Yearly Archives: 2009

WoW: frustration brings teen to threaten suicide

Middletownjournal.com reported the following news a few days ago:

A 17-year-old Fairfield Twp. teen pretended to be suicidal when he became frustrated with an online video game, Fairfield Twp. police reported.

According to officials, the teen was arrested Monday, Dec. 29, for inducing panic after patrol officers and medics responded to the boy’s home in the 3000 block of Pimlico Court. The charge is a first-degree misdemeanor.

The teen was having an online conversation with a representative of Blizzard Entertainment, an online video game company, when he typed that “he was suicidal and that the game is the only thing he has to live for,” according to the report.

The company representative called 911.

The juvenile told police it was a joke “to try to get what he wanted for the game,” according to the report. He was then handcuffed and placed in a patrol car. The boy was released to his father.

The boy is scheduled to appear in Butler County Juvenile court on Tuesday, Jan. 6

Angels Online: Sunken Ruins in Atlantis Preview

Located to the south of the Blue Ocean, the Sunken Ruins are always quiet and mysterious. The water temperature is extremely cold here.
Because it is remote, even the warm current which runs through the whole of Atlantis each year doesn’t arrive here. Today, the Angels Online team from IGG is very happy to give a brief introduction to this lonely land of death for all players.

After the splendid city of Atlantis sunk, the Sunken Ruins became am under water ruins in which the broken walls secretly tell such stories about their past resplendence. The murky water makes it difficult to clearly view those destroyed statues. The far-flung seaweed covers the buildings with a green covering and gives a sense of timelessness.

No traces of human presence can be found here, and the monsters here have become very fierce. They are giant and aggressive to everyone nearby.

Rage Shark: These fierce monsters are always ready to attack players nearby. Because of their hard shells, they possess extremely high defense. It is better for players to attack them in a team.

Angel Fish: Their elegance always deludes players. Pay attention! They possess defensive abilities as high as Swordsmen. Their attacking abilities even rival those of Mages.

Bottle Mermaid: Migrating from the Blue Ocean, they are as beautiful as the Angel Fish. However, they are hostile towards strangers because they have lived here alone for such a long time.

In order to rebuild the past resplendence and continue the culture of Atlantis, an exploration team from the Iron Castle has arrived here and to work hard in this terrible environment. At the entrance of the map, there was an explorer called Elite. He has a preliminary understanding about the local creatures and the water situation.
However, he was annoyed by those fierce Rage Sharks. If players help him out when they pass here, Elite will greatly appreciate your efforts.

At the other end of the map, several merchants always hide and collect super equipment made during the glory of Atlantis and now left here. They try manufacturing brand-new weapons with those equipment pieces. It is said that weapons made by them are better than the top ones in Atlantis. Players should work hard if they want to buy a weapon or equipment from them.

Face of Mankind

Face of Mankind is a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) Action RPG in a single persistent universe. You will control a single character in the science-fiction game world.

 

Once installed on your PC you will have access to an ever changing game environment via your internet connection. Thousands of players throughout the universe co-operate, compete or co-exist in a realistic and futuristic world of the 24th+ century.

 

 

The skill and luck of the players from rival factions change the balance of power. Players have full control over their gaming experience by creating their own rules, faction hierarchy and story. The objective of the game is to evolve your character to its ultimate potential, whether that is the accumulation of wealth, power, social status or all three.

Soldier Front Review: Like CS With Fun Features

By Vincent Haoson, Onrpg Writer

Soldier Front is a tactical MMO First-Person Shooter from Dragonfly. You get to choose between a variety of characters that have roots to real-life world famous elite soldier groups. Go head-to-head with other players around the world either solo or in a team. You can also get to choose from a variety of guns based from real-life weapons used by these soldiers.

Ten-hut!

In Soldier Front, you have the choice of becoming a soldier from the different elite groups such as the American, Delta force and Force Recon, The British GIGN and SAS, Israel’s GSG-9, Australia’s ARTC, Germany’s SPETSNAZ, Korea’s KSF and ROKMC and the enigmatic SRG, SF’s own version of an elite group of international soldiers.

Whatever unit you choose in SF, you can buy equipment such as gloves, pistol holster, helmet, extra armor and more. The equipment you buy has an attribute bonus such as prevention from headshot, increased accuracy and the like. You can also buy weapons in SF that can be your default weapon in the duration of your play. Most of the guns you can buy in SF are based off real-life weapons. You can buy submachine guns like Uzis, MP5s, P90s, rifles such as the golden AK-47S, TYPE89 and the G343. Sniper rifles and machine guns are also available. Besides the primary weapons, you can also buy secondary guns which are pistols and shotguns. You can also buy grenades, flash bangs and smoke grenades that would be your main weapons in your battles in the future.

Like most First-person shooters, there are different game modes where you can enjoy SF online. Different modes include, Single Battle, Team Battle, Clan Battle, Team Deathmatch and Capture the Captain. In single battle mode, the objective here is to be the first one to reach a certain amount of kills that is set by the room master. Whoever reaches the kill point wins.

Team battle mode is more tactical in nature. There are various operations where the room master can choose with each operation has its own goal. In blast operation, the red team’s goal is to set up a bomb on a target while the blue team would have to defend and eliminate the red team. Capturing operation on the other pits the red team on acquiring a certain item that is defended by the blue team. Flee operations however is different in because red team members would need to reach a certain area and the blue team must prevent the red team from doing so.

Lastly, the dual operation of SF is its equivalent of Capture the flag. Both teams have a certain item that they would need to defend, their objective here is to bring the other team’s “item” and bring it back to their base.

Clans are the in-game community in SF. As part of one you can take part in Clan wars, think of it as the same as team battles but this time you are with your clanmates.

Team Deathmatch is more like the single battle mode in SF but in this mode you get to choose to be part of either the red or blue team. The objective is basically simple, all you have to do is kill the opposing team and meet the kill point requirement of 100 to win.

Lastly, the Capture the Captain Battle mode in SF is a variation of the Dual operation of SF. The goal of this battle mode is to kill the other team’s captain, which is randomly generated every round. Whoever eliminates the other side’s captain wins.

Comments

SF took the elements that made network-based FPS shooters so addicting and clothed it into a MMOFPS. You have fast paced action, a nice set of game modes and even customization that other FPS doesn’t have.

A lot of the elements found in FPS are quite reminiscent of Counter Strike, the controls, the weapon categories and even the game missions have one way or another reminded me of my CS hay days. The fact that the game does feel like you’re playing CS can be good and bad, good is that CS has been one of the better FPS available in the gaming market when it comes to military-style shooting games, bad because SF can feel so generic that some players would rather go online with CS than spend their time playing SF.

The generic ‘feel’ of the game will be the biggest problem most players would face. But that doesn’t change the fact that SF is indeed a fun game to play.

There are a lot of little extra game features that can make your SF experience a bit fun. For example, when you are killed by another player more than five times, that player will become part of your “hit list”. Being part of a player’s hit list entitles you to see a chicken icon over the other players head and that you can see in your line of sight where the player is. This may seem unfair but I bet you that if you experienced being killed by the same guy for five times and more, fairness is thrown out of the window and the satisfaction of exacting revenge would be your top priority.

It is true that SF is a fun game to play, but there are some aspects of SF that can really bug you. One reason is the fact that the lag issue is at play here. Lag can definitely kill your SF experience metaphorically and in-game. Playing a lagging game in SF can irritate even the most level-headed players especially when you die unexpectedly or that you when you eat the bullet of another player that was supposedly dead.

Another let down in SF is that some of the maps can be quite boring as you continue on playing. Thankfully the developers do include updates once in a while so that your SF experience would never get boring.

With a game this addicting and the possibility of having more in-game weapons, equipment and items that will be released in the succeeding months to come, SF can be a nice MMOFPS that players can fall in love with.

Pros:

– Simplistic and easy to learn controls

– Large trove of weapons to choose from

– Realistic elements especially when shooting

Cons:

– The game feels to generic

– Customization only includes the equipment you wear

– Maps can be quite a drag

Earthrise: beta applications open

Masthead Studios is excited to announce that Beta Applications for Earthrise, the post-apocalyptic, science fiction MMORPG, are now available to players. We invite everyone to complete an application for a chance to join the developers in this exploratory stage of Earthrise and to take an early peek into the world of Enterra Island.

If you want to know more about Earthrise, you can read the interview we recently made with the developers!

Wonderland Online: The Next Level-Bow

Players in Wonderland Online have many great weapons to choose from, but for primary players, the best choice has got to be the Bow. Different from all other weapons, the level for Bows will not exceed 36, but it has many more advantages than other weapons.

Advantages in depth

Absolutely destroys a target’s defense. It can damage an enemy’s armor and then win the fight. The best bow is the Crescent Bow+3 whose attribute is to add both ATK and SPD. For newbies, the Bow is the perfect weapon to upgrade.

Bow Types

Short Bow ATK+3 SPD+1 Level 4
Great Bow ATK+4 SPD+2 Level 6
Pretty Bow ATK+5 SPD+3 Level 8
Hunter’s Bow ATK+5 SPD+3 Level 10
Long Bow ATK+7 SPD+5 Level 12
Great Long Bow ATK+8 SPD+6 Level 14
Pretty Long Bow ATK+8 SPD+6 Level 16
Meniscus Bow ATK+11 SPD+9 Level 20
Wing Bow ATK+12 SPD+10 Level 22
Sun Bow ATK+13 SPD+11 Level 24
Cursed Crossbow ATK+14 SPD+12 Level 26
Blessed Bow ATK+10 SPD+18 Level 28
Crescent Bow ATK+10,SPD+10,+24% Critical.

Related Skill: Arrow Rain
Where to learn: Calcutta
Quest: Mysterious Indian elder
Description: AOE. Kills all targets by raining down a barrage of countless arrows. It’s useful when doing quests or collecting dropped items.

Representative Pet
Kanako, Weapon: Bow

The human pet Kanako has her own special bow, but she will be most powerful after equipping the Crescent Bow+3.

Bow Compounding Suggestions

Bow level less than 8: Low level wood + Rock
Bow Level 10-16: Lauan Wood + Iron Ore
Bow Level 20: Great Thorn Stick + Fire Boots
Bow Level 22-26: Dragon Staff + Wood/Grass + Wolf Tooth

Saga of Ryzom: prices announced

The Ryzom’s team has recently made an announcement about their future plans regarding the game, including monthly fee prices:

For the month of January you will still be able to enjoy playing the game of Ryzom for free.

As you will be aware Ryzom cannot develop and prosper as a “free to play” game forever, and therefore we have released Ryzom’s New Pricing structure as follows. I am sure you will be pleased with the new prices.

Former rates tariff:

1 months || 12.90 EUR || $ 14.99 || £ 8.49
3 months || 35.70 EUR || $ 40.50 || £ 22.89
6 months || 59.40 EUR || $ 76.26 || £ 43.26

New rates tariff :

1 months || 7.95 EUR || $ 10.95 || £ 7.75

3 months || 22.50 EUR ( 7.50 EUR / months ) || $ 30.75 ( $ 10.25 / months ) || £ 20.95 ( £ 6.98 / months )

6 months || 41.95 EUR ( 6.99 EUR / months ) || $ 56.95 ( $ 9.49 / months ) || £ 39.75 ( £ 6.63 / months )

12 months || 77.95 EUR ( 6.50 EUR / months ) || $ 105.95 ( $ 8.83 / months ) || £ 73.75 ( £ 6.15 / months )

Myth War II: Tips for Being a Billionaire

Last week, the folks behind Myth War II just revealed some tips for earning money in this game. Today they will continue to present more tips. Once a player knows the secret, it would not be a dream to be a billionaire in the fun game.

Fast Money Wins 3: Treasure Map
There is a treasure map sold at Hunter House in Woodlingor. Get that map and you’ll see there is a spot marked on the map. This spot indicates where the treasure is hidden. Get out there and get started, that treasure isn’t going to find itself! Besides the treasure, you will also get a good deal of experience and new treasure map pieces. After stringing these pieces together, you will discover a new treasure map and will dig out a necklace that is worth a king’s ransom.

Fast Money Wins 4: Guild Quests
You are well on your way to becoming rich after joining a guild. There are always some daily quests available for you to do. You can do these quests fives times a day, but you must complete them in 9 rounds to win money and experience. Also, you will have a chance to receive some mysterious income generating quests as well.

Fast Money Wins 5: Challenge the Fire God
You can team up with your game pals to kill the Fire God and get gear or other prizes. You can keep the gear you’ve won or sell them to make money. One warning, the Fire God is no pushover. Be advised, you’d better team up with a high level Female Human to complete the quest.

Fast Money Wins 6: Participate in these 4 events
These events are more suitable for players at Level 60 with a mastery of some high-level skills. They are known as the Enemies at Gates, Treasure Grabbing, The Test and Behind Enemy Lines.

You can complete these quests every day, for details check out when they are accessible at Luna’s Palace. Among them, Treasure Grabbing is the easiest. All you need to do is keep digging to find more treasure. By being a part of the other three events, you will receive valuable prizes, like high level classy gems or the fabled Armor of Dreams.

Alien Adoption Agency

Using state-of-the-art browser based gameplay you can hop on and battle your way to the top, go for a relaxing stroll in our meandering herb gardens, kick back for some fishing, perhaps gamble away your life savings at our fully stocked casino. If that doesn’t get your juices going there’s plenty of human abduction, if you’re into that sort of thing. Nothing to download, A3 is playable from any browser including cellphones and PDAs.

Wind Slayer: Closed Beta Beginning January 7

Outspark, a leading entertainment services company that publishes and operates massively multiplayer online games, announced today the closed beta test for its newest game, Wind Slayer. Between January 7th and 14th, players will have a chance to embark on a hero’s journey through hundreds of quests and intense battles to earn experience, treasure and prestige.

The testing period offers participants the elite opportunity to be one of the first to experience Wind Slayer in its entirety.
Participants will also provide Outspark with valuable feedback that will be used to further refine the game before its wider release later this year.

“Outspark offers rides for every type of thrill seeker coming to play in our virtual playground,” stated Susan Choe, CEO and founder of Outspark. “Wind Slayer’s character customization and multiplayer options combined with its side scrolling style and simple controls make the game a perfect fit for all gamers wanting to enjoy a fun-filled crusade with friends they meet in the Outspark community.”

Set on the beautiful continent of Beuritania, Wind Slayer invites adventurers to travel a diverse land filled with everything from beautiful, grass covered meadows and mountaintops to curious villages, dark caves and even an underwater city. Along the way players gain skills, weapons and experience as their characters grow stronger and choose one of the game’s six exciting classes – Warrior, Archer, Mage, Rogue, Monk and Priest.

Additional Wind Slayer Features Include:

Hundreds of in-game items to customize your character
Powerful skills and deadly combos to battle foes
Hundreds of engaging in-game quests
Intense multiplayer battles with up to 20 simultaneous players
Beautiful fantasy worlds and captivating visual effects
Engaging community features including chat, trade, guilds and more

Wind Slayer is scheduled to be available to a wider North American audience during an open beta launch in February.