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Ants!..Past, Present, Inevitable Future?
BY [Craisin_]
First, let's recap some Ants History. Some time ago Ants was a game launched on Spikes World in '96. It was a game that attracted only a horde of people, but the ones that were captivated became extremely addicted. Ants was glorious, it turned out to be a smooth, prominent 'strategy' game that was cost effective and well-versed.
It moved to Microsoft Gaming Zone around 1998 and so did many players from Spikes World, these players were some of the first frontiers to publicize the game. On MSN Gaming Zone it soon gained the respect of the gaming community and attained many potential players and victims alike :). The utopia of playing Ants as it was intended from the start was quickly recognized. There was an only a few Clans that had no more than 15 players, if you were in a clan you were once respected. Finding good games were easy, lag was varied but basically GOOD and their was little or no conflict between the players.
Other strategy games don't resemble this build style and attributes that Ants offers as a free Internet based game. It introduces different game mechanics, and provide a different flavor from games like Quake, AOE and Counter-Stike. It does not seem wrong to think that the veterans of Ants would be bored of the same old thing and seek variety, but this is not true. The same players, new olds and Old School comes back day after day. Or even one day a week, those even retired and quit even comes back from time to time. To chat with old friends, get in a few games and recap old times. These vets, experts and respectable gamers still help guide the light for the new generation[s]. Only if they would learn, follow and take lead, Ants would be top notch once again.
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