I just started LW, and no I don't want it to fail.
However, I have also played a LOT of pet sites, most of which are no longer there (or the site is there but haven't gotten updates in years). The sad fact is, a lot of people create pet sites thinking it is going to be a huge and easy cash grab, then realize it takes a LOT to keep them going. They have an idea of how they are going to make it *different* and/or *better* than this other site (what ever site it may be) and try and then realize why that other pet site did something the way it did.
I am not sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for LW to fail, but I sort of expect it to, because that is the fate of a great many pet sites, even if they have the best of starts or great premises.
As for FR reacting to LW opening? I really doubt it. I think it is more because FR is getting to a place where they ARE able to do these things. They are nearing the end of a, what, pretty much 10 year refactor/revamp/rewrite of the sites code, and are getting popular enough to be able to hire more artists. They have resources to do these things now, when before they didn't.
Sure, I won't deny that there may be an element of 'we have a competitor' in them wanting to get more things out, but honestly, with the way pet sites are set up, there aren't really 'competitors' in the sense 'oh no FR's player base will up shop and leave for LW'. Those players who DO leave, would have left FR anyway. It is possible to play the two games at the same time. The only way I could see LW as a true competitor to FR is if it were about dragons and was basically the same game as FR, or both games required players to be online for hours at a time.
I have 4 or 5 petsites I 'play' each day, because most petsites are a 'come and click for a few minutes and then wait to click again' type game.
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However, I have also played a LOT of pet sites, most of which are no longer there (or the site is there but haven't gotten updates in years). The sad fact is, a lot of people create pet sites thinking it is going to be a huge and easy cash grab, then realize it takes a LOT to keep them going. They have an idea of how they are going to make it *different* and/or *better* than this other site (what ever site it may be) and try and then realize why that other pet site did something the way it did.
I am not sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for LW to fail, but I sort of expect it to, because that is the fate of a great many pet sites, even if they have the best of starts or great premises.
As for FR reacting to LW opening? I really doubt it. I think it is more because FR is getting to a place where they ARE able to do these things. They are nearing the end of a, what, pretty much 10 year refactor/revamp/rewrite of the sites code, and are getting popular enough to be able to hire more artists. They have resources to do these things now, when before they didn't.
Sure, I won't deny that there may be an element of 'we have a competitor' in them wanting to get more things out, but honestly, with the way pet sites are set up, there aren't really 'competitors' in the sense 'oh no FR's player base will up shop and leave for LW'. Those players who DO leave, would have left FR anyway. It is possible to play the two games at the same time. The only way I could see LW as a true competitor to FR is if it were about dragons and was basically the same game as FR, or both games required players to be online for hours at a time.
I have 4 or 5 petsites I 'play' each day, because most petsites are a 'come and click for a few minutes and then wait to click again' type game.