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 Electronic Arts raised $1 Million for Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Aid | |
| Posted on Monday, April 25, 2011, 10:48 AM EDT by Watchertoo (NetworkNews) |
| Posted to Stratics Central: Electronic Arts raised $1 Million for Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Aid EA (Electronic Arts) has now passed the $1 million dollar mark in fundraising in support of Japan earthquake and tsunami aid! Way to go, EA! Read the entire story here. |
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| Ultima Online - Classic PvP server is back online! | |
| Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010, 1:11 AM EDT by Watchertoo (NetworkNews) |
This just in from Stratics Central Ultima Online - Classic PvP server is back online! Submitted by George Vanous on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 07:17. Ultima Online announced today the release of a classic shard based on the “old school” PvP server! The new "Shard of the Dead" is an attempt to gauge the interest levels of re-opening a full-blown "old school" PvP server. UO producer Cal Crowner hopes this will excite the players who preferred the classic free-form gameplay of Ultima Online with harsh consequences when your character is defeated by another. Shard of the Dead will remain open for one to two months, depending on the player response. Here is a look at the features for this new server. Features of "Shard of the Dead" - No items will be blessed, except for spellbooks of all types, and runebooks
- Item insurance system disabled
- Always nighttime
- No handouts for new players, start the game as you are and work hard to achieve things in game
- Accelerate skill gain 10X so players can get to max level quickly
- Only Felucca facet will exist
- Allow Glass Sword of Shattering (one shot kill sword that shatters when used. Players can only have one at a time and never trade/sell them)
- New King of the Tower game to obtain Glass Sword
- Only one guard zone in Britian
- All characters receive advanced character token at login
- Players must wait 7 days to delete their characters
To get started, or re-enable an old account visit the UO account management page! |
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| "Reminiscing with Old Friends" | |
| Posted on Thursday, October 14, 2010, 9:00 PM EDT by Andrasta (NetworkNews) |
"Reminiscing with Old Friends"
Everyone loves to tell stories of the good old days even when those stories involve "being mugged in-game!" Over the next couple of days, we’ll bring you some of those stories from ex-UO players and developers who are still active in the industry. We would like to thank Jeremy for sharing her "Reminiscing with Old Friends". 
By Jeremy Preacher
Website: Neighborlygames.com
I love the Austin game developers conference, no matter what it’s called. Seeing all of my friends, ex-coworkers, and colleagues, swapping war stories, and making new contacts is something I look forward to all year. This year it was even better – I had a perfect excuse to rustle up all of the folks who used to play or work on UO and get them to talk about the Good Old Days. There were a lot of them.
My first interviewee was Troy Hewitt, currently the Community Lead at Carbine Studios. Troy had plenty to say about UO. He was a player on Atlantic named Aleph Aeirs, who started a roleplaying guild and eventually had every roleplayer’s dream come true – Origin contacted him and invited him to become a seer. “I remember feeling like I won UO,” he says. He was Seer Asher on Chesapeake, wrote for Stratics, and still keeps his account open and maintains the friendships that started in UO.
“How did UO affect your career and/or personal life?” I asked. “Well, it introduced the concept of online obligation,” he begins, a fascinating tangent that I need to remember to pursue with him some day. He goes on to say that he saw the kind of writing and events he was doing for games and decided to work in the industry. He went on to be a community manager on The Matrix Online, then Community Envoy (and envy of the CM field for his awesome title) and later Director of Community for Flying Labs, and now working on Carbine’s super-secret project.
“What’s your favorite UO story or memory?” I ask. “It’s so dorky…” he trails off. “Well, there was that time my player character got kidnapped by a Seer. But my real favorite… it’s so dorky.” He goes on to recount the huge, elaborate wedding of one of his characters to one of his real-life friend’s. It wasn’t a real-life romance, just something they did for roleplaying purposes, but it remains one of his favorite memories. He goes on to say that the early days of UO were a time when talented people would do things for free – now everyone’s looking to make money off of what they do in MMOs, but in those days it was just for love.
The next person I ambushed was Will Leverett - GM Ironwill, from the very early days of UO. He answered an ad in the paper and got hired on in October of ’97 as a GM. They told him he would be “running events 50% of the time, testing 25% of the time, answering emails 25% of the time.” It didn’t quite work out as planned. He ended up the account administration lead – “I was in charge of banning all the players!” He pauses. “Well, hopefully not all of them.”
“Death threats and the bomb threat aside,” Will says UO taught him about business, management, what to do and what not to do online. “Wouldn’t be where I am today without UO,” he says. It turned into a successful career overseeing customer service, community management, and quality assurance all supporting online games. I met him when he was the NCSoft game support manager – he went on to be the director of CS for Real Time Worlds.
I asked him for his favorite story – “Something printable,” I clarify. That’s always harder for GMs. “Well, there was the time I deleted everything on Sonoma.” I can’t very well repeat the command that he accidentally used to nuke the shard, but suffice it to say that Armageddon spell from the single player Ultimas? The one that destroys the world? Well, it works fine in UO as well, if you’re a fat-fingered GM.
The other story also sounded just like the good old days. Some folks asked him to conduct their wedding, and he agreed. 200+ people showed up in Lord Blackthorn’s chapel – it was terribly laggy. Then a naked guy – here’s where all the old-schoolers wince – runs in carrying nothing but an Earthquake scroll. He triggers it – this was during a period when Earthquake was ridiculously overpowered - and kills everyone.
The last fellow from today’s batch was John Erskine – GM Rock. He was a beta player who became a GM at launch, and managed the GM team for 2 years.
Like most of the folks I talked to, MMOs became his career. Before working at Origin, John was the general manager of a chain of retail stores. When Origin hired him, they had no real concept of GMs or community managers. The idea was that they’d be more like a dungeon master, running events. EA’s initial sales projections were for 100k boxes total – lifetime, that is – and the game would last 6-9 months. When the game launched, there was no way to contact support in-game. As soon as they added that ability, the queue was in the thousands. That didn’t leave the GMs much time for creating events.
John’s favorite story is a classic as well. A blacksmith named John Henry figured out that every time you crafted an exceptional item, it added +1 damage to the blacksmith hammer. He’d build up a stock of +50 hammers with one durability point apiece and run around dungeons one-shotting people and yelling “I’m a steel-drivin’ man!”
There’s plenty more of these stories to come – hope you enjoy them!
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| Ultima Online received GDC Hall of Fame Award | |
| Posted on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 7:53 PM EDT by Andrasta (NetworkNews) |
Ultima Online received GDC Hall of Fame Award Many know Jeremy Preacher as a former Community Manager at Ultima Online. While her path has taken her on to other projects, we asked if she would contribute her input as she attended the GDC Online Awards as a guest writer for Stratics. Ultima Online has garnered a lot of attention lately with good reason. We'd like to thank Jeremy for giving us a glance at the evening: By Jeremy Preacher
Website: neighborlygames.com The huge auditorium is dim and half-full - it’s party night at GDCO and a lot of folks have gone to fortify themselves against the inevitable free drinks. The people who did show up are suspiciously well-dressed for game developers. I’ve taken care of the queso-and-margarita requirement early, and I’m ready with pen and paper to do this the old-fashioned way - tipsy and in shorthand. The Game Developers Choice Online Awards are a brand-new spinoff of the long-running Game Developers Choice awards. The Hall of Fame award, specifically, is awarded by the advisory committee itself - and it’s probably a testament to the justice of the award that four of the eleven members work or worked on UO, and another is an old-school Ultima designer. There are a few awards before the Hall of Fame award presentation. There are no runners-up or anything, which makes sense when I see the logistics involved in the acceptance. First Mythic’s General Manager, Eugene Evans, comes up to start things off. Eugene was my boss for part of the time I worked there - he’s a sweet, sincere guy, and knows his business. He says, "It’s an honor to be the current torchbearer of this bright flame burning for 14 years." He mentions that UO is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the Longest Running MMORPG. The man everyone was expecting to see, Richard Garriott, is in... Kuala Lumpur. (Hey, at least it’s not space!) He did record a video congratulating everyone on the award, to be played in his absence. In the video, he’s wearing a very Lord-British-esqe black button-down with embroidered cuffs (what, it’s an awards show! I have to talk about the clothes.) He modestly (and accurately, from what I understand) disclaims credit in favor of Starr Long and Raph Koster. Next up are the aforementioned luminaries as well as Rich Vogel, who was the producer starting about seven months before launch. Starr Long is credited as the director. Raph Koster, of course, was the lead designer. Starr’s wearing a jacket and tie - and plaid pants. He’s dapper, but still a game dev. They line up neatly and take the mic in turn.Rich wants to thank Chris Yates, who was a VP of Technology at EA at launch. He also says what everyone I talked to all week agreed on, that running that first year of UO was "the wild, wild west." Raph: "Wow." He lets that hang there for a minute. He talks about bringing his daughter in a baby carrier to the office - "Now she’s a teenager and doesn’t want to talk to me." He also says, "For me, it’s about the stories people tell. The people who got married." He was at a guild conference, and there were kids there younger than the game. "It’s great to make a game and know that it really touched people’s lives." Starr sounds like he’s seen an awards show or two, and reels off a list of thank-yous - he thanks Richard Garriott, Larry Probst, Rick (doesn’t give a last name - maybe Zinser?) the players, including Rainz, who assassinated Lord British and "showed us the players were in control," all the devs who came after, his parents, his wife, and his baby daughter, who he brought in a baby carrier "to complete the cycle." They then formally recognize all the producers of UO:- Rich Vogel, launch and The Second Age- Bryan Walker, Third Dawn and Renaissance- Rick Hall, Lord Blackthorn’s Revenge- Anthony Castoro, Age of Shadows and Samurai Empire- Jessica Lewis, Mondain’s Legacy- Aaron Cohen, Kingdom Reborn- Calvin Crowner, Stygian Abyss and High Seas. Nearly all of these people are in the audience, but for one or two who couldn’t make it. All of them are still active and influential in the video game world. They ask everyone in the audience who worked on the game to stand up. About a quarter of the crowd does. They ask everyone who played the game to stand up, and it’s closer to three quarters. It’s a quick visual representation of just how much influence UO has had on the industry. These are the people giving awards and winning them in online games, and the vast majority were touched by UO early on in their careers. They close on a video of the really important part - players talking about the game. Everyone loves to tell stories of the good old days, even when those stories involve "being mugged in-game!" Over the next couple of days, we’ll bring you some of those stories from ex-UO players and developers who are still active in the industry - stay tuned!
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| Three Million Links!?!? | |
| Posted on Saturday, August 21, 2010, 7:02 AM EDT by Watchertoo (NetworkNews) |
| This just in from Stratics Central:  Three Million Links! Yesterday we received this news from TGN-Stratics central: Hi team, Last night we cleaned almost 3 million page links on Stratics forums! Before
http://vboards.stratics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2 After
http://vboards.stratics.com/mmog-general-discussion/ You will now see English in the links instead of random numbers :) Don't worry, all the old links work and automatically redirect to the new, clean links. Please let Petra or a moderator know if you find any bugs!
If you see anything that seems amiss in the links or on pages, please contact a Stratics staff member! |
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| EverQuest II is Going Free-to-Play | |
| Posted on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 6:08 PM EDT by Watchertoo (NetworkNews) |
| This just in from Stratics Central: EverQuest II is Going Free-to-Play TGN Stratics got a first-hand interview today with Dave Georgeson, the EverQuest II senior producer. You can find everything you need to know about EQ2 free-to-play directly from the source HERE. |
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| Examining “The Game Net” with George Vanous | |
| Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010, 2:38 PM EDT by Andrasta (NetworkNews) |
Recently very early one morning last week I had the pleasure of interviewing George Vanous.... Please make yourselves comfortable......for the next few minutes we will visit with George Vanous, President and CEO of THEGAMENET. George has recently become the new steward of our Community Fansite, “The Stratics Network”. "Welcome George. Thank you for taking some time to answer a few questions for us." "Much can be understood by the fantasy lives that we create. Many of us invest a great deal of time to project ourselves as we wish to be seen here. In some worlds the look of our avatars, the towns, alliances and guilds we create and the deeds that we are judged by give clues to the anonymous person behind the keyboard. " From the Halls of Befallen to the Lair of Nagafen,
We have fought in many battles that most have never seen!
First to fight for Right and Justice and to our Hearts be True!
We are Proud to claim the title of Mighty Phoenix Dragoons!  Siuan Saidar To find out who this might be please listen to the complete interview here: George Vanous Interview on YouTube In hindsight I would schedule such a conversation a bit later in the morning and make sure I'd had at least one large cup of coffee before proceeding. It is my very first audio youtube interview. I hope you enjoy getting to know George a little better. Andrasta TGN Stratics |
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| E3 2010 Live: TGN Interviews from E3 Now Available | |
| Posted on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 1:33 PM EDT by Watchertoo (NetworkNews) |
This in from Stratics Central:  E3 2010 Live: TGN Interviews from E3 Now Available While at E3 2010, our TGN partners interviewed key members of today's gaming community. Please click on a title below to view that interviw. Congratulations to the TGN staff on these outstanding interviews! There will be more to come so check back often! |
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| Stratics Announces Merger with TGN | |
| Posted on Thursday, May 20, 2010, 1:51 AM EDT by AirmidCecht (NetworkNews) |
Stratics Announces Merger with TGN
Submitted by George on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 10:53.
May 19, 2010 - Stratics.com announces its merger with TGN (thegamenet.com) and welcomes its new CEO, George Vanous, and its new vision.
Stratics is the site that started it all 13 years ago and has built its brand delivering quality game guides and news for top MMOs like Ultima Online, Lineage 2 and World of Warcraft. THEGAMENET works closely with EA (Electronic Arts), Frogster, Funcom and a growing list of top game companies to create large game communities and platforms for popular games like Aion and League of Legends.
The next 12 months will see the most concentrated launch of multi-million dollar budget MMOs in the history of computer games. To capture this audience, the new TGN Stratics begins a development initiative today that will combine Stratics forums, news and databases with TGN wiki, toolbar, music and video platforms.
The vision: A "Create your own Fansite" button.
Stratics will not change in any way - it will continue to launch new communities, like SWTOR, and actively improve its existing forums, news and databases.
George Vanous, who brings 10 years of development and business expertise from Microsoft, Cisco and Ask.com, shared his thoughts on the merger:
"Stratics has an incredibly loyal and friendly community, some active for more than 5 years! Our goal is to grow this community with better technology and tools that allow all gamers to contribute to Stratics and even create their own fansites. The same tools we use to create Stratics communities will become available to all gamers allowing them to create their own fansites in the Stratics family."
The merger will bring over 1 million new gamers to Stratics from high-value TGN wikis like Evonypedia.com and the League of Legends Wiki (leagueoflegends-wiki.com), as well as 1080p HD YouTube game channels around popular games such as Age of Conan and StarCraft 2. A dedicated team of senior developers will join the existing Stratics team to build the next generation TGN Stratics.
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For further information, please contact
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| Stratics and IGG Team Up To Offer A 26'' Samsung Monitor And Tales of Fantasy Closed Beta! | |
| Posted on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 3:33 AM EDT by AirmidCecht (NetworkNews) |
Stratics and IGG have teamed up to offer our users something special this month! One grand prize winner will win a Samsung T260HD Touch of Color HDTV LCD Monitor and anyone who enters this contest will receive exclusive access to the closed beta for Tales of Fantasy, the newest MMO from IGG!
About Tales of Fantasy
Tales of Fantasy is a massive 3D Fantasy game centered on inter-faction warfare with an immersive history and storyline. The game promises to be highly fun to play, even having the option to tame a wide variety of different beasts. And to top of it off, the engine has impressive graphics - an amazing feature considering it's free! Yes, that's right - Tales of Fantasy is a free to play MMO!
Some of the main features include:
Mounted Combat System
With a diverse collection of mounts available, TOF features a meticulously designed mounted combat system. Players can attack while perched atop their favorite mounts.
Real-time Horse Racing Competition
For those racing fanatics out there, TOF has even incorporated a Horse Racing system. Players can use their mounts to race other contestants across a designated racecourse passing through various locations in the world of Elterra. Do you think you have the best mount out there? Does it feel like your opponent's mount is always just slightly faster than yours? Now's the time to find out!
Special Offer For Stratics Users
Just as an additional thank you to our loyal users, Stratics users who signup for beta will receive a free in-game exclusive mount!
You can view and download Tales of Fantasy videos from the IGG website at http://tof.igg.com/download/video.php
Grand Prize
One lucky participant in the Tales of Fantasy beta event will win a Samsung T260HD Touch of Color HDTV LCD Monitor!
This HDTV monitor is beautiful inside and out. It features our stunning Touch of Colorô design and 1080p digital HDTV tuner for the highest resolution images. Youíll also experience a vivid, realistic picture with the incredible 10,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. The T260HD has a 25.5" screen, supports Dolby Digital Surround and has dual HDMI inputs (in addition to DVI and VGA). The monitor also has lower power consumption than other monitors in its class, making it more economical and ecological to use. Combined with its beautiful design, the T260HD is unlike any monitor you've ever seen.
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| Pirates of the Burning Sea House of Commons September 24 4pm PDT/7pm EDT | |
| Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008, 11:01 PM EDT by *zigzag* (NetworkNews) |
| Pirates of the Burning Sea Stratics and Stratics IRC are happy to bring you another great House of Commons with the Pirates of the Burning Sea crew! Please join us this Wednesday, September 24th at 4pm PDT/7pm EDT for a great hour of questions and answers with our friends from FLS. Scheduled guests for this House of Commons are CEO Russell "Rusty" Williams, Producer Michelle "Misha" Williams, Lead Designer Kevin "isildur" Maginn, Game Designer David "Taelorn" Hunt, Director of Community Relations Troy "Aether" Hewitt, and Community Specialist Tom "Rhaegar" Atkinson-Edwards. You can connect to one of our IRC servers through the use of your favorite IRC client or you can visit our downloads section to choose a client. Connect to irc.stratics.com port 6668 or choose a server listed below that is closest to you: - stratics.frws.com USA - Colorado 6667 6668 7000
- irc.glowfish.de EU - Germany 6667 6668
- stratics.afraidyet.net USA - Texas 6667 6668
- irc.gamers-irc.org USA - Colorado 6667 6668 7000
Once connected, join the #straticshoc channel and you'll be able to submit your questions to the assigned question taker. You can also join us any time in #burningsea on Stratics IRC for general chat about Pirates of the Burning Sea. |
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| Web Developers Wanted | |
| Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 7:55 PM EDT by *zigzag* (NetworkNews) |
Ever wanted to work in the game industry? Well now is your chance: Stratics is currently hiring Web Developers! Stratics is your gateway to opportunities within the Massively Multiplayer field. Many of our staff move on to well-paid positions within respected development houses. Now is your opportunity! Applicants should have the following skills: - Drupal CMS
- vBulletin (create and/or add plugins via the plugin system)
- php 5 with OOP
- Basic HTML
- Basic Ajax
- Ability to make, modify, and add java scripts
This is a paid position. Interested applicants should email: [email protected] and include a copy of, or link to, your resume and any applicable references. About Stratics:
Stratics (www.stratics.com): Founded in Sacramento, California during the Autumn of 1997, Stratics became the world's first content-driven Massively Multiplayer network. Begun as a personal homepage dedicated to Electronic Art's "Ultima Online", Stratics has grown over time into a sprawling treasure trove of information and community services dedicated specifically to interactive persistent world environments. Stratics currently serves millions of unique monthly visitors and provides official site and forum hosting to multiple Massively Multiplayer development houses. Begin your endeavor today! |
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| Scheduled Forum Downtime Friday, July 11 | |
| Posted on Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 10:49 PM EDT by *zigzag* (NetworkNews) |
We will be bringing our forums down Friday, July 11th 2008 to import restored user data initially lost in May. The following was posted in our Forum Announcements: "On Friday, July 11th our message forums will be taken offline for approximately 48 hours while we restore the data we were able to pull from the old database and merge it with the existing data. The restoration will begin at about noon EST on Friday.
Users whose accounts were recovered from the old database will have those accounts merged with the current existing account, if the username and the email address match. For those of you who created alternate usernames we will be able to merge your restored account with your new account after the restoration has been completed.
If you have any questions or need any assistance with your account please email [email protected] or use the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of the forums." While we apologize for the inconvenience, we are at the same time very happy this scheduled downtime is occuring as it means we are returning to normality! |
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| Stratics Reports From WWI 2008 In Paris - Diablo III Video, WotLK Facts, and Much More | |
| Posted on Sunday, June 29, 2008, 6:24 AM EDT by *zigzag* (NetworkNews) |
J.R. 'Eldorian' Cook, our WoW Stratics Managing Editor, delivered a few megs' worth of info from the Blizzard World Wide Invitational overnight and we've got some great stuff to share with you! First, you'll want to catch the two Diablo III videos we've posted on this link. You'll want to watch these again...and again! Eldorian has also sent some fantastic images ranging from scenes of Paris to some sneek-peek shots of WotLK gameplay. These images can be seen in our WWI 2008 Gallery. You can find the rest of the newly posted information from the WWI by following the links from this page, and also be sure to keep up to date by reading the news posted on WoW Stratics! |
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| Stratics Exclusive - Interview with Earthrise Art Director Nikolay Stoyanov | |
| Posted on Saturday, June 28, 2008, 12:42 AM EDT by *zigzag* (NetworkNews) |
Stratics is proud to present the first in a series of behind-the-scenes interviews with some of the key players behind the sci-fi, post-apocalyptic online RPG Earthrise, Masthead Studios' premiere MMO project. The Bulgarian-based production and development team for Earthrise envision a game where their players will not only be entranced by a richly detailed storyline brimming with drama and adventure but also where these players are plunged into an immersive and visually stunning world rife with dangerous realms teeming with creatures both fantastic and horrific, and vast cityscapes bustling with advanced technology all set in the bleak future of our planet Earth. The first to sit down with us is Nikolay Stoyanov, Art Director for Earthrise and head of the team responsible for ensuring that this vision follows through from the rough, yet beautifully rendered concept artwork to a polished final product that tantalizes eyes and imaginations alike.
Read the full exclusive interview and check out this exclusive concept art on this link! |
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| Dev Chat HoC 1/21: Pirates of the Burning Sea | |
| Posted on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 11:14 AM EST by Joshua Rowan (NetworkNews) |
Please join us on Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, for a House of Commons chat with the developers of Pirates of the Burning Sea. The chat will begin at 5pm PST /7:00pm CST /8:00pm EDT in the #StraticsHoC channel on Stratics IRC. You can connect to one of our IRC servers through the use of your favorite IRC client or you can visit our new Downloads section to choose a suitable client. Connect to irc.stratics.com port 6668 or whichever server is closest to you: You may also connect through our handy Java link which may be found right here. You must have Java installed to use this which can be downloaded from the Java homepage. How to ask questions at the chat: Type /msg [QT]NICKNAME and your question. Please send questions only to the QT's (moderators) because questions sent to anyone other than the QT's will not make it into the lineup. Flying Lab members in attendance are projected to be: - Producer John Scott Tynes
- CEO Russell Williams
- Lead Designer Kevin Maginn
- Content Director Jess Lebow
- Troy "Aether" Hewitt.
We hope to see you there! Kayhynn
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| WoW Stratics Winter Veil Giveaway! | |
| Posted on Tuesday, December 25, 2007, 6:02 PM EST by Watchertoo (NetworkNews) |
We have received this from our Network News Staff at Stratics.com: WoW Stratics Winter Veil Giveaway! Winter Veil is upon us and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a murloc.... Wait, that doesn't rhyme! So what do a murloc, Winter Veil, and WoW Stratics all have in common? Nothing really, WoW Stratics is giving away FIVE cards with redeemable codes on them for a Murloc Suit for Winter Veil this year. That's right, these are the same cards that were given away to Blizzcon 2007 attendees this past year. In addition to the Murloc Suit, each card contains a beta key for a future unannounced Blizzard game. Does it really get any better than that? I don't think so. So how do you win one of these very rare and sought after prizes? Glad you asked. - Step 1: Compose a letter from your World of Warcraft character to Greatfather Winter on what he/she wants for Winter Veil this year.
- Step 2: Login to your forum account (or if you don't have one Register here for your free account)
- Step 3: Make sure on your account that your email address is recent and active - This is important if you win and want your prize!
- Step 4: Reply to my post (Eldorian) on this contest thread with your letter to Greatfather Winter. Note that in order to enter you MUST hit reply ONLY on the first post. If you reply to someone elses post you will not be entered. You will only be allowed to enter once.
We will then randomly select the five users who meet the above criteria. On Friday December 28, 2007 we will then email those 5 winners based on their email accounts they have listed in their profile asking for their mailing address so we can send them their prize. Please add [email protected] to your safe sender list so this does not get sorted out by your spam filter. The winners once confirmed will be announced. If you have any questions please feel free to ask them in the forums or email [email protected] . For rules to this contest and all the legal mumbo jumbo click here. 
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| Stratics Forum Avatars have gotten BIGGER | |
| Posted on Thursday, December 6, 2007, 7:58 AM EST by Joshua Rowan (NetworkNews) |
In case you haven't noticed...Stratics Forum Avatars have gotten BIGGER. That's right. We've increased the file dimensions for avatars to 100x100. Be sure to check it out and upgrade your avatars today! Enjoy!
~~Kayhynn
Stratics PR Coordinator. |
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| Lord of the Rings Online Developer Chat: NOVEMBER 12 | |
| Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007, 5:28 PM EST by Joshua Rowan (NetworkNews) |
Please join us on Monday, November 12, 2007, for a House of Commons with the developers of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar at 5:00 PM Pacific / 8:00 PM Eastern in the #StraticsHoC channel on Stratics IRC. You can connect to one of our IRC servers through the use of your favorite IRC client or you can visit our Downloads section to choose a suitable client. Connect to irc.stratics.com port 6668 or whichever server is closest to you: - stratics.frws.com port 6668, USA - Colorado
- stratics.afraidyet.net port 6668, USA - Dallas
- irc.glowfish.de port 6668, EU - Germany
- irc.gamers-irc.org port 6668, USA - Colorado
- irc.us.glowfish.de port 6668, USA - St. Louis
You may also connect through our handy Java link which may be found right here. You must have Java installed to use this which can be downloaded from the Java homepage. During the chat, we'll be discussing general topics with the developers, and general chat will be in our IRC channel #lotro before, during, and after the House of Commons. We hope to see you there! |
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| Twelve Sky House of Commons Chat Monday, Oct. 21 | |
| Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2007, 6:22 PM EDT by Joshua Rowan (NetworkNews) |
Please join us on Monday, Oct. 21, 2007, for a House of Commons chat with the developers of Twelve Sky. The chat will begin at 5pm PDT /7:00pm CST /8:00pm EDT / 12 am UTC/GMT in the #StraticsHoC channel on Stratics IRC. You can connect to one of our IRC servers through the use of your favorite IRC client or you can visit our new Downloads section to choose a suitable client. Connect to irc.stratics.com port 6668 or whichever server is closest to you: - stratics.frws.com port 6668, USA - Colorado
- irc.gamers-irc.org port 6668, USA - Colorado
- irc.glowfish.de port 6668, EU - Germany
- stratics.afraidyet.net 6668, USA - Atlanta
You may also connect through our handy Java link which may be found right here. You must have Java installed to use this which can be downloaded from the Java homepage. How to ask questions at the chat: Type /msg [QT]NICKNAME and your question. Please send questions only to the QT's (moderators) because questions sent to anyone other than the QT's will not make it into the lineup. We hope to see you there! Kayhynn |
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| HoC With the Developers of EverQuest Online Adventures 10/17 | |
| Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2007, 9:22 PM EDT by Watchertoo (NetworkNews) |
| We have received this from our Network News Staff at Stratics.com:  House of Commons With the Developers of Everquest Online Adventures Please join us on Wednesday, Oct 17, 2007, for a House of Commons chat with the developers of Everquest Online Adventures. The chat will begin at 5pm PDT /7:00pm CST /8:00pm EDT/1am UTC/GMT in the #StraticsHoC channel on Stratics IRC You can connect to one of our IRC servers through the use of your favorite IRC client or you can visit our new Downloads section to choose a suitable client. Connect to irc.stratics.com port 6668 or whichever server is closest to you: - stratics.frws.com port 6668, USA - Colorado
- irc.gamers-irc.org port 6668, USA - Colorado
- irc.glowfish.de port 6668, EU – Germany
- stratics.afraidyet.net 6668, USA – Atlanta
You may also connect through our handy Java link which may be found right here. You must have Java installed to use this which can be downloaded from the Java homepage. How to ask questions at the chat: Type /msg [QT]NICKNAME and your question. Please send questions only to the QT's (moderators) because questions sent to anyone other than the QT's will not make it into the lineup. General chat relating to Everquest Online Adventures will take place before, during, and after the chat in room #everquest. We hope to see you there! |
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| Stratics Is Looking For YOU! | |
| Posted on Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 8:31 AM EDT by Joshua Rowan (NetworkNews) |
Interested in joining the Stratics Network Team? Then read on! Did you know that Stratics is staffed completely and totally by volunteers? Yup. That's correct. Everything we do here is voluntary and without pay. Many times we hear complaints about how things aren't up to date or things need to be changed.
Did you know that YOU could help these changes to come about? That's right. You can. Volunteer some of your time each day or week to bettering the site you love and want to continue using for years to come.
Stratics covers many games, some you may know, some you may not know. Perhaps you're looking to work on a game we are not covering yet. You can do that too.
Each month we will be posting this help wanted information with the positions needed most for various games and their requirements. Some games have very specific requirements, others don't. If you don't see your game listed but would like to contribute and be on staff to do regular work, go ahead and submit an application and tell us what game and why you wish to help.
CONTENT EDITORS
Content Editors are being sought for the following games: Everquest II, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Star Wars Galaxies, Tabula Rasa and World of Warcraft. Lineage II also seeks specialized content editors (See below).
Content editors should be able to make sure that content sections remain up to date, create new content and be willing to complete assigned tasks in a timely manner. They should also have the following abilities:
-A decent knowledge of HTML
-Good grasp of ingame concepts and ideas
-Able to work independently to gather sources to update or create data
-A love for writing and the ability to convey instructions in an easy to understand manner.
Lineage II seeks the following Specialized content editor/writer positions:
Content Editor - Section Maintenance
Section Maintenance is there to make sure our various sections remain up to date (Like PvP, 7 signs, FAQs, etc.) and to help make new sections.
- Have good knowledge of HTML
- Good grasp of ingame concepts
- Able to work independantly to gather sources for updated data
Lore Specialist
As a lore specialist you would be assisting Stratics on various currently unannounced projects to make sure every bit of Lineage II Lore is exposed.
- Have a passion for ingame lore
- Have patience to dig through quests and npc dialogue piecing together the lore
Feature writers/columnists
As a feature writer or columnists you would be writing features or columns about your favorite subjects or chosen subjects, these would then be put up on Stratics.
- Have a good grasp of the english language
- Passionate for writing
Graphics Artist
Its no secret that Stratics is probably the least graphical of all site (but we more than make up for that in content), we want that to change and thats why we need you. Your job would be to make graphics for various old and new sections (such as banners, logo's, images, etc), you would also act as a graphical adviser for us.
- Have an excellent grapsp of image editing, banner making, logo's, etc.
- Be creative, independant and able to work on graphics with little or no input.
Translator - Korean
With all the latests developments happening in Korea we need someone who is able to translate korean to english (no babblefish doesn't count ).
- Able to translate korean to english
- Optionally have access to the korean servers
WOW Stratics is also specifically seeking content editors that would focus on instance and quest guides.
NEWS REPORTERS
News reporters are being sought for the following games: Everquest II, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Star Wars Galaxies, Tabula Rasa and World of Warcraft. Star Wars Galaxies is looking for galaxy specific reporters as well to report on events going on on their galaxy.
News reporters should be able to make sure that news remain up to date, by posting official news, going out and gathering interviews, or posting links and summaries to interesting dev posts that they discover while viewing the official sites and forums. They should also have the following abilities:
-A decent knowledge of HTML
-Good grasp of ingame concepts and ideas
-Able to work as a team with fellow reporters
-Knowledge of where to find official news and forums
-A good grasp of the English language, including grammar and spelling.
FORUM MODERATORS
Forum moderators are needed for both Ultima Online and Tabula Rasa. Ultima Online is looking for moderators especially to moderate Spiels and Rants as well as U.Hall Off Topic Forums.
Moderators should have a good idea of the Stratics ROC, should not have caused problems in the past on Stratics, and do not allow the petty attacks by people who do break rules to get under their skin.
To apply for any of these positions email the appropriate game party listed below: Everquest II: http://www.stratics.com/php-bin/cron/siteapp.php?inst=eq2 Lineage II: http://www.stratics.com/php-bin/cron/siteapp.php?inst=lineage2 Pirates of the Burning Sea: http://www.stratics.com/php-bin/cron/siteapp.php?inst=potbs Star Wars Galaxies: http://www.stratics.com/php-bin/cron/siteapp.php?inst=swg Tabula Rasa: Email info found in the normal apps above directly to [email protected] Ultima Online: [email protected] Other: Just fill out application and leave area blank or select another game you have interest in. We look forward to working with you to make Stratics better. |
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| HoC With the Developers of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar 10/08/07 | |
| Posted on Friday, October 5, 2007, 8:33 PM EDT by Watchertoo (NetworkNews) |
We have received this from our Network News Staff at Stratics.com: Please join us on Monday, October 8, 2007, for a House of Commons with the developers of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar at 5:00 PM Pacific / 8:00 PM Eastern in the #StraticsHoC channel on Stratics IRC. You can connect to one of our IRC servers through the use of your favorite IRC client or you can visit our Downloads section to choose a suitable client. Connect to irc.stratics.com port 6668 or whichever server is closest to you: - stratics.frws.com port 6668, USA - Colorado
- stratics.afraidyet.net port 6668, USA - Dallas
- irc.glowfish.de port 6668, EU - Germany
- irc.gamers-irc.org port 6668, USA - Colorado
- irc.us.glowfish.de port 6668, USA - St. Louis
You may also connect through our handy Java link which may be found right here. You must have Java installed to use this which can be downloaded from the Java homepage. During the chat, we'll be discussing general topics with the developers, and general chat will be in our IRC channel #lotro before, during, and after the House of Commons. We hope to see you there!
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| Forum Registration Now Working | |
| Posted on Friday, September 21, 2007, 4:00 PM EDT by Watchertoo (NetworkNews) |
We have received this from our Network News Staff at Stratics.com: Forum Registration Now Working Since the move to the new forums, users that tried to sign up for accounts may have noticed that they never received a verification email for their new account. This was due to a glitch when we moved which has now been resolved. If you have not received a verification email by now, feel free to go ahead and re-register your account. You should receive the email within a few minutes. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused users. Thanks for understanding.
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| Everquest Online Adventures HOC - Tuesday 9/18 | |
| Posted on Monday, September 17, 2007, 10:12 PM EDT by Joshua Rowan (NetworkNews) |
Another HoC announcement from the Network Team: Please join us on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, for a House of Commons chat with the developers of Everquest Online Adventures. The chat will begin at 5pm PDT /7:00pm CST /8:00pm EDT / Midnight UTC/GMT in the #StraticsHoC channel on Stratics IRC. You can connect to one of our IRC servers through the use of your favorite IRC client or you can visit our new Downloads section to choose a suitable client. Connect to irc.stratics.com port 6668 or whichever server is closest to you: - stratics.frws.com port 6668, USA - Colorado
- irc.gamers-irc.org port 6668, USA - Colorado
- irc.glowfish.de port 6668, EU - Germany
- stratics.afraidyet.net 6668, USA - Atlanta
You may also connect through our handy Java link which may be found right here. You must have Java installed to use this which can be downloaded from the Java homepage. How to ask questions at the chat: Type /msg [QT]NICKNAME and your question. Please send questions only to the QT's (moderators) because questions sent to anyone other than the QT's will not make it into the lineup. General chat relating to Everquest Online Adventures will take place before, during, and after the chat in room #everquest. We hope to see you there! Kayhynn
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