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VENDOR: Announcing Stardock.net (online gaming)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brad Wardell)
Sun Nov 23 09:10:01 1997
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 15 Nov 1997 01:10:00 -0400
From: wardell@nospam.ibm.net (Brad Wardell)
Reply-To: wardell@nospam.ibm.net (Brad Wardell)
Reply-to: wardell@nospam.ibm.net (Brad Wardell)
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Announcing STARDOCK.NET
Free On-line Gaming Service Comes with Stardock's New Games
Monday, November 10, 1997
Contact: Alexander Antoniades
Stardock Systems, Inc. (313)762-0687 x 228
Canton MI Stardock Systems, Inc. announced Stardock.net today. Stardock.net
is an on-line gaming service that allows users, from within a Stardock game,
to play other gamers from around the world.
The first game to use it is Entrepreneur, Stardock's recently released
real-time strategy game. In Entrepreneur players assume the role of a
computer giant and must conquer the world ruthlessly by researching new
technology and devastating marketing campaigns. Owners of Entrepreneur
simply click on the Stardock.net button on its main menu while logged onto
the Internet and are taken to Stardock.net's Entrepreneur lobby where people
can chat and join Entrepreneur games with other people. It supports a hall
of fame as well as a ranking system that lets people know who the top
players are.
The next beta version of Stellar Frontier will also be supported by
Stardock.net. Stellar Frontier, a game that plays as a cross between Star
Control and Ultima On-Line, will automatically list all servers created on
Stardock.net. Players will be able to warp to other star systems which are
controlled by a server listed on Stardock.net. This way, players are not
solely dependent on Stardock having to create servers for gamers to play
Stellar Frontier on.
Stardock intends to expand its service to include its business solution
products such as Object Desktop for Windows which is currently in beta.
Users, even in beta, can connect to the Object Desktop Network (which
resides on Stardock.net) and update the pieces of Object Desktop they wish
to enhance.
A free chat client to Stardock.net is expected in December. Stardock.net is
free with any Stardock product that supports it. To celebrate its release,
Stardock will be holding an Entrepreneur gaming tournament on Friday,
November 21 on Stardock.net. The player whose three top scores sums up to
the highest will win any two Stardock products of their choice (including
pre-orders of Stardock's upcoming Galactic Civilizations v3). Second third
prize will be the choice of any single Stardock product. The contest will
begin that Friday at 5:00PM EST and end at midnight.
More information can be found at http://www.stardock.net or on Stardock's
home website http://www.stardock.com.
Stardock can be reached at:
Phone: (313) 762-0687 Fax: (313)762-0690
Email: info@stardock.com Orders: 1-888-STARDOCK
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