wow, what a ghost town! this is brutal. we've been saying the game is dying for ages, since the potential hit (but then things stabilized), and then continuously since the new engine update. d1 is just too screwed up. but when d1 got wrecked - it lost a full THIRD (or at least more than a quarter) of its population, shortly after seble's new engine update. people just hated it, worlds dropping from 180 to 120, it was brutal. things had half recovered, i thought - up to like 150 - but now, only two d1 worlds are over 130! and none over 150! horrible! no wonder the most dominant d1 programs of all time are happening right now - they are competing against way fewer coaches!
the thing was, when d1 got destroyed, it did benefit d2/d3 some. d2/d3 was the bright spot. but WOW!! not anymore. this is terrible. world 3 has ******* 75 people. are you kidding? wooden is strong at 128, but world 2 has 86, world 3 has 75, world 4... has 102, but had 72 last season, so who knows what happened there, thats weird, was there a push to fill world 3 d3 for some reason? anyway, world 5 has 89, world 6 99, world 7 84, world 8 81 - 81!! d3 tark, one of the traditionally strong d3s, the real d3 of the new worlds - 81! good grief. world 9 89, and world 10, 96.
back in the day, it was one thing, to have the new worlds (9/10) in the low 100s. it was laughed at - but back then, a decent d3 might have been in the high 100s. now - there is only one world that has had more than 100 people for the last two seasons! wooden! holy ****! that is horrible guys. that is the death of the game there, spelled out for us. wow. only one d3 world in triple digits... that's where the new coaches come from! i really thought d2/d3 would be looking better, than d1 took the hit, but i guess coaches who wanted to play d1 and quit temporarily, for d2/d3, eventually quit for good when d1 didn't get fixed. this is really pretty sad =(
d2 is not much better - 102, 117, 88, 93, 103, 87, 82, 100, 93, 87. wow. i can't even believe how bad that is. stunned. i was out here ******** about population data being terrible, the sad state of the game, in the mid 100s. now d2/d3 are like, ******* 90 people per world! jesus christ. WIS really needs to get off their *** and fix some stuff - a total overhaul of recruiting may actually be needed. but come on, stop the bleeding first. just insane.
you guys can see the trend, you newer folks, who don't realize just from being around, how dead things are and how alive they once were. the pop data is there from the entire history of HD. you can see how strong things once were... and then you can see the 5 years (or more) of decline. really a shame. this game deserves better than this.
2/27/2016 2:28 AM (edited)