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Posted by: F6Able Feb 21 2021, 04:07 AM

Is it true, that most of the online users are just bots and only very few actual people playing this game?
I am just wondereing, if i am alone?
Does anybody else play this game anymore?
Or is it dead?

Posted by: pumpkinking0192 Feb 21 2021, 06:09 PM

That's not true at all. "Users online" should be all actual people. (As I understand it, the staff have measures in place to detect and ban bots, although I may be wrong about that.)

A factoid that may be the source of your confusion is that "Guests online" are mostly not actual people, it refers to instances where people's Pokemon are accruing views via image links posted in forum signatures and things like that.

Posted by: Plain Jane Feb 22 2021, 11:13 AM

Don't listen to what certain people on a certain similar site say, this is not a site filled with bots and this is not a dead game. This game is still going strong and is functionally, visually, and mechanically superior to certain other similar sites, in my very biased opinion.

I think what people really need to understand is that while it's still going strong, it has a diminished population and exists on a very small server. Nick, the sole remaining developer, is also about to be a father and has a full-time job. GPX may slowly fade away, and it can certainly never become something truly big, but you can help it keep itself afloat by donating to server costs. I think it's a wonderful testament to this game's strength that this game still remains afloat, 6 years after it was "frozen," despite Nick's admission that the code of the website is extremely messy and despite how much slower the game is than it was during peak activity. People who started this game on day one, 12 years ago, are still playing.

Posted by: Eryth Violet Mar 14 2021, 11:31 PM

A great way to see real people who still play the game would be to join the GPX Discord! The forums are unfortunately pretty slow, but the Discord stays pretty active. You can join it from the Chat tab on GPX.

Posted by: Zerxer Mar 15 2021, 07:10 PM

I promise I don't pad the Users Online count, nor do I have bots playing the game, nor do I allow bots to play the game. I don't care that much to lie like that.

If we ever reached a point where few real people actually played, I assure you I'd just finally shut the site down. As it stands, many real people still really love and play the site.

Posted by: Aname May 16 2021, 12:46 PM

I'm definitely playing, and people (real people) are on the forums talking... So I can pretty much say that theses are real people playing!

Posted by: Lariat Jun 28 2021, 01:46 PM

I'm very much real and I've been her for 10+ years!

The entire site is so nostalgic for me I don't think I'll ever stop. I'd love to get in contact with the dev team to try to help it stay afloat for longer.