Whats with all the negative articles about swtor in the news?

Did wow really launch an anti swtor internet campaign? If you have watched the facebook page ie the likes and how many people are talking about it and in addition to that the server populations have increased since 1.2 and in yet there are 21 articles I found talking negatively about swtor and insisting that there is a population decline. It has been quite the contrary though. The problem that everyone doesn't see is the population caps for the servers were increased for launch and than never reduced back to normal (at least to my knowledge). So while it seems some servers lack in population this is false. The speculation of these articles based on 1 analyst (also based on my knowledge of the situation). From what I have seen they reference 1 analyst who out of all these articles and he is referenced each time. I guess my point is the dieing server conclusion is false and while there are servers that are lacking it does not mean they are dead. The problem is there is no group finding system in place and everything for pve seems to have to be organized by guilds and or rl friends, acquaintances, etc and this leaves some of the server population out of the loop especially on lacking servers. This is why people have been rerolling to other servers (in my opinion). I have been here since alpha and I don't intend on leaving. This game is the future of gaming and mmos and while it is still in infant stage it still has time to grow and compete with wow and the other popular mmos out there. My two cents. My opinion is the anti swtor campaign launched by wow is pathetic if it is indeed true. So am I right or am I wrong?

Why would these gaming websites suddenly start trash talking swtor on their own account? The fact that its all from 1 analyst makes me think its a way in which to discourage new players to go into swtor.

All of these are reporting the same thing: "analyst" Doug Creutz' prediction that subscriptions will decline to 1.25 million by March of 2013. This is an analysis he arrived by data "gleaned" from torstatus.net, which doesn't even report subscription counts.

So the answer to your question is "because in the age of the internet, anybody can create a gaming news site".

You're not gonna get flamed by me. I don't think the game is doing bad at all. In fact, I have zero reason to believe they are lying in their financial reports. Stuff like that is just rubbish. I'm however 100% open to the possibility that the game is declining right now and that the next report will show a drop in subscriptions. I don't think so myself, but I'm open to being wrong, and have no problems with that.

Now just to turn it around, are you open to the possibility that the game is doing way better than some people on these forums are suggesting? Are you open to the possibility that people are not leaving TOR in droves?

You're not gonna get flamed by me. I don't think the game is doing bad at all. In fact, I have zero reason to believe they are lying in their financial reports. Stuff like that is just rubbish. I'm however 100% open to the possibility that the game is declining right now and that the next report will show a drop in subscriptions. I don't think so myself, but I'm open to being wrong, and have no problems with that.

Now just to turn it around, are you open to the possibility that the game is doing way better than some people on these forums are suggesting? Are you open to the possibility that people are not leaving TOR in droves?

Pretty much my sentiments on the matter.

I would not take anything that is said in any online article. I have seen that the sources are unreliable and in some cases totally fabricated. I saw one a while back that based it on X-Fire subs ... Now I play SWTOR and I do not use X-Fire .. So because I do not have both, I do not count for the numbers the writer used.
What it really boils down to is one thing ... Do you like the game? Do your guildies like it? And are you willing to be an active subscriber? The only person who can answer it is you.

The people who post and say they un subbed, or that the game is broken ... Fine .. then move on and leave those who like it in peace.

Delusion is the believe in something long enough that it becomes a truth to the person. Many SWTOR fans are in that state of mind. You need to realise that when the actually canceled subs cancel that when it will count, because with the allowing players to play the remaining time technically they can claim it is players still playing and count it as subs current, you will see a drop to under 1million subs by end of MAY