←back to thread

379 points mobeigi | 5 comments | | HN request time: 0.764s | source
1. animal531 ◴[] No.41868797[source]
Players from big countries often miss out on the sense of community that exist in smaller ones. When there are only 3-4 servers worth of people playing a game every day you quickly come to know them all, which really adds to the banter and sense of enjoyment.
replies(2): >>41869475 #>>41869755 #
2. Glide ◴[] No.41869475[source]
If you’re old enough you remember favoriting servers in Gamespy. You’d end up on the same servers depending on who is there and mainly how good your connection was.
replies(1): >>41871377 #
3. ozarker ◴[] No.41869755[source]
I’ve gotten a taste of that experience playing older multiplayer games that have a small player base. I much prefer it to games with millions of players where you’ll never see the people you play a match with again

I also love games with community ran servers for the same reason

replies(1): >>41871054 #
4. ◴[] No.41871054[source]
5. doublerabbit ◴[] No.41871377[source]
I didn't use Gamespy but did use "The All Seeing Eye"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_All-Seeing_Eye which was sold to yahoo.

Yahoo was a powerhouse back in the day and one that google offered to sell to. The world would be so different if it had.