I see I've been quoted, so I'll expand a little from the skype log.
Eh? Bet they're talking about the later POKE, when everyone quit.
My team and I got wiped out long before that, so I honestly don't know anything about W10 after the first few months. ^^
Ask Highlander or Bwah, I believe their teams survived longer.
I was Bwah's neighbour, and nobody took me out. I quit and gifted my vills to him when I had about 400-500k points.
POKE failed, no doubt about it. The sitting thing was only one aspect. Most of our players were europeans, and the guys who weren't had a hard time when many players just dumped their accounts on them for night sitting.
The ring was a valid idea, and could've worked, but it needed better distribution of players across timezones, and it needed all players to be dedicated to that world. Or IG recruitment had to be started sooner than it was. This is almost three years ago now, so I don't remember specifics, but I guesstimate that half the original players were gone after two months. Either quit or too inactive to matter. Some players were active and took control of their area, but far from all.
But I still say POKE was the best tribe I've ever been in. Recruiting started in may, W10 started in august. We had an off-site forum (still up and active) and irc channel from the start, so we got to know each other before the hassle of actually playing a world began. The fact that we still have contact through a skype room for former POKE players says it all. It's by far the best tribe I've been in when it comes to the social stuff, and let's be honest, that's what keeps all of us here. You don't return to play the game, you return to play with your friends.
