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Thanks so much, was needing a little URU today to help me be patient.

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That's what Uru is based on, going to visit that cavern that's been destroyed for 20 years and finding out that it's not quite as dead as we've been led to believe.

Wow, it was around in the 80s. D'ni is ancient!

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Here's a small snip from the interview

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We have story arcs that reach out for years from now. We've laid out grand story arcs and sub-story arcs that get down as small as a monthly start and finish. What we've also built into Uru is the ability for those things to change based on what individuals do and what groups do. They'll actually affect where the story goes and where it branches.

Wow! Years?! That's really impressive and makes me feel really good about where the series is going. I've always loved the story of myst and the d'ni. I have all three books and have always wanted more. It looks like we will all get more than enough!

And being able to change the story and world based on what we do, MMO's have been trying to do this for some time. Some with more success than others. It sounds like the explorers themselves will effect where the story branches and goes. That's quite amazing. I'm not sure if any MMO has gone to quite that length in interactivity before. It will be interesting to see how they pull that off.

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What an amazing read. Thank you for posting that. There were a lot of questions and concerns I had that I didn't really know the answers to, and now that cleared them up. I'm even more excited for the release now!

Very interesting and enlightening!

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We poured everything we had into Uru back in the day. We worked on Riven and consulted on other projects but our main focus was Uru.

What does he mean they "worked on Riven"?

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We poured everything we had into Uru back in the day. We worked on Riven and consulted on other projects but our main focus was Uru.

What does he mean they "worked on Riven"?

He means that while Cyan was producing Riven, they were even then starting work on Uru.

that was a real interesting interview thnx ireen informative as always

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We have specific puzzles coming up after launch that require multiple people to solve, sometimes against time.

Oh, no... timed puzzles!? I thought I'd never have to see those again! Someone save us!

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It helps a lot of people including yourself. But when you don't even get a chance to launch, that's tough, especially when you're so close. 40,000 people signed up for beta and we're ready to go and we don't take a dime from anyone. That just hurts.

Wow! 40,000 people signed up for beta last time!? I thought it was only 4,000. Considering how many typos and inconsistencies I've found throughout this article, I'm not too sure if that's accurate.

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There was an obvious factor of 10 error on the "20" versus "200" years, but 40,000 matches up with what the Prima guide to Myst V listed in Rand's interview then.

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Wow. They had at least 20,000 people almost guaranteed and they canceled

At least we're getting Uru Live now

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Calam wrote:

Wow! 40,000 people signed up for beta last time!? I thought it was only 4,000. Considering how many typos and inconsistencies I've found throughout this article, I'm not too sure if that's accurate.

It is.

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