Worms Armageddon along with other Team17 games was for as low as $1 in Humble Bundle two weeks ago during a week. More than 100000 people bought it, Wormnet was filled with new players
Part of the appeal with WA is that the community is big enough to allow for some mistery..Some variation...while not being so big that every opponent is Cloon tropper#18338
I really don't think it would be good for the wormers to have so many noobs joining at once. Let them go pollute some world of warcraft server instead. I woould rather go for quality than quantity..Then again Team 17 is a buisness where the goal is to make profit just like any other...