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SOE's Fan Faire Backstage Blogger Contest [General News]
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Have you ever wanted to see what Fan Faire is like behind the scenes? SOE is hosting a contest to hire four individuals to get a chance to find out. The SOE Fan Faire Backstage Blogger contest is going on now through June 28. Winners will recieve: One Bloggie™ Touch camera featuring HD MP4 video capture, 12.8MP still photos and 3.0"touch screen, plus a 360° video accessory, works with iMovie® (approximate retail value: US$199.99) One 2011 Fan Faire All-Access Pass (approximate retail value: US$129.00) Head on over to the SOE community page for full details on how to enter. Winners will be notified on or around July 1. Good luck!
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SOE Awards 2011 G.I.R.L. Scholarship [General News]
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Alicia Crawford of La Quinta, Calif. has won Sony Online Entertainment's 2011 Gamers in Real Life (G.I.R.L.) Scholarship! The game art and design student at the Inland Empire’s Art Institute of California was awarded the $10,000 scholarship to use toward her tuition and other educational expenses. She has also accepted a 10-week paid internship at SOE’s headquarters in San Diego where she will work on one of the company’s titles. First awarded in 2008, the G.I.R.L. scholarship was created by SOE to encourage students toward career paths in the creative and applied arts, with the ultimate goal of developing video games that are more interesting for women to play. For more information on the scholarship, visit the official G.I.R.L. site and follow the program on Facebook and Twitter . Congratulations Alicia!
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Tune in for the SOE ZAM Fan Faire Webcast [General News]
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Tune in to the Sony Online Entertainment Stickam channel today, June 23 at 4pm PDT / 7 p.m. EDT! SOE will be broadcasting a 20-minute live stream Fan Faire Webcast. The special guest of the evening will be ZAM's own Calthine , Senior Content Manager of our EverQuest II, Free Realms and Rift sites. Head over to the SOE forums for the full webcast announcement! UPDATE: In case you missed the webcast, here's the video!
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Downtime - June 24, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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UPDATE 1:15pm PDT : The US, JP and RU servers have already been updated. All FR, UK and DE servers are estimated to come down at 3pm PDT / 11pm GMT. All servers will come down for an update at 7am PDT (3pm BST / 4pm CET) on Friday, June 24, 2011. U.S. servers are expected to be down for one hour. International servers should expect a two hour downtime. The new Leaper and Glider mounts will be included in this update. Continue reading after the jump for the full patch notes. INTRODUCING LEAPER AND GLIDER MOUNTS! New mounts have been added to EverQuest 2! Leapers – mounts whose powerful jumping abilities will help you cover vast amounts of distance with each vault, are available to players beginning at level 30. Players interested in obtaining a new mount should seek out Saldas Rubbleground in Butcherblock Mountains. His expedition has found some mysterious fossils in the cliffs, and he could use the help of some strong adventurers to help him in h ...
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Featured Guides: Leaper and Glider Mounts [EverQuest II]
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Two new types of mounts were introduced to the game today: Leapers and Gliders. Leapers can spring high into the air, allowing players to cover a respectable distance between each jump. Gliders can also leap to a lesser extent, but their wings will catch the wind and sail, tip and climb at your command. Adventurers and Crafters alike are offered quests to obtain these new mounts. The Leaper quests are available starting at level 30 and the Glider quests at level 60. Help protect and salvage these strange creatures and earn their trust! To aide your journey we have two new quest guides: Leaper Mounts and Glider Mounts ! Continue after the jump to see a video showing off the two new mount types in action. The first mount shown is the Glider; the second is the Leaper.
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ZAM's E3 Roundup and Best of Show Award [General News]
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E3 has come and gone, and we learned a lot during our time at the Los Angeles Convention Center. While we invite you to browse through all of our E3 coverage , we wanted to point out some of the highlights from the convention. You'll find all of our original features and a list of other noteworthy announcements after the jump! We'd also like to take this opportunity to present En Masse Entertainment and TERA with our Best of Show Award ! As we explored TERA's political system , the demo shined as the most polished one we saw at the convention. Expanding the role of politics in-game will create a whole new dynamic for players, and we believe TERA holds a lot of potential for its North American audience. We'll definitely be keeping our eye on this game as we wait for details on the testing and launch schedule. Keep reading below for our E3 roundup! ZAM Features TERA's Political System in Action : During our time at Masse Entertainment's impressive TERA booth, we ...
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Qho's Misadventures! [EverQuest II]
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Qho Augren has made a permanent impression upon many of being the brattiest child that Norrath has ever seen. Hailing from the Village of Shin, he nagged us time and time again to bring him back a multitude of harvests whenever we returned to him. The most recent Gathering Obsession quest had a unique twist however: Qho became a pet that follows us around! I'm sure many people had fun jumping off of cliffs or battled the nastiest of beasts with him in tow, but I saw the opportunity to teach Qho more about harvesting... and the world beyond. Qho has now visited a wide variety of places with me, posed for many pictures and even provided a point of amusement as unsuspecting players on my server have hailed my Qho pet over and over, likely wondering why he didn't give them a quest. I've had Qho as a pet since before I related the first story of his Brewday Adventures . A good deal of time and two world events have passed since then and Qho has stood steadfastly by my side throughou ...
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Hotfix - June 14, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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All U.S. servers will come down for a hotfix at 7am PDT on Tuesday, June 14, 2011. The expected downtime is one hour. The Splitpaw server will have its hotfix at 5am London Time on Wednesday, June15 , 2011. Estimated downtime is 2 hours. A two hour SOE maintenance will also begin at 7am PDT on June 14. This may cause forums and other account services to be temporarily unavailable. View the full patch notes after the hop. GENERAL Fixed an issue preventing players from climbing certain climbable walls. Fixed an issue with elevators taking incorrect paths. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Fixed a bug where merchants and bankers would show as broken or overmatched encounters. Great Divide Cliff striders and living glaciers in Storm Gorge are no longer quite so difficult to kill. Halldor Brewbeard, Thurgadin Harbor's Bartender, now recognizes the"Stein of the Alesmith"and“Stein of Recollection” allowing owners to now bind thems ...
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SOE Fan Faire Guide! [General News]
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Have you registered for Fan Faire yet? It's less than a month away, and that means it's time for my annual Fan Faire Tips! This is stuff I and other Fan Faire veterans have learned attending past Fan Faires and other conventions. All this may mean nothing if you're the type who can toss a change of undies in a bag and be good for a week, but me, I've always been an over-planner. Getting there: If you're flying, be sure to check the current FAA regulations on what you can and cannot carry. There are, for example, some odd rules about extra laptop batteries. Check your departing airport's website for how early you need to be there: if you miss the window you might arrive without your luggage. Once in Vegas, plan on a couple of hours to get from the plane to your hotel. I recommend you catch a shuttle to the hotel. It doesn't matter which one - they all cost about the same, $15 or so. Buy a round trip-ticket, because it's cheaper that way and all you' ...
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Fan Faire Tournament Practice [EverQuest II]
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This year's EverQuest II Fan Faire tournament will be a one-shot run at a new Aether Race course in the Great Divide. Through 11pm PDT on Thursday, June 9, players can login to either Test or Test Copy and practice the course! As announced on the EQ2 forums: If you're attending Fan Faire 2011 and plan to participate in the EQII Tournament, then you'll want to log in to Test or Test Copy server and practice on the tournament course...available for a limited time only! This week we'll be showing off the Great Divide Aether Race at E3 in Los Angeles, and this is your shot to do a few laps ahead of time and learn the ins and outs! The course was activated on Monday morning, June 6th, and will be available until around 11:00 PM PDT on Thursday, June 9th. Don't miss out! Once we deactivate the track on Thursday, you won't have another chance to see it until Fan Faire, where you'll get just one shot at making a top score. Good luck, and break a gear nozzle...or somethin ...
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