoided Dipping
> >>for the past two years or so (serious case of burnout), and have
> >>only just come back to the Cat in the past few days.
> >>
> >>I couldn't help but notice that in the time since I left the
> >>activity on Cat boards like NGame and GM has gone way, way down. I
> >>always knew I was a popular guy, but it's pretty surprising to see
> >>everyone else leaving just cuz I did. ;^)
> >>
> >>Seriously though, what happened around here? Was there some short of
> >>shakedown and mass exodus of people? Is the Cat really less active
> >>than it used to be, or am I missing something?
> >>
> >>Charles
> >>
>
>
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