Let's share a game
 

This is similar to a "Let's play" thread but not really on the same vein, so i thought it would be ok to open it up here by now...

Either way, the idea is this:

Everyone plays an online game (probably a MMORPG) together. Sharing the same account. Those who want to play but dont want to download and instal the client, can help making decesions via screenshots and talking in this Thread.

The goal Is to reach Endgame. Endgame will be defined by that point where a character can acess all areas of the game and survive for at least 5 whole minutes in those places. Also, in case we choose a PVP game, Endgame will be defined by also being able to win PVP battles against other high level characters.

Everybody will play with the same account, and that's where communication kicks in big time. People will be able to Schedule thei game sessions. So, if today i can play and nobody has reserved today, i come here post when i'll most likely be playing (dont have to be exact... "Friday - Night" will do) and when i'll most liekly stop playing ( "Sunday morning" for instance) to, everybody can book the accoun on their on agendas, and if you want, you can PM someone to trade slots if you want it and they got it first...

So, of course, it's expected no "assholish" behavior like "stealing" the account (since multiple users will own the password) or selling gear without talking to people here first.

The evolution of our avatar will also be picked as a group decision... if you level up but we dont have an agreement on what build we are going for, you can do what you think it's best. But if the majority wants to make a tank, you dont go around making a Quickcaster...

The same applies to Buying and selling itens and skills. Other than that, you can do whatever you like. Do quests, mob hunt, raid, whatever..

The only point in common for all players are these:

1- Try your best to leave the character in a city when you log off.
2- Always try to end any quests you start
3- always post at least one screenshot of your gameplay session when you're done.

So... if you read this far you must be asking... what is the game we will play anyway? Well... that's the first task.

The very first thing you must do is pick a game. I strongly suggest you pick a game you never played before. We go blind and we go bold into it. learning as we go, towards the endgame. So i'll post some suggestions, and you guys vote or suggest other games that you never played before. As soon as we have our game picked, you all can download the client, and I'll make the account, passing it to all players via PM.

here are the first options, i tried to pick only those that looked good, but i did picked a few that seemed bad, so you guys can pick your poison:


WURM ONLINE - It has Small pinewood catapults!!
http://wurmonline.com/forum/gallery/...08_8_57_43.jpg

MYTH WARS 2 - Look at all the flying white tigers!!
http://mw2.igg.com/upload/200811/b_12260607656913.jpg

SECRET OF THE SOLSTICE - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
http://solstice.outspark.com/media/screenshots

FIESTA ONLINE - Such flat grounds
http://fiesta.outspark.com/media/?view=screenshots

CORUM - Exciting gameplay!!
http://corum.gpotato.com/?i=screenshots

Angels Online - This picture contains cock riding (upper left corner)
http://ao.igg.com/upload/2008/11/24230552604.jpg

A3 "We couldnt think of a better name
http://games.sify.com/mmog/a3/img_sc...s/sso001_b.jpg

9 Dragons Glowy Death!!!
http://9dragons.acclaim.com/images/t...creen6-big.jpg

Shaiya - GoGo Medieval Rangers!!
http://s.aeriagames.com/files/images...s/Shaiya10.jpg

Cronus - Everybody Glowing together now
http://cronous.amped.ph/Portals/2/200711273333ss.jpg

Tantra - All Shopkeepers look alike!
http://www.tantra.ph/Portals/0/scree...REEN%20(2).jpg
PLUS - BONUS: Because this is actually official Art for the game
http://www.tantra.ph/Portals/0/scree...REEN%20(9).jpg

Rappelz - Dumb name is Dumb
http://rappelz.gpotato.com/?m=downloads&a=media

Requiem - BLOOD!!!!
http://www.playrequiem.com/media/screenshots.aspx

ROSE Online This game actually has Go Karts AND Giant robots, plus, Tophats
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/9...reen010wt9.jpg

Atlantica Online - Half Disgaea, Half Tactics, Half Chess, Full blue!!
http://img.ndoorsgames.com/atlantica...w_screen10.jpg

I think these games cover all grounds. You can check gameplay videos by simply typing "Gameplay" and the game name on Youtube

as soon as we pick the game, we can start downloading and talking about what character we will make.

I'd like to take a ganter at this. I'm getting tired of all my old games.

Though, Bells, we would have to make sure everyone can run the game, so post sys requirements maybe?

How about some sci-fi?

But but but account sharing? Isn't it against the rules? >_<

My suggestion is Rappelz, though. Atlantica Online seems nice, too.

The most demanding of all of these is Atlantica Online, so, if you can handle it, you can handle them all

http://img.ndoorsgames.com/atlantica/pds/img_gd.jpg

If only! There are so few... and if it's not a "Space Ship MMO" it's usally pretty boring! But if you can find a good free Sci-fi MMOG just add it to the list!

C'mon man! be a rebel!!

How are we gonna decide who gets to be on when?

By Scheduling. It's the best way i can think of.

Let's say you have time to play on Fridays, during the afternoon, so you come here and you book that time slot for you. Now, all the players know you will be logged on during that timeframe.

If you're not going to use that timeframe, just post here and cancel it. It's most likely that we will have a very small number of people actually sharing the account, so it shouldnt be complicated at all...

I for one, am more likely to play these after midnight between monday to thursday, so, if i were to play today i would just post here saying "I'll be logged today from 1am to about 3am" and there you go... if you, for instance wanted to play on that time, but i got here first, you could just send me a PM asking if you could play it instead and there you go...

Pro-tip:
EVERY time you post a reservation, post the time you want to play AND your timezone AND the "translated" time to... oh, I don't know, GMT.

Solves a LOT of unnecessary confusion, especially if two people would be playing back-to-back.

We could make a big ol' scheduler thing. It'd be great. Heck, we'd probably need someone just to manage the whole thing, but count me in...In two weeks.

to reduce confusion we could set the clock by the Majority, which's probably going to be Washington DC timeif that makes it easier...

Im guessing we would end up with probably 6 people playing the game and about 4 more just pitching in here in the thread, and that is in a high success scenario... so it wont be complicated to manage in the end.

I still need more votes on which game to take, though... i like Atlantica, but it just might be a tad too heavy for me. Still manageable if that's what the crowd wants... i could go with Either 9 Dragons or Rappelz too