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<blockquote data-quote="Bratgod" data-source="post: 2104961" data-attributes="member: 29104">Free DemosGhostOrb hasn't offered free demos because we aren't open yet. The general opening will happen in late April, and there'll be short Sample Games up and running a couple of weeks before that (and thereafter). You can jump into one of those to see if its your bag or no. Demo recordings of games being played on GhostOrb will also be up soon (maybe in a couple weeks or so). If you like, you can just watch a snipet of a game (or a whole game) to see how it works. The client itself will only ever be available to members, so we aren't going to be giving demo software out. Klooge, open rpg etc etc, and such are all nice, and I suppose those might serve your needs perfectly well. We're shooting for something a little different at GhostOrb, and much of that is based on the quality of our services and our user base. GhostOrb isn't simply a gaming client, it's a private gaming community, magazine, and resource. It may or may not be for you. If you're at all interested in it, the best thing to do would just be to watch and see as GhostOrb develops. If you think about it however, there are some serious advantages to being a member of a private subscriber service (as opposed to a free one), and to having a client that runs on its own dedicated servers (as opposed to completely on your own computer). And then there's the embedded voice tools... You'll just have to decide for yourself, I guess, but it's not like there has to be only &quot;one&quot; of these clients avaialble to &quot;one&quot; pool of users. Each plateform, like each game system, will have its fans. It'll just come down to trying them out and seeing what works best for you and your gaming group. All that these various systems prove for the time being, is that the future of Roleplaying is definitely online. As a wise man once said on here somewhere, &quot;it is indeed a very exciting time to be a gamer.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bratgod, post: 2104961, member: 29104"] [b]Free Demos[/b] GhostOrb hasn't offered free demos because we aren't open yet. The general opening will happen in late April, and there'll be short Sample Games up and running a couple of weeks before that (and thereafter). You can jump into one of those to see if its your bag or no. Demo recordings of games being played on GhostOrb will also be up soon (maybe in a couple weeks or so). If you like, you can just watch a snipet of a game (or a whole game) to see how it works. The client itself will only ever be available to members, so we aren't going to be giving demo software out. Klooge, open rpg etc etc, and such are all nice, and I suppose those might serve your needs perfectly well. We're shooting for something a little different at GhostOrb, and much of that is based on the quality of our services and our user base. GhostOrb isn't simply a gaming client, it's a private gaming community, magazine, and resource. It may or may not be for you. If you're at all interested in it, the best thing to do would just be to watch and see as GhostOrb develops. If you think about it however, there are some serious advantages to being a member of a private subscriber service (as opposed to a free one), and to having a client that runs on its own dedicated servers (as opposed to completely on your own computer). And then there's the embedded voice tools... You'll just have to decide for yourself, I guess, but it's not like there has to be only "one" of these clients avaialble to "one" pool of users. Each plateform, like each game system, will have its fans. It'll just come down to trying them out and seeing what works best for you and your gaming group. All that these various systems prove for the time being, is that the future of Roleplaying is [i]definitely [/i]online. As a wise man once said on here somewhere, "it is indeed a very exciting time to be a gamer." [/QUOTE]

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