Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:

• Get Your 15% Black Friday Bonus Starting Now!
• The Release 11 Grand Tour Quest Reward
• R11 Grand Tour POI: Swamp Scene
• Chris Spears’ R10 Perspective
• Edelmann Pledge Reward: Birdbath Decoration
• 4-Pack of Prosperity
• Through the Lunar Rift
• Last Chance Exclusives
• Flexible Placement Stretch Goal: Greenhouse and Garden Shed
• Alienware Sponsors $20 Pledge Upgrade Coupon
• Upcoming Events

Get Your 15% Black Friday Bonus Starting Now!

Last year our Black Friday Promotion ran for 6 days. This year you get 8 weeks to take advantage of our Black Friday 15% Bonus! Here are the details:

For all new purchases (including pledges, pledge upgrades, add-on items, player owned towns, and stretch goal items) between 12:00 am CST October 10, 2014 and 12:00 am CST December 2, 2014, we will add an additional 15% bonus to your Store Credit! You can use your Store Credit toward any additional purchase (including pledges, pledge upgrades, add-on items, and player owned towns).

[NOTE: The 15% bonus is calculated every day at 1:00 pm CST and added to your Store Credit account; Store Credit cannot be applied toward stretch goal items]

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Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:

• Release 10 Perspectives
• Q4 Schedule
• Duke’s Custom Avatars
• Lord Marshal’s Coronated Helmet
• Pledge Rewards: Nightshade, Mandrake, and Garlic Reagents
• Bitcoin Accepted Here
• Fandomania Interview: Starr Long on Watch Collecting
• Pen of the Avatar
• Alienware Sponsors $20 Pledge Upgrade Coupon
• Upcoming Events

Thanks to community member mordor59 for sharing this image on the Release 10 Screenshot Gallery forum

Release 10 Perspectives

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Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:

• Play Release 10 Now and Get Your Cavalier’s Hat
• Release 10 In-game Community Events
• Chris Spears’ Video Guide to Release 10
• SotA Quick Reference Card by Stile Teckel
• SotA Greenlit for Steam in Record Time
• Navigator Pledge Reward: Novia Map Atlas
• Citizen Pledge Reward: Windmill Power Generator
• Lord British and Blackthorn Celebrate UO’s 17th Anniversary
• Galactic Inquiry Interview Part 2: Lord British Talks Space!
• Pen of the Avatar
• Alienware Sponsors $20 Pledge Upgrade Coupon
• Upcoming Events

Thanks to community member Aartemis for sharing this image of Vertas Pass on the Release 10 Screenshot Gallery forum

Play Release 10 Now and Get Your Cavalier’s Hat

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Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:

• Help Us Greenlight SotA on Steam
• Lord British and Darkstarr Fencing in Puffy Shirts
• SotA Weekly Schedule Status
• Celebrate UO’s 17th Anniversary with Lord British and King Blackthorn
• Baron’s Talking Mirror
• Clockwork Pets: Raven
• Galactic Inquiry: Lord British Talks Games!
• Alienware Sponsors $20 Pledge Upgrade Coupon
• Upcoming Events

Help Us Greenlight SotA on Steam

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Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:

• Darkstarr Training Montage
• New Designers Join SotA Dev Team
• Founder’s Developer Blog: Daily Standup Notes and Developer Q&A
• Baron’s Cloak
• Knight’s Cloak
• Creature Spotlight: Elves
• Alienware Sponsors $20 Pledge Upgrade Coupon
• Upcoming Events

Darkstarr Training Montage

At long last, the Darkstarr Training Montage that was part of the $3.25M stretch goal (Lord British and Darkstarr fencing in puffy shirts), has been completed! Rustic Dragon hit it out of the park with his excellent writing/directing/editing, and special thanks to the Space Bards for their great “Bane of Britannia” composition/performance. Enjoy!

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Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:

• PAX vs Dragoncon: And the Winner is…
• Chris Spears R9 Perspective
• New Developer+ Asset Pack
• Hangout of the Avatar: Nature to Nutrition
• Pledge Rewards: Clockwork Pets
• Pen of the Avatar: Character Armor Variations
• Through the Lunar Rift
• Alienware Sponsors $20 Pledge Upgrade Coupon
• This Week In The News
• Upcoming Events

And the Winner is…

In celebration of the PAX and Dragoncon conventions last weekend, we re-opened Release 9 for the duration of those conventions. In the spirit of friendly rivalry, we renamed the opposing teams in the PvP Castle Arena to PAX and Dragoncon.

The combat was intense, with some really awesome combatants on both sides. PAX is the larger of the two conventions based on number of attendees, so you might expect PAX to have the advantage. But that’s not how it turned out. Dragoncon put some serious hurt on PAX and was the undisputed winner with 34 wins to PAX’s 14 wins!

Congratulations to all the Dragacon combatants!

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Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:

• Release 9 Re-Opens Aug 29 – Sep 1 for PAX versus Dragoncon
• Release 9 Perspectives & Release 10 Preview
• Release 9 Player Events
• Expanded Duke Waterfront Lot
• Lord Rewards: Royal Scepter and Royal Orb
• Galactic Inquiry: Starr Long Talks Persistant Worlds [full interview]
• Pen of the Avatar: Character Armor Variations
• Alienware Sponsors $20 Pledge Upgrade Coupon
• Upcoming Events

This combat from earlier today was a draw between PAX and Dragoncon (no thanks to me with my zero kills!)

Release 9 Re-Opens Aug 29 – Sep 1 for PAX versus Dragoncon

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Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:

• Team Combat Is Here – Play R9 Now!
• Release 9 In-game Community Events
• PaxLair Player Town in Release 9
• Release 9 Welcome Quest
• Player Hosted PvP Tournaments
• Developer Pledge Reward: Aether Vibration Amplifier (aka SotA Wireless Streaming Radio)
• The Island of Choices
• Alienware Sponsors $20 Pledge Upgrade Coupon
• This Week In The News
• Upcoming Events

What is it about Chaos that attracts the best PvPers?

Team Combat Is Here – Play R9 Now!

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