So many servers but so few players?

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afishy
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So many servers but so few players?

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I've been wondering for a number of years now: how are there so many servers online but so few players ever actually playing Armagetron? How is this possible and how did it come about?

Also, why are there no fort servers with good latency in the US (besides Kyle's NYC Ladle and ga1 hashpickup server)? :?
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Re: So many servers but so few players?

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Agrees with you i proposed something there: http://forums3.armagetronad.net/viewtop ... =2&t=24299
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Re: So many servers but so few players?

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You act like there are 300 servers... there are only like 70-80 servers on the list
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aP|Nelg wrote:You act like there are 300 servers... there are only like 70-80 servers on the list
there's more servers than there are active players LOL
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Actually, it has been that way for many years. When you saw as many as 50-70 active players on at one time in the game there were about 110+ servers.
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Most of the servers are garbage, youll only see people on the ones that arent complete shit.
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I've been talking about this since like '09 when I came back to the game. The answer is too many gimmicky game modes combined with clan vanity.
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M-Fortress is pretty lagless :P
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