[MUD-Dev] Interesting EQ rant (very long quote)

[Matthew Mihaly]

On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Koster, Raph wrote:

> As far as retention--well, I don't know what figures have been
> announced, but I was floored (and frankly incredulous) when I first
> heard the stats on how many users have ever quit EQ, how many of the
> initial adopters are still playing, etc. Despite all the impressions
> that are out there, I can tell you that basically, EQ doesn't lose
> players. I don't mean on a month-to-month basis. I mean, basically
> ever. The percentage of TOTAL users who have ever quit the game is
> tiny. Now, how many of these folks are paying but not playing, who
> knows. :)

Interesting. Perhaps more people on this list (maybe myself included)
should give up our unwarrantedly snobbish attitude towards
Everquest. And if lots of folks are paying but not playing, great for
Verant!  I can hardly think of a better situation for a large
graphical mud.

--matt

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