Is RWL immortal?

[Sharptooh]

dislike the whole social network forum merge idea, just me though.

As for RWL's lifespan, I think it could go on for a longtime, newer players are coming to the game (and some are staying)

I suppose some older players might leave, but if Volky is anything to go by, they'll hang around . . . at least a little

[Pippin]

i must admit the main reason i stayed was volky  :D

[Sharptooh]

i must admit the main reason i stayed was volky  :D

VENERAL GOLKOV!!!

[Pippin]

hes a role model for all of us.

hate the noobs.

[abartell]

I think the forums is the facebook of rwl

[The Lady Shael]

I think the forums is the facebook of rwl

Heh, don't tell that to Sharpie. ^.^

[Pippin]

*likes shaels post*

[Gen. Volkov]

I hate you all. And, yeah, I'm 27 years old and still visit this site every day. At this point, I'm pretty sure RWL will last forever. Unless I get married and have like 4 kids, I don't see a good reason to stop coming to RWL.

[The Obliterator]

No then you just put your kids on :D

[Pippin]

volkov would feed them barbed wire as a treat

[Firetooth]

volkov would feed them barbed wire as a treat

I actually laughed at this haha.

[Sharptooh]

I hate you all. And, yeah, I'm 27 years old and still visit this site every day. At this point, I'm pretty sure RWL will last forever. Unless I get married and have like 4 kids, I don't see a good reason to stop coming to RWL.

Lovable as ever Volky  :)

I think the forums is the facebook of rwl

Heh, don't tell that to Sharpie. ^.^

I'll pretend I didn't read that  :P

[Holby]

I'd like to say forever, but unless the site gets passed onto the next generation I'm not sure people will be interested in the site 5-10 years down the line, or rather be interested and able+willing to develop, code, balance and pay for it.

The torch of RWL has already been passed on a few times now.

Boze started it.

He left it to Ragefur, Retto, and Stormclaw.

Retto stayed, and soon brought Shael into the fold. Then, there was Peace and Wolf Bite and windy and stuff.

The game has never rested on a single person. (Although it feels like Shael has been holding everything together since almost the dawn of time.) So I think it can survive as long as it still has a member base, and I don't see that disappearing. The game is more active than it's been in years, we've outlived nearly all of the other proms. Brian Jacques might have died, but I'm optimistic the resurgence in the community will last.

Really, if RWL was going to die when the current staff became adults, it would have happened already. Most of us have jobs and partners and bills to pay, but we're still keen to burn 450 turns every 3 days.

I think RWL /definitely/ has a future beyond the next 3-5 years, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it develops.

[Firetooth]

From what I hear, boze, retto and stormclaw all knew each other really well-in real life iirc.

Plus, RWL's only really originally developed under retto from what I can tell, originally it was just a QMT copy with some different values. Plus, the site did nearly go down with retto from what WB says. Also, the game had a bigger community when most the developers joined up.

I'm not saying it wont last forever (I hope it does) but I'll just be a little cautious.

[Neobaron]

Are we allowed to be honest about Retto these days or is he still in that weird "we remember him for what we wanted him to be rather than what he was" zone?

As Matt said, RWL has persisted on the will of Shael and almost nothing else.

Nostalgia plays a bigger role as time goes on too, which is what keeps a lot of us around I would imagine. If Volkov and Holby weren't around I would have nothing to come around for. Even though I am not as involved with them as I once was here and elsewhere, it is fun to remember.

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Before anyone asks, I was the guy who voted 1-2 years. I misunderstood the question.




















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