[DarrylTheHitman]

This Week At MudWorld
Volume 1, Issue 12

- MudWorld Gets a Facelift
Thanks to Jason Teixeira Babo, a staffer originally
from MudCenter, MudWorld has gotten a new look! This
new design is the first time that MudWorld has ever
had a professional designer work on the site. In
addition, the search engines were updated and MudWorld
now has over 1500 pages of content. Check out the new
MudWorld today! You can check out more of Jason's
work soon when opens.



- Immortal University
Immortal University is holding a creative writing
contest. Submissions will be accepted between July 1st
and July 24th. If you are interested, please refer to the
first link below for the contest rules. If you have any questions,
comments, or additional ideas, then please post them
via the second link below.





- Three year anniversary for Anarchy Online!

Special anniversary campaigns, three year statistics,
in-game parties -
Durham, USA — June 25, 2004 – Funcom is proud to
announce that Anarchy Online is turning three years old on
June 27th! Through the years, Anarchy Online has
evolved to become the highest ranking sci-fi MMORPG on
the market, a feat made possible thanks to the
commitment and feedback from our players. Today,
Anarchy Online is a highly profitable and thriving
online game, and Rubi-Ka has turned into an incredible
planet, almost breathing and taking on a life of its
own.

“Anarchy Online is a groundbreaking game in every
sense of the word” said Funcom’s CEO Trond Arne Aas.
“Not only were we the first sci-fi MMORPG on the
market, we have also been at the very forefront of
MMOG design, graphics, audio, customer service,
community and distribution solutions. Seeing the
achievements and improvements Anarchy Online has gone
through, it’s safe to say that our game has
contributed a lot to the genre as a whole.”

To celebrate this considerable landmark, Funcom is
initiating several different anniversary events:
Current players of Anarchy Online can look forward to
in-game parties with lots of prizes from Funcom,
Alienware, and ATI. We will also launch a special
Shadowlands upgrade offer for only 9.95 USD / EUR, as
well as giving away three 30-day game keys to all
active subscribers.

For all new players Funcom launches a 9.95 USD / EUR
offer on the Deluxe version of Anarchy Online, while
including free game time until September 1st,
2004. This means that new players avoid all
subscription fees until the launch of Anarchy Online -
Alien Invasion!! This offer lasts until August 1st.

As Anarchy Online is entering its fourth year as a
live service, Funcom remains committed to the ongoing
development and improvements of the game. Funcom will
keep delivering impressive expansions and constant
enhancements, while continuing to lead the way with
creative solutions and fun game play. On September 1st,
Funcom launches “Anarchy Online – Alien
Invasion”, the next expansion pack. The best Sci-Fi
MMORPG is about to become even better!

Some interesting Anarchy Online statistics:
* More than 3 million characters have been created.
* More than 700,000 players have registered with a
credit card.
* Over 2 million Anarchy Online clients have been
distributed.
* The ARK volunteers and Funcom employees have
answered over 1 million in-game petitions, in addition
to e-mails. Customer service is important.
* Anarchy Online covers 480,000,000 square meters of
land, in addition to dynamic dungeons. That’s 5
billion square feet or 185 square miles.
* The depth and possibilities in Anarchy Online are
immense. There are more than 4000 spells, more than
160,000 items, and over 500 unique creatures with
several thousand variations.
* An average player spends 21 hours a week on Anarchy
Online or three hours a day.
* 46% of the players in Anarchy Online play as
Omni-Tek, 46% play as Clans and 8% are neutral. Over
85% of the players in Anarchy Online have played both
sides.
* The average age of a player in Anarchy Online is 27
years. 85% are male vs. 15% female. 40% of the
characters are female! In general, each player can be
seen as 50% achiever, 30% explorer, 15% PVP and 15%
socializer.
* An astounding amount of content has been added
through free updates for active players, excluding
retail expansion packs. No other MMO-game has
delivered more subscription-included content than
Anarchy Online.
* Funcom was the first MMOG publisher to offer a free
tryout download. Since the launch of the 7-day free
trial in 2001, hundreds of thousands of copies have
been downloaded.
* Anarchy Online has received more than 20 awards
since launch, including “MMO of the year 2001” in PC
gamer US, “Expansion pack of the year 2002” in
Computer Gaming World and “Outstanding Achievement in
Art Direction 2003” at IGN’s RPGvault. The average
review score of Anarchy Online Shadowlands, the latest
expansion pack, is 87 of 100 after some 70 reviews.



- Mud Staff Resource Page
Ever thought it would be nice to have some type of
gamer job service? Ever wanted to post your
availability to work on a game to the world? Ever
needed to hire someone and did not have any idea where
to start? Perhaps you should visit the Mud Staff
Resource Page. The MSRP has been a leading source for
game job postings in this community since 1998. It is
free to use and keeps records for up to two years.

Game administrators can post job openings. Game
staff can post their availability to work. Hosting
services can advertise themselves to visitors. There
is even a command help file dictionary if you would
rather find already-written help files instead of
writing your own from scratch. All of this without
any memberships or catches! Check out MSRP today and
tell your friends!



- Free Advertising on Internet Radio
MudWorld is offering free Internet radio advertising
to those who mention this ad. You must create a 15
second or less advertisement in MP3 format at a
bitrate of 128/44kb in stereo. Advertisements will be
played on the automated stream at
and during certain live
programs. You can submit commercials via the form
located at as
well as see what has been submitted and download them
for yourself.

[Ntanel]

If you are partaking in the ImmU contest, then let the games begin!  The form is ready for submissions.