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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 10:29 pm
Massive Multiplayer Online Roleplay Games Just wondering if anyone here plays them and which ones? Which ones they think are the best and why. My boyfriend got me Everquest last year to play with him, and I got hooked at the beginning. Now I play it probably once a week. I've also played Star Wars for a little bit and Matrix Online (beta testing). I'd like to know of any other good games out there. I enjoy the roleplaying of it, and loved the EQ storyline, but was a little worried about how a lot of people take these games so serious. I've been thinking about getting EQ2, only because it's so cheap and I have the Station Pass at Sony, so I'm already paying for the membership.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 8:18 am
My family plays Runescape. It's fun..LOL We even let our daughter play it. Runescape is moderated. It has lots of little quests to do, too. The quests are mysteries that require a lot of thinking. You can play the game and do many things, such as cook, cut wood, magic, fish, farm and have little gardens, too. Soon, they'll have houses for members. The people in the game walk around and have conversations with each other, while working on various tasks. You can turn off the chat and have privacy if you wish. There is a portion of the game for those who want to fight creatures or each other. We don't bother with that part. I love how the people playing the game have figured out how to make money. They set up little businesses, in which they hire people to do the tasks for them and then sell the items their employees obtain..ex: cut wood. The people who buy the wood make bows and arrows. The bows and arrows are used for fighting. You can earn money to buy different clothes, food..etc.. There is a required tutorial you have to complete and it's a bit annoying, but once in the game you can go ahead and play. There is a free portion of the game and a membership area. The website is: www.runescape.com There are several sites with hints and walkthroughs for Runescape. One good one is: www.runehq.com If anyone plays, let me know and we can meet there. Also do a google for Runescape and find other sites with hints for it.
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Hussy
Member
08-06-2004
| Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 9:21 am
My nephew is a beta tester for matrix online game. you probably know him better than me..lol...the kid never sees daylight anymore.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 10:45 am
My daughter and her boyfriend are all into the World Of Warcraft. They talk to people all over the world playing it.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 10:55 am
i play the tvch clubhouse game. i talk to people all over the world. oh wait, that's real life. never mind!
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 10:57 am
Twiggy- I played Runescape a long time ago before I started EQ. That's a fun game! When I was playing, it was just all free play. I have to go and check that out. I don't mind fighting creatures, since that is the only way you can level on EQ, but I LOVE tradeskilling the most. There are a few people that I do group with, but it is hard to get together online. I am in a guild, but they have started focusing on a lot of raiding, and my character is too low to join most of the time. Forgot to mention that I am on the Bristlebane server. I have several char ranging from lvl 15 to 54. I also have one very low level bard on the roleplaying server. Hussy, I don't play the Matrix anymore. I stopped when it went live and you were required to pay for it, lol. I just couldn't get into it enough to fork over some money.
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 5:55 pm
The most recent MMORPG I've played is City Of Hero's. You create a superhero type character, complete missions, join supergroups with other heros, etc. It's pretty fun actually. I haven't played recently because I lost my password, but I know I'll find it soon. A friend plays World Of Warcraft and loves it.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 7:27 pm
I want to play Magic the Gathering Online, but I don't think it works with a Mac. It's not really a MMORG, but close!
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Emmy
Member
05-05-2004
| Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 1:56 pm
Does Toontown qualify? My DD loves it.
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 3:07 pm
Emmy- Of course it qualifies! I saw that Disney was doing that. It looks really cute. I was thinking about signing my niece up for it. I was wondering about the security of it though. And how, or if, they were keeping adults off of it. What's the age limit of the kids running around in there? My niece turns 12 next month and think that it might be too young for her?
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Emmy
Member
05-05-2004
| Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 5:57 pm
It has "really good security" according to Sarah, who is 11. She says they don't let them give away any real names and they have a chat box which will only let you say certain things like "Hi", "follow me", "good job" and stuff like that. Sarah was Princess Coconut Poodle Noodle for a free weekend trial and absolutely loved it. I said no to buying the membership, though. Too much homework and other stuff right now. I asked, and she doesn't think 12 is too young at all. She played it when she was 10 and the other players seemed older and more experienced than her, but everybody was nice. Does that help?
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Blink
Member
07-10-2003
| Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 8:25 pm
My sons play World of Warcraft almost non-stop! If they are @ home and I haven't seen them in awhile I check in front of the computer...odds are that's where I find them.
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Riviere
Member
09-09-2000
| Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 3:50 am
We played Yserbius years before the internet as we know it now existed, then The Realm, then EQ (fondly known as NeverQuest for 2 yrs 1998-2000) then beta tested Asheron's Call, finally settled into the best of all medieval worlds Dark Age of Camelot for a few years. That's the only RPG we truly miss of the current online options. Had to leave before owning horses & building homes. Pals and I networked up to play Dungeon Siege and it's very good.
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, November 14, 2005 - 6:12 am
I've played an online text game called Avatar for about 9 years. I just found a graphic online game that is very interesting. You guys might want to check it out. I saw an article on CNN about a game called Project Entropia. Anyone that is hooked on these games has probably said and heard other players say again and again that they wished they could get payed for playing. Well, in this game you can actually make real money. The economy of the game is tied to the real world economy. You can make money in the game (called PED and PEC) by looting monsters that you killed. You can also make it without killing anything by mining for ore, making weapons and clothes, etc. Ten PED is worth one US dollar. You can convert to dollars and transfer the money to your real life bank account whenever you want. The subscription for the game is FREE. Of course, to get anywhere quickly in the game you have to invest some of your money. BUT, if you have patience and don't mind fooling around and taking your time, you can make money without investing anything by doing something called gathering sweat. It's slow going, but you can work at it and get the money to buy equipment to go mining, hunting or to manufacture things and make even more money. I love that there is a lot of variety in what you can do in this game. You can make things to sell and start your own business. You can even buy your own home and decorate it, too. I haven't put any of my money in yet and I'm still having fun. Here's the link - Project Entropia
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 3:58 am
That sounds very interesting Az! I'll show it to hubby. He loves these types of games. He plays Runescape almost every day)
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Friday, November 25, 2005 - 8:46 am
Mmmm, you got my attention Az! I'm going to have to check it out. I love trying out new MMORPG, and especially if it's free! FYI, OnRPG is a website that shows all of the new MMORPGs, which ones are open for Beta testers, and the free ones.
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