I can't remember exact dates and such, but I do remember a time in which WWP was definitely more popular / active than W:A. A very large number of people switched to WWP for quite a while... that is, until some of the W:A updates made it worth switching back, even at the expense of some of the WWP features.
I just think it's a shame that W:A is the game that got updated rather than WWP.
WWP was more popular than WA for about 3 months at the very most, I played both for the first year WWP was around. Sales numbers will confirm why WA is still the more used game. Consumers realized WWP was a ripoff and didn't buy it in the same numbers as WA. Don't know why you want the useless wormpot modes WWP shipped with, no one really used them anyways, at least those that participated in league sites like cl2k and TUS, which is what we are messaging on right now.
I seem to recall the buzz for being more than 3 months. IIRC, a lot of people played WWP for at least a year, if not two. Eventually though everyone came back to W:A. Yeah, WWP was kind of a cash grab (as Team17 is known for now) but at the time I welcomed those extra features and used them all of the time.
It was fun though, i remember having CKC on wa and vP on WWP, going to WWP and amazing some of the original WWP players who didn't know WA guys. Like HHC said, WL was more active in singles over WWP for a short space of time. I actually won the WWP singles league one season, something I never managed to do on WA. I think i beat almog in the playoff final
Back when you only needed had 1 rope, bng and 1 default in POs.