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Maplestory is not dying, it is already deceased
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Malthe Wrote:No, it really isn't. there are games far more unpopular anywhere in the world with far less players that manage to have just as few viewers on twitch. 250 viewers on twitch has not and will probably never indicate that a game is doing well. Like i don't get how you don't get this, you can not use such a pineappleing miniscule amount of viewers as an argument for HEY SEE THIS GAME HAS pomegranateTY VIEWER NUMBERS, BUT BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT IT THEY BECOME GOOD NUMBERS

No they don't

Have you considered the following, something i've said more than just once:
The viewers might be a small but loyal amount of viewers, if you had 250 people that consistently kept watching streams, that'd be cool and it'd show that there was a loyal fanbase, but does it indicate any kind of actual popularity? No. Does it indicate that the game is doing well? No.
Some games have niche followings regardless of their playercount.

It's not decent given the circumstances, it's not decent given anything.
It's just a small number for an unpopular game. I mean for crying out loud pineappleing TIBIA had like 500 viewers the other day, does this mean tibia is doing well because there's a small amount of demand yet 500 people still watched it somehow? No, it just means there's a small but loyal group of fans that still sometimes watch. Tibia is still a dead game regardless, its viewership has nothing to do with the activity of the game. Just like it has nothing to do with the activity of maple.
Well that's exactly the thing, Maple at this point on twitch is a Niche thing, especially if you're someone from Taiwan who isn't guaranteed to get that many views daily, I understand what you're saying, but for something so non mainstream matching the mainstream regular western streamers, it showcases that even on this ground people come to look at something as odd as TWMS streams, I agree that viewer count isn't meaningful on its own, but I am impressed by the daily counts MS gets compared to what it would be without them on a this foreign site it shows that MS still has some popularity left in it you know? especially where it's not so popular or hot, doing well is what you can easily assert from the stream content but that isn't as objective as numbers.

They easily get more views on other sites and just like I've said koreans either dual stream on (KR+Twitch) KMS or don't bother with twitch, it isn't a random peak, but rather a consistent viewership with peaks during rush hours, I understand that compared to behemoths like LoL, which outranks MS by lightyears, it is not good at all, but that's why you need to compare them relatively, I understand it's a dumb concept to assert popularity from these waves of streamers here and there but it's one of the better metrics left as we can't see current player count anywhere anymore, these views didn't drop through the entire year and that's pretty cool given how niche it is and how people still look for MS on twitch, I understand why it seems meh but there's not many alternatives to it and the consistency is a good indicator that MS is still being played and viewed, this is nothing really compared to that even single streamer, but that's where you can physically see the comparison between how much the west vs east is interested in MS in general.

It's an achievement they are capable of even getting 12 viewers consider how dull MS is to watch.

Anyways this is pointless because you see only high numbers as meaningful and even then it's not a sure indicator to popularity and I understand why, I just don't feel as if it applies to MS which got phased out in twitch by a lot of things and other metrics just don't exist anymore especially when you take an exception to the rule rather than the rule which is a typical GMS streamer.
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Maplestory is not dying, it is already deceased - by TheBlackMage - 2016-06-09, 09:51 PM

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