What Happened on 07-14-04 at 19:50?

[purist]

This has intrigued me for a while. On the forum it says the highest number of people were online at this time and I wondered whether anything special happened. I was only on the forum a few months at the time so I don't remember.

[Technician]

The Doom 3 hype was at it's peak, maybe?

[[PROTOTYPE]]

Doom 3 rave

[Justince]

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[HavoX]

Justince said:

Doom3

...went gold.

[NiTROACTiVE]

Yeah I'm with you guys that it was Doom 3 that got the website to have the most users online.

Also, I wonder if we'll get even MORE users that we had online on that day when there's more info released about Doom 4?

[Wagi]

NitroactiveStudios said:

Also, I wonder if we'll get even MORE users that we had online on that day when there's more info released about Doom 4?

No, because they'll remember Doom 3.

[printz]

Could those people be mostly guests, and not registered? Because if so, then we may well expect lots of people before Doom 4, but not people we know.

[NiTROACTiVE]

Wagi said:

No, because they'll remember Doom 3.

OK, but I'm sure there will be a lot of people on the forums when more info on Doom 4 gets released.

[Technician]

NitroactiveStudios said:

OK, but I'm sure there will be a lot of people on the forums when more info on Doom 4 gets released.

No, not really. Doom 3 was the next coming of Christ. Since then, Doom 3 and Rage has made it clear we're in for a swindle.

[printz]

Technician said:

Doom 3 was the next coming of Christ.

QFT.

[Kira]

He forgot to bring something to stick the flashlight on his gun though.

[Remilia Scarlet]

wtf is this Doom game people keep talking about on this site?

[Technician]

yukib1t said:

wtf is this Doom game people keep talking about on this site?

It's a Halo clone with crappy graphics and no vehicles.

[CODOR]

HavoX said:

Justince said:

Doom3

...went gold.

Yup.

[Krispy]

The 1000th person on the Doomworld forums on the night before Doom 4 is released gets a free copy of Daikatana.

[eargosedown]

Technician said:

It's a Halo clone with crappy graphics and no vehicles.

And no grenades.

I mean, why would you want to play without grenades?

[Darkman 4]

eargosedown said:

And no grenades.

I mean, why would you want to play without grenades?

Those shitty old games "Doom" and "Doom 2" don't have grenades, but Doom 3 does. Clearly, it is the best in the series.

[purist]

everyone said:

Doom3

...And now I know. That figures and it's unlikely we'll see another event as hyped as that so the record will probably always stand - unless someone manufactures it by organising some Doomworld flashmob event.

[printz]

I knew Doom 3 wasn't going to be any special, when all reviews categorized it as merely "FPS". No "horror", no "survival", no embellishments. Just generic first-person shooter, like Quake etc. Good thing, because that lowered my expectations enough not to be disappointed.