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Folks, let me be honest... before yesterday, I had never played an MMORPG. I did make an account on Runescape one time, but I never started it. But after finding TMW in my package manager, I'll never play anything else.

I don't just like it because it's free. I like it because it's Free. Free as in Freedom. I've been obsessed (for lack of a better word) with the Free Software Foundation, GNU, GPL, Creative Commons, and all that other awesome stuff. I run Linux now, I don't use proprietary software, I've stopped buying DVDs and Video Games, I play Ogg, and I use FreeSerif on all of my paperwork. Richard Stallman is my new greatest hero, I advocate freedom, and... well, you get the idea.

I also love how the game is a work in progress. As an aspiring computer scientist, I really enjoy being able to play a game and then look at the source code for it. Nothing makes me happier than understanding how a program works. The freedom to tinker, and all that. I'm really excited about the new server system coming out... losing my data is a small price to pay for a new game engine (plus, my data is only two days old XD). The whole notion of being able to utilize the engine and turn any personal server into an MMO server is a great undertaking, and I applaud the developers, the designers, and everyone else in charge of this project. You folks are great. You've got nothing but my respect (and my bandwidth XD).

Sorry for posting such a long random thread, but free software gets me really emotional. I'll never play anything else on this computer... except maybe SuperTux...

Player: Ishara
Character: Zephyr

We would love to have you contribute to the project

I'll have to get a little better at C++ first. XD

The only languages I know at present are Java and BASIC. I'd love to help once I get more confident with my skills, though. There's nothing quite like giving back to the community.

The map editor we use and a few of our utilities are in Java. The new server (TMWServ) will have LUA scripting as well, if you don't feel like C++.

Yeah? That sounds pretty cool. I'll definitely keep that in mind. But for the time being, I'm just going to play the game. Right now I'm busy studying for my finals and whatnot, so once my schedule becomes less hectic, I'll formally apply for a position.

Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone! : )

Ishara wrote:I'll formally apply for a position.

You don't have to formally apply for anything here.

You just pick a task from the bugtracker http://mantis.themanaworld.org (or think for yourself about what is needed), maybe talk a bit with us on IRC how the problem could be solved (#tmwdev on irc.freenode.net) and then you just do it.

Also if you can doodle (pen and paper or GIMP), the art section is always willing to have concept artists.

That post was awesome. It's good to know that someone really appreciate our work. If you are willing to help, we will be more than grateful. This game is not only code, graphics, music, but also our thoughts, conceptions and community. Any feedback is really needed. Starting from original suggestions, pieces of code, conventional artwork, digital artwork, pixelart, music, sfx, ending on promotion. Every link on website or blog helps us to spread tmw over internet.

welcome aboard fellow newb