The Ultimate Site of Worms Armageddon

Just a fun poll of what the community thinks, I personally think it will go for another 10 years, slowly dying off similar to w2, a couple of super hardcore dedicated players (PeJa comes to my mind and Komo). What are your thoughts? :)

I would say 5-10 years(but that wasn't there lol).

I think when the current younger generation grows up, get jobs/girlfriends, gaming will have advanced by then no more younger generation will play, at least not enough to consider worthy to keep running the online server.

By then will only be a handful of people may still meet up to play LAN games or something.

Personally I won't play much longer, I still love the game but music is slowly taking over :)

Your right there's no 5-10. :D I will edit it in.

If TUS die is kinda the half path for it.
Edit: My vote is 10+ years.

I also think 5-10 roughly.

I can see it going like this for quite a while still. But as soon as the activity starts to drop below a certain number it's gonna go real fast.

I think nearly everyone who ever wanted WA has played the game by now, so the influx is gonna decrease from here. That and the old players not really showing in AG nemore.. can't really get better nemore can it?

There are a lot of young passionate players among us. We should not dismiss the possible fact that they may show the same devotion as older players. While I agree that older are players are one of the reasons for Worms Armageddon's success, I do not believe their decline in numbers will determine WA's online activity.
If I remember correctly, back in 2004 Worms Armageddon had like 60+ players in AG, that number haven't changed much  The high peak of players are always in the afternoon for me.

A lot of older players binds WA's with their nostalgia and may grown tired of it. Hence the experience they once had are no longer present, and therefor they say ''WA is dead''

back in 2004 most people in #AG were actually in it to PLAY, nowadays half of it (even more) are snoopers that just idle there. That's my impression when I look who's online.

I have always imagined to meet us and play during christmas holidays after retirement auhauuah

As long as someone challenges me to a RR, I will play.
It is about keeping it competitive.

dS will keep it up :D

Quote from: Anubis on September 25, 2015, 07:09 PM
back in 2004 most people in #AG were actually in it to PLAY, nowadays half of it (even more) are snoopers that just idle there. That's my impression when I look who's online.

While this fairly accurate, people are fairly picky of who they mingle with. It's not like your averege old schooler make friends with a newbie. OF course _I can be mistaken- Then again, it just boils down to the fact that people likes to play who they already know.

Quote from: Anubis on September 25, 2015, 07:09 PM
back in 2004 most people in #AG were actually in it to PLAY, nowadays half of it (even more) are snoopers that just idle there. That's my impression when I look who's online.

This is probably the thing that pisses me off the most about the internet, especially a games channel where people are looking for games.

I don't mind people sitting there with snooper while they are actually playing a game, or AFK for 5-10 minutes while toilet or shop.

But the people who leave snooper on and they aren't even there, for hours, should just f**k off :(

It's probably the most retarded thing about IRC #Worms also, it's a channel where 99% of people aren't even there...

I asked before "Why are you even connected to IRC if you are not available to chat?" the reply I always get "I can reply when I see the message" - USE F**KING EMAIL THEN YOU DAFT C**T!!!!

So yeah, that's my stance on idleness  :o

Lol, I'm the only one who voted +20 years for now.

Quote from: Komito on September 25, 2015, 10:14 PM

Quote from: Anubis on September 25, 2015, 07:09 PM
back in 2004 most people in #AG were actually in it to PLAY, nowadays half of it (even more) are snoopers that just idle there. That's my impression when I look who's online.

This is probably the thing that pisses me off the most about the internet, especially a games channel where people are looking for games.

I don't mind people sitting there with snooper while they are actually playing a game, or AFK for 5-10 minutes while toilet or shop.

But the people who leave snooper on and they aren't even there, for hours, should just f**k off :(

It's probably the most retarded thing about IRC #Worms also, it's a channel where 99% of people aren't even there...

I asked before "Why are you even connected to IRC if you are not available to chat?" the reply I always get "I can reply when I see the message" - USE F**KING EMAIL THEN YOU DAFT C**T!!!!

So yeah, that's my stance on idleness  :o

countless pms i sent to ppl like steps sid zex n ltk, ya :D

Quote from: rU` on September 25, 2015, 11:42 PM
Lol, I'm the only one who voted +20 years for now.

rU, your choice is unique :) Keep it up bro ;)


Though Optimism is always welcome and I encourage it :)

10+, I say about 12-14 more years.

I think we've reached the half life.

I voted 40+ for the optimism :D, I still want to see this game active when I'm old. Even with a not-so-big community compared to games from nowadays, oldschoolers keep coming back and newbies who improve stick online. I say that TUS also plays a big part keeping WormNET alive.

If you stop and think about how gaming industry has evolved since 1999, it's practically a miracle a game like this still gets attention. I think it's because WA is like one of these games that have a particular version that shines over the other (newer) ones, much like Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time or Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis).

In my opinion, the game will stay alive as long as it's made compatible with current systems. Or... Until Team17 makes a new Worms game with improved graphics and WA's mechanics and new features. I don't know about you guys, but I can't hook myself up on newer Worms games (like Reloaded or Revolution) without being disgusted at the mechanics. WA's engine is the peak of versatility in any game, you can play in thousands of ways and still have fun (who in the world could have thought of creating something like Abnormal? Killing your own worms? It's awesome!)

Long live Worms Armageddon!

Retro games will never die... pacman and tetris are not dead...

Way to go KungPow! Speeches like  that are lacking these days! Thumbs up bro ^^  We two have had a fair share of conversation about this online and I agree and I believe in your words man. :)

Quote from: KungPow on September 26, 2015, 01:26 AM
I voted 40+ for the optimism :D, I still want to see this game active when I'm old. Even with a not-so-big community compared to games from nowadays, oldschoolers keep coming back and newbies who improve stick online. I say that TUS also plays a big part keeping WormNET alive.

If you stop and think about how gaming industry has evolved since 1999, it's practically a miracle a game like this still gets attention. I think it's because WA is like one of these games that have a particular version that shines over the other (newer) ones, much like Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time or Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis).

In my opinion, the game will stay alive as long as it's made compatible with current systems. Or... Until Team17 makes a new Worms game with improved graphics and WA's mechanics and new features. I don't know about you guys, but I can't hook myself up on newer Worms games (like Reloaded or Revolution) without being disgusted at the mechanics. WA's engine is the peak of versatility in any game, you can play in thousands of ways and still have fun (who in the world could have thought of creating something like Abnormal? Killing your own worms? It's awesome!)

Long live Worms Armageddon!

_____________
signed.

w:a is a part of my life and i believe in it :)

Just as I feared. :'(

I would say 5-10 for current WA but I think if devs releases 4.0 it will last longer. Voted 20+

Quote from: KungPow on September 26, 2015, 01:26 AM
(who in the world could have thought of creating something like Abnormal? Killing your own worms? It's awesome!)

Wimp Lo.

Quote from: Triad on September 26, 2015, 01:47 PM
I would say 5-10 for current WA but I think if devs releases 4.0 it will last longer. Voted 20+

I actually agree with that coming to think about it, if 4.0 actually gets released and you can play together in real time, and the other features, it would spring so much more life into this game and give another 10-20 years!

*fingers crossed*

Quote from: Komito on September 26, 2015, 01:53 PM

Quote from: Triad on September 26, 2015, 01:47 PM
I would say 5-10 for current WA but I think if devs releases 4.0 it will last longer. Voted 20+

I actually agree with that coming to think about it, if 4.0 actually gets released and you can play together in real time, and the other features, it would spring so much more life into this game and give another 10-20 years!

*fingers crossed*

Once upon a time I heard someone say that will never happen and this was very recent. Though I am not sure if his word have a lot of credibility.

http://wormsng.com/

Quote from: Korydex on September 26, 2015, 02:19 PM
http://wormsng.com/

When the pie fills, the revolution begins.

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It'll probably last for more than 40 years, with constant updates by Deadcode, Cybershadow, and any of their successors, should one or both of thme die. I'm 15, so I will probably survive longer than 40 years after today. In fact, WA might as well last forever, since it is so great that it could end up being the longest lasting video game in human history!

Quote from: DarkOne on September 26, 2015, 01:51 PM

Quote from: KungPow on September 26, 2015, 01:26 AM
(who in the world could have thought of creating something like Abnormal? Killing your own worms? It's awesome!)

Wimp Lo.

You're right!  :D

1. lets figure out whats "dying" in terms of computer game, if we want to find out, how long it can survive
even the fact of a person's death is controversial, usually, when the last neuron loses its activity we consider the man as dead, interpreting it on computer games, a unit of activity can always restore its activity, as if a person could at any time rise from the grave. This means that in order to know the date of the game death, it is necessary to know not only the events of the present, but also all the events of the future, during the existence of mankind, so we can clearly call the death time
this leads to the conclusion that computer games is in fact timeless, as you can reborn them at any time, so date of end of the world will be the date of the end of the game

The online section of a game can easily die, when servers are shut down for example. And for many, W:A's online features are what makes it "live". If you join WN at any time and can't find a single person to play it is basically "dead". So if T17 closes the doors we can officially say W:A is dead. It might run fan-made servers but in this conversion time it will bleed many wormers that just played casually.

It can also individually die, for me W:A is almost dead because 1. most wormers I used to play with don't play, 2. the scheme I liked the most has no real activity anymore. Your scientific analysis doesn't really fit anyway because a game can't live and can't die to begin with. xD

Die in this sense mean no more online activity, you don't have to take things literally.

I voted 40+ but obviously it all depends on actions we cant predict, like for example if T17 come out with a Worms game that has everything that makes WA awesome, like the physics engine, (REAL) customizability, etc and then builds upon that to make it even better and have new awesome flashy graphics. That could be a killer for WA, but it that ever gonna happen? Maybe T17 goes bankrupt in 5 years or maybe they eventually will grow tired of making Worms games? (not :p ).
Another question; is WA going to continue to be updated, or developped for? Rubberworm and Project-X have changed WA drastically the last few years, who knows if I still would be playing WA without PX or Rubberworm?

No-one can predict these things so anything is a guess  :D

Quote from: raffie on September 26, 2015, 07:08 PM
if T17 come out with a Worms game that has everything that makes WA awesome ... and then builds upon that to make it even better

LOL

If I'm not mistaken, Wormnet generates almost no traffic for T17's servers, since games are hosted in the end user's network (except for HostingBuddy and WormNAT2 users). It's not like they're spending millions on a Data Center to maintain Wormnet running, so they have no reason to shut it down.

Even if they had a reason, I don't see it impossible for us to make our own server, Cybershadow playing around with a little coding and making it as a default server etc etc
Even if not, there's always community servers which could basically serve as the same thing.

W:A has more users than some newer Worms games, I certainly hope, in fact I'm sure T17 is not a bunch of faggots like EA who shut down Battleforge after just two years of users spending insane amounts of money to get more items.
One day they just announced: "We encourage you to spend your ingame money because there will be no refunds. The server will run for a month and then shut down. Thank you for understanding".

Quote from: Marko on September 27, 2015, 03:53 AM
One day they just announced: "We encourage you to spend your ingame money because there will be no refunds. The server will run for a month and then shut down. Thank you for understanding".

People like that need to cease to exist.

Quote from: Marko on September 27, 2015, 03:53 AM
Even if they had a reason, I don't see it impossible for us to make our own server, Cybershadow playing around with a little coding and making it as a default server etc etc
Even if not, there's always community servers which could basically serve as the same thing.

W:A has more users than some newer Worms games, I certainly hope, in fact I'm sure T17 is not a bunch of faggots like EA who shut down Battleforge after just two years of users spending insane amounts of money to get more items.
One day they just announced: "We encourage you to spend your ingame money because there will be no refunds. The server will run for a month and then shut down. Thank you for understanding".

Lol I actually have BattleForge, I really liked it, never spend cash in it besides the initial purchase to play it. So nowadays you can't even play it at all anymore? No way to play single player offline?

Komito - agreed :)

Nope, there's no way to play it anymore but there is an amateur project, some fans are making new battleforge from scratch :)
You can find more info here, it's going to be completely F2P: https://www.facebook.com/BattleForge-Reborn-1631379693773798/timeline/

It's soon to be released, in a month or so, but not sure :)

10 years? unless old skoolers have a huge come back

In my opinion, unless there is an influx of new people from another location, WA will slowly die.  Look at it this way: The composition of wormnet at the beginning, back in 1999, was mostly north american/brazil/uk/france/spain/germany.  You could look at the list of people in the lobby and it would be tons of USA, canada, UK.  Now the number of people from those countries is relatively small.  USA is possibly the largest group of gamers (pure speculation) and are represented with a tiny fraction of wormnet overall.  Speaking from my countries perspective, about 90-95% of the USA pros no longer play or are on extended leave. 

I left for many years after 2003, and returned in 2009 for a very short time.  Prior to this, I had never ever seen a russian flag on wormnet to my recollection, maybe one or two at the very most.  By 2009, there was a absolutely huge contingent of russians, as well as other eastern european countries represented.  Now, it appears the russian invasion has tapered off quite a bit.

Now, if you are following me here, a very clear pattern emerges as to the game being widely distributed and played in different countries that otherwise didn't play the game before.  You would imagine for a new base to enter in now would take:

1.  A monumental rise in popularity based on a powerful gamer with a huge base playing the game continually (think pewdiepie), if you don't know who this is, go to youtube and check out how many subscribers he has.

2.  The game being distributed widely in a market that it otherwise hadn't before, possibly japan or china, but it seems that don't necessarily take to western games not named starcraft or LoL.  I'd say it's unlikely at this point as even korean worms was never really that popular.

3.  A move by team17 to solidify its user base around the classic worms games in the form of actually contracting CS and deadwood in a meaningful way that makes it worth their while to dedicate time (they have 0 interest, as the financial incentive isn't there for them).

4.  A new spiritual successor to WA that brings all of us over, because they finally put out a product that combined the facets that we all love and put out a cohesive product that pulls us in (insanely unlikely at this point, in fact it seems to be going in the opposite direction).

Those are the only four factors I can actually foresee turning the tide, and none of them are really remotely plausible, but I hope that any of these things could happen.

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Quote from: j0e on September 29, 2015, 12:07 AM

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Macbook Pro is autocorrecting shit since OS yosemite upgrade.  It's pretty annoying and I need to disable it.

So after a few days it seems 40+ years is winning, I find that very unreasonable simply because there exist no similar case of a MP online game to live that long. What's like the oldest running MP game besides W:A? Quake still has a community I know of, hmm can't think of anything else tbh. I highly doubt it will go for 40+ years, Walrus summed it up pretty good so I would agree on maximal 10 years from now on.

At least people aren't a cynic. It's good to have hope. WA doesn't have to rely on old school people, that's a bit selfish. I do agree if TuS goes, half of WA will fade and continue to fade from there.

2 posts in 1 year, I'm on a role!

Seriously though the game will last for as long as the server is kept open. I would be along the same lines as a lot of people here though. When I go online a lot of my old mates don't play anymore, or if they do it's few and far between. That and I was never much good with the rope except for my awesome Shadows!

There is no real element of achievement anymore apart from running leagues such as TUS, so when you finish a game it's like yay but no ranking points etc... Even in the games I play today I look at the ranking element of it.

What needs to be done to keep the game alive is an update at the start of Wormnet (And I admit I don't know I haven't been online for a while) That gives a link to the TUS website to promote new players to come to the website to learn what the community is about.

As was said Team 17 could decide one morning that they are going to be awesome and create a game based on WA with a new interface, weapons, schemes etc, but not messing up the mechanics of the game.
Alternatively what could happen and as an opportunity for someone out there who is into creating games etc. Would potentially be to go to KickStarter, make a campaign for a new game based off Worms Armageddon as a Spiritual successor. Instead of Worms it could be called Slugs (If you get my drift)

I am thinking Mighty No. 9 and the Nostalgia for that is immense as it relates to MegaMan.

Overall from thinking myself the community would be dead 10 years ago, to see it still going in 2015, I honestly think the Community is what will keep the game alive ultimately. The only problem is with a game like this at this age, it's very easy to get into the "what we had, or this is how it works" rather than looking to innovate, even on a website as awesome as TUS there are things that could be done, such as a dedicated chat for game challenges and a link directly into the hosting of the game rather than going through Wormnet.

Alas that's my rant! Long winded and less about the point then the original question, but that's me :)

All this comments are in vain :)
W:A will last until moderators will be there to run this site, and so long as friendly players are still online to greet newcomers.

But there are less and less pros who are willing to explain new players how to handle Wormnet and stuff. Without newbies, this community is doomed. Funny as it sounds.

It isn't always as easy to teach a newecomer. I myself  have tried to explain how WA works to a couple of beginners, but unfortunately the reward of doing so is zero. Why? Because I never see them come back to the gamr anymore.

Not everyone communicates in English and that only might be one of the reason they lose interest.
Some players just comes to WA to re-experience what they once had as a child.
Old schoolers usually neglect the presence of newcomers. A lot of experienced player alias and troll beginners. That's my Impression of it.
People are more selective of who they mingle with, if you are not talented and build your way up to the food chain, you are pretty much on your own until you reach a certain height to be noticed by the nearest beacon.

What Kradie said is indeed right

We need to find new players or this game might be dying in 10 years,that's my opinion.I do hope I am wrong though

even if the servers wouldn't be working I'd still make maps for my own pleasure and enjoy playing, so to me worms will never die =)

 :-*

Yeah, if the day comes worms dies. There should be at least a website where we can exchange challenges & goodies  :)

In worst case scenario for W:A, TUS still will be available. So no worries on the website.

What if you die MI?

There are people who already have access to TUS. 8)

so 40+, yay!

I voted +20 cos i will be active till my daughter learn how to play :)

Cueshark, cu soon in a 2vs2 :D

Quote from: MonkeyIsland on October 06, 2015, 04:27 PM
There are people who already have access to TUS. 8)

Future secured,yay ^^

So Worms Armageddon is not just a game for us, but for our children  and their children children.

This game is a ladder of prodigy. We have gotten this far and we can continue to climb! WE ARE THE ANCESTORS AND HIGHBORNS! OUR NEXT GENERATION DEPENDS ON EACH AND EVERYONE OF US! WE ARE THE ROOTS OF THE GREAT OAK TREE OF TIME! WE ARE THE FATHERS!


Done...

+1

Quote from: Kaleu on October 06, 2015, 04:11 PM
What if you die MI?

Hahahah I was wondering when someone morbid enough was going to join the discussion xD

Quote from: Kradie on October 06, 2015, 05:52 PM
So Worms Armageddon is not just a game for us, but for our children  and their children children.

This game is a ladder of prodigy. We have gotten this far and we can continue to climb! WE ARE THE ANCESTORS AND HIGHBORNS! OUR NEXT GENERATION DEPENDS ON EACH AND EVERYONE OF US! WE ARE THE ROOTS OF THE GREAT OAK TREE OF TIME! WE ARE THE FATHERS!


Done...

Nice speech xD

I will host my max scheme and f@#! the taner till all eternity. There is no limit no duration whatsoever.

I found out about Worms Armageddon through Nintendo 64 back when I was little. I enjoyed playing WA with friends and by myself. I didn't found out about this game till like 2009 or '10 I think? But I would be sad if this game dies out. :C

Its been my lifetime mission to find good players and defeat noobism I will work on that for another decade no prob. Max Scheme is for the people. The peoples scheme. It will form the community.

it sucks

Quote from: philie on October 18, 2015, 09:20 PM
it sucks

its shit

i dont even got a word for it :D

Max scheme is the best. Its a scheme for the people not the hairy professional tus apes ofc. They can play their esport extreme ropeshitschemes with shit weps and small apemaps. No prob ofc but that wont bring new people to Worms nor help Worms to survive that I can assure you all.

+100 years ! even robots in the future will talk about how cool this game is.

When I'm trying to get someone to play CTF, the whole game looks very dead

Quote from: WTF-8 on January 22, 2016, 03:28 PM
When I'm trying to get someone to play CTF, the whole game looks very dead

I assume ppl who used to play CTF are now playing KTK, which is a quite popular scheme nowadays.

Quote from: WTF-8 on January 22, 2016, 03:28 PM
When I'm trying to get someone to play CTF, the whole game looks very dead

I think CTF scheme was secretly created to destroy W:A with its slow and boring gameplay, so maybe success?

WA never will die.

I am sorry to revive this old thread but I find it very interesting to go back to.

7 of you thought the game would be dead within 5 years, and it is 2020 now and 5 years have already passed.

15 of you thought WA would be dead within 10 years.... I don't see any decrease in activity. It is more or less the same.
https://steamcharts.com/app/217200#All

But there's 5 more years to go, and we will see if the game is K.O.

I voted 10+ years, I was very optimistic back then, and I still am.

Seems like that so called ambition of 4.0 would come out within the decade 2010s, never happened. Instead 3,8 got all the hype at the end of the decade, and still is quite ambiguous.
https://worms2d.info/4.0_Facts

If I'll be the last person to keep WA alive, I'll do it as a threat for a price. :-[

What 4.0 brings I don't know but CyberShadow and DeadCode have kind of let down Worms Armageddon by saying "it is just a game". They could just easily add some kind of stat tracking or ranking to keep it going but they won't. What do you think? Otherwise it is difficult to tell.

If the game keeps getting support, it'll always attract some players, T17 took a long time to release a worms game that provides an experience that could be considered an improved version of Armageddon in the form of of W.M.D but it has no mod support, Armageddon has mod support and therefor can be more lively because of the new possibilities that modding brings to the game.

If Armageddon gets 3.8 in the coming year and workshop support on steam then it could very well for long and attract new players because the game could trend a little in the steam sales for a while because of it...

In its current state it can still live for some time and even attract a few new players because the game has decent support for Windows 10 but the game's not a shine either...

This relic is not a relic with an end, so speaking about it being dead is a cow's talk, I tell ya. Trilogy goes on, matters change, Worms keep fighting, the legendary relic will never die, even under my watch.

As long as Quai hosts the royal Quaimole

Well, WA will technically never die, as in there will always be a server somewhere, however, for me WA is dead when Clanners and interesting Cups/other competitive means are dead/rarely ever happen, and that was a while ago  :'(

Quote from: TheKomodo on March 01, 2020, 04:01 PM
Well, WA will technically never die, as in there will always be a server somewhere, however, for me WA is dead when Clanners and interesting Cups/other competitive means are dead/rarely ever happen, and that was a while ago  :'(

Yeah, leagues are disabled for several days now and noone even has noticed lol

Quote from: TheKomodo on March 01, 2020, 04:01 PM
Well, WA will technically never die, as in there will always be a server somewhere, however, for me WA is dead when Clanners and interesting Cups/other competitive means are dead/rarely ever happen, and that was a while ago  :'(

There's been several Hysteria and ZaR Cups and tournaments hosted. But where have Komodo been? Making posts like these.

I made a topic and poll asking if anyone are interested in pre-made clans. The poll seem to indicate that majority would want that.
https://www.tus-wa.com/forums/tus-discussion/pre-made-clans-32394/

But then we have people that doesn't care and make topics like this:
https://www.tus-wa.com/forums/tus-discussion/f@#!-premade-clans-n-shit-time-to-grow-some-balls-32411/

Quote from: Korydex on March 01, 2020, 04:12 PM

Quote from: TheKomodo on March 01, 2020, 04:01 PM
Well, WA will technically never die, as in there will always be a server somewhere, however, for me WA is dead when Clanners and interesting Cups/other competitive means are dead/rarely ever happen, and that was a while ago  :'(

Yeah, leagues are disabled for several days now and noone even has noticed lol

Hmm explains why I couldn't report games recently with Vok. Is there a reason why it was disabled or is it a glitch?

Quote from: Xrayez on March 01, 2020, 08:14 PM

Quote from: Korydex on March 01, 2020, 04:12 PM

Quote from: TheKomodo on March 01, 2020, 04:01 PM
Well, WA will technically never die, as in there will always be a server somewhere, however, for me WA is dead when Clanners and interesting Cups/other competitive means are dead/rarely ever happen, and that was a while ago  :'(

Yeah, leagues are disabled for several days now and noone even has noticed lol

Hmm explains why I couldn't report games recently with Vok. Is there a reason why it was disabled or is it a glitch?

Period of last season finished and no mod cared to reenable it, not a big surprise with such activity

Quote from: Kradie on March 01, 2020, 05:41 PM
There's been several Hysteria and ZaR Cups and tournaments hosted. But where have Komodo been? Making posts like these.

ZaR doesn't count.

WA is dead to some ppl for a long time now..
Then again, for some, it will live forever.

Pointless discussion, like many others around here. :)

Quote from: TheKomodo on March 02, 2020, 03:18 PM

Quote from: Kradie on March 01, 2020, 05:41 PM
There's been several Hysteria and ZaR Cups and tournaments hosted. But where have Komodo been? Making posts like these.

ZaR doesn't count.

I wonder why you have such low confidence in ZaR.

Quote from: Sensei on March 02, 2020, 03:57 PM
WA is dead to some ppl for a long time now..
Then again, for some, it will live forever.

Pointless discussion, like many others around here. :)

Nothing is pointless, you should try and be less nihilistic! ;)

I was playing a few games the other day with M3ntal, i can't play much on this laptop though, trying to rope made me feel crap...

I voted 10 years back then, let's hope the site will be around in 5 years. :D

Quote from: Anubis on March 02, 2020, 08:34 PM
I voted 10 years back then, let's hope the site will be around in 5 years. :D

5 years to go, and I honestly believe it won't be dead and I voted 10+ years.

Quote from: TheKomodo on March 02, 2020, 03:18 PM

Quote from: Kradie on March 01, 2020, 05:41 PM
There's been several Hysteria and ZaR Cups and tournaments hosted. But where have Komodo been? Making posts like these.

ZaR doesn't count.

no really doesnt

https://www.tus-wa.com/tournaments/tournament-1095/ (https://www.tus-wa.com/tournaments/tournament-1095/)

anyway wa is no way dead. i dont play often, but i play on a regular basis. of course i dont play any league. but there's not a single time i go to ag and dont find ppl i like and know and have fun playing with.
dead or not depends on what you expect from the game though.

Hope I see you soon buddy going to try and play some

will covid-19/coronavirus lockdowns and self-isolation equal more WA?

Very probably yes. Maybe the time's ripe for some FTM tournaments.

Quote from: Chicken23 on March 19, 2020, 08:12 AM
will covid-19/coronavirus lockdowns and self-isolation equal more WA?

Guess so. I actually reinstalled WA and played a few casual games with my IRL friends. There's been a big surge of activity in the past days. I saw 70+ players in AG yesterday evening.

Maybe if those joining as part of the surge enjoy it, there could be a semi active community until summer.

Perfect time to start Worm Olympics (http://wormolympics.com/) in 2020.  :-[

The WormNET record for most concurrent users (since the last server reset at least, which I think was in 2017 or 2018) got destroyed last night, by like forty:

(http://krd.clansfx.co.uk/dump/179b5a035ea35963e3fafbc432e1d766/screen0236.png)

There were a bunch of people in #RH and #PT as well, just like old times. Except they were mostly hosting Intermediates, even in #RH. But I'll take it!

Also notice the eight new HostingBuddies trying to keep up with the load, hah.

There was even more when I checked it last night. Only #ag counted 72 users.. Probably 30-40 games hosted across all 3 channels.

Some happiness in these rough days!

Corona Makes WA Great again!

I recently got a macbook, is it possible to run w:a off this or shall I load up my 15 year old laptop??

Quote from: Chicken23 on March 24, 2020, 08:35 AM
I recently got a macbook, is it possible to run w:a off this or shall I load up my 15 year old laptop??

If you use bootcamp yes.

https://worms2d.info/Installing_WA_on_Mac_OS_X via Wine

Quote from: Kradie on March 22, 2020, 10:16 PM
Corona Makes WA Great again!

It's not Corona, it's Pneuma, only modified by your sick mind.

BUMPED 2024.


It is time now to revisit this topic. Many of you have already casted your vote here. In retrospect: Do you believe that your vote was accurate? I voted that WA
would live 10+. That was back in 2016 and now we're almost in 2025. Things has changed for the better I believe and perhaps we gotten a little wiser. We have received a new update back in 2020 and there may be another update looming close by now. Do you think your mindset about WA was different back then compared to now?

Here's another topic I made 5 years ago, it basically ask the same question, but the poll is newer: https://www.tus-wa.com/forums/worms-armageddon/20-years-from-now-will-worms-armageddon-still-exist-online-32283/

Quote from: Kradie on May 17, 2024, 06:05 PM
Here's another topic I made 5 years ago, it basically ask the same question, but the poll is newer: https://www.tus-wa.com/forums/worms-armageddon/20-years-from-now-will-worms-armageddon-still-exist-online-32283/

At that time it seemed nearly dead tbh, atleast competitively. I voted for 20, but now I would vote for 40+ I guess

Yeah the recent updates have been a literal gamechanger.

I said die within 10 years, though I was speaking about competitive wa really... If I could go back and change my answer the correct answer would be when the universe dies lol.

2016 I was playing League of Legends and reproving on University. Going out and using drugs. I was a bit upset with WA community, I didn't have any interest to play competitive games in WA. I think the only things I did was some edits to WKB maybe. I felt the game was abandoned and lost motivation to play it. I don't know what caused me to play again, maybe because I love this game and missed some things, and when I become active again people were very receptive with me. I liked that, I felt like I really belong to this place. Now with 3.8 and 3.9, speed running streams, many people editing WKB, clanners becoming active again, TUS receiving a huge update with mobile app, new categories being created for maps, more schemes and Kaos dominating competitive scenario, Rubber worm being finally respected and recognized as never before, I think this game will take a long time to die. My biggest worries are specific people of the community that are very important, if they get serious health problems, than I think the game can decrease a lot on the activity. People are nicer these days.

Quote from: TheKomodo on May 17, 2024, 09:38 PM
Yeah the recent updates have been a literal gamechanger.

I said die within 10 years, though I was speaking about competitive wa really... If I could go back and change my answer the correct answer would be when the universe dies lol.

In all these topics about ''WA is gonna die'' I never really talked about from a competitive stand point..  Geez how much miscommunication.

Universe will never die. If the universe would die it would just reset itself infinitely and infinitely.

⠀

It probably depends on MI at this point. If MI shuts down TUS the likeness of slowly vanishing is much higher. No clue if discord could replace TUS as the main social hub. At least my prediction of komo sticking around seems to be true. :D

Pretty sure MI and TUS aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

Quote from: Kradie on May 18, 2024, 04:22 AM

Quote from: TheKomodo on May 17, 2024, 09:38 PM
Yeah the recent updates have been a literal gamechanger.

I said die within 10 years, though I was speaking about competitive wa really... If I could go back and change my answer the correct answer would be when the universe dies lol.

In all these topics about ''WA is gonna die'' I never really talked about from a competitive stand point..  Geez how much miscommunication.

Universe will never die. If the universe would die it would just reset itself infinitely and infinitely.

ah here we are, looks like you  trying to  get a religion debate here Krad =D anyway, in certain mode I agree with you.

Quote from: Kradie on May 18, 2024, 04:22 AM
Universe will never die. If the universe would die it would just reset itself infinitely and infinitely.

Why do you think when we aren't playing Worms we have 0 Worms.
The maximum amount of worms on a team is 8 Worms.

0-8

From nothing to everything.

You're welcome! :D

when the TUS community and the WormNET casuals are still split up like currently, something ludicrous would need to happen to the casual audience for the game to fall off

I hope Worms Armageddon survive a lot of time. I like this game and not the same, I like other fun games for example Worms Reloaded. I answer the previous question: 5-10 years,but I think that it could be quite hard. I can hope the better answer that everyone could be retain in the future.