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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Greetings Fellow Avatars!

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

• Shroud of the Avatar Opening Cinematic
• Only 6 Days Until Release 9!
• MMORPG.com Release 9 Weekend Access Sweepstakes!
• Lord’s Cloak
• Darkstarr Training Montage
• Galactic Inquiry: Starr Long Talks Persistant Worlds
• Call for Lore: Player Written Books
• Obsidian Cloak
• Alienware Sponsors $20 Pledge Upgrade Coupon
• World Builder/Level Designer Job Opening
• Upcoming Events

Shroud of the Avatar Opening Cinematic

The opening moments of Shroud of the Avatar where first you learn of the mysterious lands of Novia, and you feel the alluring pull of your destiny…

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Greetings Fellow Avatars!

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

• MMORPG.com Release 9 Weekend Access Sweepstakes!
• Player Run Town Welcome Quests
• New Britannia’s First Player Run Theatrical Production
• Duke’s Cloak
• Lord Marshal’s Great Hearth
• Hangout of the Avatar: R8 Postmortem & R9 Preview
• Call for Lore: Player Written Books
• Through the Lunar Rift!
• Alienware Sponsors $20 Pledge Upgrade Coupon
• World Builder/Level Designer Job Opening
• Upcoming Events

MMORPG.com Pre-Alpha Release 9 Weekend Access Sweepstakes!

We’re excited to announce that MMORPG.com is sponsoring an exclusive sweepstakes where they are giving away 1000 Release 9 Weekend Access keys to MMORPG.com members. The cut-off date for eligibility is August 16th, so hurry over to MMORPG.com and get signed up for the sweepstakes!

[http://www.mmorpg.com/contests/sota_beta_sweeps.cfm]

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