Navagon: Damn shame too. Because, lack of community aside, it's one of the best mutliplayer games I've played. Better than the previous UTs and I've played the Unreal Tournaments probably more than any other multiplayer FPS. So I don't say that lightly.
But without a community...
True. But there's no denying that Epic brought it on themselves. They displayed a complete lack of understanding of their existing community, and basically gave their fanbase a big "fuck you". It's hardly surprising that people left them in droves.
But it was a rather surreal experience. The complete lack of business sense that Epic/Midway displayed made one wonder if it was actually done on purpose, because surely noone could be THAT stupid.