Re: [DipKnights] Re: Re: (Cat23's Life, or Lack Thereof)

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From: "Luis" <[email protected]>
To: "Ray Setzer" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Packrat" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "Cat-23 NGame" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [DipKnights] Re: [CAT23-Ngame] Re: (Cat23's Life, or Lack Thereof)


> Anyhow, it would be interesting to find out if the decline is only
> affecting Cat23 or is something generalized across the hobby's clubs.

DipWorld seems to be going the same way, but DW's sister club DipCorps seems to be surviving. The 
rec.games.diplomacy newsgroup which used to be very active is now all but dead, and over in judgedom I think 
that the Vermont group are noticing a drop-off in sign ups for their tournaments. I don't know about Redscape - 
I have never really gotten involved with them. My feeling is that a lot of people came into the hobby circa 1999 
when the internet was a new phenomenen to most people, and most of the people who joined then burned out after 
three or four years. The internet is no longer new so I do not think that there are as many potential newcomers 
as there were then.

Regards
Peter