I could only imagine the faces of all those hardcore Ryzom fans out there

I'm probably going to try the game after it re-releases.  I've heard so many praises about it, I don't see why not.

Ah, it is a good day.

Probably my favorite MMO of all time... I had a love hate relationship with it... loved ot play it, hated leaving but did.

i loved playing this game :)  it was great.  but now i am thoroughly addicted to EQ2 o.O

I never had the chance to really play it before, but after hearing so many great things about Ryzom I'm really looking forward to trying it.

It really is a great game, I totally enjoyed the crafting aspect of it and also watching the seasons change , I don't miss getting aggro from those dam dogs outside of town .

Yeah ,

I cannot believe it  .

Originally posted by mike470

I could only imagine the faces of all those hardcore Ryzom fans out there

I'm probably going to try the game after it re-releases.  I've heard so many praises about it, I don't see why not.

I will try it too.  I was not enjoying it early on after it first released, but I always loved the ideas behind this mmorpg.

This game is very different... Not only because the world is indeed a living one - with predators hunting herbivores, seasons changing and resources ripening in the ground in various spots depending on the weather... Not only because the craft system is one of the most thought-through, complex and original there is with limitless possibilities for experiment... Not only because the community is unparallelled among MMORPGS with not a single instance of griefing and help from any player at any given time...

Ryzom is a kind of game you really get to remember as your second home, a place of your awakening, your Motherland...

No wonder so many people kept haunting the forums, stayed together hoping, waiting even when it seemed that all hope was lost. Many Ryzomites have been rewarded this day and this is how it was meant to be... 

A game such as our beloved Ryzom simply can not die...

Originally posted by mike470

I could only imagine the faces of all those hardcore Ryzom fans out there

I'm probably going to try the game after it re-releases.  I've heard so many praises about it, I don't see why not.

The Ryzom comunity are dancing.

There are people cancelling holidays so the dont miss the restart.

Abiz

It's now the 1st.. has the servers been turned on for the active vets?

I am also looking forward to it coming back, although more so if there's a fresh new shard to start over on as most of you mmorpg.com ryzom forum followers know by now :]

Oh, and I started a topic about this post of the new owners yesterday, so if they or others are looking at what people were responding outside of the ryzom site's forum, there is this news thread and that one:

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/192192

As a side note to the ryzom folks who can post in their forums, there's probably be a lot more activity, especially in the thread there for yesterday's announcement, if we were actually able to post on the site.. While logged in, I get access denied for the whole forum, while logged out, I can read the whole forum (but not post)... I imagine others are in the same boat.. Perhaps one of you can add a note there mentioning that the thread would probably be much longer than 12 pages if we were able to post :] (plus 11 for the french forum and 10 for the dutch? one)

I am one of the hardcore fans and I can tell you there is a smile on my face that is making the neighbors nervous.

Ryzom is back!!!! 

I choked on the meat grape leaf I was eating when I saw this! I caught on to this game when it was going through its last death throws, with the previous developer. I'm glad I'll finally get to enjoy this game the way it should be played soon! Congrats to all the hardcore fans. You guys have had your IP revived twice - not even the Firefly or Jericho fans can brag about that

Yey finally this is the only game in which i've seen such an active NPC intelligence(mobs changing zones, predators killing thier food and so on...)

Can't w8 for the servers to come back

Originally posted by Sunshine323

I am one of the hardcore fans and I can tell you there is a smile on my face that is making the neighbors nervous.

Ryzom is back!!!! 

heh, i can imagine that...

The pale face of a gamer who spends too much time indoors behind a screen, combined with a ear-to-ear grin would make a lot of people nervous ;)

We´re back!!

Thanks to whoever made this possible.

The rest of you, enjoy!

www.vimeo.com/1430812

CU

SaM

At long last! we're coming back home!

Ryzom is undoubtedly one of the most compelling, original, unforgettable and truly alive worlds out there!

Best game ever, here i come!

3 years and 4 months im in ryzom ...lets say im an hardcore Ryzomer.....every minutes i played this aweseome game was it worth .....the skill tree ...the digging and crafting....the world...... the community ...everything in and about ryzom is awesome .....i cant say it in words....I JUST SAY ONE THING ....TRY RYZOM AND SEE BY URSELF HOW AWESOME THIS BEATIFUL GAME IS

It can't be! THE GAME is back!!!

At long last i will plunge into the unbelievable beauty of Prime roots - the lethal underworld of the living planet rich in both danger and natural resources...

Guys, those of you who haven't tried this game yet: Try it once and get to love it as we all do!

It has been over 24 hours since I heard the news, still grinning.  Now just have to get a new system up and running properly so I can max out my graphics again.

It wont be long before more is known and before players are again walking on Atys, this is the news that the eintire Ryzom community has been waiting for, now I hope that others give Ryzom a try and see what makes this game different from the others.

man, i truly wish i had gotten off the noob island now so i could participate in the first wave of Ryzom returned

Ryzom is/was a great game. However, I am hesitant to invest more time in a world that does not seem to have the ability to survive. Ryzom has been plagued with threats of closure since it began. Then it really did shut down for so many months.

History will most likely repeat itself :(

well you have to give the new owners a chance, Ryzom's biggest downfall in the past was the marketing strategy or lack of, when players found Ryzom they generally stayed playing but I have found from playing various mmo's that alot of people had not even heard of the game, aslong as word gets out and people know about the game I and sure and hope that Ryzom will have a good long future ahead of it.

This is great news. Ryzom was always that game I went back to after trying the new, "better" thing. Most of its design elements are incredibly well thought out.

Originally posted by Suvroc

I never had the chance to really play it before, but after hearing so many great things about Ryzom I'm really looking forward to trying it.

Hey Suvroc, Ryzom is where I went after I finally had enough of the NGE and I have never regretted my choice! The game play has a prett good learning curve! In Ryzom you get to customize your attacks, spells, and how you forage for materials!

The community is as good if not better than the community of PRE-CU SWG too!

Ryzom was the first MMO i played. I have not found another MMO that comes close. Probably why i played it until it closed, and have felt lost ever since. I am extremely happy and excited Ryzom is coming back. Its a wonderful game. A die-hard group of friendly players that support and keep things interesting. The crafting system is superb! The customization of attack/magic stanzas let you have a wide variety of options when it comes to engaging enemies. A planet that is alive and constantly changing. Epic Outpost Battles.. Endless unique creatures to hunt or play with.. . ya i probably sound like a review.... TRUST ME.. its worth checking out..

LONG LIVE RYZOM!

*hugs friends who have posted here*

<3<3<3

^{Great news, Atysians!}

I am so stoked knowing that I will once again walk the planet of Atys.

Its the only game where I ever queried, if my Avatar would be happy where I left it, because the servers closed. Would it be happy with the equipment I had left on it ...... it wasn't just a "living" world,  when it closed it was sort of like having a breavement in the family.

I'm so glad for all the players, that  our waiting and hoping has finally paid off, I'm looking forward to meeting old AND new friends there soon :)

Valda.

when i left i was sure i wouldnt come back. But after trying hard to like various other mmorpg's i have come to realise there is nothing like ryzom out there. The game is unique in all the right ways.

I have a nasty feeling i gave away/sold all my groovy boosted digging gear but meh who cares, I will be back digging in Lands of Umbra with q50 beige npc LA if necessary :)

there's no place like home, see you all soon

How long will this trip around the Zapper last and what will the new owners do to prevent the quick return to the zapper?

I suppose it will depend on if the amount of players paying for it manages to fund the cost of co-location for the servers, as well as the bandwidth costs.. Probably a thousand or three monthly would do it, if I go by local rates, depending on the size of their rackspace. Bandwidth probably isn't particularly high.

Nice opinions of you all. I can only confirm all this.

I hope that sufficient player appear, in order to help the project to earned success.

Magu
Elder of Atys - Server Leanon
 

Originally posted by AtysTrader

This game is very different... Not only because the world is indeed a living one - with predators hunting herbivores, seasons changing and resources ripening in the ground in various spots depending on the weather...  

Zoiks!  The mere mention of "a living world" is enough to get me to try it ! 

Reminds me of what those Garriott and Koster guys had -originally- envisioned for UO.

edit: wow this is the most positive thread about any game i've seen in a long time. 

Let the new devs know, and send them money  to prove it.

I just looked through my old ext.harddrivve, and the Ryzom client was still on there :)

anyone know if i will be able to use that client when the game comes back online ?, or will i have to DL a whole new client.

Anyway im ready to play from day 1, and the monthly price to play, realy doesnt matter, i just want to play again :)

But i vant find anything on when servers come online, any of you have info on that ?

Ryzom HP is also down

Many regards from H.J.

I still have it installed...Atys is waiting

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Originally posted by glomma
anyone know if i will be able to use that client when the game comes back online ?

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Ryzom is a good game but without a fresh server launch it's not worth investing time into. I am looking for a game world to invest years in and I don't fancy starting on a 4 year old established world.

Originally posted by jaix

I choked on the meat grape leaf I was eating when I saw this! I caught on to this game when it was going through its last death throws, with the previous developer. I'm glad I'll finally get to enjoy this game the way it should be played soon! Congrats to all the hardcore fans. You guys have had your IP revived twice - not even the Firefly or Jericho fans can brag about that

WE'RE TRYING!

But this is awesome news indeed, I've always wanted to try Ryzom, only ever heard fantastic things about it.

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Originally posted by RedwoodSap
Ryzom is a good game but without a fresh server launch it's not worth investing time into. I am looking for a game world to invest years in and I don't fancy starting on a 4 year old established world.

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Originally posted by katriell

 

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Originally posted by RedwoodSap
Ryzom is a good game but without a fresh server launch it's not worth investing time into. I am looking for a game world to invest years in and I don't fancy starting on a 4 year old established world.

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I'm sorry you feel that way.

 

maybe they'll launch 2 servers... one with the old DB and the other with a fresh one.

My guess is that the Fresh one will be just as populated as the Old one... I know I'd play on a fresh one, because it's a different feel and people like to be at the forefront of exploring a gameworld.

I'd most definitely play on the old server if they create a new one, as I'd like to play with the people I used to play with, thanks. Whether a new server may make one *feel* as if they're at the forefront of exploring, the fact is that one is not. Those on the old server would have done that years ago.

I was on Silan when the servers were closed down and I'm a casual gamer (because I'm getting old and because of time constraints).

But I have to say that the presence of old vets on the server you've chosen is really a nice thing ... SoR is a game that may be played in several ways but the learning curve may be discouraging. The community has always been so warm and helpful ... you're going to need the old players.

I hope they will start at least two servers ... one with the old DB and one completely fresh.

Anyway, time to watch the old community trailer: click

Who owns it now?  I kinda left and decided not to return after it went back up again with gameforge the first time due to the fact that it seemed to not be on a stable financial footing and low and behold it went under again.    I have not seen any mention of who owns the thing now or did gameforge decide to keep it?  I kinda want a company with money to run it so that in another 6 months its not shut down a third time lol.

Originally posted by ummax

Who owns it now?  I kinda left and decided not to return after it went back up again with gameforge the first time due to the fact that it seemed to not be on a stable financial footing and low and behold it went under again.    I have not seen any mention of who owns the thing now or did gameforge decide to keep it?  I kinda want a company with money to run it so that in another 6 months its not shut down a third time lol.

The latest news still didn't discovered the name of the company. The only thing we know is that the owners should be french, and some of the devs involved were part of the first time dev team that started the development under Nevrax in 2000.

Actually, most of us want first of all to jump in Atys asap, but we are pretty sure that, when they will reopen the new website and decide to reopen the game fully, they sure will give us the info regarding how they wanna develop the game.

Just to repeat something already told by other players, this time is different from GF 'era', because GF was forced to pay the debts *and* to pay the whole old company for at least one year.

Now, the new owner have all the assets, free of debt and with no forced expenses other than what they have decided to invest.

So, the scenario seems a lot more promising, as the new owner could have all the funds necessary to give Ryzom a brighter future. Anyway we have just to wait and see. And the wait is now really short.

So you had to be subbed at the time Ryzom closed to get in, not just someone with a long history of playing this wonderful game..? Heh.

This is really exciting news. I'll def be there the day the servers reopen.

Viva la Ryzom!
(And yeah.. sucks that Jericho was canned. Best show ever..)

two more announcements of the new owners btw.

One about looking for new volunteers to translate the game to spanish and russian (and maybe portugese).
You can find it here

Then a second message today about opening the servers to anybody who had an active account when the game closed (including the free trials on the starter isle)
You can find this message here

Hopefully more news to come!

Originally posted by Sxarlet

two more announcements of the new owners btw.

One about looking for new volunteers to translate the game to spanish and russian (and maybe portugese).
You can find it here

Then a second message today about opening the servers to anybody who had an active account when the game closed (including the free trials on the starter isle)
You can find this message here

Hopefully more news to come!

nope - can't get into the game or post on their forums - my account was still active but i had not left the noobie island

ah well, guess i have to wait a bit longer

This is rather annoying...I can log into the forums with my trial account but it says that I do not have permission to post and I still cannot log into the game.

Seems the people who canceled subs can't login either, so it -should- be everybody that had a active subscription when the game died, and all free trial accounts...

(Although person above me said his free trail doesnt work either)

(I asume you guys downloaded the client-fixer and run it?)

Originally posted by Sxarlet

(I asume you guys downloaded the client-fixer and run it?)

OMG. Thanks

Originally posted by Lydon

OMG. Thanks

LOL!

You owe me a Stinga Rum when you get ingame, so send me a /tell when you are there ;)

i'm gonna assume you don't have to run the client fixer if you downloaded the torrent of the current client last week

or maybe not

Originally posted by gatheris

i'm gonna assume you don't have to run the client fixer if you downloaded the torrent of the current client last week

or maybe not

Not sure.

If you cant get in if you downloaded the new client, try the fixer...

ran the fixer - got a message that client is fine but still can't get in

screw it!

when i receive a personal invitation to come back to the game i'll have to think about it - if i'm not busy with something else by then