With the new Tale 3 in action, there's also a huge player meet going on as well. It'll be held in Pittsburgh on 22-24 September. Wow!
The newsletter is after the jump :
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A Tale in the Desert Newsletter Issue #2
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New Website
Z and Levin's trip to Wexford, Pa.
eGenesis Player Meet
Tale Happenings
"My Tale" Contest
Please visit the forums and let us know what you think about the newsletter. http://www.atitd.net/forum/
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New Website
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Have you ever been stuck at work wondering what is going on in Egypt? Well, not anymore.
eGenesis has launched a new website that aims to help players and potential players get a better feel for A Tale in The Desert III, its features, and its community. For this purpose, the website takes advantage of Flash and XML technology to bring you an Event Calendar that will bring up-to-the-minute game news live to your web browser.
http://www.atitd.com
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Z and Levin's trip to Wexford, Pa.
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Last week, when Levin Stevens (Office Manager, Art Guy, and Crime Fighting
Ninja) and I went to Wexford, Pennsylvania to look at hotels and conference centers to host the upcoming player meet, we also took the opportunity to scout out potential locations for the new eGenesis office.
After looking at a slew of places for the player meet, we decided that the
Official Hotel and Meeting center will be the Four Points by Sheraton Pittsburgh North. We also got rates across the parking lot at a Comfort Inn for a more economic choice, but both hotels were great.
Levin was overly impressed by the Sheraton's indoor/outdoor pool system. I
was more interested in the 90-something-year-old man walking around in his
swim trunks hitting on the young women. It's something I aspire to be.
The hotel was great. It had a sports bar, café-style restaurant, fountains, and a jazzercise area right in the main court yard. One of the
coolest parts is that some of the rooms have an all-glass wall which lets
you look down at people at the café or sports bar.
The Comfort Inn, although a cheaper choice, is still a great hotel. All of
the rooms were newly renovated. Great beds, a mini fridge in each room, and free wireless Internet through the entire hotel. Plus with the Comfort Inn you get a free continental breakfast and 15% off the two restaurants next door, Max & Erma's and the Long Horn Steak house.
Unfortunately this trip did not find us a new office. It's going to take
time to find a unique place to accommodate all of Teppy's extra curricular
hobbies (DDR, competition BBQ, amateur pyrotechnics, etc.) While speaking
with the Realtor, however, we did find out that Wexford, Pa. does not
actually exist. Levin and I weren't really sure what he was talking about
and have decided to go for a new Realtor.
Surrounded by trees and hills, Wexford is no bustling metropolis. But that
doesn't mean there isn't plenty to do. Numerous restaurants and shopping
centers are all within walking distance from the hotel, and hopefully our
new office as well. It seems like a nice place.
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eGenesis Player Meet
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Date: September 22-24, 2006 (Events start the evening of the 22nd)
Location: Four Points by Sheraton Pittsburgh North
Official Hotel: Four Points by Sheraton Pittsburgh North
Website: http://tinyurl.com/oajpv
Price Per Night: $93 (For this rate, you must Mention eGenesis)
Phone Number: 724-776-6900
Z's thoughts: This hotel is absolutely great. Really nice atmosphere,
luxurious. And the bar is within stumbling distance to your room.
Economy Hotel: Comfort Inn
Website: http://tinyurl.com/osrjb
Price Per Night: $62.99 (For this rate, you must Mention eGenesis)
Phone Number: 724-772-2700
Z's thoughts: Only across the parking lot from the conference center. This
hotel features a mini fridge in every room and a continental breakfast.
It's a great place for $63 dollars a night.
The next Newsletter will contain a Player Meet Kit, or at least where to
get it. This will include, but is not limited to: driving directions, restaurant list, stores list, wireless hot spots, track list for the event, etc.
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Tale Happenings
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Newest Demi-Pharaoh
The winner of the Demi-Pharaoh election is TheDude.
Demi-Pharaoh voting results: TheDude - 431, SunnyOne - 401
Qetesh had some interesting thoughts on the DP elections so far: "The
elections in Tale 3 seem to all be heading toward having two finalists, and whether it's coincidence or not, the past two elections have had a
prominent Tale 1 player running against a prominent Tale 2 player. I'm
wondering if the playerbase is polarized in any way - T1 vs. T2 regulars? A larger proportion of the playerbase seems to be voting in DP elections -
and I hope interest in it will stay high, but it has tended to decrease as
the tale went on in the past. Perhaps a two-candidate system will keep
interest high in Tale 3."
Do discuss on the forums!
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"My Tale" Contest
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Have you ever sat and listened to people? People love to tell stories, and
now is your chance to tell yours... and be rewarded for it! eGenesis, in association with MMORPG.com, is happy to Bring you the "My Tale" writing contest. We invite players from A Tale in the Desert I, II, and III to come and share their stories from the desert.
Eligibility: Anyone who has ever played A Tale in the Desert. If you have
never played, now is your chance! Go download your free copy and play for
24 hours free, with no credit card information required.
Timing: Contest begins at 12:00:01 am. E.T. on Sunday, July 23, 2006 and
ends at 11:59:59 pm. ET on Thursday, August 3, 2006.
How to Enter: Register on MMORPG.com, go to the "A Tale in the Desert
Forums," and post your tale. Please keep all entries within the terms and
conditions of the MMORPG.com forums.
Prizes: ATITD music CDs, team-autographed T-shirts, 3 months of free game
time, book collection of Alvin Maker (our next MMO), and maybe a rubber
chicken.
Words from Teppy:
Over the years I've had dozens of interests - things I get obsessed with,
and a surprising number of which make it into A Tale in the Desert in some
form. Flying, Soaring, Hang Gliding, Archery, Cooking, Pyrotechnics,
Guitar, Wine Collecting, Swimming Holes, Cigars, Dance Dance Revolution.
There's nothing I like better than finding some activity that I've never
given a moment's thought to, and diving right in. This year I'll be
attending the Burning Man Festival (www.burningman.com). I won't try to
describe it here - but a year from now, perhaps someone reading this can
remember to ask me whether anything from my upcoming adventure made it into ATITD. I would bet that the answer will be "yes".
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