Hello,
I'm wondering if there has been any progress or word regarding this at all? I'm a long time absent but veteran player (joined Nov 2004). It makes me so sad to see that tonight, i.e. New Years eve 2014, Ryzom is practically empty. A social game without players, that is just...(I'm lacking for words).
I've read all the articles I could find regarding the topic about Valve and Steam. This was the latest thread I could find where it was mentioned. Please correct me if there's another more recent or suitable thread.
Ryzom to me was always about OpenSource. Later, I fell in love of the Game itself: it's heart, soul beauty and least but not last - community. That was the main reason for joining and for staying. Even though, at the time, playing SoR on a free platform was a pain... I don't mind paying for playing, I payed for three subs for years for me and my kids and I know for a fact FOSS and commercial interests can be combined. Yes I'm a nerd, badly stricken - but not at all a fan-boy and not without sane insights about what makes the world tick.
What follows concerning Linux is slightly off-topic, but here is a red-thread.
Linux has bee taken seriously for years now by, I dare to say, by *all* major parties (except by those obvious ones who still live in the past and who'd rather stick their head in the sand squeezing out the very last drop they can). Server manufacturers as mobile phone manufacturers alike: all favor Linux. 250 million Android (aka. "Linux") phones per year is respectful enough I think (http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/28/smartphone-sales-pass-250m-in- q3-and-samsung-grew-twice-as-fast-as-apple/).
(Note: That is per year and pads are not included. PC market has come to an almost standstill, at least for non-office use. Everyone and their grandmother is now using Smart-phones and Pads for what was traditionally PC territory. What was considered state of the art in 2004 for PC:s can now easily be run on mobile phones. It's quite impressive to see advanced 3D games play out on an XPERIA Z1 for example, with their 8-cores 2.3GH ARM CPU:s, 2GRAM actually. Considering it all runs on ~5W peeking up to maybe ~15W. My current desktop uses a power-supply of 1KW. Food for thoughts...).
Therefore the following should come as no surprise:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57615424-235/steamos-gets-offic ial-launch-date-december-13/
The worlds biggest game-provider Valve, not only supports and promotes Linux: They seem prepared to put their money where their mouth is. Can this work? It most definitely can. If someone can figure out how many "Windows" games are actually played on Linux/OSX Wine, a cloud on-line distributor like Steam would. They've run the numbers, no doubt about that.
So once again, asked kindly: Will Ryzom ever see the light of day as a real product and will the player community ever be taken seriously? From what I've read about failed negotiations with Valve, incompatible licenses and so forth, all I can say is: Burn your babies, keep no holy cows. Try again!
NeL is too incompatible? I actually don't care. Rewrite it, keep the content, do whatever is needed. That's what's it's all about anyway. The story and the idea is too precious to be wasted. Anyone ever played with the thought that box-office hits like Avatar was more or less influenced by Ryzom? I wonder sometimes whom among us at the time James Cameron was playing :-)
Without a vibrant community, Ryzom is not more alive now than it was when Newrax gave in. IOW: dead.
I for one however would like to meet my old friends again, to see new content added en masse, to see the game evolve the way I know it could: with new levels, new lands...
Compared with todays "eye-candy" games, Ryzom is no match I'm sure. But Ryzom has assets and value no other game that I've tried can compete with. Ryzom is not just a game, it's The Game! Is this something deserving to be let to vanish into the Darkness of Oblivion?
//Aprak, the mighty mouse. Former "Free Ryzom Campaign" evangelist. Who once loved, ate, slept and lived SoR.
(Not a very good writer... But perhaps one or two smiles can be lurked out by these few attempts:
http://cea-history-old.blogspot.se/)
I'm wondering if there has been any progress or word regarding this at all? I'm a long time absent but veteran player (joined Nov 2004). It makes me so sad to see that tonight, i.e. New Years eve 2014, Ryzom is practically empty. A social game without players, that is just...(I'm lacking for words).
I've read all the articles I could find regarding the topic about Valve and Steam. This was the latest thread I could find where it was mentioned. Please correct me if there's another more recent or suitable thread.
Ryzom to me was always about OpenSource. Later, I fell in love of the Game itself: it's heart, soul beauty and least but not last - community. That was the main reason for joining and for staying. Even though, at the time, playing SoR on a free platform was a pain... I don't mind paying for playing, I payed for three subs for years for me and my kids and I know for a fact FOSS and commercial interests can be combined. Yes I'm a nerd, badly stricken - but not at all a fan-boy and not without sane insights about what makes the world tick.
What follows concerning Linux is slightly off-topic, but here is a red-thread.
Linux has bee taken seriously for years now by, I dare to say, by *all* major parties (except by those obvious ones who still live in the past and who'd rather stick their head in the sand squeezing out the very last drop they can). Server manufacturers as mobile phone manufacturers alike: all favor Linux. 250 million Android (aka. "Linux") phones per year is respectful enough I think (http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/28/smartphone-sales-pass-250m-in- q3-and-samsung-grew-twice-as-fast-as-apple/).
(Note: That is per year and pads are not included. PC market has come to an almost standstill, at least for non-office use. Everyone and their grandmother is now using Smart-phones and Pads for what was traditionally PC territory. What was considered state of the art in 2004 for PC:s can now easily be run on mobile phones. It's quite impressive to see advanced 3D games play out on an XPERIA Z1 for example, with their 8-cores 2.3GH ARM CPU:s, 2GRAM actually. Considering it all runs on ~5W peeking up to maybe ~15W. My current desktop uses a power-supply of 1KW. Food for thoughts...).
Therefore the following should come as no surprise:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57615424-235/steamos-gets-offic ial-launch-date-december-13/
The worlds biggest game-provider Valve, not only supports and promotes Linux: They seem prepared to put their money where their mouth is. Can this work? It most definitely can. If someone can figure out how many "Windows" games are actually played on Linux/OSX Wine, a cloud on-line distributor like Steam would. They've run the numbers, no doubt about that.
So once again, asked kindly: Will Ryzom ever see the light of day as a real product and will the player community ever be taken seriously? From what I've read about failed negotiations with Valve, incompatible licenses and so forth, all I can say is: Burn your babies, keep no holy cows. Try again!
NeL is too incompatible? I actually don't care. Rewrite it, keep the content, do whatever is needed. That's what's it's all about anyway. The story and the idea is too precious to be wasted. Anyone ever played with the thought that box-office hits like Avatar was more or less influenced by Ryzom? I wonder sometimes whom among us at the time James Cameron was playing :-)
Without a vibrant community, Ryzom is not more alive now than it was when Newrax gave in. IOW: dead.
I for one however would like to meet my old friends again, to see new content added en masse, to see the game evolve the way I know it could: with new levels, new lands...
Compared with todays "eye-candy" games, Ryzom is no match I'm sure. But Ryzom has assets and value no other game that I've tried can compete with. Ryzom is not just a game, it's The Game! Is this something deserving to be let to vanish into the Darkness of Oblivion?
//Aprak, the mighty mouse. Former "Free Ryzom Campaign" evangelist. Who once loved, ate, slept and lived SoR.
(Not a very good writer... But perhaps one or two smiles can be lurked out by these few attempts:
http://cea-history-old.blogspot.se/)
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