If you had to make eras of multiplayer gaming, how would you list them? What do you think was the best era? Has it been on the decline?My thoughts:>Arcade with friends>Lan parties>Early internet (golden era of MMOs)>Middle internet (faster speeds, start seeing shit like teamspeak/skype, in game voicechat becomes common)>Modern era/discord eraAs a boomer i've been around for all of this. The arcade was a waste of money, the lan era was comfy but not sustainable after high school, early internet was really comfy but I think I'm looking through a nostalgic lens. I was excited for mmos and remember getting really good at typing. I think the middle internet was peak. Late night calls, easiest time to make good friends, no weird cliques (people in games were more open to talking to strangers), less PC bullshit, and devs were not brainwashed by chronically online discord trannies, just nolife neckbeards. Modern internet I think is the worst with the chronically online bullshit and brainworms in the minds of most game devs. Its not comfy and harder to make friends than ever. Everything felt like a constant evolution and the discord era feels like a step back. Not to mention the censorship.
What of BBSes?It’s before my time (early 2000s baby), but did you play stuff like trade wars?
