Live server population

[Gustoo]

Does anyone know of a resource that showed live server populations before they stopped showing a numerical value?

Its hard for me to remember. I remember over 1000 all the time, and 3000's on the big servers but I can't recall when these numbers were from.

[pheerie]

Originally Posted by Gustoo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Does anyone know of a resource that showed live server populations before they stopped showing a numerical value?

Its hard for me to remember. I remember over 1000 all the time, and 3000's on the big servers but I can't recall when these numbers were from.

This data has never been available, except maybe in beta. Any "resource" claiming otherwise is bullshit.

[Dolalin]

Originally Posted by pheerie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This data has never been available, except maybe in beta. Any "resource" claiming otherwise is bullshit.

Stop talking if you don't know what you're talking about.

http://web.archive.org/web/200008152....ign.com/scan/

[pheerie]

Originally Posted by Dolalin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Stop talking if you don't know what you're talking about.

http://web.archive.org/web/200008152....ign.com/scan/

You sure put me in my place! A web archive of a screenshot from a 3rd party tool from 1999 certainly exudes reliability and accuracy.

[Dolalin]

Originally Posted by pheerie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You sure put me in my place! A web archive of a screenshot from a 3rd party tool from 1999 certainly exudes reliability and accuracy.

That's not a screenshot.

Go home, you're drunk.

[norova]

Originally Posted by pheerie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You sure put me in my place! A web archive of a screenshot from a 3rd party tool from 1999 certainly exudes reliability and accuracy.

I recall writing an app to grab EQ server status in VB6 when I was in high school. I remember it fairly well as it was the first time I had delved into the difference between TCP and UDP traffic. All of the EQ server status data was provided via UDP streams with a specific data structure. They provided population count as part of this data.

[Daud]

Originally Posted by pheerie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This data has never been available, except maybe in beta. Any "resource" claiming otherwise is bullshit.

Server population was on the server select screen until the Sept 11, 2001 patch. It's in the patch notes, go look.

[feniin]

Originally Posted by pheerie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This data has never been available, except maybe in beta. Any "resource" claiming otherwise is bullshit.

Thanks for being wrong and a jerk for no reason!

[Roth]

Originally Posted by pheerie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This data has never been available, except maybe in beta. Any "resource" claiming otherwise is bullshit.

Anyone who played at that time remembers it being on the screen. Imagine not actually playing classic eq and trying to be an authority on the subject.

[pheerie]

Originally Posted by Roth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Anyone who played at that time remembers it being on the screen. Imagine not actually playing classic eq and trying to be an authority on the subject.

Please provide a screenshot of classic EQ showing numbers on the screen, and not a 3rd party app skimming numbers. This app did have a dev reply stating it was accurate, but at no time after launch has verant/soe/dbg provided verified live population numbers. Sorry, but your recollection seeing population numbers in the actual EQ login screen is wrong.