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Ryzom gets ported to Linux as a native application
If you're looking for MMOs that run on a Mac, you face an uphill battle. If you're looking for MMOs that run on Linux, the battle is so steeply uphill that it more closely resembles a vertical cliff. But Ryzom has joined those small ranks, with the release of an official Linux client for the game. This goes hand-in-hand with the game's move to open source earlier in the year, which allows players unhappy with the official client the freedom to make a number of alterations. To celebrate the official Linux release, Winch Gate is holding an in-game contest running through January 11th, 2011. Players are tasked with finding seven Linux Steles scattered around the world and answering their riddles, with a ZaReason Linux Terra-HD netbook (or cash equivalent) as a grand prize for entrants. Whether or not you intend to start playing Ryzom on Linux, it's a nice prize and an excellent incentive for players to celebrate the new release.
One Shots: Life can be better down where it's wetter
Even in the oldest of MMOs, bugs still crop up from time to time. Sometimes you'll find yourself stuck in the terrain, while other bugs may actually cause you to fall through the world and wind up wandering a strange landscape of unfinished textures and jagged polygons. Thankfully, while today's One Shots shows off a strange occurrence, the end result was quite nice to look at. This image comes to us from Kollasu D., who explains her recent experience in Ryzom. She writes: "Sometimes you get a once in a lifetime bug that allows you to see something no other homin has ever seen. Recently I was crossing a lake in Enchanted Isles in Ryzom, and I discovered I was walking underwater! Naturally I started taking pictures! Here I am in the unseen world of the fishes!" Every MMO from big to small is welcome, but we need you to send those MMO screenshots in. Pop them into an email and send it to us here at oneshots@massively.com along with your name, the name of the game, and a quick description. We'll post it out here for everyone to check out, and of course we'll give you the credit. %Gallery-85937%
New Ryzom patch enhancing PvP and other social functions
PvP is a tricky matter to balance in a game with players in all sorts of different gear levels, not to mention accounting for different player skills. Ryzom has tackled the age-old bugbear with its latest patch, attempting to extend and expand the PvP system in the game to everyone. The system has modified the rules for attacking, flagging, and supporting other players, with a small chart in the patch notes explaining who is allowed to do what to whom and when. In case skewering other players isn't your thing, however, you can invite them into your personal apartment now as well as take advantage of the newly added variable tags for the chat system. There are also enhancements to the apartment customization focusing on getting involved with the community team and as usual a smattering of bugfixes and general performance improvements. If you're part of Ryzom's dedicated audience, take a look at the patch notes to see what 1.10 brings to the game.
