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2005 MMORPG.com Reader Awards

Posted by Zonk on from the so-many-worlds-should-have-sent-a-poet dept.

MMORPG.com has announced the winners of its 2005 Readers Choice Awards. Interesting to mention, because the MMORPG.com users have a unique outlook on the genre. Eve Online leads the 'Favorite Game' category, and Saga of Ryzom nets the 'Best Story' prize. From the site: "Ryzom is set in a science-fiction universe and in addition to its story, it also boasts crisp graphics and a loyal and supportive community. The game also boasts PvP and is on the verge of a revolutionary expansion called 'The Ryzom Ring'. In this expansion, players will be able to take story-telling to the next level as they introduce player-created content tools. The original category included Horizons instead of Asheron's Call and managed to produced a dead split between the top four games (22% each). Oddly enough, this didn't carry over into the finals, where The Saga of Ryzom emerged on top with 31% of the votes. City of Heroes / Villains grabbed 19% for second place. They were followed by Anarchy Online at 18%, Asheron's Call at 15% and Star Wars Galaxies at 14%."

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  1. SUMMARIZE THE CUNTING ARTICLE PROPERLY! by ringbarer · · Score: -1, Informative

    For fuck's sake. Those numbers in the summary are from Best Story. The ONLY time the festering abortion that is SWG got a vote was in 'Best Story', because despite SoE's best efforts to condense the Star Wars Mythos into Kill-Ten-Rats, there's still decades of back-story.

    Was there TOO MUCH READING FOR YOU, ZONK, YOU FUCKING SONY SHILL?

    The real results for the finals, and congratulations to CCP and EvE for the excellent showing:

    EVE Online - 40%
    World of Warcraft - 31%
    Guild Wars - 13%
    City of Heroes - 8%
    Dark Age Of Camelot - 5%

    What a surprise... No Sony games in there. Excellent work, Smedley.

    --
    "Why did they cancel my favorite Sci-Fi show? I downloaded ALL the episodes!"
  2. Re:Easy to figure out... by forgotten_my_nick · · Score: 2, Informative
    "Hit the go button and a couple hours later you'll arrive. Sure if you are going through low security space you may run into problems, but overall its rare to run into other people."

    When exactly did you last play the game? The only time I can find systems with no people in them are border systems in 0.0 space. Even playing at 2-3am in the morning there are people around.

    They have one sever that has an average of 18,000 people on it peaking at 22,000. Lowest I have seen while playing is 9,000 people

    As for couple of hours, you only play as a newbie? I can cross the whole galaxy in less then half an hour (barring no one attacking me). Get more skills and a faster ship.