Not really, no. According to MMOData.net, during the 2001-2003 timeframe Lineage was posting the highest subscription numbers (around 3 million), but that was due to its wild popularity in Korea; it wasn't nearly so popular in the west. RuneScape had roughly 1 million "subscribers", but it was a free web-based MMO at the time, so the comparison doesn't quite balance out. Everquest had about 425 thousand subscribers, Final Fantasy XI about 300 thousand, Ultima Online and DAoC both about 250 thousand. So yes: at the time, DAoC was showing perfectly respectable numbers. The only million-plus games on the radar were a free web game and something the Koreans were into. Not really a "selective memory" situation. Sorry you didn't enjoy DAoC as much as others did.