OpenTibia

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OpenTibia
Developer(s)	OpenTibia CVS Development Team
Release date(s)	2001, continuous updates
Genre(s)	MMORPG
Mode(s)	Multiplayer
Rating(s)	not rated
Platform(s)	Windows, *nix
Media	Download approx (2 MB)

OpenTibia (also known as Open Tibia Server, OTServ or OTS), is an open-source server package that emulates the protocol of an official Tibia server. Since it's first release in late 2001, OpenTibia Server has become a wide-spread community of developers through which new revisions appear almost daily on the CVS servers hosted on SourceForge [1]. OpenTibia also refers to the community of players and programmers focused around the project.

1 Origins
2 What it is used for
3 Legality
4 See Also
5 External links

[edit] Origins

OpenTibia was created initially as a hobbist production, for Tibia players who wanted to learn more about the Tibia protocol and C++. As the servers became more advanced, the project slowly gained popularity, finally reaching the 10,000 user mark during April of 2006.

[edit] What it is used for

OpenTibia Servers are used for general Tibia playing, without the all so common annoying players found on the official Tibia servers, feeling role-playing climate, or even to satisfy their PvP abilities, and to increase their aiming abilities without the use of illegal aimbots. Many people play OT servers because they are terrible at the real Tibia game, and its easier for them to level with higher experience rates.

[edit] Legality

The legality of OpenTibia has been discussed on many occasions, but every time it has been concluded that it is legal to run an OpenTibia Server. Using the Tibia client to connect to an OpenTibia Server, though, is illegal and breaks Tibia's Terms of Service. However, two alternative clients are in stage of development: The Outcast (Also the first 3D implementation of the Tibia-protocol game client) and OpenTibia Client.