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Perpetuum planning tourney, treasure hunt for first anniversary

Jef Reahard — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:00:00 EST

Filed under: Sci-fi, Events, in-game, MMO industry, News items, Perpetuum, Sandbox

Perpetuum turns one year old this week, and the devs at Avatar Creations are celebrating in style. A new blog entry brings word of an anniversary weekend complete with a competitive PvP tournament and a not-so-competitive treasure hunt.

The tourney happens on the weekend of December 3rd, and it's open only to corporations (few solo players could afford the 10 million NIC entry fee anyway). In terms of format, the event is a 16-team ladder elimination affair, and the first 16 corporations to mail in their registration fee will be accepted (the deadline is November 27th).

If your group isn't up for bloodletting and robotic mayhem, you can join in the PvE treasure hunt and obtain plenty of loot rewards for your trouble. Check out the official Perpetuum website for more details and the full list of tourney rules.

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Celebrate Hello Kitty's birthday in Hello Kitty Online

Eliot Lefebvre — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:00:00 EST

Filed under: Events, real-world, Events, in-game, News items, Free-to-play, Hello Kitty Online, Family

Hello Kitty is 36 years old, which should be the sort of thing that makes everyone blink once or twice in surprise. With that sort of pedigree, you'd be surprised not to see a celebration going on -- especially in Hello Kitty Online. Sure enough, there's a huge birthday bash going on right now for players of the game, and participation in the event will have some positive effects in the real world. Sanrio is giving money to charity, based in part upon how many people take part in the birthday festivities.

Players taking part will be sent around the world with sparklers to help cheer up monsters, so that everyone can enjoy the birthday celebration. There's also a small line for upgrading and improving sparklers for maximum effectiveness, with upgrades available in the item shop as a shortcut for participants. A full event guide has been posted, and it promises a special in-game event on November 15th -- which should be an excellent motivator for Hello Kitty Online players to log in and ring in another cat-filled year.

Gallery: Hello Kitty Online birthday event

Celebrate Hello Kitty's birthday in Hello Kitty Online originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Wizard 101 celebrates their first birthday with a month of events

Seraphina Brennan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:00:00 EST

Filed under: Fantasy, Contests, Events, in-game, News items, Free-to-play, Casual, Kids, Wizard101

Most online games just do a single event for their birthday and then let it pass by. You might get an in-game item or two, but that's about it. But this isn't how Wizard 101 and Kingsisle Entertainment run things. No sir, they're doing a month full of events, and they want everyone to participate!

This September is Wizard 101's first birthday and new events will be made available throughout the month. Right now, it seems that only two events (join their Facebook group for a in-game pet and a screenshot contest where you can win a poster signed by the development team and 10,000 in-game crowns) have been made available. Yet, there's still 2/3rds of a month left and 4 more events to unveil, so stay tuned to the Wizard 101 site for all of the information!

And happy birthday Wizard 101!

Wizard 101 celebrates their first birthday with a month of events originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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One Shots: One heck of a party

Krystalle Voecks — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:00:00 EST

Filed under: Fantasy, Screenshots, Lord of the Rings Online, One Shots

The parties have been all over the place in MMOs lately; lots of anniversaries and birthdays! This particular image was taken from the recent parties in Lord of the Rings Online by RandUlfr from the Laurelin server. Apparently there were far too many party-goers for the occasion, which caused a wee bit of a problem, as RandUlfr reports in: [This is] a picture taken outside the West-gate of Bree. All those people are, infact, stuck there, as am I. The Birthday Event caused the server to overload and crash. Ah, the wonder of a birthday! Must have spilled some of that Dwarven ale on the servers.

Why not join the fun and send in your own screenshots to be featured here on One Shots? We can always use more to pick from. Just email them to us here at oneshots AT massively DOT com along with your name, the game its from, and whatever other information you'd like to give us. We'll post it for everyone to enjoy and give you the credit.

Gallery: One Shots

One Shots: One heck of a party originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 28 May 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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