Overpopulated

[TripSin]

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

I'd like to see proof of the classic numbers, because all I'm seeing is a lot of anecdotes saying 'yeah it was crazy in the day' bla bla. I have looked for a definitive list of pre-Kunark numbers on wayback and the amount of servers they have and I haven't found any. If people have proof that the servers were 2k strong back then, by all means...

https://web.archive.org/web/20000510...m/Creation.htm

This snapshot is from May 10, 2000, so this may have been published very shortly after Kunark had just dropped but:

"Choosing a Server...
...Probably the biggest consideration is server population. Many servers suffer from some serious over-crowding issues. The game was designed to handle about 1,500 people at peak, but several servers go into the 2,000 range."

This IGN article is from May 2000 just after Kunark dropped and also talks about the overcrowding issue though I don't see any numbers:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05...uins-of-kunark

I also saw at least several other pages from 2000 and 2001 talking about the overcrowding issue. Like this Eurogamer article https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/kunark or http://members.tripod.com/ms_9ball/kedge.html from Feb 2001 saying how servers were "nearing 2000 players"