In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Hadron Quark
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on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:59:55 +0100
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> Tim Smith <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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>> I was somewhat puzzled when Roy S said that Ryzom was an MMORPG with a
>> large number of players. He called it #3, in fact. It was puzzling
>> because I've never seen it on any list of top MMORPGs. It's not even
>> listed at all here:
>>
>> <http://www.mmorpgchart.com/>
>>
>> It's strange that this site would overlook the #3 game.
>>
>> Well, it turns out Ryzom only has 3500 active players:
>>
>> <http://software.newsforge.com/software/06/12/15/1537210.shtml>
>>
>> Maybe when Roy said #3, he was counting from the bottom? :-)
>
> ps, Why is Roy so interested in it? There is no Linux client.
Maybe that's why. :-) Halo, after all, has no Linux
client either (although one can attempt to run it under
Cedega).
(Apparently this is a popular question; the first 7 entries
from a search for "Halo Linux" on Google deal with variants
of the question "Hey, can Halo run on Linux?")
For its part http://www.ryzom.org/ wants to free Ryzom
from the unfortunate bankruptcy of Nevrax. Apparently
one of the reasons for the bankruptcy was the fact that the
game isn't as popular as some others -- World of Warcraft,
the topmost entry, has over 6,600,000 subscribers.
Interestingly, Runescape placed fourth, with 781776 subscribers.
Since Runescape can be placed using a Java applet, Linux
has no problem with it.
(For that matter, OpenOffice had no problem displaying
the spreadsheet offered by http://www.mmorpgchart.com/ .)
We shall see.
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