03-17-2004, 12:16 AM
Ghostiger, I think the way you are describing the LL now is pretty similar to the LL prior to D2. The site name really says it all, as the Lurkers were typically people who had lost the fever for the game of Diablo but kept getting drawn back to the community (and still do, interestingly enough). In spite of that, D2 took over this site, and brought in so many new people so fast that the influence of the old cliche was stretched pretty thin. The same thing could well happen again, but it requires a similar situation: a large number of the "established personalities" you refer to (particularly the people who influence the main site as well as the forums) would have to get into the new game early on, decide to take the site in that direction, and provide the kind of quality content for that game that this site provided for early D2. That kind of content draws in a lot of traffic, and it only takes about 50-100 new posters over the same of a few months to push the old establishment into the background.
Could that happen with World of Warcraft? I think it's certainly possible, if not likely. Simply being a Blizzard RPG increases the chances considerably. Being a subscription game is a turnoff to some people (including me), but I don't think that will be a major factor to the future of this site.
Could that happen with World of Warcraft? I think it's certainly possible, if not likely. Simply being a Blizzard RPG increases the chances considerably. Being a subscription game is a turnoff to some people (including me), but I don't think that will be a major factor to the future of this site.