So, sumo is pretty dead isn't it? Fort too, in extension. You don't often see the usual suspects online anymore (that's an understatement), and the few times you do see a new guy give sumo a go he usually gives up rather quickly, because it's too difficult. I'm not saying sumo hasn't always been difficult. I remember it being overwhelming during my first few weeks on this game.
The sumo bar emerged when people got good at mazing and didn't get a kick out of having just 4 people compete for the zone. And, yeah, when you have a bunch of good players playing the game, it's more fun with them all in one place rather than spread out. The sumo bar is a pretty great idea. But now the people for whom this mode is designed are not playing anymore. Why that is is another discussion.
Ok, I'm gonna go watch a series or something instead of turning this post into an essay. My message is: let's put up some stable classic sumo servers. I'm talking about 4 zones with 4 spawnpoints each for individual play. Think evaldusia's sumo. And CTOS/IDTS settings for team play. Team sumo used to be very popular - heck, when I put up a server not long ago it was still very popular. It even competed with the sumo bars once populated, although I had to be in the server for it to fill up in the first place.
Does anybody agree?
