At least among my frineds/colleagues there is no substitution for ICQ. Anyone with MS Messenger or other IM clients seems to be like a white crow. For example in Russia ICQ for sure has 90%+ IM share (if not 99.9%). I worked in central Europe - almost same situation. Everyone uses ICQ.
And one more remark - official client sucks. That's true, so noone really bothers using it. There are so many nice substitutions. Like "qip".
The developers DO listen to the community. Perhaps even too much. You want some change? Whine like there is no tomorrow.
the loyal playerbase stays with the game. That was truth before TBC. Now there is less and less loyality. I see best players leaving the game. Guilds are being destroyed. The worst thing is to log on and see another friend leaving.
Wow is very weak at the moment. Expansion was a major failure.
Any real competition would be very successful. So... don't write, don't hope. Go make it, chop-chop =)
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There are many excellent clients for ICQ out there. Qip, Miranda etc.
At least among my frineds/colleagues there is no substitution for ICQ. Anyone with MS Messenger or other IM clients seems to be like a white crow. For example in Russia ICQ for sure has 90%+ IM share (if not 99.9%). I worked in central Europe - almost same situation. Everyone uses ICQ. And one more remark - official client sucks. That's true, so noone really bothers using it. There are so many nice substitutions. Like "qip".
Wow is very weak at the moment. Expansion was a major failure. Any real competition would be very successful. So... don't write, don't hope. Go make it, chop-chop =)