Our current featured module is
Birthright of the North created by BGP & DGG Hughes,
the running module can be accessed via the GameSpy interface and found
under the "Alternative" list under the name "NWNSS - 370"
or can be accessed via 66.93.55.111:5125.
Remember after you
play through it, come back and post your rating for others to see!
As you can see, the Stratics Sites are once again available. The virus we discovered yesterday has been removed and the source of the virus has been eliminated.
You would be well-advised to scan your computer's hard disk in search of any viruses that may have been injected if you visited any of our sites during the past couple of days. As you know, there are people who have nothing more to do with their time than to cause pain to others with utter disregard for our privacy.
While researching this problem, we found a couple of security vulnerabilities. Those have been modified to tighten up the security on all of our sites. Hopefully, we found them all.
Thank you very much for your patience while we eradicated this virus and made our sites much more secure. And thanks to all who donated their time and the information they found that indicated the problems. It's very much appreciated.
Roger "Teresk " Brown Stratics Content Director Stratics Forums Programmer Guild Forums Administrator
Early this morning we discovered that an attacker had placed malicious code on our sites that may pose a security threat for some users. The code exploited a vulnerability in Internet Explorer and attempted to install the Downloader.Delf.11.AZ trojan.
We have removed the offending code and as of this moment our sites are completely safe. It should be noted that this warning applies only to our web content and not the forums, which were never compromised. Additionally, users of non-IE browsers should not be affected.
If you have visited our sites within the past 48 hours using Internet Explorer we encourage you to run a virus scan using your preferred anti-virus software or a free web based scanner.
Please feel free to contact tech@stratics.com if you have any further questions, comments or concerns.
Monday - November 20 - 2006
Neverwinter Nights Podcast
Community News - 6:22 PM EST - Posted by: Chance42
Fayetteville,Arkansas (NWNP) --Your hosts Jay (aka NivenkaNiroda) and Trey (aka Ashercon Zelo) provide you with up todate news, tips, interviews, and discussions about the very populargames and communities of Neverwinter Nights and Neverwinter Nights 2.
Thepodcast is released weekly in a light hearted and fun format thatyou will enjoy. The first episode includes an exclusive interviewwith Obsidian Weapons and Armor Designer, Annie Carlson.
FINAL FANTASY XI Stratics, in association with SQUARE ENIX, Alienware and Logitech, in celebration of the recent launch of FINAL FANTASY® XI Vana’diel® Collection 2007 is giving away an Alienware® Area-51® 5500 Gaming PC, a Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard, a Logitech G7 Wireless Laser Mouse and a total of twelve copies of FINAL FANTASY® XI Vana’diel® Collection 2007!
FINAL FANTASY® XI Vana’diel® Collection 2007 includes the complete award-winning original game plus all three expansions (Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia, and Treasures of Aht Urhgan) on one easy-to-install DVD. This package also includes a new fold-out map of Vana'diel including command lists and mini walkthroughs to help new players get started! Also included is a 30-day free trial and a Vana'diel Buddy Pass to invite a friend to try FINAL FANTASY XI free for 30 days.
We will be upgrading one of our primary web servers this weekend and this will require some limited downtime. This maintenance is scheduled to begin early on Saturday, November 4th, 2006. We will do our best to keep the downtime to a minimum.
This upgrade is intended to improve stability, performance and security for our primary web server.
NEW YORK, October 17, 2006 – Atari, Inc (Nasdaq: ATAR) and Obsidian Entertainment today announced that the highly-anticipated Neverwinter Nights™ 2 has gone gold and is on schedule to ship to stores nationwide on October 31 in North America and on November 3 in Europe. Neverwinter Nights 2,the sequel to BioWare Corp.’s best-selling and genre-defining role-playing game, is set in the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® Forgotten Realms® universe created by Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS), and will transport players back to the embattled city of Neverwinter. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS is under license from the Hasbro Properties Group, the intellectual property development arm of Hasbro. Neverwinter Nights 2 will be released for the Windows platform.
Developed by Obsidian Entertainment, Neverwinter Nights 2 features a new, extensive single-player game with deep character development and a powerful new toolset that provides players with unprecedented ability to create their own universes, quests and storylines
“Neverwinter Nights 2 has been an incredible game to produce, as we have aimed from the beginning to develop an immersive gaming experience that will satisfy both the RPG and modding communities,” said Feargus Urquhart, Obsidian Entertainment’s CEO. “Now that Neverwinter Nights 2 has gone gold, we are proud to say we are delivering a game that should exceed fans’ expectations.”
The Neverwinter Nights franchise has sold more than two million copies worldwide, is translated into 10 languages, sold in more than 40 countries and features one of the largest and most active fan communities in all of gaming. To date, fans of the franchise, which includes Neverwinter Nights, Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide™ and Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark™, have created nearly 4,000modifications to the original game using the original, award-winning Aurora Toolset. A more robust toolset will be included with the release of Neverwinter Nights 2.
More information about Neverwinter Nights 2 can be found at www.nwn2.com, whichincludes user forums, project news, development updates and more.
Rogue Dao Studios previews content after a week with the NWN2 Toolset
-- Screenshots, a music preview and voice-over preview clips
October 11, 2006 -- The development team at Rogue Dao Studios is growing. We've added 4 composers to the roster, two area designers, a half-dozen voice over actors and a number of Planescape-experienced writers.
These additions mean that almost 30 people are actively involved in the development of the Planescape Trilogy: Purgatorio module (not including the dozen or so voice actors that are delivering samples to Zeratul, our voice over director, or the dozens of players who have submitted PC-NPC auditions).
You can see profiles on some of the new members of the team at the RDS forums, as well as read development journals, view screenshots, listen to audio clips from our composers and voice actors, and submit one of your player characters for conversion to a Planescape Trilogy NPC.
Rogue Dao Studios announces the Planescape Trilogy
September 25, 2006 -- Rogue Dao Studios announces the Planescape Trilogy, a massive campaign set in the Infinite Planes for Obsidian Entertainment's Neverwinter Nights 2.
The Planescape Trilogy will deliver up to 45 hours of gameplay, 16 adventuring companions, an epic main plot and a slew of dynamic side quests.
"We expect the Planescape Trilogy to be the must-play adventure once everyone is finished with the NWN2 Original Campaign," - Montgomery Lee Markland, Executive Producer.
The first module, PT: Purgatorio, will hit the vault in December 2006, just in time for the holiday season. PT: Inferno will be released mid-Spring; PT: Eschatologia will be released next Summer.
- A rich 15 hour single player story featuring dozens of side quests, interactive NPC party members, and opportunities for roleplay -and- intense combat - Player strongholds, romantic subplots & Planescape-unique features driven by a customized Sigil Faction system that operates seemlessly with the game engine - Custom soundtrack, voice acting and art that all deliver the moody, dynamic feel of the Planescape setting - Multiplayer Party support so you can complete the module with your PnP group or online friends - PC Advancement up to level seven - DM-Friendly design
Innovative NPC Casting Process
We are taking lessons learned from the social networking and guerilla multimedia world of the web 2.0, and applying them to the process of game development.
Basically, we are casting the Planescape Trilogy campaign like a movie. There is an open casting call on the forums. Anyone can "audition" to have their character included as an NPC in the modules.
Some players from the community will have their PCs cast as potential adventuring companions for the main player character. Other players' PCs will be cast as major and minor NPCs in the storylines, as well as in a variety of cameo roles.
People are becoming more interested in virtual celebrities and icons.
As the web becomes a more powerful tool for individuals to create virtual personae, people will begin to recognize virtual celebrities. Casting a NWN2 campaign with NWN community members' player characters is the next logical step.
The Development Team
We've put together a twelve-person team comprised of some of the most practiced designers and custom content generators in the community.
The team counts a half-dozen PW admins among the ranks. We've got the lead designers of a Hall of Fame PW. The lead designer from a PW that should be on the Hall of Fame; and some of the best and brightest level designers, sourcebook material experts and jacks-of-all trades available in the community.
The team members have, collectively, around twenty years of NWN design experience between them. Thousands of NWN players have enjoyed the fantastic worlds that these individuals have created. Now they are going to turn their collectively energies towards producing the finest single-player campaign possible.
Stampede your way into the latest Premium Neverwinter Nights module, Wyvern Crown of Cormyr, which features the long-awaited addition of fully ride-able horses, plus cloaks, tabards, new tileset, new creatures, new placeable objects, and whole a lot more! Discuss.
BioWare's community has flourished over the years with each new game release, and is now one of most recognized and active communities in the world of gaming. To help BioWare move into exciting new spaces of community, we have hired a Community Coordinator whose name (if you have spent any time on our official forums, it will be familiar) is Chris Priestly. Discuss.
We are making a change to our web content release schedule in favor of a more flexible schedule for our online updates. Read this important message from BioWare Community Manager Jay Watamaniuk, and participate in the discussion. Discuss.
We know you've always wanted to try Second Life. You've thought about it before and just weren't sure if it was for you. Read on weary traveler...
Stratics has built an affiliation with Linden Lab's Second Life Community. This is a new step for Stratics and we're quite excited about it. We'd like you to take a look at Second Life and see what Stratics is doing there. We have a special in-game "Stratics Fanatics Group" you can join. And, if you were to become a member of our Second Life Stratics Staff, you would also be enrolled in our in-game "Stratics Staff Group".
There is no charge to join Second Life. There is nothing that you need real life money for. I should let you know that there does exist a Premium Membership. It's $10 per month. But, the only reason you would want to become a Premium Member is if you decided you wanted to own land. That's not necessary. You will be able to rent land if you choose but still no real life money is required. You will learn to make money in-game and be paid in Linden Dollars. And..... enjoy every minute of it!
Use the link below, register and see what it's all about. Many of us are here to help you all along the way. You'll find the initial tutorial very interesting and exciting. I know I did. There is so much to do in Second Life, you just won't believe it. It's really not like any other game you've ever played!
If you have any questions, please visit our Second Life Stratics Forums and get your answers. If you don't see your question already there with a satisfactory answer, please post it. There are surely more than just you with the same questions. And, some people are a bit shy. Not you though... Right?
After you get into the game and get yourself set up, please come back to our forums and post your avatar's name in our Welcome Forum. Once you do that, we'll give you a special Second Life Stratics t-shirt in-game. At our in-game Stratics Headquarters, you'll also be able to grab a Stratics Mug... free of charge. More freebies to come as well!
So, don't wait any longer. Click the link below, register, download the client and see for yourself. Believe me, you will surely enjoy yourself. And, you'll be adding to the Second Life Stratics presence in-game.
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