Don't take this wrong, but I think one word describes it well...Finaly
It has been quite clear for some time, that this project was slowly getting to
this...sooner or later.

So...the next step ?

For how mush longer can we use the name Ryzom, was thinking of © and TM ?

Please post comments.

Linuxconf Australia was very interesting. There is an impressive density of geeks per square meters there. Most of the presentation, including ours, were reccorded and should be published on the web soonish.

One suggestion made to the talk was that many games fall apart before maturity and never make it to the market. Even incomplete, they may be a good base to start with. The question is how do we find such games? How do we assess the quality of the material? And the next barrier is to convice the owner of the code to sell for a reasonable price.

The open souring of Second Life was one reccurent subject with some people already submitting patches. The rumor says that the server code will not be opened before a year of two.

PS: maybe this thread should be moved to VCA general. This whole forum may need a merge there actually. I can't see the point of having two different general english language forums.

Cool Smile Let us know when it is available, I'll definitely want to watch it. ;p

Yup; as discussed in another thread, evaluating the code base is an important issue, even when the game has been released and played. A complete evaluation should probably an important condition before considering buying a game. However, there may be situations where this isn't possible, we thus need to decide what to do in such cases. Pray? Or say no? It would probably have to be decided on a case by case basis, but I'd like to know what the general feeling is on this topic.

I see the Ryzom.org forum as an archive, prettry much like the Ryzom.org website itself. Perhaps it could be better labeled as such. What do you think?

I guess you are right, it look more like an archive. I reckon you should tag it that way and maybe lock it to make sure new topic are forwarded in the new forums.

Is there a need for a German/Italian/Spanish/Other language forum?

The question (at least for a French board) has been raised already, so I guess it would be good to try having a VCA French board. This would be more consistent too. And if anyone asks for a forum in his own language, I'll open one.

If nobody objects this, I'll do that, add an "archive" tag to the Ryzom.org forums. Perhaps not locking them yet, as there is an initiative to discuss with Gameforge (French boards mainly), we may want to see what it gives beforehand, even if it is unlikely to succeed.