Ryzom bought back by Spiderweb?
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 by HeklaSurprising news today: someone popped in the ryzom.org forums to inform us that the liquidation was almost complete, and that the bids had been evaluated yesterday afternoon, Paris time.
After verification and cross-checking, it appears a company called Spiderweb won the bidding process (213,000€). No information is available on the web for this company; Xavier mentioned he has a feeling it is a front for another company made up of people who, in his own words, are “close to the game”. Spiderweb doesn’t have a website, and many companies are registered at the same street address, so I tend to think it’s a front as well.
However, it appears other bidders were not notified, which opens the possibility for a counter-bid to take place. Should that happen, it would only delay the process by a few days, not weeks.
In either case, things are moving forward much faster than expected.
Source: ryzom.org forums - Qui a gagné la vente de Ryzom ?
Updates: Ryzom riddle (June 17) / Ryzom: hope? (June 25)
March 5th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Nice
March 5th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
sweet!
March 5th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
WHEEEEEEEE!!!!
March 5th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
We’re not out of the woods yet. But things are moving forward.
March 6th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Totally sweet, may have lost all of my ‘toons, but at LEAST can play again..
What mean is, they can keep the ‘toons, but they CAN’T take my knowledge of places to have fun..
Just get back online, and we can do what we want within the rules of course…
March 6th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Hello AnaBale!
Not so easy, I fear… There’s no telling what the new owner might do with the game. All that we know, is that Ryzom’s fate should be decided very soon.
That fate might be:
- Ryzom servers back up (toons lost or not)
- Ryzom’s graphics engine used for another MMO (saves quite a bit of R&D)
- Ryzom shelved (one competitor out the door, database of players used for marketing or not)
Let’s wait and see. At this stage, we don’t even know if the counter-bidding took place, nor the identity of the highest bidder.
All we know is, the legal process is moving…
March 11th, 2008 at 10:00 am
While we wait http://mabinogi.nexon.net is a game I just started playing yesterday. Open Beta started on Friday, its free and being developed by the folks who run maple story. Looks like lots of crafting and stuff to do outside of hunting, like composing your own music. It is skill based like Ryzom, meaning no classes.
It is certainly worth a look. I am on the Tarlach server, usually channel one. My name is Koard.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
. . . and Mabinogi appears to involve sheep. . .
March 12th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Sheep, indeed…
March 13th, 2008 at 6:48 am
Alot of us are playing WoW on the US pvp server Alterac Mountains on the Horde side. Pipp, Hechicera, Studdmuffin, Catch, Slim are playing with Uber, Dallae, Ratara, Thara, Dollydagger, DT, Braveganzar, Braff, Sashtan, Durenity, Enon, Zyratuan, Spiff, and more.
Send me a message if you want to meet up with us there - riveit [at] hotmail.com. If you are on a trial account, we have to message you first to make contact.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:30 am
Looks like Mabinogi beta is US only. Oh for sheeps’ sakes…
I installed and launched WoW. I’m tempted to say yuck. Might pop in over the weekend, but Yubo there appears to be no place like Ryzom…
March 21st, 2008 at 8:24 am
I might try WoW again, getting bored of Tetris
March 21st, 2008 at 10:01 am
is everyone still in the “Blynd leading the Blind” guild?
March 21st, 2008 at 10:25 am
Come on back Crailus!! We split up with the Blynd leadership and formed a new guild named “The Imaginary Friends” - same character names, Tauriv, Doubletapper, Bravy, Zillata, Ubied etc. though.
March 21st, 2008 at 11:54 am
Nice
I’ll be in by tomorrow, it’s downloading now but I’m going to be busy all night. Seeya soon 
March 28th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Ack! you came back just as I left for Mexico, Crailus. See ya when I get back home.
March 29th, 2008 at 9:31 am
oh dear! I was wondering where you were
April 8th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Hope it’s back up and running soon.
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:51 pm
I can’t wait to play again. I wish there was something I could do to help!
June 25th, 2008 at 6:32 am
i cant wait if this is true.
no other game has come close to the times i had, albeit briefly, with the pyr militia.
big hi to herc and studmuffin
ill keep checking back here to see if you’ve posted. be good to swop chat addys. \o/
June 29th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Quirks!!!
It’s great to hear from you! I’ve added you (Quirks) to my friends list in WoW, so you should be able to send me tells if you want to look for me there. My main toon is called Azafra. Should that fail, I’m on MSN as emontes74 and yahoo messenger as azul_chromis.
I hope to see you soon!
*hugs*
Eli
July 10th, 2008 at 5:18 am
i´m ryzom fan … please come back ryzom !!!
a german user ^^
September 17th, 2008 at 3:51 am
In case anyone is following this reply thread and isn’t aware of the news, Ryzom has been back since August 1st and is fully functional. New accounts are available to play the full game including mainland, and the game is expected to be free to play until “at least the end of october” (see official thread here. Cheers!