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Sun 04, 2008 - 4:21 PM - by Brain
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The Entropia Chat IRC Network was founded in 2004 by Faustian, BI4dE, & Skyrider. This is the Entropia Universe first and only player owned and operated IRC network.
It has continued to grow over the years to be regarded as the place for real-time information about the happenings within Entropia Universe. Now, Entropia IRC boasts 17 seperate channels for Entropia Universe discussion, or just general friendly banter!
Even EntropiaReality has a channel on there - "#ER".
So why not drop in and say hello to your fellow EntropiaReality users in real-time chat!
Entropia Chat can be acessed via the IRC link towards the top of this page, or by using any IRC client and visiting "irc.entropiachat.net".
We look forward to seeing you there! |
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» EntropiaReality Donations |
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Tue 04, 2008 - 10:44 PM - by Brain
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EntropiaReality would be greatful to anyone who wishes to donate to help pay towards Server and Software costs.
Any donation, no matter how small, would be greatly helpful, and appreciated.
Kind Regards,
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» Tibet Protest March |
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Mon 04, 2008 - 4:17 PM - by Brain
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Tibet Protest March
On Wednesday the 9th of April, at 18:00 MA time there will be a protest march for Tibet. We are walking from Port Atlantis to Billy's. Please do not have weapons or armor on during this march, as it's a peaceful statement. If you get killed, you get killed (think of it as being arrested).
Let's show the world that EU-players care for the world affairs!
So again, meet at PA, 9th of April at 18:00 MA time.
-"Shadow-Ale"
Discussion [HERE]
I appeal to anyone who can spare some funds to create an ingame advertisment, the more people that march the better.
-Brain
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» The Fabled IPO |
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Fri 12, 2007 - 3:13 PM - by ER Official Avatar 08
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The Fabled IPO
By now I’m sure everyone has heard that MindArk is exploring an IPO on the London Stock Exchange. Should it happen, it will surely be a windfall for MindArk and the original investors behind it, namely Bridge Investment Network. In 2005 when Bridge sunk 30M SEK (~$4M at the time) into MA there was a promise that it would eventually go public, making the 900 members of Bridge a handsome return.
Because of assorted financial regulations, much of MA’s plans are still confidential and lots of things need to be determined. There is no value set yet for the IPO. Here is what we know. MA currently has 11,463,500 shares outstanding to employees and investors. In Q3 2007 they made a net profit of .25 SEK/share. This translates in to 2,865,875SEK (~$445KU/€304K) net profit for the third quarter. Let us compare with, say, Activision. They made ~$535K profit in a recent quarter. 33,787,000 PED were deposited in Q3, or, $337,870. In contrast, 6,696,000 PED ($66,960) were withdrawn.
MA reports it’s equity per share as 4.77kr. This would make MA valued at about 45.7M SEK or about $8.5M. Compare this to Activision’s $7.6B or even the much smaller Take Two’s $1.26B market cap, and you can see that MA is a tiny company. However, an IPO is just the sort of thing that allows a tiny company to propel itself into the spotlight and grow. MA has listed acquisitions as one of its prime motivators for an IPO. It will be very interesting to see what sort of acquisitions they have planned.
So what does this all mean to you, the player? Well, it’s not clear. An influx of cash (and best of all, not cash players are providing) could be very good for the company. We all know that the development and support staff are lacking. Lag seems to tell us that the server horsepower is lacking as well. If MA suddenly had a few extra millions to work with they could and hopefully would address some of these issues. The idea of MA getting money from somewhere other than the player’s pockets certainly sounds good on the surface, but it all depends on how it really works out.
For now all we can really do is wait and speculate. Rest assured that the ER crew will be following developments of the potential IPO very closely.
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» Introducing the new EntropiaReality News Team |
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Sun 11, 2007 - 8:10 PM - by Brain
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Introducing the EntropiaReality News Team
The EntropiaReality community continues to expand and diversify, the forum will grow to accommodate the increasing flow of free information. We pledge to present you with relevant, un-bias reports and information regarding the events and happenings taking place within and relating to Entropia Universe.
So without further ado, it is my pleasure to introduce you to the new EntropiaReality reporters.
ER Official Avatar 08
Hello all. I've been playing EU for about 2 years. In that time I've gained some decent skills, gathered some decent gear, and made some good friends. I've also seen the 'game' and the 'universe' change a lot. There have been ups and downs, but EU is still my addiction.
As a reporter on ER what I hope to do is explore things from a fair and balanced perspective. Not everything I write will be pro MA or pro 'popular players' as is the rule on some other 'community' sites. I will however endeavor to be as fair and truthful as possible.
The one thing I will not be truthful about is my real identity. I will say that I am a male, and I am from the United States. Beyond that I look forward to trolling the conspiracy theory section as people guess who I am. I'll probably even participate. ;)
SuicidePrincess
My ER reporter code name is SuicidePrincess and I am looking forward to contributing to this forum in such a manner as reporting. Many of you do know who I am on both this forum and “other” known forums. For what I can tell you I am a veteran of nearly 4 years so my experiences with MA, the Community and Game Play itself is varied. For all its flaws I still like this game, but it doesn’t mean those flaws should be hidden and forgotten.
That being said my feelings are irrelevant to what I hope to be giving the community. I aim to honestly collect and regurgitate information to the community along with clear headed interpretations of the facts. I may not cover all forms of interpretation, but thats really cause I am human and I just hadn't thought about it that way. I am also not one for much “fluff” reporting. So though I do enjoy fun reporting at times, I do not feel that is what this role should be about.
With that I leave you all with the mystery of who I really am, but I hope that really doesn’t impede with my opinions or have the community to think less of the information brought to you by myself and ER Official Avatar 08.
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