Well... For starters they have already stated theyre going to work on Pantheon, clan functionality IS coming, I believe the replay system is coming also, as is mod support...

You've basically summed up the same complaints that have been said before, and have already been addressed by SD here on these forums, and added nothing new.

No the game isn't dead, and everything you mentioned is on its way.  You may consider the game unfinished, but I think what they have done to date is of high quality, and had a lot of effort bringing up to standard the parts that have faltered.  So long as these features are introduced in a timely manner theres no reason to believe the community wont pick up pace.

No news for a while... GPG seem to have distanced themselves from this game (and star dock) and it would seem that all of their focus is on SC2. Stardock seem busy with their new game too... where does this leave DG?

As Frogboy has already pointed out, the immense amount of contact between the Publishers - that's Stardock - and the community was mostly due to the major problems the game had upon release. The idea was to keep the community informed as best as possible while the issues were solved. Now that the connection issues are resolved - with just the automated match making system needing work - the amount of contact needed to keep the community informed is less. Gas Powered Games and Stardock are no more distancing themselves from Demigod than Valve distances itself from Left 4 Dead 2.

I've already noticed that the number of players online is dropping a lot and find it impossible to get into a game most nights, due to lack of others online. Of the 60+ people in my friends list there's no more than 1 or 2 online these days..

When do you play? Keep in mind your prime time is different from everyone elses as the community for Demigod is very international. I haven't seen any more or less players online in the last 7 days and it takes less than 5 minutes to get a game going.

Is DG just going to be written off as a failure? With the game only half complete upon release and no mention of updates to meet the basic requirements, it's looking like DG was maybe written off before it's rushed release and they may have just tried to quickly shove it out the door and try to recoup some costs on retail sales.
I mean seriously how can this game last much longer without:

No competitive gameplay features.
The broken ladder.
Lack of clan functionality, that's been promised all along. 
No replay system, how the hell is this not in the game.
No ability for the community to modify the game.

Everything you've mentioned - everything - has already been addressed and is currently being worked on. These have been mentioned in several of Frogboy's journals - perhaps you need to head over there and read them before saying there's been no mention of these updates. And you assessment of the release situation is rather ignorant of all the available information. Making baseless and generalised statements doesn't become you.

People wonder why no one is going to knock Blizzard off their throne, because other devs put out half-finished games and wonder why people don't want to play them.

What throne is Blizzard supposed to be sitting on exactly?

If you consider having 3.2k online at one time "dead" then yes, Demigod is very dead

There is alot of publishers rushing games out the door before they are done to make a quick buck, Stormrise comes to mind, must be the new trend.

DG is no where near dead. It has an active community, active forums, and active multiplayer games. There are times where there are less players on, but others where there are tons of players and games going on. Be aware as well that just because there aren't many games already created, doesn't mean that there aren't a bunch of games in progress. And as soon as they are finished, the games list will fill up again.

You must of just joined the forums without reading a single topic anywhere else. If you haven't noticed Frogboy(Stardock) posts updates all the time, anywhere from everyday to every few days.

HateForest, you are bad and wrong. Now go to your corner.

Good points from all here, (except regabond. fuck you too buddy) I guess that the 'negative' people understand where I'm coming from and the 'positive' people didn't quite understand what I was saying. I do know that Frogboy (kudo's for his communicatino and not just blind sighting the community) has been telling us a lot about stuff coming (though he seems to be getting doubtful of late), my point wasn't that these things aren't coming. It's that they are basic features taht shoudl have been in-game from day 1. Because they were not the game has suffered from mass losses of players and people unwilling to try and get their friends involved.

This has nothing to do with future content. A functional ladder/rank system, clan features etc. are not 'content' they're a basic feature to keep a competitive game functional.

Woppin, I commend you and the other guys efforts but 1 month ago I didn't have to screw around with irc to just get a game going, I jumped on at 7:00pm Aust time and there was usually a game waitign for me to join, if not I'd host one then 5 mins later we were happily hacking away at each other (and dealing with disconnects, crashes and leavers due to new players not being catered to).

I have this weekend gone been able to play 1 game... (ass handed to me by benderb lol) and the rest of the time I either sat in the lobby with 1 person or there was just nothing...

Please keep in mind taht I'm posting here from my experience, yours may be different qhich is cool and why I started this thread, to see if it was just me or if everyone else was havign a gay old time. Posts like regabonds are not welcome, take your troll bait elsewhere.

I love this game, but cannot play it. I cannot play it because there are no players (maybe in my timezone), there are no players because they all left (once again only 2 or 3 out of 60 on my friends list are ever online now) and didn't bring mates along, they all left because this game has inherent flaws to its basic design (no I'm not taking about content i.e. extra DGs etc.), this game is flawed because it was released too early.

DG reminds me a lot of Tabula Rasa actually. A game I loved but was doomed from the start because it was released unfinished and then the followon support was poor due to poor sales. These conditions are cyclic.

/rant

HateForest, 1 month ago we used to spend 30 minutes screwing around with connections, only for the NAT to die and have to start over again, but you're right, the current situation is possibly worse for getting AU/NZ games. I only recommend the irc channel idea because there's the in game client we can use.

I do think Demigod is having a bad time down here in OZ. I have only seen two copies at EB games for well over a month and thats at the two shops we have. All the gamers i know don't want to buy it, with pantheon and ranking system not working who can blame them. A lot of Internet players go on word of mouth and once someone gets a bad experience they let all their buddys know.

At the moment I only have a game now and then. I usually look if there are any Aust games going and if not i usually just go and play something else. I have better things to do than to wait for games.

In the long term I do think more people will get on board. Frogboy is well aware of the problems the game faces and is working hard on it. Stardock will make a great game even better in time and no doubt this will grow the OZ community.

Demigod is far from dead, it just taking a slow time to get going.

How come people are saying connection problems are fixed, even with a direct connection to the net no router no software fire no nothing I cannot connect. This is the only game I've ever had such problems with, I've made multiple posts in Connectivty Problems, Tech Problem, Frogboys thread etc etc and nothing, no help at all. Worse 100 NZD I ever spent.

The only thing I can think of in such sitatuation is that your ISP blocked certain ports :/

Ah, an elaborate troll thread and many people are replying... can it get any worse?

spooky i have never even see u play