Dense planting Peppers

[clkeiper]

Do peppers benefit from starting the dense planting method like tomatoes seem to? what are your thoughts?
Just asking because they just seem to do better all lumped together in a cell in a flat (I started in new 1801 cells in a flat). They seem to germinate more uniformly than in a narrow line in the seed starting trays I used to use. (I didn't want to buy a whole box {$150.00's worth} of new ones so changed to 1801's this year) maybe it is the time of the year vs. the method? I started one batch on the paper towels in early March and killed almost most of them off. Too little attention due to other family issues at the time and I was really bumming as I spent a good deal of money on those seeds. The next ones I bought off the rack due to time constrictions of ordering new seeds to replace them and I am quite startled at how much faster they have germinated this time.