Closed beta 4 will start on October 25 2009.  This will be the stress testing phase.  That means seeing how many can fit on a server before it crashes.  Come help crash i mean test the server heeh

This is their first test and they fail.  Many other programs do not make you use java and activex to sign up.   Get a better website maker this is not good coding and very ant-user get a clue :-(

Stop drinking the java/flash/activex dope.  If this is how you allow your team to code web page not so sure i even want to allow your program code on my computer.

Says the member who has no av heeh. I used gimp to make that simple icon file.

This program has hardcore PvP.  But some of the players are given the task of protecting the other players.

http://www.ventrilo.com/ <--- this program very important   part of the program. 

Sign up here. http://www.fomportal.com/register.php

There is not a mmorpg prgram.  I used this program back when it was in beta and past the beta  Yes this program cost money it is not free if you want to do much of anything. Think of it as a online theme park or even a 3-d facebook program.  If you want a program to play in this works ok too.  Most of the users were  nice and much fun was had but i got bored.  I moved on to other programs.

Only a few objects sell well.  To get  to the point were you can get them to sell on your own will take more time then you say you have.  My view the economy is the weak link  in the program.  And was made that way on purpose. You can with real money buy the buffing objects.  Most of the other objects in the shop are time savers like xp pots, mounts at lvl 1.  So in short play rom have fun but trying to level  with selling  with not be much fun.

I think the closed beta testers back in 2004 failed on one part of fom.  It took 1 real time week to get paid for missons.  Know what that sounds like ? yes a job and i pay for fun not a second job heeh And yes that was fixed in open beta back in 2005.

Face of mankind did go gold/ retail  but than got closed down. The most recent data it was reopened reworked Dec. 2008  It is in the closed beta phase July 2009 Yes it is a bit confusing someone needs to clear out all the stuff before dec 2008 off the listing here on mmorg. The most recent data is at the face od mankind fourms.

http://forum.fomportal.com/showthread.php?t=2 <--- no signup info link about the reopening

 Duplex Systems is   the face of mankind game developer.  Nexeon Technologies is the publisher

no grand theft auto 4 is a power beast. Runes of majic works find  if you have a card made  in the last 2 to 3 years. 

Today Monday June 15  2009 on the fourm duplex says the 2nd round of closed beta will start June 22 or 23 2009. That means if you signed up before June 8 2009  you  might get picked.  Here is the basic info.

http://forum.fomportal.com/showthread.php?t=9880

rom like to use the fourms as patch notes postings. here is patch 1841 notes

http://forum.us.runesofmagic.com/showthread.php?t=16984

If you are running any type of windows software the following tools are made by MS to  keep eye on the os.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx Process Monitor even better than the default task manager.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx Tcpview See the ip address and domain name

And finaly the whole package

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx many of those tools are useful.

http://www.xnview.com/en/index.html  Screen capture and image viewer.

And this only works in XP but still helpful for tweaking XP 

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx  For Xp Tweak UI allows alot of controls but be careful with it.  And the other xp power tools lots of fun heeh

Post more tools you use to help with testing.

Here is the more recent download link at gamershell. 

http://www.gamershell.com/download_42322.shtml

and here is the link to more sites with the download

http://us.runesofmagic.com/us/downloads,client,us.html

I did give EU a try and i found it to be  very boring and annoying.  If you like hunting i guess it would be fun.  The boring part a massive world that at first you only can run around it and not have much to do.  Than the annoying parts for me.  First the guys makes werid random sounds i can not mute.  when it says you start as a newbie you show up with only the cloths on your back and not much else.  And yes you can use real money so what ? They take themself too real it is annoying.  A power tripping rich persons program no poor ppl allowed sould be their motto.

I looked up the video card and it might not work so good.  But i could be wrong maybe in lower settings rom will still run ok. press ctrl x in the rom program in check ping and framerate. At the patcher screen there is a button that says settings turn them to the far left for the lower settings.

In runes of magic at   the start box goto settings turn them way down press apply.  And from what you say yes the hardware sounds like it is part of the lag not the network.  Even i get a bit of network lag in town on the NA server not much but a little bit. 

You can try to earn money, power or fame in program.  Mostly player run with some GM oversight.  Has pvp   the only safe place in world would be in your  apartment and not tell someone the number or pw.  Mix of fps and rpg program.  Even more of a sandbox program than eveonline.  You make the point it is less misson/quest  than most.  Has apartments, a market, mining, producing weapons faction wars. Has a in program jail were you work off your crimes.  Law factions outlaw factions,  Pro business and pro worker factions.  And out right guns for hire You are the point.

I looked high and low on Darkfalls web site ? Could not find a link to download or buy it. Do the program makers want to fail ? And were is the game sign up ?  Or is trying to find those links the 1st quest for the program ? Did find them but i had to look on their log in only fourm to find it.  -999 to their web site 

Put the display even up/down and right/left to  your eye level.  The short display stands  are annoying too. I use a box to have my display at eye level.

iam a orge not a troll.  I stated my opinion on the webmasters design skills. This site does ok for the most part so relax heeh