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Yesterday we reported on En Masse Entertainment's policy when it comes to IP blocking and region-locks for its upcoming TERA MMORPG. While the company's decision to keep users from Asia, Africa, Russia, and the Middle East off its American servers isn't particularly unusual, it is curious in the wake of several previous statements to the contrary.

It turns out that En Masse said it wouldn't engage in foreign IP blocking four separate times via its TERA Twitter account before reversing course with its support post over the weekend.

Is the new policy going to prevent you from playing TERA? Tell us what you think!

[Thanks to Stilllove for the tip.]

[Update: En Masse has responded with an official explanation of the changes. We've included the full statement behind the break.]

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Lawsuits notwithstanding, TERA's North American debut is but a few short months away, and En Masse Entertainment probably has plenty of things on its pre-launch to-do list. One of those things is publicizing its policy on region-based IP blocking, and the firm did just that via a recent update to its support website.

The firm will block IP addresses based on region, and Asia, Africa, Russia, and the Middle East are currently included on the company's block list. "While we appreciate that there are players in these regions who would enjoy playing on En Masse servers, it's unfortunate that the vast majority of internet traffic we see from these regions is from cyber-criminals relating to account theft, gold-farming and other hacking behavior," the company says.

En Masse will not initially block proxies, but "a proxy or server host will be blocked if it becomes a popular tool for criminal behavior," according to the release.

[Thanks to Stilllove for the tip!]

[Update: En Masse has responded with an official explanation of the changes. We've included the full statement behind the break.]

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Trust is a rare commodity in EVE Online. Many players are drawn to the game by the fact that almost any form of deceit, betrayal, and outright treachery is allowed in EVE. Not all players head down this path, of course, but plenty do. This element of risk is what makes the game exciting, but even those who are wary of the online personas of some EVE players may still find themselves getting backstabbed and robbed, or worse. Many in EVE have learned to profit from the misfortunes of others. However, this social environment has created certain opportunities for individuals who are able to establish their credibility over time, and through great effort.

Among the most trustworthy in EVE Online is Chribba, a player who's very active in the community and provides a number of services to EVE fans, free of charge. Helped by Chribba's efforts, EVE Online has expanded into a game where players become auteurs, creating videos and sharing their in-game pursuits with others, either for their own glory or their organization's propaganda. Of course, his contributions don't end there, as most everyone in the EVE community knows. Massively recently caught up with Chribba and asked him to share a bit about what he does for the EVE player base, and why he does it.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>alliancealtaltsbpoccpccp-gameschribbacommunitycommunity-spotlightescroweveeve-community-spotlighteve-fileseve-onlinefeaturedinterviewsjoystiqfeaturesmothershipomg-labsotherworld-enterprisesproxypvprepreputationsci-fisolotitanvolunteerwardecMon, 30 Jun 2008 13:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Second Life on an iPhone]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/13/second-life-on-an-iphone/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/13/second-life-on-an-iphone/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/13/second-life-on-an-iphone/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , ,

At first glance, this looks like Second Life running on an iPhone, but this is not the case. Instead, it's more of a SL-by-proxy sort of situation, where commands being entered through the iPhone interface are transmitted to an actual SL session running somewhere. There is a slight lag to the proceedings, which any resident of SL will be well familiar with.

Is this tech demo interesting in anything more than an academic way? If you could access SL through an iPhone remotely like this, would it be worth it? What if you could run World of Warcraft like this somehow -- would you? At what point is going mobile more trouble than it's worth?

MassivelySecond Life on an iPhone originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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