CC is declining again!

[TeeGee]

6365

[willedtowin1]

CC has been "in decline" now for years. Why? the games seem more and more fixed. The dice are awful. High ranked players seem more and more unbeatable. The rudeness and nasty comments seem to get worse every year. The administration seem defensive and inflexible to change and never listen to or address legitimate complaints. When I complain about dodgy dice, I seem to lose every roll for a week right afterwards. Fishy? The games are not fun anymore. I cannot play without a hidden fear that the dice will turn on me or Risk cards will screw me again. Drops always favor higher ranked players. Some players cannot be beaten. Why? I suspect they are using loaded dice. Or someone is fixing the games. Anyways, I am almost done. Risk is an awesome game and there are some great scenarios here. The dice algorithms are the worse in the universe. Why sugar coat it? It's in someone's interests that the status quo remain. The net result? Many old veterans will quit or are considering quitting. The new players, whom are often rude and seem to use dirty tactics like tag teaming, secret diplomacy with "friends" and loaded dice, seemed to proliferate. Many games seemed strangely fixed. They often are decided after the first move. That's fishy. Some players seem to get 20 armies ahead in one turn and its strange. Are they cheating? I suspect some are. How? The dark web? Who knows? Well, maybe I'm old and crusty. or maybe I remember fondly the Golden Age of CC, when the dice were fair, and conversations were fun or limited strictly to the game, and when I lost, I felt that I was defeated by a superior opponent and not by horrid dice, cheating or fixed games. merry Christmas everyone.

Merry Christmas

[IcePack]

6346

[Davie.K]

6,275.....Damn you vaccine success and winter generally beginning to gently subside in the Northen Northern hemisphere.....Still a lot of hardcore lockdown action and slowness in getting those jabs in arms in many countries....Israel and UK you are excused on this....So not sure why the sudden dip......Christmas ? and avoiding family that you CAN see. ?

[Mr.Vince]

So it's probably been mentioned in one of the 182 pages of this thread that I didn't read but are there efforts to modernize the site?

For example, I'm surprised that there isn't a mobile version of the site yet. A lot of people play on their cellphones and if they have the choice between the official app store game or a zoomed in website, they will probably go with the accessible, easy to use option.

There are many other ways CC could be improved upon but is it still being considered and worked on? Or is it a platform that hasn't really changed on which some veterans remain? Don't get me wrong, that's also fine as long as no one has bigger expectations than that. Being on dead games forum is kind of my thing anyway.

[iAmCaffeine]

the only developments this place sees are other completely pointless games for some unknown reason, and things like showing medals in broken formats

[TeeGee]

the only developments this place sees are other completely pointless games for some unknown reason, and things like showing medals in broken formats

Of course because you know everything that is going on behind the scenes here.

[iAmCaffeine]

the only developments this place sees are other completely pointless games for some unknown reason, and things like showing medals in broken formats

Of course because you know everything that is going on behind the scenes here.

actually no, cos im not one of the people that mods leak info too

[Davie.K]

6,181 .... Lost a couple of hundred in pretty much a month...but the last few days for whatever reason it really sped up on the loss front.


Maybe some multi busting purge a few weeks back ?

[t-o-m]

Has anyone plotted this data on a graph?

[IcePack]

Has anyone plotted this data on a graph?

Yes but last time was on page 120-130 I think

[jusplay4fun]

Here is a graph (page 123 or so)

Just to remind everyone, it would have been more surprising if membership had not declined. People just aren't as interested in Risk as they used to be.

[IcePack]

That’s the google results / search history.CC’s mirrors that pretty well but someone (can’t remember who... ex mod?) used to have a graph of this. I guessed on page from memory but might find it later if I’m slow at work

[Dukasaur]

That’s the google results / search history.CC’s mirrors that pretty well but someone (can’t remember who... ex mod?) used to have a graph of this. I guessed on page from memory but might find it later if I’m slow at work

Yeah, former mod metsfanmax used to post visual graphs.

However, there's also a mini-graph if you scroll down to the bottom of IcePack's spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z3aYgpLemBTggYkxDP06e_exmiCuGoipdiywMNQwzgM/edit#gid=0

[IcePack]

My graph is based on monthly numbers CC provides, not quite as accurate / frequent as the thread would be but a good ballpark figure for sure

[jusplay4fun]

Thanks to both on the graph comments; I find them helpful.

[IcePack]

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=152877&start=3400&hilit=Metsfanmax&p=5001784&view=show#p5001784

Page 137, I was close. Looks like you’ve seen it / commented already tho jp4f

[Davie.K]

6,158..and another 25 gone in a day ... really haemorrhaging users this last week.

Under 6,000 again by the end of the month ?

[Dukasaur]

https://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=152877&start=3400&hilit=Metsfanmax&p=5001784&view=show#p5001784

Page 137, I was close. Looks like you’ve seen it / commented already tho jp4f

Thanks for finding that.

I think rather than just the link, I want to repost the actual graphic.

[IcePack]

I got the sheet from mets and will help him keep it up. Here is an updated one:

[jusplay4fun]

Thanks, Guys.

I got the sheet from mets and will help him keep it up. Here is an updated one:

[TeeGee]

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[IcePack]

6114

[Dukasaur]

99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer...
Take one down, pass it around, 98 bottles of beer on the wall...

[Kotaro]

99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer...
Take one down, pass it around, 98 bottles of beer on the wall...

If you're not double fisting, you're doing life wrong.