So we just watched #BeautyVsTheBeast Anthony Taylor vs. Matty Floyd and Anthony ripped his pants while literally being beaten every round - nearly gets knocked out and screams "MY EYES!!! HE HAD ICY HOT!" and the fight gets called a no contest? He pulled a Tom Aspinall ...

It was just another day in the RuneScape universe. Until...

One of the more amusing bugs we came across while testing the beach ball avatar transform feature for #RT8 It was fixed but also wouldn't complain if it popped up again lol..🌎✌️ earth2.io/news for more on #RT8 #Earth2 #multiplayer #PreAlpha #E2V1 #digitalearth #RT8 #gaming #earlyaccess #metaverse

#RealityThread8 is incoming on #Earth2! Another major #E2V1 Pre-Alpha release packed with new systems, mechanics plus lots of hidden details packed into the article🌍✌️ 👉earth2.io/news/reality-threa… The past 4 months inside #Earth2 have been the most productive period we have ever had in terms of actual product outcome & systems making their way live into #E2V1. System after system, feature after feature, foundations turning into actual playable functionality & you are helping us keep up the momentum so thank you for your support🙏 I understand some would prefer more frequent official articles or smaller update posts along the way, but the results really do speak for themselves. If you look at everything included in RT8, we could have easily split this mammoth article into published posts every couple of days or weekly articles over the past 2 months. However, constantly preparing media, technical reports from devs, posts & announcements takes valuable time away from development, testing & implementation, so our current focus is delivering these larger Reality Threads packed with meaningful, tangible progress every 2-3 months or less. No hype. No announcements for announcements. Just real systems, real gameplay and real progress. The pace of tangible development progress inside #E2V1 right now is the strongest it has ever been. While there are a number of foundational features inside #RealityThread8, one thing to pay close attention to is the introduction of global multiplayer ball physics. On the surface you might see a beach ball.. but underneath it is a very important foundational system for #Earth2 long term. This is not about a beach ball specifically, it is about synchronised global multiplayer physics operating inside a persistent 510,072,000km² world. Many games spend years refining ball physics alone inside very small contained environments & still can't get it right, so the fact our team is already achieving acceptable multiplayer physics interactions inside something the size of #E2V1 at such an early stage is honestly a very exciting milestone for us internally. During internal testing we had team members running #E2V1 from Europe, Asia, Australia & South America in a single session, with between roughly 150-300 ping & the experience was still surprisingly playable (considering the sheer scale of #E2V1 & complexity involved). Keep in mind, lower ping will always provide the best experience when interacting with the beach ball, but this system opens the door to an enormous amount of future possibilities. Just because we're using a beach ball now does not mean it's always going to be a beach ball - the same foundation can be applied any type of ball or spherical object, with adjusted physics, or any size, which could be used for any number of experiences, mini-games, activities & more. A lot of #E2V1 development is about this type of thing right now. Establishing long term foundational systems that will become part of the platform long term & continue stacking them on top of one another release after release & I am trying to build & release it a way that gives our #Players / testers something extra to do as these pivotal systems come online. Here is a summary of feature releases inside #RT8, but be sure to read the article for full details as it contains a lot more information than what is summarised here: 🌱 Growing a Garden 🍳 Kitchens & Advanced Recipes 🏖️ Global Scale Multiplayer Beach Balls with full Environmental Physics 🧟 Hordes Scanner 📡 My Property Scanner 📜 In-World Quest Creation 🎒 Superior Backpack 💧 Water Bottle & Survival Improvements ⚛️ Gaia Pulse Reactor ⚡ Massive Performance & UI/UX Improvements 🎭 Character & Multiplayer Optimisation Everything is coming together, step by step. As always, thank you to everyone continuing to support #Earth2 & #E2V1 as we keep building. The ongoing support, patience & belief from many members of the community genuinely allows us to continue pushing forward, expanding the team’s efforts & focusing on long term development properly. This article is being posted a little in advance so Players can wrap their heads around some of the new features & updates, but RT8 is expected to be rolled out in the next 72 hours. IMPORTANT: RT8 will be another large & complicated Reality Thread release with many interconnected systems going live simultaneously, so please allow the team some breathing room if unexpected issues appear after deployment. These are exactly the types of complex systems that require real world testing at scale & we will continue refining them as we move forward. If any major issues arise our team has always fixed them quickly in the past, so just give them space please. Honestly the past few months have been extremely intense, but I can't wait to see #Players enjoying the expanded utility on their properties, growing gardens, harvesting, cooking & not just for the sake of it like in many games, but for actual long term purpose inside #E2V1 leading into #Hordes, #Animals, the #EcoSim & much more! It makes it all the more worth the while. Also keen to see #Players kicking around some beach balls - I know we have had fun mucking around with it during QA tests with the team - just remember the lower the ping you have the better experience you'll get! Am planning to build a lot on top of this feature! #Earth2 #E2V1 #Metaverse #PlayerDriven #OpenWorld #Gardening #virtualland #gaming #cooking #EcoSim #Foundations #RT8 $ESS in

I will never watch boxing again.... the whole god damn thing was absurd. It's hard to watch already when compared to MMA but to see that obvious corruption for what have should have never of been that close..... I'm out.

Rico couldn’t have handled that any classier after one of the worst stoppages you’ll ever see. What a legend.

"Get off me lil dude" The absolute disrespect 🤣 Tampaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~!

A-NELLY PICK 6️⃣ 📺: #TBvsNO on FOX

After #UFC321 #Aspinall was forced to exit his fight due to not being able to see out of his eye.... what do we make of this bad ass? Is he super human category now!? #Magomedov

There’s a new No. 1 in @TomBrady's Week 6 Power Rankings — and he knows a thing or two about playing for this team 👀

Congrats!

"Earth 2 isn’t just simulating terrain inside E2V1 – it’s simulating time, space and climate at scale." ^_-

Sad Panda Syndrome 🐼 The wait continues!

Experimental build pushed to PC with upcoming fixes for all platforms 😍 steamcommunity.com/app/27585…

With staggered feature rollouts planned throughout 2025, #Earth2 is building the foundations of a persistent, open world Player driven #Metaverse that is powered by $ESS & bridges between our physical world & virtual reality🌎✌️ 👉earth2.io/news/e2v1-core-des… #Earth2 #metaverse #E2V1 #OpenWorld $ESS #utilitycoins #design #foundations #P2E #p2egames

I know exactly what you mean and don't worry - you're time to shine is coming! Character leveling won't be a thing in the main world, at least not initially, with the amount of updates we need to release a global leveling system before we've even released publicly would add a lot of complexity right now. Not to mention if we get something wrong. I do want to have wearable stats though, early, so items #Players get have varying stats at least. This may not be part of #Chapter1 but won't be too far away if not. We may have leveling in mini-games where the leveling is reset after every game. Fishing - yes, might not be #Chapter1 but if not also not too far away. There will a lot of gather, craft, explore etc in #Chapter1 so you should have a lot to do once it's released while we focus on the next development cycles.

Lobbi the long rumored earth 2 companion as a Q3 launch?! I don't know about that one.....

"Runes"?! Are we getting magic in Earth 2 ?! Release the wizard hats and magic staffs!

Year 3 of Supercharged E-ther booth! Gotta get that e-ther to spawn into Earth 2 soon!

Controller support earlier than we expected!!?!?!? Save me @Earth2Korean 😁😇🏴‍☠️