[Air-l] Web death ?

[Ren Reynolds]

I’d be interested in what that paper was too. I’d be very 
surprised if it was EverQuest as back in 03 EverQuest was 
still seeing subscription growth. Even now it has about half 
a million subscribers though of course many have moved over 
to EverQuest II. 

MMOs might be a good counter to the thesis that on-line 
communities are impermanent at least in the very short term, 
especially as the bigger guilds are now going cross world. 
For example, the guild I am a recent member of has a presence 
in Lineage, Lineage II, EverQuest II and World of WarCraft. 

We are also seeing other interesting group moves. There are, 
for example, a number of game groups in Second Life that are 
trying to keep the spirit of dead communities alive with a 
highly mutable world. Then there is Meridian 59 which was 
bought by some of the player / developers. That is in some 
cases MMO communities are transcending the MMOs in which they 
began or any given MMO.

ren
terranova.blogs.com
www.renreynolds.com

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 20:14:47 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "Denise N. Rall" <denrall at yahoo.com>  
>Subject: [Air-l] Web death ?  
>To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>
>Dear Air-ers -
>
>I was trying to recall a paper given at Toronto that
>viewed the life & death of an online community.  I
>believe it was called Everquest???? but now I'm not
>sure.
>
>Anyone who presented at Toronto on the life & death of
>an online community would you be so kind as to give
>the name of your paper here or send it to me off list.
>
>I am using it to illustrate the impermanence of online
>communities - any other references to 'off-line' or
>dead communities would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks, Denise
>
>
>
>
>
>Denise N. Rall, PhD candidate, School of Environ. Science,
>Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 
>Sustainable Forestry Mentoring Coordinator & Internet 
Researcher
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