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[Derubael]

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

MMO - 100,000 players...
UO - 1st..
EQ - Second
Meridian - Never..

I think Daoc actually would be third.

Well... if you want to go by numbers...

Originally Posted by Ultima Online wiki (lol@source)

Subscriber numbers peaked at around 250,000 in July 2003

^6 years after release.

We don't really have a timeline for that "first to 100k" number, though my understanding is it was less than a year after release, which would put us somewhere between March 1998 (6 months) and September 1998 (1 year).

Originally Posted by Everquest Wiki (lol@source)

These records show more than 225,000 subscriptions on 1 November 1999

^ 8 months after release.

Originally Posted by Allakhazam

(Source) More than 100,000 clerics, half-elves, gnomes, and other fantasy characters created one of the largest assemblies of game players to date ... "EverQuest currently has more than 430,000 active subscribers with new fans logging- on daily," said Scott McDaniel, vice president of marketing, Sony Online Entertainment. - July 29th, 2002

^ less than 3 years after release.

My point being that if you're going to try and call Ultima Online the "foundation" for modern MMO's, you need to give as much if not more credit to Everquest as well. It wasn't any one game, it was a combination of several that give us our WoW's and EQ2's and SWTOR's.

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

Well they did get in trouble for allegedly stealing code from DikuMUD

Wouldn't be surprised if they did... DikuMUD was A+. Plus the Godwars derivative codebase nearly invented MMO PvP. That shit was cut throat.