Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate the Holiday, and Happy Holidays to those of you who don’t! Here’s to a great 2009, which will hopefully bring us all good games, good news and better times for everyone!
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With the end of the Christmas season in sight, Tales of Pirates (http://top.igg.com/ ) continues to hold lots of events for their players. In addition to the 3 program events , there are still several to look forward too.
Ever stripped away the wrapping paper to reveal something less exciting than you expected? Holiday gifts that don’t meet with expectations are nothing new, but now you can do something about it. Join us in the Christmas event and win the rewards you want.
Event I: Christmas Ceremony of Drawing Lots
Event Duration: During the Christmas holiday
Event Rules
1. GMs will post a riddle for players in the World Channel.
2. Players can submit the answer in the World Channel to join the event. The one with the right answer will be teleported to the GM’s.
3. The player will obtain a gift from the GM after arriving. The player will then have a choice, whether to trade a Christmas Greeting Card to draw lots with the GM.
4. If the player wants to do the trade, they can participate in drawing lots.
5. The GM will then open a Level 55 Chest of Enigma. The entrant should guess what is in the chest before it is opened. Players can guess from among a weapon, arm wear, feet wear, and armor. If the player guesses correctly they will obtain the item from the chest. The GM will announce the winner’s name through the system notice and send out Christmas wishes.
Event II: Island Prison Fighting— National Treasure!
Event Duration: From December 22nd to December 25th EST (GMT-5)
Event Rules
1. A GM will appear at Spring Island after the start of the event. Players can go to find the GM to register.
2. The GM will then teleport the entrants to the Island Prison after registration.
3. After arriving at the event location players should wait in the safe area for the GM’s instructions.
4. The GM will announce the start of competition after notifying everyone of their location through the system announcements. All entrants should set out to find the GM. Entrants will be confronted with senior monsters along the way, but they should escape from the attack and get to the GM’s location as quickly as possible.
5. PVP is allowed on the way to the destination.
6. The GM will set a stall at the destination. The winner is the first one to arrive at the GM. The winner can then buy a Chaos Chest at the shocking price of 1 gold.
7. The GM will also give away the Entry Prize to entrants after the competition.
Included in the special events, are the brand-new Island Prison map that will soon be launched for all players to enjoy. Also, there is fantastic new apparel set available just in time for Christmas!
For more Christmas events and Tales of Pirates info, please visit their official website: http://top.igg.com/ .
Except for the Gold Box, there are still 3 other Boxes in Wonderland Online (http://wl.igg.com/main.php). Players must complete several different quests to get these keys. Additional rewards will be given to players after finishing all the quests.
Key of Red Box*3
1.
Quest: Easy Mission (Shading Puppet Lord: Earth, Level 160, HP: 35000; Small Shading Puppet Lord: Water, Fire, Level 70, HP: 1xxx)
Target: Villager in Kyoto market
Condition: None
Rewards: Key of Red Box*1, Star*1
2.
Quest: Helios (1st round: Ayatollah: Fire, Level 90, HP: 27850; Yatumu Guardian: Water, Fire, Earth, Level 70, HP: 12350) (2nd round: Ayatollah: Fire, Level 90, HP: 27850; Messenger’s Guard: Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Level 130, HP: 13000)
Target: Villager in Kyoto market
Condition: None
Rewards: Key of Red Box*1, Cyan Devil’s Spar*1
3.
Quest: Take it easy!
Target: Villager in Holy Village
Condition: It costs 20,000 Gold
Rewards: Key of Red Box*1
Red Box Location:
1) The 2nd cave on the left of Oslia Island
2) The middle cave in Japan
3) 1st Underground Pathway in Japan
Key of Green Box*2
1.
Quest: Inchon Vendor
Target: Inchon Vendor
Condition: Costs 20,000 Gold
Rewards: Key of Green Box*1, Cyan Devil’s Spar*1
2.
Quest: Female Doctor Chang Jin
Target: Chang Jin or the ill boy
Condition: It costs 10,000 Gold and the Oh! Ginseng! quest should have been done.
Digital Eel Opens Up The Brainpipe!
A Psychedelic Endurance Run Through Your Third Eye!
BRAINPIPE, from the wild and weird minds of Digital Eel, is a game about transcendentalism, unhumanity, ganglia, and Jonathan Winters. It is a game that answers the question, “If Timothy Leary had designed a computer game, what would it look like?” Unfortunately it does not answer the question, “Why do drive-up ATMs have Braille keypads?”
BRAINPIPE is a mindblowing virtual trip through your subconscious, rendered in bedazzling three dimensions and made possible through your computer. Using a one click interface and rated 33.13-TOXIC on the Pangborn scale, Brainpipe commands you to navigate the twisted passages of the mind in your ultimate quest to awaken your inner self and become more than human.
Experience your mind’s eye from the first person perspective, swooping through its glowing neon tunnels (who knew the subconscious looked so much like Las Vegas on acid?) while collecting glowing glyphs and avoiding dangers that will shatter your psyche and unleash the dreaded brain drain–whereupon your skull implodes. Imploding skulls are usually never enjoyable, so try to avoid the bad things, ‘kay?
Published by Shrapnel Games (and as publisher we feel it is our duty to warn you that after prolonged exposure to Brainpipe many testers found that reality was a pale shade of what Brainpipe offered, creating an addiction that was only kept in check by seeing if their previous high score could be beat) BRAINPIPE is available as an immediate download for Windows. Fear not Mac users, with your much cooler television commercials (Mojave experiment? Really Bill, that’s the best marketing billions of dollars buys you?), a Mac version is in the works and will be available soon.
Of course all this talk about glowing glyphs, navigating your mind, and Jonathan Winters may be leaving you going, “Hunh?” Or perhaps, “What?” Maybe even, “Corn flakes!” So strap yourself in, grab the demo, and let the Brainpipe flow! Download it by heading on over to the BRAINPIPE game page.
BRAINPIPE can be purchased for only $14.95 from the Shrapnel Games online store, the Gamers Front. Trip the light fantastic within minutes of purchase!
For more groovy gaming from Digital Eel be sure to check out www.shrapnelgames.com, home to their award-winning galactic funhouse, Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space. You’ll also find their complete catalog of freeware titles to enjoy, along with an entire catalog of the best independent strategy gaming on the ‘net. From fighting the entire Pacific War in about three hours in the recently released War Plan Pacific to fighting twenty other players for godhood in Dominions 3: The Awakening, there’s something for everyone at Shrapnel Games, independent publisher of fine titles since 1999.