I'm curious, because right now I'm playing an MMORPG (massive multiplayer online role-playing game, incase you don't know) that has people from all over the world, speaking many different languages, and I haven't found anyone who speaks Esperanto on it. Just the idea of being able to share one of my fun pasttimes with a group of people from different countries who know/are learning Esperanto (like me), excites me.

I feel like it would help motivate me to learn more, since it's fusing learning with fun, which has always worked well for me (and most people, I would think). Funner than skype convos or text chat, not to bash that, they have their place.

And incase any of you do a google search for me, which I already did with pretty crappy results, Monato Esprito is a dead game.

you could try CANTR - i'm not sure how big the Esperanto community is there but the interesting thing is that every language group presented in the game has a separate zone/island and if you decide to "spawn" in the Esperanto zone - your interface we'll be in Esperanto, the other "characters" will be speaking Esperanto etc. (of course you can move b/w the different islands so you don't need to play in the Esperanto zone only)

but i have to warn you that the game is not for everybody...here's a little bit more info about it:

"Cantr II is probably unlike most other online games you`ve played. The idea is to simulate the development of societies - there is roleplay allowed (and encouraged); there is building allowed (and encouraged); there is violence allowed (and to some extent encouraged, although there are limitations on it) - but none of those three things is the end goal of the game. The game will be the most fun if you participate in this process - if you interact with others around you, and if you find nothing is happening, just do something!

PLEASE NOTE: If your idea of a good time is to leave a trail of corpses behind you, Cantr II is not the game for you.

Also: Cantr II is set in a fairly realistic world. The technology level is strange - it is possible to build cars and radios in a world where a state-of-the-art tool is likely to be a pitchfork - but there is no magic of any kind built into the game. (Now, if your character wants to pretend there`s magic, or believe things have happened by the power of some god, that`s another matter...)

Second, the Web-based interface makes Cantr II a fairly slow-paced game. Please be patient! It might take you three or four days to walk to the next location. It might take a day or two for the person you`re talking to to log in and respond. It`s possible that even if you can see 40 people standing in your location when you say something, none of them are there to respond immediately!

Third, the in-game economy and laws are entirely determined by the players. The game`s code provides the means to produce physical objects; what you do with those is not (and will not be) coded. No social structure will be coded. No concept of ownership will be coded. No rules or laws will be coded, beyond some limitations on violence. The two requirements imposed by the game are that characters need to eat, and that death is final and permanent...

Cantr now has a system of genetically transferrable skills which influence how effective you are at different things your character does."

I've heard that World of Warcraft has at least one Esperanto-speaking guild.

Cantr is sort of like a multiplayer text-based adventure game, no?

(and it's even in Latin and Lojban, which is pretty groovy for a text-based game!)

ceigered:Cantr is sort of like a multiplayer text-based adventure game, no?

(and it's even in Latin and Lojban, which is pretty groovy for a text-based game!)

yep, that's right...what i like about the game is that it's basically up to you to decide what the game is going to be like - you can play it as an adventure, farming, military game and so on...there's almost no admin intervention in the game - even the in-game rules are made and enforced by the players themselves...

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ceigered:Cantr is sort of like a multiplayer text-based adventure game, no?

(and it's even in Latin and Lojban, which is pretty groovy for a text-based game!)

yep, that's right...what i like about the game is that it's basically up to you to decide what the game is going to be like - you can play it as an adventure, farming, military game and so on...there's almost no admin intervention in the game - even the in-game rules are made and enforced by the players themselves...

Not exactly what I'm looking for, since it's a text based browser game.

And I figured WoW would be brought up lol...would make sense though, with its large user base.

I've got this sneaking suspicion that Esperantists are indie gamers somehow..

I used to play WoW for 5 years... I never found an Esperanto guild, but then again I never went out seeking one on a server somewhere. I was already too involved in the server I was playing before I even learned about Esperanto.

I don't know about any other games... Maybe you could ask some people if they'd be interested in playing an mmorpg and give a list of games that you think would be interesting and let everyone vote on which game to play. It might not work very well, but it might be worth a try if you are really bent on getting Esperantists to play an mmorpg. It was just a thought.

Sinanthiel:I used to play WoW for 5 years... I never found an Esperanto guild, but then again I never went out seeking one on a server somewhere. I was already too involved in the server I was playing before I even learned about Esperanto.

I don't know about any other games... Maybe you could ask some people if they'd be interested in playing an mmorpg and give a list of games that you think would be interesting and let everyone vote on which game to play. It might not work very well, but it might be worth a try if you are really bent on getting Esperantists to play an mmorpg. It was just a thought.

Actually thats a good idea. The mmo I'm playing right now is free-to-play and has a good user base but is still relatively new. Maybe I should start getting some esperantists into itv

(It's called King of Kings 3 by the way. It's a PVP MMORPG. Main languages on it are:English, German, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and I'm missing one or two other ''oficial'' languages on it. Free to download and play, check it out and send me a message if you do.