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A Tale in the Desert

Posted by michael on from the not-everyone-gets-to-be-a-pharaoh dept.

Sandy99 writes "A Tale in the Desert is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (mmorpg) that has been in development for 4 1/2 years and goes live tomorrow. There is no killing in this game. It is all about cooperation to unlock the knowledge of Egypt. A basic overview is at the official site. Discussion forums are at atitd.net. Maps of Egypt and construction knowledge are at atitdmaps.com. Everything has been produced by a handful of independent developers and a bunch of volunteers. This is also the first mmorpg to debut with both windows and linux clients."

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  1. I'd love to give it a shot by Mr.+Grimm · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I wasn't already backed up until sometime after the third apocolypse with my game playing. The only answer is for me to quit my job.

    1. Re:I'd love to give it a shot by KDan · · Score: 5, Funny

      Please do so - but tell me where you work first so I can take over!

      kthxby :-)

      Daniel

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      Carpe Diem
  2. Re:no killing by SquadBoy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I did plenty of killing in The Sims and so did many others.

    http://www.geocities.com/the_simms_ca/kill.html

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    Cypherpunks: Civil Liberty Through Complex Mathematics. Those who live by the sword die by the arrow.
  3. Re:no killing by chimpo13 · · Score: 5, Funny


    The Sims would be worth playing if you could kill.

    I'd like to be a burglar or a killer. And I'd like it if I could release hords of locusts and rats carrying bubonic plague fleas.

    If it's a game based on real life, where's the fun? A blurred out visit to a hot tub with a nekkid Sim? It's the violence in real life that makes it fun.

    But it's not, so I have to release hords of locusts myself.

    Just doing a quick scan of crime types on google, Sims should have: Abuse of the Disabled, Aircraft Hijacking, Animal Abuse, Arson, Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Drunk Driving, Elder Abuse, Fraud, Genocide, Graffiti, Hate Crimes, Hazing, Homicide, Illegal Dumping, Kidnapping, Modern Slavery, Money Laundering, Police Brutality, Red Light Running, Sex Crimes, Speeding, Squatting, Stalking, Terrorism, Theft, Torture, and War Crimes.

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    riding round the world on an old motorcycle
  4. As heard on aTintD by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 5, Funny

    m3g@k!LL: You cheater
    BrainPower: What? How did I cheat?
    m3g@k!LL: Howd you kill me so fast!!?!
    BrainPower: Er, I didn't kill you. I was just trying to give you gold...
    m3g@k!LL: awps r 4 l00z3rs dipw33d...
    BrainPower: awps? I don't get it. Are you calling me names?
    m3g@k!LL: no i mean awp snipers lamea$$
    BrainPower: Sniper? This isn't counterstrike bozo...
    m3g@k!LL: You have an aimbot
    BrainPower: Er, there are no aimbots
    m3g@k!LL: KILLING SPREE! I' fukin roxx!
    BrainPower: ???
    m3g@k!LL: This game suxxs, I cant kill. I'm goingto play unreal 3000...
    BrainPower: ...

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    "Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
  5. You can kill Sims by greygent · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a person who likes to just plain kill things in his video games, I've come up with several ways to kill Sims.

    Try having one go use the stove, and when the sim is using it, enter build mode, and fence him in around the stove. He'll soon burst into flames and die, and there'll be a nice tombstone out front.

    Another way to kill them, is to make them go swimming in a pool, and while they're doing that, enter Build Mode and remove all of the stepladders. they'll soon drown, and a shiny new tombstone will appear in the front yard. There are a couple other ways that I've figured out how to kill them, but there's two for you.

    Be inventive.