How did you find planeshift?

[Earl_Listbard]

I was on a StarWars role playing forum... Its where I learned how to RP, so I knew how to do that before I came here.

A woman from the forum posted about a 'free mmorpg' I looked into it, but mostly joined because she was my friend and I was curious. She doesn't play anymore, her character's name was 'Tiera Qel' A diaboli female. And well, although she didn't stay around, I did.

There is a much longer and more detailed story, going into how I went inactive after a week, and then expanding into how UTM without knowing it, brought me back into PS.


I guess you could say it was word of mouth, the players themselves advertising.

[Xillix Queen of Fools]

* Xillix Queen of Fools puts the pirates on the perimeter to guard.

Btw I found it via google.

The one way I can think of to get more players of the right kind is to have players get some feelers out among their old pen and paper friends.

I though also of having a printable poster made and asking people to put it up in their schools, community centers, public libraries etc.

[Raa]

Schools? I doubt they'd allow that, seeing as how they're so up tight on pornography and such.

[Earl_Listbard]

Schools? I doubt they'd allow that, seeing as how they're so up tight on pornography and such.

Skrietism as bad as it is, technically isn't pornography... Even if the fenki costumes are a big raunchy.


My sister used to play PS at the college all the time on her laptop.

[Zetsumei]

Karyuu introduced me to it, almost four years ago.

[Earl_Listbard]

Karyuu introduced me to it, almost four years ago.

Heya Zetty!

Where'd you run off to?

Its chorval btw... Haven't seen you around PS lately.

Jump in sometime mate.

[Dajoji]

Google.

[Sernia Silven]

Wikipedia, someone on another site mentioned MMORPG. I didn't know what it meant at the time so I looked it up and found PS in the process.

[Drakon]

By mistake I assure You.Now on to true games that work and are enjoyable. Maybe I'll head to...well..dont care where so long as not here.

[Pizzasgood]

I was looking for a free online game for linux.  I don't remember if Google turned up Planeshift directly or if I saw it linked from elsewhere, but it turns up in both places pretty easily.

What made me take the time to download and try it was reading the backstory.  After that, I was hooked.  I haven't played as much as I'd like, but I've been keeping my eye on it ever since.

And the lack of morons didn't really draw me in, but since there weren't any around, they weren't able to drive me away.


As for bringing in more people, I have no idea.

[Aiwendil]

Linux Game Tome. I searched for a nice rpg and stumbled over Planeshift. It's the first multiplayer game I play, but I really enjoy it.

[Mordraugion]

I did post it before but from a news item in a UK magazine Linux Format in 2004 mentioning games that run natively on Linux. A while back I did try to trace the issue to ad to wikipedia but all I could find was a March 05 mention.

If there is one thing I would do it would be to try and get magazines [linux and Mac mags especially as we dont have that many games to review ] to actually review the game as long as they compare like for like I feel we hold up well, its only when compared to the megabuck budgets of commercial rpgs as some do despite the disclaimers.

[Yeluelen Ambestour]

I found it on some list of free MMORPG's....something like play-free-online-games.com or something. It looked pretty cool because it had that RPG element, and the graphiics looked pretty good for a free game.
I think the thing to do next would be to flesh out that long awaited political system. That would make for some intresting RPG.

[Marqsaynt]

Same as a lot of people, Googled for some free games one slow afternoon at University (Or maybe it wasn't so slow and I was just procrastinating ) saw it on some game list, liked the way it looked and that was that.

I had actually never played any MMORPGs before or any of the paper and pencil things people have mentioned... honestly I didn't even know those type of things existed. (Please tell me costumes aren't involved. )

But, yeah I'm still just testing it out... not sure I'll stick around for very long.

I searched for "MMORPG roleplaying" on Google, and found a site that mentioned PS. When I saw that this game was free, I decided to join. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! Imagine if I had never done that... 

Not sure how it can improve, though.

*Imagines Raa had never done that... and feels a small smile appear on his face.*

Kidding, you definitely make the tavern (and the forums with threads about phantom keyboard ectoplasm) an even more interesting place. Though 9 times out of 10 I have no idea why someone is trying to do something like throw you into the fireplace.

I found it when searching for a new game after leaving Dransik (now known as Ashen Empires) which was my first MMORPG. Google = <3

And I actually agree... Capes/cloaks would attract people. Might even bring me back from WoW >.> Even though I am actually finding very good RP there

Liar!

Skrietism as bad as it is, technically isn't pornography... Even if the fenki costumes are a big raunchy.

Major cool points for coining (or at least using the word Skreitism). Seriously made me chuckle. 

[Eodun]

Looking for Linux games

Yeah, googleing, but through a blog for linux. Don't remember the name, because I don't use a fixed one.