<s>
The	O
WorldForge	B-Protocol
project	O
is	O
producing	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
framework	O
for	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role-playing	I-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WorldForge	B-Protocol
Project	O
began	O
in	O
October	O
1998	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
original	O
name	O
of	O
"	O
Altima.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
envisioned	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
"	O
Alternative	O
to	O
Ultima	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
"	O
and	O
was	O
mentioned	O
in	O
an	O
article	O
on	O
the	O
Slashdot	O
news	O
website	O
,	O
which	O
became	O
a	O
major	O
source	O
of	O
interested	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
voted	O
itself	O
the	O
new	O
name	O
"	O
WorldForge	B-Protocol
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
most	O
WorldForge	B-Protocol
servers	O
are	O
run	O
by	O
volunteers	O
without	O
strong	O
bandwidth	O
and	O
hardware	O
capacities	O
this	O
direction	O
also	O
has	O
practical	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
independent	O
game	O
projects	O
have	O
joined	O
WorldForge	B-Protocol
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
parallel	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
currently	O
functional	O
3D	O
clients	O
for	O
Worldforge	B-Protocol
,	O
Ember	O
and	O
Sear	O
.	O
</s>
