>>43485144Showdown had a period of more mainstream success, with high schoolers playing it in computer labs and the like (which is how I got into it). Higher amounts of young and neurotypical people playing the game=more talking/less tryharding. However, its been mostly replaced by .io games in schools as of the past few years.
Ranbats is still fairly active in chat however, likely again due to being a more casual experience.
