Ryzom

No cigs... but we all remember all-nighters that turned into 2-day-ers thanks to yet another shift of friends coming online...
Um... guys? I'm not the only one, right?

Uhm... tricky one... I don't *think* I ever managed to play 40+ h straight... at some point I would need to eat or take a nap... Moreover, my guild mates (NA shard at the time) would log out and I would rest even if not wanting too... I do remember being too lazy to even log out and leaving the toon taking a bath at some lake

Bill could always tell when the servers had been down because the Apt was actually clean

I'm with you on that one... A patch / server reboot / etc. meant a forced break and a peak of klients population. The servers leaked so much that they had to reboot them quite often (during some periods there was a nightly reboot), those were happy days for the supreme campers. -- Now that I see it, I should have hoarded waaaay more sups those days, but I always was either lazy or late... At some point they fixed the leaks and the reboots were way less often. I am sure that have a serious impact on lots of players Appartments


Yours,
Ani

Ryzom was the first online game I played, and I was very happy about it.
It offered me a social life, where I found many friends. The reason behind it was that I had emigrated from Norway to Sweden. The only friends I had before Ryzom was those I made through my work. But I constantly moved around because of my job, so I only made a few permanent friends. Ryzom offered me a channel where I could stay in touch with friends. It didn't matter where I lived, and how far away we were. All it took was logging in and start having a good time with friends. To me, social life doesn't have to be physical, because I don't see the virtual world as less important. After all, it's still a real human behind that character I am communicating with. And communicating is what social life is all about for me. I guess this is in part because of my job. As a crane driver I communicate with people through walkie-talkie and I operate it by using two joysticks. Not much different from using a mouse and a keyboard

In one aspect Ryzom has really made a deep impact on my life. I always thought that looking for a partner through advertisements were crazy. I know my mother did that sometimes when I was a child, and I thought she was sooo stupid. But Ryzom taught me that real communication can actually be found through means other than sitting down next to a person and talk. All that is needed is a sincere attitude and honesty.

Because I have always been different from all my friends in real life, I have had problems finding someone who I really could communicate with on a deeper level. But internet offers a channel where one can find others that one can be happy together with, no matter how far away one lives.

I just returned from Siberia last night. I spent a full month there, because I visited a woman I had met on the internet. Our communication had been very satisfying to me, and I went to see her to find out if that could be true even in real life. And I will tell you that I am very glad I did. She is really wonderful, and I regret the fact that I had to go back home and that we cannot live together yet. Real world politics sometimes sucks.

I also wish to add: It's great the forums are back up and that the future of Ryzom looks brighter

Wow Karm, that's absolutely wonderful *hugs*

thanks Faa

Well, Ryzom didn't change me much, but it sure allowed me to access new possibilities, meet new interesting/crazy people, and develop my existing abilities.

Although I'm a native French speaker, being a language student incited to chose the English server just for the sake of practicing. I never regreted it even once. I now speak english almost as fluently as French. I also had the chance to enjoy conversations in half spanish, half portuguese with Tinial and had a blast. *huggles the little tryker*

Ryzom put me in contact with my current guild in which I had the chance to meet even more interesting/crazy people from all over the globe. Even that crazy Nowegian loud-mouthed Fyros was an asset to my virtual social circle. But seriously, such true friendships are absolutely priceless.

I think I also developped a thicker shell against stress and pain. I'm not exactly immune to it, just much more relaxed and laid back than I used to be. And that, without losing my natural empathy and ability to see beyond simple appearances in order to appreciate the uniqueness of... certain personalities.

Ryzom is and always was my favourite game
I found people there who aided and abetted my attempts at becoming a good player
And helped me when I accomplished my goal of being the best darn dying queen there was.
I miss you all

Made some gaming buddies for life. Although most of us don't play Ryzom anymore we still play lots of other games together and meet up for beers and pizza. Good Times.

Well shall I be the one who is honest?

Ryzom wasnt the first MMORPG I played and it wouldnt be the last but it would be the one with the most destructing force on my life. Just before I started playing my girlfriend broke up with me so I wasnt in the best of mental health and hated the fkin world Then there was this friendly and open place where everyone was willing to help you out, even if you where a noob. Wow what the .... I thought. Ryzom gave me during that time a place where I could heal my wounds, be with friends on wonderful adventures on the server Cho, the only problem being that I was getting addicted to it.

I would call in sick for work, make up stupid excuses to not go out with friends and within a year I was sitting lonely in my room behind my computerscreen with nothing more then a few pixels I called friends, I got depressed and almost ended my life if it wasnt for my cousin who was worried about me and phoned me up and asked whats wrong. I told her what was wrong and how I had been locking myself up in my room while playing Ryzom and that I was about to get kicked out of my house. She came and picked me up, let me stay in her house for a few days so I could get my head together and try to move on.

Wich I luckily did. I moved from the Netherlands to Ireland, got a good job overhere and made new friends in real life. And in a way I can thank Ryzom for the person I am today, I know I will never let something take that kind of control over me ever again.... though I still smoke the grass lol

tr808 wrote:.... though I still smoke the grass lol

Problem with Irish grass is, you dont get high, you get drunk

fiach wrote:Problem with Irish grass is, you dont get high, you get drunk

LOL

Nothing beats a smoke and a can of oil together