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Where do we go now - after GLITCH and FAUNASPHERE.??
Like many other players here, l was a FAUNASPHERE player. FS closed down after 2 years for similar reasons, and luckily we could take refuge here in Glitch.
So now we all have to experience another close down of a game we loved so much.
Does anyone have a suggestion for an alternative game like Glitch?
l realy hope so, so many of us can meet in another game.
Wouldn't that be great?
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- Same thought http://www.glitch.com/forum/general/29234/
- I know, right? I am going to try having a real life and dive into starting my photography business. But I suck at real life. And I have been hanging out with you guys for going on four years. Four years! It is like I should walk away with a degree in cool games and great pals! *HUGS*
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I am not sure I want to play another MMO. I think ones like FS and Glitch, the funny colorful non-violent ones are the only ones that will appeal to me. While I will miss all my friends I made in both games (and to be honest, I really don't know anymore which of my Glitch friends were FS players for the most part unless they kept their names), I am not sure I can handle more game addiction and loss.
I know I don't want to go into a warfare/battle game.
I think I may just (1) concentrate on real life (2) play some of the many casual offline PC games I have accumulated and never played and/or finished and (3) read some of the two thousand free e-books I have downloaded into my kindle library. Maybe I will even (4) catch up on some TV shows I have not watched in a couple of years. But not until after December 9.
I want to enjoy the game, and my friends here, for as long as I can. -
I'm playing Mabinogi on the side...it's the only game I found besides Glitch that lets you play and look how you want. But it still can't replace Glitches crazy style. :(
A trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3oM9mSMBlE -
Somebody should write a paper on close-knit insular gaming communities and what happens when developers pander to them too closely.
At Faunasphere and now here. - SmallWorlds.com is a great site for social interaction. Similar to Glitch in a lot of ways in that it's an online Flash game, lots of way to customize your avatar, huge community of people to talk to...
- I would love to try any of these, please keep the suggestions coming. I will follow my Glitchy friends anywhere.
- What a nightmare, again,heartbreak just like faunasphere. Unbelievable. Faunasphere friends please let me know where we can go to play from here. Got to do something besides struggle with real life. So so sad.
- Thanks a lot all for the suggestions so far :)
- Please lets find a place to meet back up. This is heartbreaking. Faunasphere all over again :(
- Can we go to In n Out burger? im hungry..
- @Elf: Do they have onion rings?
- No, but you can order onions on your fries. Close enough?
- I am at a loss as to where to go next... Glitch was the only game where I felt so comfortable in so many years. The only MMO I ever subscribed to.
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There was a small group of FSers that went to Nord to play (www.nordgame.com) last year - don't know how many are still there since many came here. It is a non-violent game, focused on growing crops (I know, how farmville-y) / making consumables and building / decorating your personal island; while being able to visit public areas of other players' islands, and friend areas of your friends' islands. It is java based, and they have multiple servers.
Some CONS: After the initial shininess and basic levels, it is very very grindy to get to higher levels though - higher levels unlock more options for island design, but these items also cost more coins which were difficult to earn in game (so most people resort to purchasing additional coins with RL money). To build your island, it could get to be a bit expensive to get some of the nicer items, if you didn't watch your RL spending. No quests per se. Community is much smaller. No community economy (no way to sell items to other players). Interface was sometimes not very intuitive. Few game developed areas (most of the game is going from player island to player island). Avatars are a bit typical of other online games - women were overly busty and men overly buff, and frankly both are bit creepy looking, IMO. 3D movement would make some players ill. The game could get very grindy after even a little while, which would make it boring if you didn't have an active community of friends planning activities.
Some PROS: The community and mods there are pretty nice and looked out for each other. There was usually at least one or two mods in game, if you had an issue (and they were very responsive). Full chat available; however, there are kids in game, so there was some monitoring/banning for colorful language, if I remember correctly. Player developed parties and games (mazes, horse/car races, design contests, etc). They also had unique ways for people to control visitors to your island, so you could set up areas for public use, other areas for just friends, further areas for close friends that only knew your passwords to get in (great for "clan" areas) and still other areas for your own private use. Players could get quite creative in their island designs, if they didn't mind shelling out RL money for additional coins to purchase things. Cool transportation options - horses, planes, helos, dolphins, cars. Options for pets - dogs, monkeys, butterflies. Options for different island background themes. 3D movement. Ability to upload a limited number of personal pictures for display. Your avatar could actually sit, dance, go into the pools/hottubs, etc. - I just checked all suggestions above but... well they all look normal! wheres the giants? wheres the rube? no piggys :( I must get real, theres no game out there like glitch, but i have to find something! I used to play SL for 4 yrs and drama was terrible, i dont want that again and these ideas look just like sl versions. please any more ideas???
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My first and most loved MMO, City of Heroes, closes at the end of November, and now Glitch a week later.
The Mayans were right. - After FS and now this im not sure about moving on for it to just keep happening.
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HUGS and Lobe you all so much. As Travinara, I lived through the pain of FS closing right along side you. You've always been a fantastic group of people, I know you'll find a home. This time, I share your pain on a very profound level. Together we'll all find the perfect spot.
I'm investigating a couple of games in late alpha/early beta. I'll let you know what I figure out :) - SimCity is taking registrations for their upcoming Beta: www.simcity.com/en_US/beta/...
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I want to telly ou about my site. it is called atween.net and we should be entering into Alpha stages shortley and I would be happy to have you guys come over, I am hoping to hire a few TS'ers for the site. Now the links are not on the front page of the site yet as that is not because we want to make them avaliable yet but I assure you this is not an MMO (yet, i am thinking about branching out into that eventually) it is a virtual pet game. I might be able to get a 5000 pounds grant to help with the site.
Love you guys :) - I am so depressed that Glitch is closing. I can't even think or understand any of this. YIKES
- HOW ABOUT A CASINO?
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I did play Mabinogi for a while. But now, I don't think it's nice to play unless you're very advanced at the game or have a lot of real-life money to spend. All the events involve buying things with NX (real-life money) or just...grinding.
It's beautiful, and it has a beautiful storyline and beautiful locations and beautiful NPCs, and I missed it so much when I quit, but I don't recommend it anymore.
(Also, it has fighting. So a lot of people wouldn't like that.)
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Well I'm with the rest of you here. Roughly 4 years in 2 games! I did play Wizard 101 in the early Glitch beta days when it was closed often, but very easy, needs money to play the full game, has lots of kids (really designed for kids tho). I finished all the quests so gave up on it.
It's going to be heartbreaking to say goodbye again to a great bunch of people. We can but hope Wandering Confusion finds us a new home. -
Maybe we should follow TS and see if they come up with anything else.
Because if they do, it will be preposterous.
And we will like it.
Wholeheartedly. - Some people have me on facebook..plzzz if you find or hear of anything that may ( i doubt it ) fill a little bit of the gap that FS and Glitch has left ..can you msg me plz.. :( ty
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They are closing because they think that the world is going to end like it is predicted.
TS, I am expecting a re-launch on 1, Janurary, 2013 if we don't all die. - +1 NiFi. That's what I'm hoping :)
- Wonderland is a pretty good game, big on crafting. Though it is a downloaded client. You can make groups so would be nice to have a Glitch group if we all joined on the same server.
- I don't want to lose this communnity!
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I have been playing Onverse for two years. I go there to relax and enjoy the gorgeous graphics. I have a beautiful estate and guest home. So many rooms! I have decorated the estate grounds with indoor furniture, lighting, hot tubs,swaying flowers,firepits, huge trees,etc. They are working items, and the avatars can use the furniture. I have a hoverboard, giant pig,giant turkey and magic carpet to ride while collecting player points to buy things. Only thing missing is company, I know no one! Beach homes, castles, lake cottages and moon homes are available residences, oh ya high-rises too.Quests are available and hunting for player points is fun.
On the moon player points are hiding in flying eyeballs and moon rocks. They are in pop up bunnys and rocks on the beach. In the forest they are in giant mushrooms and brightly colored snakes.
Although there is no planting I do have pets that run around with me. Its not Glitch, but the graphics are beautiful and I could really use some company! I am also Priscilla Parsley :) - I will be watching this thread very closely.. because I simply cannot think of any other game that is like Glitch.
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@ Wandering Confusion: Oh, Travinara! I wondered what happened to you.....you were so kind and helpful when so many FS players wandered heartbroken into glitch back in March 2011 and then you disappeared. But it was just a name change:) Oh dear, off topic...sorry folks.
GreyGoose/aka Rachel2635 - Is there anything 2D? I'm afraid of 3D graphics...
- Onverse sounds interesting...
- I too shall be watching this thread.
- Onverse does look more promising than the others I've pulled up.
- I have been playing OviPets and really enjoy it,Has to do with Animals and genetics.
- I am so so sick at heart about this. I, like you my dearest bud Jule (xoxJulie to the rest of you), can't even think about it. And as you so perfectly put it, Mistress Of Fishies, I suck at real life. So many failures, can't think of one thing that I have ever done well for long - and now with my health failing there is no chance to do much more. But as others have also said in this thread, we have each other. That is the only encouraging thing I can think of to say. I can't cry even - I am just sitting here with a sick pit in my stomach and anguish in my heart of hearts. Our little world gone - all the beauty and humor and amazement at new places - my little home - my little Glitch (the ideal me), not to mention my truly FABULOUS wardrobe (the one joke I can make today) - ALL... G O N E . My heart is breaking. :'(
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There's a game called travians. Its a solo game/social game. Its weird to explain. But you have a map with your own house, resource nodes, town and your own personal "story"/ Then, also on your map, you can connect to other players and visit their houses, groups and guild lands.
You earn social points by eating, bathing, playing mini games, trading and dueling other players and you get more if you do it during the bonus times that they have at different times during the hour.. Social points are used to buy housing and furniture. It's a pretty cute game.
I have 5 invites to the game. Feel free to sign up on your own, but if I invite you I we both get resources and more social points!
edited to add the link I forgot. Note, Travians is NOT a empire building game. Its a fun, socialy type game :). Its just made by the makers of Travian. -
How about puzzle pirates thats a cool game. It doesn't really have any violence sure your a pirate and have cannons but the action is all done through mini games. The house and ship customization is realitivly nice all the items are pirate themed but you can still create some nice houses. The biggest problem with the game though is that the devs don't really pay it much mind anymore. They release a new ship every month but it costs real money.
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I tried b3achy's suggestion of nord and the analysis was spot on. Great community, but becomes grindy pretty fast.
I will try Onverse next. - I tried Nord a while ago and I agree with the above. I love that you can design your own island to be pretty much anything. But its is VERY grindy. It got better when you visited someone with a leveling garden, though.
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I also play onverse (gadzooks there too). But mostly for the home decor part. I really like games with quests and exploring, not fighting. I tried everquest, buts it way too complicated. I just started runescape and thats not too bad.
Also I am playing another game thats in alpha. Its called Antilia
Its pretty bare bones right now. The graphics & world are similar to Onverse. The characters have animal & human features and are very customizable. So far you have the ability to learn to fish, cook, mine & create weapons from what you mine. There is fighting but only with the wildlife (so far only one creature)
PROS:
-Free
-other players are very helpful,
-game creator is almost always playing at the same time, and super helpful
-world is fun to explore & beautiful
CONS: The skills all take a long time and thats done on purpose. For example to cook a fish takes a few minutes and if you walk away, you could burn your fish. However this leads to more player conversations while sitting by the fire.
-The community does have some "interesting" players (lets just say they like their furry personas) But that wasn't obvious until i started reading some bio pages.
-The controls & inventory are a bit complicated to get used to
-Since its in alpha, there are limited times to play. In the last month, the game has been open every weekend, but from the forums it looks as though it used to be much less.
PRO&CON: small group of devs...maybe some people at TS might want to contact the creator?
-must download the client-takes a long time the first time, makes my computer run pretty hard (sorry not sure what the correct tech term is) so might no be playable on olders pcs or netbooks.
If anyone joins let me know in this thread. My in game name is weird (assigned by game sort of)
I would love to hear anyone else's suggestions for exploring type games. (with less or no combat) - i will put one out its there.com it closed down and afterwards i didnt know what game to play tried a lot and ended up finding glitch now glitch is closing but there.com has since opened back up maybe some of you all might find it a good new home
- I tried Travian ages ago and it was just another city/empire game with cuter graphics. :/ Don't want anything where people are going to attack me if I don't log on for a week.
- This is different Annuska! Trust me, I hate empire building/attacking games. Its from the makers of Travian. Here's a link. I'm not sure why I didn't include in before
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I was lilyr in Faunasphere. I'm still numb about this news. Now I'm losing another game that I absolutely loved and wonderful friends to play with. I hope we can find another game. But what is really breaking my heart is the fact that (some) TS stffers are losing their jobs right around the holidays.
December 12, 2012 would have been an awesome date on which to end. Very much keeping in the spirit of Glitch! XD -
Oh, I see. Way to confuse people, company!
Thanks, I'll check that out.
3D graphics just... I already own the Sims.