There will be an irc chat with several developers of Anarchy Online at Stratics on Sunday, June 24th at 3 PM EST / 2 PM CST / 9 PM CET / 5 AM Australian Time. The full text of the press release follows: Hello, have you ever dreamed of playing a game where you can be what you want and do whatever you want? Have you dreamed about inhabiting a virtual science-fiction world like Cyberpunk, Total Recall or Blade Runner? You might want to try the upcoming massive multiplayer online roleplaying game (mmorpg) "Anarchy Online" then. Anarchy Online is developed by Funcom Inc. and is currently into beta testing. The date of it´s final release gets closer and closer and you might want to have a look about it before it is available in stores. If this all sounds interesting to you I would strongly suggest to have a look at http://ao.stratics.com which is one of the largest Fan Site Projects related to Anarchy Online. Let me explain you the reasons why I am telling you about that game. My name is Daniel Fischer, known as Stonegate in the virtual world and I work for Stratics.com which is the number 1 Fansite and IRC Network for MMORPG. We host Fansites for Anarchy-Online, Ultima-Online, Shadowbane, Everquest, StarWars Galaxies and almost any other popular Online Game. Online Games are the Future of Entertainment. We realized that long ago and decided not only to host simple Websites with all kind of Information on it. We moved forth. We invented a totally new and very interactive way for Players all around the Globe to get in Touch with the Companies who design the Games they play. We call those Events an "House of Commons Chat". Let me explain how this works for a moment. We host a large IRC Network with multiple servers beside our Fansite Project Pages. From time to time we arrange such House of Commons Chats or Celebrity Chats with famous and creative Persons from all kind of smaller or bigger Entertainment Companies. We had guests like Richard Garriot (Ultima Online), Starr Long (UItima Online), Jason Booth (Asherons Call) and many more telling about their visions, new ideas and plans on how to improve their games. Its a way for the players to actively participate on the evolution of their favorite games and to get in touch with the Developers. We see it as our mission to do those events for you since you normally don´t have a chance to talk with Developers and/or programmers. The reasons for this lenghty text are on-hand. I am proud and happy to announce the upcoming Anarchy Online House of Commons Developer Chat on Stratics IRC Network to you. It will be a pre-game release chat and you will be able to ask any question you ever wanted to ask about Anarchy Online. Funcom Inc. and Stratics.com invites you to join a very special, unique and amazing event you will never forget. Our guests will be: - Dai-Galean (Community Manager of Anarchy Online) - Chac (Lead Developer of Anarchy Online) - Amor (Lead Programmer of Anarchy Online) - Gaute (Designer of the AO core system, story and PvP) The Date: Sunday, 24th of June 2001 The Time: 3 PM EST / 2 PM CST / 9 PM CET / 5 AM Australian Time How do I attend ? To connect to Stratics IRC, first boot up your favorite IRC client. Two of the most popular clients are mIRC and pIRCH. Once your Client has been started, Access one of the following Stratics Servers by typing /server *.stratics.com: irc.stratics.com dhp.stratics.com compu.stratics.com frws.stratics.com intworks.stratics.com Or, feel free to use our own Java client via your web browser. You can access the Java client via the lefthand menubar of this website. This client connects directly to our servers and even allows you to select which channel you wish to access upon startup. After you are connected to Stratics IRC you may want to join the House of Commons Chat Room which will be #aohoc To join that room simply type /join #aohoc and press Enter. We are looking forward in seeing you in #aohoc on the Stratics IRC. If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions regarding that event feel free to email me anytime at Stonegate@stratics.com Also feel free to have a look at http://www.stratics.com for general information and http://chat.stratics.com for IRC or Event related information. I thank you for taking the time to read this and wish you all a very pleasant and informative Chat. Regards Daniel - Stonegate - Fischer Stratics Lead Event Coordinator