New online game opens soon!

I love games!

I freely admit it.  I don't try to hide it.  I love games!  All types of games really.  I love sports, which are games.  I love board games.  I love logic games.  Pool (Billiards), Darts, and other pub games.  But of all games, I love video games!  I played my first video game when I was about 6 years old.  We had an old Atari 2600 and I played Pac-Man till I was blue in the face.  Back then, he wasnt even round, he was all blocky and the sound was far from high definition.  From that point on, I was hooked.  Console games on Atari, Nintendo, Sega, Playstation, and Xbox.  Arcade games, pinball machines, and table top plug ins.  And now computer games.  I have been playing online games for years now.  I always thought that one day, I would love to do work for an online gaming company.  Well thankfully for me, that day is June 15th.

I have accepted a position as Community Manager for Innogames.  They are a great company that has many online games such as Tribal Wars, Forge of Empires, and Grepolis.  We are opening a new server dedicated to the players in the United States (and really anywhere else who wants to play) for Grepolis.

Grepolis is a free browser based online game.  Your task to build up your small Polis (Greek for town) to a huge metropolis, establish a powerful army and navy and finally conquer islands far away. On your trip to glory and honor, you should also take care of the gods of the Greek Parthenon: Zeus, Hera, Athena, Hades or Poseidon. Their favor could be essential in your victory or defeat.

My job is to make sure that all players follow the rules, enjoy the game, and keep things running smoothly.  We have forums dedicated for players to learn and communicate with one another.  They can be found at http://forum.us.grepolis.com/forum.php.  They are open to any player who is registered to play the game on the server.  The server hasn't opened yet, and we haven't announced a start date, but I am told that it will be VERY soon.  

One of the things I find really neat is that over 6 million players around the world are registered to play the game.  It is insanely popular!  There are versions for most languages available.  There is an international version where players from around the world play all on the same server.  I am sure that our server will attract players from other countries as well, but this server is dedicated to being in English so no worries about communication.

I was pleasantly surprised to see a television commercial the other day on Comedy Central during South Park for the game too.  It was well done and tells me that my company cares about its success.  

I am very excited about this opportunity and just wanted to share it with my readers.  I would love for all of you to come out and play and I will be announcing the release date as soon as it's official.  If you or someone you know enjoy online games, or you were just thinking of trying one, Grepolis might be for you!  Like Grepolis.us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/GrepolisUnitedStates.  I hope to see you out there!

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