Badgers... Stripey, but Dim

[Badger]

Hi All

Sorry to be asking dumb questions, but a glance through the FAQ\'s has not cleared the mist surrounding me.

A friend of mine is downloading the client for me (and himself) with the magic of Broadband,  Hurrah!!   (I am forced to contend with the sad old fella that is 56k.)  So hopefully I will soon be installing Planeshift onto the very beige beast before which I sit.

It\'s been a little while though since I looked in on this project and I had assumed that it might be up and running by now.  I see by the various posts in the forum though, that I was a little optimistic and it is still in a Testing/Demo phase.

So I wonder, when the final release hits the web (looked but I can\'t find a date) will I have to hijack my friends broadband for another client download?  Or will it simply be a patch for the one he is doing today.

All the best
Badger

PS: What\'s happening in game anyway?  I\'m kind of getting the impression from the various posts that it\'s really only a pretty chat room at this stage.  Is that right?

 

[Keldorn]

When the final release will be noone knows, but it\'s safe to say that it will take atleast 2 more years (probably longer).

As for having to download a new client when it is released, you do not need to do that. The current client installs an updater with the package, you can just run that one to update your client.

And well, not much happening in ps but chatting, exploring the (small) world and collecting crystals and (rare) swords.

[Badger]

TWO YEARS!!    lol...

So why do we have the opportunity of trying it now?  If barely any of the final content is in place, what\'s the point in looking if there is nothing to see?

Please enlighten me. There seem to be quite a lot of people involved in playing this Alpha/test/demo (please pick appropriate) and by nature MMORPG fans are pretty demanding folk, dipping their toes into and sampling the varied delights of an extremely fickle genre.  So is this so special that it has captured peoples imaginations even at this early stage?  Or are we talking early adopters and fast fan turn around.

OK, so it\'s free....  but there has to be more to it than that.  There are so many exiting releases coming up shortly in the MMORPG world.  Why play this?

What\'s the story here eh?

Badger

[Badger]

Bump
Come on folks, help me out here...what is it?  )

[acraig]

Well, a few reasons.

Here\'s a few reasons why people are interested ( everybody has their own. )

First is that we are an opensource project.  This means that anybody can download the source code.  Second the game is done on a volunteer basis.  So there is a core of people that work on the game and many others that contribute pieces.  Third, is that we are very commited to making this project succeed ( unlike many other opensource projects ).  Fourth, by releasing a demo we can show people that we are serious about this and it gives people that want to help out a good indication that we are moving forward.   The demos are our best recruiting tool for finding people that want to help out.
Fifth, people like to be in on the \'ground floor\' as a game takes shape.  People have a unique ability to see the game as it grows.

As for the length of time I cannot say.  A famous quote is \"Never give up on a dream because of the time it will take, the time will pass anyways\"  So even if it takes 10 years it will be 10 years well spent.

I hope you don\'t think that games like \"Shadowbane\" are ready in a weekend.  That\'s been pushed back almost 3 years now

[hook]

i dunno actually ...it\'s just a world ...no story that i would know of (=remember of) ...but dubble check it on planeshift.it ...there\'s all the info about any stories there are for the current version :]

[Badger]

OK Guys, thanks for the info.   I very much look forward to seeing for myself as soon as my buddy with the broadband gets himself in gear and gets over here with my client.  )

All the best
Badger