04-14-2011, 12:35 AM
(04-13-2011, 10:40 PM)JonO Wrote: That's not what I asked - let's say, after turn 5, how many experienced players are still running a known loser? If you tell me a lot of them, then you have proved your point. The game stays in business because it attracts masochistic morons. (Along with some sadists, who love to beat up on the masochists.)
Actually, I think that it stays in business because the game is simply fun to play. I certainly don't play it because of the ranking system nor because I view the game to be balanced. There are large, medium, and small kingdoms, and consequently, they're not going to be balanced. The asymmetric aspect of the game is appealing. Furthermore, the setting for the game is the Age of Conan, the Hyborian Age, created by Robert E. Howard, and that imbues the game with a strong sword and sorcery flavor.
You may feel the lot of us to be morons, but perhaps even morons know a good game, when they play it.