Sep 26, 2007, 06:29 AM // 06:29
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Granite Citadel
Guild: Post Searing Ascalonian Merchants
Profession: N/Me
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[Grand Discussion]Would Guild Wars go open source when Guild Wars 2 come out?
As we know many innovating games have gone open source. Some examples would be quake 3, freespace 2, warzone 2100, bzflag etc.
I wonder when would Guild Wars be open source so that the community could enjoy it more freely and even participate in game development to make this a culture phenomenon like starcraft.
Let's discuss the possibility, I know it is endless.
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Sep 26, 2007, 07:12 AM // 07:12
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: www.mybearfriend.net
Guild: Servants of Fortuna [SoF]
Profession: E/
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There's a very simple reason for why it won't be opened: HoM
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Sep 26, 2007, 07:24 AM // 07:24
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Dec 2006
Guild: Goon Squad [LLJK]
Profession: Mo/
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Only when the servers die.
Then they'll make a fortune selling server kits.
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Sep 26, 2007, 09:33 AM // 09:33
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Sep 2005
Profession: Mo/E
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Quote:
Originally Posted by holababe
Only when the servers die.
Then they'll make a fortune selling server kits.
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No, they wont, because part of the source code will be used in GW2 and in no way are they opening up their networking code.
If the servers die its because no one is playing anymore..so why would they Open Source it if no one is interested in playing anymore?
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Sep 26, 2007, 10:49 AM // 10:49
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Apartment#306
Guild: Rhedd Asylum
Profession: Me/
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It would be kinda funny to kill Shiro by throwing toilets at him.
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Sep 26, 2007, 11:09 AM // 11:09
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Netherlands
Guild: LowLandLions [LLL]
Profession: R/
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Well they will never give their source ^^
Because what if Blizzard get it in hands? Then they can use it to back fire it at Anet ^^
Its not that "MMORPG" should give their source open to public for some reasons, if you do it and you use the same basic source to guildwars 2 you can hack the client...
Thats one very big problem...
So lets see what would happend when guildwars 2 comes out
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Sep 26, 2007, 01:01 PM // 13:01
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#7
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: AUSSIE TROLLING CREW - CAPSLOCK CONSULTANT
Guild: [Dong]
Profession: Mo/
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It'll never happen. Very few games ever get released into the public domain let alone getting released with the inclusion of their source code under an open source license (e.g. GPL).
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Sep 26, 2007, 01:16 PM // 13:16
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: In Baltar's head
Guild: Bring Out Your Dead [BOYD], former officer [LBS]
Profession: Mo/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tmakinen
There's a very simple reason for why it won't be opened: HoM
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It'll never happen, for the reason quoted above. GW servers are open as long as GW2 is around, since that is the concept behind HoM, ie the ability to go back at any time and finish a title for a GW2 unlock.
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Sep 26, 2007, 07:52 PM // 19:52
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Apr 2005
Profession: W/
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Christ people the game is only 2 and some years old! All this conjecture about the game ending is idiotic. Not everyone is going to rush off and get GW2 and forget about this one...not everyone is going to go into GW2 first and not try guild wars...
I'm getting tired of reading how Guild Wars is dead and they're not going to support it anymore and blah blah blah. just because they cancelled the 4th campaign doesn't mean they won't have anything new for us, especially in the 2 years or so we have to wait for GW2.
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Sep 26, 2007, 08:25 PM // 20:25
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#10
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Desert Nomad
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Saphrium
[Grand Discussion]Would Guild Wars go open source when Guild Wars 2 come out?
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Grand Discussion? hmmm, I don't think it will be really big, a few people know about open source and understand what that means.
Anyway, you can already forget forever about GW as open source; Making that will potentially convert GW in the best game of history, even better than GW2, so, do you think ArenaNet wanna that?
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Sep 26, 2007, 08:47 PM // 20:47
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: United States
Guild: Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]
Profession: E/
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I highly say no.
NCSoft soft own's GuildWars, even if Anet wanted to it's NCSoft's ownership.
From an interview about licensing the GW engine and the answer was that it would only be licensed to other NCSoft' dev teams / games. Aka nothing outside of NCSoft.
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Sep 26, 2007, 08:52 PM // 20:52
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Sep 2005
Guild: Thousend Tigers Apund Ur Head [Ttgr]
Profession: A/
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Name me 5 successful games, released in the last 10 years with their source released.
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Sep 26, 2007, 09:03 PM // 21:03
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#13
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: United States
Guild: Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]
Profession: E/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skuld
Name me 5 successful games, released in the last 10 years with their source released.
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I can give you 4.....
Quake
Quake II
Quake III
Mech Assualt 2
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Sep 26, 2007, 09:07 PM // 21:07
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#14
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Desert Nomad
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Since it looks like GW2 is going to be an MMO, and thus of no interest to a portion of the current GW community, it would certainly be nice if something like this were done. At a minimum, I hope they'll keep the GW1 servers up for a good, long time.
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Sep 26, 2007, 09:55 PM // 21:55
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Jul 2007
Guild: Wars
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They can open source GW1 when GW2 has reached its end of life. Before then is too early.
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Sep 26, 2007, 10:13 PM // 22:13
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sol 3
Profession: R/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EternalTempest
I can give you 4.....
Quake
Quake II
Quake III
Mech Assualt 2
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Shouldn't Duke Nukem 3D be on that list as well? Original Doom as well, if I remember correctly.
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Sep 26, 2007, 10:27 PM // 22:27
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Canada! eh!
Guild: ~none~
Profession: W/Me
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mhm.....aren't those all shooter games if I'm not mistaken...well most of them anyways....
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Sep 26, 2007, 10:28 PM // 22:28
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Hall Hero
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: California Canada/BC
Guild: STG Administrator
Profession: Mo/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Esan
They can open source GW1 when GW2 has reached its end of life. Before then is too early.
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Then may be a GW3 with another Hall of Monuments.I don't ever see it being open sourced probably never.
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Sep 27, 2007, 06:52 AM // 06:52
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#19
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Defending Fort Aspenwood
Profession: E/
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I don't think so, an open source Guild Wars may give a lot of competition for a commercial Guild Wars 2. But it would be nice. I've seen m,any nice projects to games that turned to open source.
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Sep 27, 2007, 07:02 AM // 07:02
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Apr 2007
Guild: Righteous and Honorable (RAH)
Profession: N/Me
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You can't expect ArenaNet to give up confidential information to general public. Open Sourcing GW would cause major security issue as people who have accounts could be stolen at any given time because there are plenty of hackers out there who would love to get into your account and steal & sell your identity.
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