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The latest news about Graal - selected articles will also be displayed on the website and the game login screen.

Contents 1 2009 1.1 July 1.2 June 1.3 May 1.4 April 1.5 March 1.6 February 1.7 January 2 2008 2.1 December 2.2 November 2.3 October 2.4 September 2.5 August 2.6 July 2.7 June 2.8 May 2.9 April 2.10 March 2.11 February 2.12 January 3 2007 4 2006

2009

July

• July 5th - Unholy Nation Pets!

Hi guys! Sunday at 5:00 PM EST we will be having an open beta testing of the newest system on it's way to Unholy Nation. We have been slaving over it for two weeks, and are excited to get the final product public! You guessed right, it's the future pet system!

Just be ready to log onto Unholy Dev and have fun. The main objective is to evaluate the stress this system will have on the server when we have a large group of players using it at a time. There will be a thread on our own UN forums system (and the GraalOnline forums) for your opinion of the system.

Keep in mind this is the beta! So what you're seeing isn't the finished product. Thanks!

~Streety/UN Team

• July 4th - Zone 4th of July

Thanks to the Zone staff for the 4th of July updates. Flags were added to the bases, cookies were temporarily enabled with a limit of two, and the jetpack flames were changed to be red, white, and blue. Thanks in particular to Minomato and Novice for their contributions to allow these updates to happen. More updates will come soon! Have a happy 4th of July!

June

• June 30th - Rum Runner!

It is a dark day indeed on Graal Kingdoms. The mighty rum reserves have dried up and even the bottom of the barrel is getting parched.

It's up to the hardworking, honest citizens of the Crescent Pirates to ship more, life giving alcoholic ambrosia to the Misty Mug Tavern before anyone suffers from being sober.

This will be a multi-way ship fight on Sunday, July 5th, 22:20ish server time or about 1:00 PM EST. It's been done once before and this time the rules are revised to make the entire event more fun and less one-sided.

Players can choose their own teams between 2 and 4 people each. One team will be designated the "Rum Runner" team and will be given a unique name barrel to put in the hold of their ship. With handicaps, they need to sail from Crescent Pirate island to the docks outside of Misty Mug tavern without being either sunk, or having their rum stolen. All the other teams try to steal it without sinking the Rum Ship.

On Wednesday a detailed list of rules will be posted on the forums. Please read them if you are interested. This event is complicated and takes a lot of effort to try to make it fair for everyone.

• June 23rd - Triple Bash Spar Tournament

Come take part in the GK's Triple Bash Spar Tournament. There will be three consecutive spars. One melee, one magic, and one ranged.

These three fights will be taking place Saturday, June 27th. It will start early in the afternoon EST time.

If you're unable to take part, at least cheer on your buddies. Because the melee and magic spars are paired up by level and overall capability, most participants can expect a chance to advance through at least one spar. Make sure you show up on time though. Setting up pairs is difficult and the later you are, the more likely you are to get mismatched, if you can get matched at all.

The winner of the melee tournament will receive a Flaming Ice Dagger. The winners of the magic and ranged tournaments will receive the expected event coins, plural. There will be bonus prizes for winning each battle to make it more fair for everyone.

• June 22nd - Dementia: The Daemen Are Coming

Dementia is a new server being developed with a unique concept lead by Tiders the Owner and the Lead Developer R0bin. The server has many interesting features that are currently in development such as the statistics and experience systems which is almost complete and ready for release with battling system in major redevelopment due to be released with a fully operational interface. Dementia is planned lightly on the GBA Pokemon games with a large amount of graphics for Daemen, the servers version of Pokemon. These Daemen were created by the Graphics Admin Seph and the hard working Graphics Team with a wide range of graphics and styles for the Daemen.

Dementia is looking for Levels Artists, Scripters, Graphics Artists, Sound Effects and Gani Artisits to help with the project.

Please contact Tiders on inferior_without_consent@hotmail.com or find him in game.

• June 21st - Delteria - A link to the Past

Fire up the Wayback Machine, because while you're waiting for the new Delteria Project you can log onto the current server to get a taste of what the server used to be like! The old world map has been restored, bringing its old events, weapons and arenas with it. To play on the old Delteria just fire your 'Timewarp' weapon and you'll go straight back in time.

Keep an eye out for further updates on the development project in the future.

• June 14th - Unholy Nation Receives Horses

Unholy Nation has received an update of horses being re-added to the server, as well as enabling pause again on the overworld. See you at the town barn!

• June 13th - Zone Updates

Zone has been updated today to prevent against base laming and to make game play more interesting. On Iricia, if your base is under attack you now will spawn randomly on your team's side of the map. The change to make game play more interesting was to show how much health is taken when you attack an opponent and how much experience you gain when you kill someone.

• June 3rd - Spawn

A few days ago, Nat had an interview with Mog about Spawn, here's how it went.

Nat: Good Morning Mog. I'm going to ask you some questions about the hosted Playerworld of Spawn. Have in mind that this conversation will be posted on the Graal News.

Mog: ok

Nat: What is your Staff position at Spawn?

Mog: developer

Nat: Ok. Tell me about the beggining, what were the first ideas you had to make this playerworld?

Mog: the server was already on hosted status before I came onboard. Considering the fact that I am banned everwhere else, I had nowhere to go except underdeveloped playerworlds and two of the hosted servers. When I logged into Spawn one day, I was asked if I wanted to help out. Eventually, I accepted and started right in finishing up scripting projects and working on new ones. Spawn is meant to be a futuristic city with high-tech weapons and vehicles. Newer ideas are being implemented and I am currently working on a few projects there.

Nat: Intresting, so what is the current status towards being able to join the Classic Tab? How is the relation with the PWA?

Mog: I would to say that the current state of what Spawn is at now, was mainly due to hard work and dedication. With all of our hard working busy staff on the server now, it could take some time before something like going to Classic status would be realized. As far as the relations with PWA's, we have represented ourselves professionally and show a great deal of commitment, otherwise we wouldn't have made it to hosted status in the first place.

Nat: Looks like the wind is in your favor. Now tell me exactly what can we see on Spawn? Wich is the content?

Mog: Spawn in general is undergoing some major changes. Currently, I am the only active scripter on the server capable enough to do what it is we need to have done. As a developer, I have implemented a few of my own ideas to build right into the heart of Spawn. Some of these new ideas implemented by me, unfortunately can't be shared at this time publicly; however at the current state of what Spawn is in now, we have a huge overworld, which can be fully explored. There's also a few misc. shops around, some mini quests and my favorite, whack a mole.

Nat: Yeah, I've played that =P. We can certianly expect more similar quests and alot of new content, I support your work :). Thanks Alot for your time Mog.

Mog: You can certainly expect lots of updates coming soon. Thank you for your time

• June 1st - Atrius: World At War

It's time for war on Atrius, and it's up to you to decide which side you're fighting for. With seven different classes (Infantry, Gunner, Medic, Scout, Demo Expert, Tank Operator, and Pilot) each having their own special abilities, you're sure to make a unique difference for the side you pick. The server is currently under development, but is on the Hosted Tab so you can check it out.

There is currently an open discussion on the forums regarding the server, click here for more information.

May

• May 30th - Quizzing Graal Kingdoms

On Saturday, May 30th, Drakeero will be hosting a special quiz for Graal Kingdoms. This is a pattern guessing quiz and everyone gets a chance to win. If you're good, you can even win more then once. The patterns will start off easy and then get more difficult as the day progresses. At the end there will be a grand prize for whoever can guess the hardest pattern of them all.

• May 27st - Picture Perfect on Graal Kingdoms

Over the weekend players were busy posing for the picture perfect moment! The event consisted of several teams of players taking pictures of every day activities on Graal Kingdoms. The team with the best picture won some diamonds and other prizes.

Make sure you're on this weekend to be a part of the action!

• May 24th - Black and White Graals

Classic is pleased to announce the release of the Black and White Graals. Long thought to just be a folk legend passed down from player to player, these mysterious artefacts are steeped in magical power. The Black Graal grants its owner an unlimited supply of ammo; the white Graal blesses it's owner with the ability to heal any wounds, bypassing any healing restrictions. Be warned though that there is only one of each Graal available; if you want them, you'll have to hunt down and kill the existing owners.

Happy hunting.

• May 21st - Mr Guess Visits Graal Kingdoms

A mystical wizard named Mr Guess is visiting Graal Kingdoms for a few days to play his favourite game. He can be found on the main islands including the start and Hotaru islands waiting for brave adventurers to track him down. Once found Mr Guess will give you 3 chances to guess his number between 1 and 200 before he inconveniently teleports to a new location. Those lucky enough to guess successfully will receive a reward and be entered into a special event for the chance to win a rare item after Mr Guess has departed from Graal Kingdoms.

Good Luck!

• May 17th - Recent Updates on Maloria

Recent Updates:

• Main Island has gotten a huge facelift, and it's not long until the entire island will have gotten a whole new look while sticking to the original layout of it.
• A lot of graphics have been improved, and there's more to come of it!
• Rain, Snow and Thunder effects have all been fixed up and had their lag issues fixed. (apparently it's not a good idea to constantly stack emitter modifiers!)
• Wind has existed in the background a long time, but it has now gotten a visual effect to increase the effect of weather.
• Weather in general has had a revamp to behave more realisticly.
• Torches and leaves are affected by wind. Torches are also affected by rain.
• Player data storage have been converted from .arc files to SQLite database.
• Skill system has been completed, players can now properly add skill points upon level up.
• Boats are finished, you can currently rent them south of main house. Two players can use the same boat at once.
• Respawn system have been added, you now spawn at the nearest respawn point instead of spawning at the main house.
• Crafting have been somewhat completed, yet to be implemented though.

We would be able to produce a lot more gameplay content, but we're in desperate need of someone capable of creating quality ganis, as we currently have no one on the team who feel capable of doing them.

We could also very much use another level creater, but it's not as vital for our progress.

• May 16th - Graal Kingdoms Event

On Sunday around 2:00 EST a big sparring event called the Triple Bash will be held.

The triple bash tournament has been popular in the past and challenges the combatants to exceed in the three areas of melee, magic, and ranged.

This event is obviously more fun with alot of people so make sure you at least come by to check it out.

If enough people show up, it will be a tournament with ladder like progression and mini-prizes for each round you advance through until the prizes for each event.

• May 12th - Graal Ghetto Returns

The modern themed server known as Graal Ghetto is making a gracious return, bringing back its old popular elements and a few new ones too! With its businesses, player houses, gang warfare, and huge selection of guns and melee weapons, there is a lot of engaging content for you to explore. Being a private server however it is still heavily under development, but there's already a budding community so come by and check it out for yourself!

If you're interested in helping develop the server, contact Shadow the Manager or any of the administrators for further information.

• May 10th - Zone Updates

In addition to new hairs and bodies added to the outfit terminals, new events team commands were added which allow for new types of events.

An example of one of the new types of events is when the first person to achieve 25 kills on Iricia wins a prize. Bigtime008 was the winner of the first of many of these events.

On top of all of that, a new part of the news system was created and added today! The news system now displays who has gotten the most kills within the last hour.

• May 5th - Something Fishy At Seaport

This Saturday (May 9th), @ 6:30 PM (EST), Unholy Nation will be releasing the first of Seaport's brand new content. Stop by to pick up your fishing rod to try your angling luck at the brand new job system. Also, check out the Aquarium while you're in town! All will be located in Seaport, and information will be given on the NPC-Server message.

Be sure to get your fish donated to the Aquarium if you like it enough! Leave your mark on the server!

• May 5th - Zone News System Updates

A new feature to the Zone news system was added this week. The new feature lists upcoming events and the new system will be updated each week with the new events.

As can be seen in the screenshot, there is a snowrace event occuring on Zone. The event started on April 30th and will continue, as of May 5th, for the next 16 days. The snowrace events that are used for this event are the ones hosted by Jkool666 only. The prizes available will be the winner's choice of redpistole and additional prizes, bluepistole and additional prizes, or pipebombs and money.

• May 3rd - Kingdoms: Challenge of the Lights

To celebrate the start of May and its burst of spring color, the symbolic Challenge of the Lights was introduced.

Amidst brightly colored flames, teams assembled to carry a pair of lit torches through waves of monsters.

Each team consisted of two torch bearers and two bodyguards. One torch was blue, and one torch was red. As the teams fought their way through the monsters and completed [or failed] one by one the server became lit blue and red.

At the very end, came the epic victory of two torch-holders who struck down a wave of demons and cyclopes even after their body guards had fallen.

April

• April 29th - Era Battle of the Bands

Log on Era now and see "Chedda Cheez", the Comic Club rock star, to sign your Era band up for Battle of the Bands, which will take place on Sunday, May 3rd at approximately 3 PM EST. For more information [Click here].

• April 28th - Zone Updates

Zone has released many new hair styles, as well as new bodies. Each day one or two new styles will be released, including new clothing, hairs and faces. You can expect plenty more from Zone in the next few weeks! Keep playing Graal Zone!

• April 20th - N-Pulse Website

N-Pulse has released a Website and Forums ! These forums are constantly being improved so be sure to register and keep up to date.

News and released information regarding N-Pulse Rebirth will be posted here, along with Development and non-development staff positions. If you'd like to apply, you must first register!

http://www.npulse-rebirth.com

-N-Pulse Staff Team

• April 19th - Graal Kingdoms Final Easter Attack!

On Saturday and Sunday Graal Kingdoms was attacked by Sack Rabbits! They dropped an assortment of candies and other immaculate confections with which you could trade in for a grand prize. Events administrators will be spawning the sack rabbits around Graal Kingdoms until Wednesday. If you collect and trade ten different colored chocolate rabbits to the events administrators, you will receive a special prize.

• April 15th - Classic Card Game Released

Now you can explore a whole new dimension to the world of Graal Classic, with its latest Trading Card Game release! Having over 100 unique cards to collect, it is a game that requires the use of all of your strategic skills; from engaging in a duel with other players, to creating individual decks of cards collected from Booster Packs.

Players who visit the Card House located to the left of Graal Castle will receive a basic deck, a card album, and a game manual. From then on you've got the tools necessary to fight against other players, and the additional table rooms are provided for you to challenge each other. Be sure to check it out!

For additional information visit [click here.]

• April 12th - Graal Kingdoms Easter!

Today Santa, disguised as the Easter Bunny, visited Graal Kingdoms. He is dropping egg-shaped gifts all around the main map. Some of the gifts he is dropping are very rare gifts that will only be around for a limited time, and also some other smaller surprises. The Easter Dungeon has returned by popular demand, but with a face lift, including new tiles, new light effects and aesthetics, as well as rebalanced monsters.

Come try your luck with the giant Easter eggs or just try to catch the Easter Bunny and get your prize today!

Happy Easter!

• April 11th - Zone Easter 2009

Zone wishes everybody a happy easter with the return of the easter bunnies to Iricia. These can be killed with melee weapons to obtain special eggs with gifts inside, but beware the bunnies will fight back. If you plan on hunting rabbit it's best to fight in groups. The carrot dagger and easter eggs are now available from the zone traders that can be purchased with zone money.

• April 11th - N-Pulse Easter 2009

4pm est - Easter Costume Contest! Create your best outfit that captures the theme and celebration of Easter! In order to win your outfit must be original and be easily recognized as an Easter themed outfit. Three players will win wonderful prizes! 1st Place - Rare Ribbon (choice of any Rare NPC) 2nd Place - Prize Ticket (choice of any ET Prize) 3rd Place - 50 Event Coins

6pm est - Easter Egg Hunt! N-Pulse Management will hide Easter eggs all over the OW and it is your job to find and collect the eggs! Each egg will either contain a certain amount of gralat, event coins, or even an NPC! You don't want to miss out on this exciting event..and who knows..? You might just end up obtaining a rare NPC from one of the eggs! Note: eggs will not be located within inside levels, only outside on the overworld.

8pm est - Easter Event Marathon! Flamerus, the N-Pulse Event Chief, will be hosting a marathon of events. If a player wins three events in a row, they will win either a Rare Ribbon or a Prize Ticket based on the number of players participating in the event marathon. 10 players or less = Prize Ticket 11 players or more = Rare Ribbon

Hope you can join us for Easter fun!

• April 6th - Easter on Classic

Easter is just around the corner, and with that comes the Annual Egg Hunt on Classic! Every five minutes an egg is dropped somewhere on the overworld and your task is to bundle up as many as you can. The person that collects the most eggs will win special prizes, such as a rare Easter card for the up and coming card game, and a shiny Golden Egg Trophy!

The Deadline of this event will be next Monday, April 13 at 12am EST. To view the current progress on the hunt, type /egghunt in game.

Good Luck and happy hunting!

• April 4th - Graal Kingdoms Quarter 2 Updates

Graal Kingdoms Quarter 2 kicked off with a bang on April 1st with a prank on the players, seemingly resetting the server. Several updates have come once a day and updates will continue to be made up until Easter.

One of the most notable updates to Graal Kingdoms is the fact that Observer Mode has been removed. There is a level cap instead now.

Several other improvements have been made to the system and we have prepared Graal Kingdoms for some nice future updates.

To find out more information about Quarter 2 updates, [click here.]

• April 1st - April fools kicked off on Graal Online

Surely you'd think server staff won't play jokes will they?

The best and scariest joke of the day was played on Graal Kingdoms. Characters appeared to be reset with all items, statistics and levels gone. Needless to say the joke shocked most of the Graal Kingdoms players.

Another not so scary but more fun joke was played. Era turned into a classic themed server complete with the classic style sword system enabled for the whole day.

Until next year the jokes are over.

March

• March 29th - Bringing music to the city

Bring music to the city with the introduction of 21 new muscial instruments! The instruments can be purchased with event coins at the new music store.

To celebrate the release of the instruments a concert will be held on Sunday the 29th at 3PM Eastern Time. Take a break from mindless violence and joy-riding. Listen to a variety of different songs played by a selection of skilled musicians.

• March 28th - Maloria, A glimpse through the keyhole

Many may remember Maloria as the dominant classic RPG server before it was closed for redevelopment. Maloria has improved many of its systems and game content for the users to enjoy.

The overworld is being revamped to improve the detail and quality of the levels while keeping the same geographical layout of islands that were all used from the good old days. But that's not all; plans for new islands to be implemented into the expanding overworld is one of many big changes to expect. It's safe to say that you will not be disappointed with the final result.

The shopping interfaces have been improved to be user friendly with clear and simple GUI. The interface has five easy to use tabs to direct you to the inventory for that respected tab. Each weapon, piece of armour and potion displays an informative range of statistics to aid you in buying the perfect item for whatever you need.

The events system is automated to host regular events that are usually hosted by events staff, with a wide range of prizes to be won. It will provide players with a chance to practice for when the dedicated events staff host their frequent events.

The mining system has been improved for a richer experience. Materials can be obtained by using a pick axe to break open rocks and then using the pan in the water in the usual fashion. There is now an additional option to refine these materials using a furnace.

Dungeon bosses such as the giant turtle use deadly melee and magic attacks to deal great damage to foes. The addition of these new monsters will promote group hunting. The idea of bringing down large creatures with your party of fellow adventurers has got to be interesting.

Various different spells have been revisited and freshened up with exciting new graphics and ganis to make the spells look better than ever.

A new quest system has been implemented with a clear list of active quests and descriptions of the quest objectives.

Nation warfare has been developed with the addition of siege equipment to improve player vs player combat with destructible nation castles.

• March 21st - CastleWars on N-Pulse

N-Pulse is currently having a weekly Castle War event. The Castle Wars events are similiar to a guild war, and the goal is to determine the best guild.

The Castle War event will be held weekly on Wednesdays between 7-8 PM EST (12-1AM GMT, and 0:00-1:00 server time). The Castle War events will also be hosted randomly during the week, so guilds be prepared! Prizes are also awarded.

• March 14th - Zone News Window

Zone Staff added the news window to allow for players to keep track of what happens on Zone! The news window opens on login and the news window also opens when clicking on News in the upper right corner of the stat display. Currently the news window logs event messages, race results, deathmatch winners, kills, purchases and medals. You can either watch the important or all messages, it will display the 25 most recent news. Ideas to extend this feature are welcome!

• March 14th - Kart Race Tournament

After 2 hours and 30 minutes, we finally had the winners from the Graal Kingdoms Kart Race Tournament!

Winners:

1) Jcs1919 won the Elven Boots and 5 event coins

2) Alex51 won 3 event coins

3) CriticalError won 1 event coin

Jcs1919 also did the best run with 48.46 seconds!

• March 10th - N-Pulse Rebirth

N-Pulse is continuing in it's development of N-Pulse Rebirth.

What is Rebirth? To be exact, N-Pulse Rebirth is going to be an RPG-themed server, and we actually mean that. You will have to complete tasks in order to advance through the world, instead of just s-key mashing (in other words, hitting your attack-button constantly). It may require thinking, or it may require fighting. You also don't pick a class, but rather you can choose in which areas you'd like to level up in. We have our own staff-team specific for the Rebirth development, called "Operations".

We, the Operations Team, are in need of the following:

• Concept Design - you need to be able to write stories and the concept to the game.
• Graphics Design - you will need to be able to create items, icons, weapons, etc.
• Levels Design - you must be able to work with our custom tiles and know how to work with GMaps, inside and outside levels, and a bit of level-scripting.
• Programming Design - you must be able to create systems, fix bugs in previous scripts, and works with an MUD.
• Special Effects - you must either be able to make Ganis of swords/items/monsters interacting and/or make sounds of things you'd see in an RPG (swords clashing, swinging, etc.)

If you'd like to help with the Rebirth project and join the Operations team, feel free to log on N-Pulse and speak with a Chief of Operations or one of the Operation's Branch Captains.

For more info, please see the official GraalOnline hiring thread.

February

• February 28th - Unholy Nation: CS

Unholy Nation is in the middle of a long-term developmental projects. We're going to be releasing some small term activities for the players to interact with while it's being worked on. Come on and check them out:

• We'll be hosting a level competition that will go hand-in-hand with the "re-stock" of the hat shop. Come around to get details.

• "CS" - CS is an old gun game customized to UN is brought back with new levels, arenas and style of game play. Check it out north of Town Center in the Auction house's old building

• Swear filter is now toggle-able. It was a controversial subject, and if you don't mind seeing the swears you can toggle it on or off accordingly.

• Seaport is the long term dev project that was never finished. We plan on finishing it soon for release, it will incorporate a new quest for you all to play though. We're going to take a different approach, however.

• February 16th - Maloria Valentine Special

We on Maloria will be releasing yet another very limited, and permanent, item in the shape of the Cupid's Bow! Along with it, you'll also receive 500x Cupid's Arrow. How to get it!? Just log on player! This offer is limited to February 22th.

During the next couple of days, the events system should be up and running, which means we'll try it out and possible give out some other misc. novelty items that will never be given out again.

We are also getting closer and closer to applying for a Classic inspection, however, the remaining work isn't some of the funniest things to work at. We're at a complete halt until we're able to find two/three dedicated and talented LAT's, that would be interested in tiling the sewer dungeon with our custom tiles.

So, if you're interested, please get in contact with Nate (bioboi) or Ziro (xXziroXx).

• February 14th - Ardeo is Hiring!

Ardeo is in need of a few staff members to get us towards the next step in development! Do you want to be part of a close-knit team of inspired workers, and do you have an ambition to complete a server?

Ardeo will eventually have a multitude of things to do, including: -Jobs -Sailing & Piracy -Trading with a real economy -Wars & conquerors. -Two different fighting systems -Dungeons And a lot of diverse areas and races to choose from.

So contact Pimmeh over the forums, or email him at dapimmeh@gmail.com http://forums.graal2001.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84177

January

• January 29th - Classic Update

Over the last few months work has been made towards subtle updates to improve playability of the server in the long run.

The first main example of this is the new Hit Detection, which is Clientside, as opposed to the Serverside Hit Detection which had been used since after Classic got an NPCserver. The difference is that the previous HD caused players from the opposite side of the Atlantic to where the Server is hosted or from other locations around the world to be at a disadvantage, supposedly being able to be hit from a long distance away, whereas the new HD ensures attackers must be close to you on your own screen in order for you to be hit, to put it simply. There is also the option of being able to spar/pk within special rooms that use the default Graal movement + HD.

The second main example would be the new Map System. This is aimed to help players that are new to Graal or the server to find their way around more easily. If you've ever attempted to quest on the server but have been confused as to where to go next, icons will be marked at locations depending on your quest progress. Locations containing obtainable items of interest are also marked on the Map regardless of progress. Any future releases can be added to this easily.

Our plan has always been to salvage the best content from Graal the Adventure and to build new content around it with the original Graal feel while keeping newbie-friendly, although we realise it is just as important for there to be recyclable content that can be played constantly around the clock. In order to accomplish both of these goals we feel the Dev Team requires a shake-up and so we'd like to invite anyone interested in working for the server to apply with our new application, which can be found at - http://classicgraal.net/applications/development/

Good luck to all of those that apply.

• January 22nd - AEON Comming to an end!

So the long expected wait of AEON's re-release of the modern world is almost here but we are in desperate need of staff to finish. Also Elan is almost complete aswell and once Opan is finished we will then re-apply for the classic tab.

So listed below are the developer positions that are open and needed. Everything is open except for NAT at the moment:

• LATs (Both Classic and Modern LATs[[1]]
• GATs[[2]]
• Gani Team[[3]]
• SFXs, Talk to HL or SwedishKing.

If you have any questions please PM SwedishKing or Hatred/HL on AEON. You can also find us on GraalForums, or on our forum: [4]

• January 10th - Classic's Monthly Spar Tournament

A new year brings a fresh start--the first monthly spar tournament of 2009! Laura (xnervNATx) takes home the champion belt this time around, beating Shiden Kotetzu in the last round. Let's hope his New Year's resolution wasn't to win.

Don't forget to stop by on February 14th for what is bound to be our most romantic monthly spar tournament yet!

• January 10th - Azure Skies underway!

Azure Skies! (Formerly called Silence)

Sailing the skies, pillaging enemies, advancing through the ranks in your crew/flag and taking control over whole islands! Cool, eh?

• We're under way with absolutely everything that needs doing, including bar levels and SFX.
  • Think you can level/sfx? Then hop on to Azure Skies and see if it's the place for you!

• We're also in need of some extra GATs to push along creation of certain aspects, such as swords and boats (both large and small).
  • If you feel up to the challenge, by all means come give us a look.

• Even if you don't have any development skills, come along and see the server thrive. We're adding new things for players to do while you wait for the grand opening, so why not hop on board (Geddit?) and check us out for yourself!

-Jamie (Co Manager)

• January 6th - New Year for Unholy Nation

• Unholy Nation is currently under going a lot of changes. Our new manager Streety is offering a more interactive experience for Graalians. A lot of our staff members have been hard at work, creating some hot new features to make your gameplay more fashionable.

• Ronnie, our Guild Admin, has put together a spectacular local guild engine to make your guild gameplay experience convenient and fun. By joining local guilds, you'll get the benefit of using a chat-system to communicate leisurely with your guild mates. It's got a pretty user-friendly interface and is definitely worth a passing glance.

• Unholy Nation now offers server-wide PKing. Anything goes when the PKing on the overworld.

• Unholy Radio is under a new radio server, with a new Head DJ (Thanks Wreckage!). Time slots and hirings for DJs are still underway, if you're interested. Head over to the server, and keep your eyes peeled.

If you have any questions, feel free to PM our friendly staff. They'd be more than delighted to help you. U.N.

2008

December

• December 22 - Santa Visits Graal Kingdoms!

Santa is visiting Graal Kingdoms! He is walking around the main island dropping a plethora of presents. He's feeling very generous this year, make sure you receive your present!

• December 19th - Graal Kingdoms Quarter 1

Q1: The first quarterly update, including a large collection of improvements.

• December 17th - Maloria Christmas 2008

While we might not be able to offer all too much this year, we ARE able to give out a unique Christmas Sword 2008 to anyone that logon to Maloria. The item will remain permanent even through potential Development resets.

This offer will be active from now to the end of December.

Merry Christmas from the Maloria team!

• December 14th - Zone Christmas Updates

A snow storm changed the dropships on Zone, at the right time for Christmas! Thanks to Aura, our graphics staff member. Many updates are planned for the holidays, such as two new guns, Santa making a return, and maybe even more!

• December 13th - Classic's Monthly Spar Tournament

Frigid December brings Classic to its last Monthly Spar Tournament of 2008. Xaphan (Crimson2005) came out on top after skating through the competition and taking on Rufus for the 10 ticket win! Congratulations to Xaphan with his new monthly title belt and thanks to everyone that rose to the challenge.

The title is up for grabs every second Saturday of each month; don't miss it!

• December 6th - Westford Updated

The Crescent Pirates have renovated their famous marketplace, Westford. It introduces Graal Kingdoms' first outside shop containing vegetables and fruits. You will also find many player shops at Westford filled with an assortment of handy quest items and gear.

• December 5th - Let It Snow!

Several playerworlds are celebrating winter with snow and other festive features! On Era you can build snow men by gathering snowballs and rolling them on the ground, meanwhile Zodiac and Unholy Nation are preparing holiday events!

Classic has been hit by a blizzard as well, you can see the snow everywhere. You may want to check out the other playerworlds during the days approaching the new year to see their decorations!

November

• November 28th - Unholy Nation Official Forums

Unholy Nation now has a brand new forum, here you can find out and discuss some of the current projects going on, submit your own ideas, or just talk about the server, life, or other servers among other things.

It's open to all, easy to sign up and offers 45+ phpbb templates including Dark Fantasy, Hello Kitty, Chrimbo and more, and if you find another phpbb template you like on the web, leave a note in the suggestions thread and we can get it uploaded for you. So check it out, post some input, or just chat to your fellow graalians.

Just go here to sign up

• November 2nd - Zone Image Updates

An array of new graphics have been uploaded on Zone recently. Of these graphics, there are new bodies, hair, and a flashing plasmachaingun.

• November 2nd - Zone Weapon Updates

Besides putting amazing imagery into play on Zone, the development staff has also balanced some of the weapons. The assault pistols have been weakened, and the silencer has been made stronger. The holiday cakes have been added to the shop and will be there for about one week, but if they remain popular they may be allowed longer.

Along with those came a few patches to fix the game play on spar to be more suitable.

• November 1st - Unholy Radio Back On AIR!

Unholy Radio's comeback special will take place, this Saturday, November 1st. I wanted to do it Friday, since Fridays are like...Friday Nights! but unfortunately, this Friday is Halloween, I plan to dress up as Micheal Myers and stalk some of the trick-or-treaters. Yes I know...creepy. So I will be unavailable that night.

However, future Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, Unholy Radio will be available for all you graalians that wish to request music and give your shoutouts.

Here is what my nightshows will include:

1. Player's song requests

2. NPC giveaways

3. EP Giveaways

4. Gralat Giveaways

5. UN Discussion - what the players want, what the staff are planning

6. Prank Phone Calls

7. Staff interviews

8. Music

9. and as always, having a good time while making people laugh....

Since this Saturday is the comeback special, I have a couple special things planned so you will not want to miss it. This includes finding out information on becoming a DJ for Unholy Radio, since I will not be able to host the radio much during the week, I need someone to fill my shoes. I'll also be playing your song requests along with TeXaZ's oldskool Graal songs...play graal, play graal.

Alright, I'll save the talk for the radio, you know how I roll. See you Saturday night after 8:00pm EST.

- Red (Unholy Radio)

• November 1st - New weapons on Zone

Two new weapons were released today on Zone. The Silencer can be found in the Zone money shop (see below) for only 11800 Zone money. The Flame pistol can be found in the gelat shop for a very cheap price!

October

• October 31sth' - Halloween on Unholy Nation

Happy Graal'o'ween!

On Unholy Nation, to join into the festivities, we started releasing things around a week or so ago! Things like our new Zombie Hunting event, Our Hat contest (With spontaneous restocks), a seasonal village and some really cool NPCs!

Evenvale is a small village on the coast of Unholy Nation. It's true history is a mystery to UN. The true story lies inside an abandoned mansion to the south part of the village. Do you have the guts to venture in and find out for yourself?

Come down and join in the fun, ~Unholy Nation's Staff

• October 29th - Graal Kingdoms Halloween 2008

• October 29th - Zone Helicopters

Zone debug has been taking off lately. The hard work has been paying off and you can now take off in your helicopters on Zone Bunker. The helicopters may now also act as transportation for two other players. To enable the multiplayer option of the helicopter, press the icon in the bottom right hand corner of the screen, and other players must press the similar icon that will then appear on their screen to hop on. We hope you enjoy the updates and expect more to come!

- Zone Staff

• October 23rd - Zone Halloween + Events

The Zone Staff have whipped together some awesome Halloween updates to help kick off the Halloween season on Zone! Some of the Halloween updates include halloween ghosts and pumpkins on the dropships, and even some spider webs. More is soon to come so keep playing Zone!

• October 20th - Welcome Zodiac GraalOWeen 2008!

In order to show our Halloween spirit, we, the Zodiac staff have decided to spice the server up with some festive items and themes.

We have made many changes to the server for the holiday which are listed below:

• Halloween Candy, which can be exchanged in increments of 50 for halloween bags, now drops from baddies.
• Halloween Bags can be opened to find even more candy and other surprises!

But don't get too greedy! Rumor has it that on Halloween, mysterious events involving these bags will take place. Save them up!

• A Jack-o-Lantern making competition has begun! The winner will be announced on Halloween night and will be awarded for their efforts.
• Halloween costumes now drop from most monsters! These costumes can be exchanged

in increments of 500 (100 for boss monsters) for reusable costumes of the same sort.

We really hope that you guys enjoy these updates! We appreciate the support you give us and dont be shy to give a friendly thank you! to your staff team! Happy Halloween! : D

- Zodiac Staff Team

• October 8th - AEON is hiring again!

Due to some staff being inactive, we have decided that we're going to hire staff! You might think that AEON have been more or less inactive these days, but we have made some progress:

• Opan Beta Event System has been released.
• Major updates on Opan's overworld, many houses has been filled.
• New levels for Elan's Party Island.

Currently: Opan is 60% finished. Elan is 90% finished.

Right now AEON is really close of sending a Classic Inspection Ticket, but we just need some help to be able to finish the things that are left. We need:

• Modern LATs
• GATs
• Gani Makers
• Talented Scripters
• SAT

If you wish to apply, just click at this link [5]

[[NOTE :: If you're applying for either SAT or NAT, please Contact: SwedishKing. (Vima on the GraalForums) or HL]]

Thanks and Good Luck!

• October 6th - New Planet Released

After a long wait, the new Zone map is complete!

Bunker is an exciting new map filled to the brim with action! Rather than having set classes, everyone starts off with a combat knife. You must gather item boxes that can be found in tents and bunkers, or kill players to make them drop their weapons.

The goal of bunker is to lower the opposing teams energy stations hp to zero. Capturing the bases spread out on the map will do this. Also, if your team has more bases than your opponent, your energy station will recover its hp while your opponents loses hp.

The more the merrier, everyone is welcome to come and try out this new addition to Zone! Please feel free to contact any staff member with your feedback about the new map. Remember, your opinions will help us further improve future updates!

• October 6th - Day Of The Sun!

The Sun will visit us on Graal Kingdoms on 11th October!

Get many items like Eventcoins,Enchant Armour,Diamonds,Gems,and more....!

And he will give out 1 Sun Shield again!

The Event runs all day so all can join our events for Day Of The Sun

Events non-stop with all available Events Masters!

September

• September 29th - Kriegszone is back

Come now to see the new updates:

• Guns
• Biz's
• Gangs
• Cars
• New ways to make cash!
• ALOT MORE!

Come check it out.

Were hiring all staff - Nats, Gfxers, ganiers, Level makers! Log on Kriegzone now and check it out!

• September 28th - Vivitron Needs Your Help

Vivitron is in a bit of trouble and is in need for your help. We/I am looking for some dedicated players to make this server the server we can plan on making it. We are in need of basically all dev. staff. Instructions for applying is in the server pm on vivitrion so log in and check us out.

Thankyou, WildFire(Owner)

• September 22nd - World Of Swords Is Hiring

World Of Swords is a Classic-style playerworld and is in a bit of trouble. We need dedicated players to make this the great server that it can be. We currently need:

2 NATs, 1 GATs, 2 Gani-ers ,2 LATs

Contact us: gulthex@gmail.com

• September 21st - Zone Bunker

Coming Soon!

• September 17th - Silence is hiring again

Silence, the RPG/Fantasy themed server, is hiring some more people to complete the Team! Actually, we'r hiring: -Skilled Scripters ! You must be able to develop systems that fits with Silence's theme We may hire one or two scripters for this task. -Grapics ! We still need some graphics help, to make Silence quite like an enjoyable world still going trough Silence's theme. If you feel like helping us, don't hesitate to send us some of your work !

In order to apply, contact one of the online RCs or send an email describin your personality, why you'd like to help Silence, and especially HOW ! Silence's mailbox: silencebox@hotmail.fr

Have fun, enjoy graal aslong as possible, and be happy !

• September 14th - And the winner is...

... devilsknite1 ! Sunday evening the tombola (raffle event) for the Wii game console was hold on Kingdoms. Everyone who bought tombola cards was automatically taking part, no matter if being online or not. Everyone got a 3 letter number and the number of the winner was revealed by three rolling balls with numbers on them. Sorry for everyone who didn't win, but may be there will be another event like this in the future since it was quite successful.

• September 13th - Mythic Legends - House Building Frenzy!

Greetings Graalians! We've reached a tiring task on Mythic, one that includes filling roughly 50 levels with houses and misc. buildings of all kinds, and we could use some help.

You don't have to be a skilled LAT for it, as long as you know how to design somewhat realistic houses. Heck, you don't even have to learn to navigate the tileset, since we can provide levels with already existing houses that you can copy/paste the tiles you need from.

Are you the one we're looking for? Catch me, Ziro (xXziroXx), online or contact me on AIM (irxzirox) or MSN (xzirox@gmail.com)! Have a continued nice day! :)

• September 13th - Dev dignapod22- Needs Help

Dev Dignapod22 is hiring. Dev Dignapod22 (going to be called evntually Carnage City) is a modern day city located near a major shipping port dealing with international trade. But be careful because around that docks and around town things aren't what they should be. This is no peaceful town. We Need For Staff 2 NATs, 3 GATs, 2 Gani Editors, 1 or 2 Level Editor, A Good Graphics Team of at least 2 or 3. Contact Us At:ccarnage@ymail.com

• September 9th - Card Tombola this weekend

This is the last week where you can get a tombola card and win a Wii! In the last two months when purchasing trading cards you were also receiving tombola cards. This weekend we will do the "tombola" (raffle) and choose one of the players to get a Wii game console, sponsored by the payment provider Ticket-Surf.

• September 8th - Zone - Iricia restored!

Big news: Iricia has been restored to its original state! Many players have requested this to happen.

• September 1st - Zone - New Map for Iricia!

A new map for Iricia was added on Zone, it displays your enemies and all captured bases with their locations. You can press M to toggle the map, or click on it to close.

• September 1st - Ages - Needs You!

Ages is a playerworld and is in a bit of a rut. We need dedicated players to make this the great server that it can be. We currently need:

2 NATs, 3 GATs, 2 Gani-ers, 1 Manager (must know one person to fill each of the previous slots)

Contact us: graal.faqs@gmail.com

August

• August 30th - Zone - Day of Events August 30th!

Saturday August 30th, there will be a Day of Events on Zone. The events will start at 15:00 Servertime (9:00 AM EST) and run to 02:00 Servertime (8:00 PM EST).

There will be several prizes handed out this day and inbetween those prized events there will be team-battle events.

Some Prizes include: Twinblade, Red/Blue Pistoles, Reapers, Scifi Pistols, Magnums, Doubleshot, A Holiday Weapon, jetpack and much more :).

For more information, stay tuned into this forum thread: http://forums.graalonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81061

And for questions or event requests, check out this thread: http://forums.graalonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81062

• August 25th - Unholy Nation - New Quest!

New classic style Quest! Can you defeat the dragon boss? Get a brand new item, and maybe even a secret one too! ;P

Good luck!

• August 15th - Zone - Day of Events August 30th!

The date is steadily approaching! Don't forget about the day of Events on August 30th. Check out the completed schedule here! http://forums.graalonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81061

• August 12th - Dev jothegreat55555 needs staff members!

Dev jothegreat55555 is a server set in the time period of the 1940's in an Italian city. This isn't the friendliest part of town, if you catch our drift, and you will need to watch out for those mobsters! The server has plently to offer ranging from illegal item rackating, interesting card games, to underground boxing and more!

Work your way from the newcomer to the top! Become a head assassin, leader of a Mafia family, or maybe just settle down with a nice legitimate buisness.

Dev jothegreat55555 is hiring for all DEV positions. That means YOU! The current staff members we are in need of are scripters, graphics designers, and graal animation staff members.

• August 10th - Legend in need of Staff

Irata or MG can be contacted on Legend during the afternoon EST time. MG can also be reached through AIM: SarmieGraal.

Graphics Team - Still in need of a Admin to keep this team in line, Would need to be able to make 32x32 icons and work on the tile set, as well as making weapon sprites and spells for the gani team.

LAT - Would need to be able to adapt to a changing tile set with unique tiles. Still needs an Admin for this team.

NAT - Needs knowledge of MUD systems and a decent level of scripting. Still needs an admin for this team.

Gani Team - Needs to work well with making many ganis. Still needs an admin for this team.

• August 9th - The Light Hirings

Greetings. The Light is an aspiring modern server with stats and a basic rank leveling system involved. Basically, we want to recreate a mordern server with an RPG touch to it.

We are now undergoing huge development especially with our systems and tiles. Therefore, we are hiring professional or experienced staff to help out.

Here are a list of open hirings:

Scripters/NATs - We are currently needing committed scripters to help us.

GANI - We need GANI makers to help liven up The Light's environment and player-friendliness.

We would appreciate help from the Graal Community especially in these fields.

Please contact Name (DuBsTeRmAn) or Zorko (Dumdumdidi) for more infomation on hirings.

Thank you.

• August 4th - Mythic Legends Hirings

I'll keep myself short and go directly to the point. We're looking for a bit of a help.

Character Equipment/Sprites - Self-explanatory. Your job would be to create custom looks on sprites, new hairs, clothing equipment etc.

Icons - You'd be making 32x32 icons for currently existing items, spells and even skills/talents.

GUIs - The dreadful default GUIs need to be replaced, are you creative enough for it?

Interior and/or Exterior decorations - We're at a stage where inside levels are getting rapidly done, and the town is slowly getting bigger and bigger. However, while we might have tiles, we don't have anything to fill the levels with. That's where you come in! You'd get more or less free hands, but if anything is requested, why not do it right?

Tiles - The oh so glorious task of creating more tiles. Interested?

Any of the above are up for grabs. If you don't want a steady job, and just want to help here and there - that's fine. We can provide you with boots to get around the normally sealed off town, as well as a limited RC for uploading. If you do want to be actually hired with any of the above tasks as main priority, then even better.

Not hiring any coders, and doubtfully level makers - depends on how good you are.

All/most core systems are done, now it's just the visual part left before we're ready to rock. And trust me, we'll rock - heavy metal style!

July

• July 18th - Graal Ghetto News!

Come to Graal Ghetto! We have a lot for you to play:

• Guns/Swords
• Gangs/Buisness
• Hotels
• Cars
• TrashPicking/Fishing
• Events & Tons Of Event Items

And more come and see for yourself! Houses will soon be released!

Hiring: LAT,NAT,GAT,Gani

• July 18th - GraalOnline Forums: Update

The Official Graal Online Communication Center is now free to those who have bought a Gold Subscription in the past, or currently have an active subscription.

Also, updates have been made to the forums. Now users can create social groups, tag threads, and much more.

• July 9th - Graal iPhone/iPod: Will be released on Apple AppStore!

The happy owners of an iPhone/iPod Touch will soon be able to play Graal on it. This Friday Apple will launch the version 2.0 of the iPhone/iPod software including AppStore (a shop to install new software).

If everything goes well, Graal Zone for iPhone/iPod will be one of the first multi-player arcade games to be available on the AppStore. Graal Zone for iPhone/iPod is a special version of Graal Zone for PC with some training levels and custom maps. Graal Zone on iPhone/iPod will be free.

We are releasing also Graal Zone+, a premium version of the game with more weapons, vehicles and maps.

To celebrate the launch of the iPhone/iPod version we will organize events, stay tuned!

• July 6th - Project Mythic: Combat released, once and for all!

Combat system is released, once and for all!

If you logon, create a character, then login with it - you'll see a NPC giving you instructions on how to enter combat.

Currently you will face as many baddies as there are players in your party (party system not released yet) and they will be the same level as your party leader. They will have randomized looks, and randomized stats between 3 and 21. If you beat them everyone in your party will level up, if not, try again!

Exp system will probably not be released until we get this town ready and open it up, so if you're willing to help with levels or graphics - get in touch! :)

June

• June 29th - New trading cards!

New effects and a brand new pets system are waiting for you to be discovered. Collect the new trading cards, find a full set and unlock several new effects that make you look better or get one of the pets which work on any Graal server. Following the successful launch of the first trading cards in December 2007 we are again giving prizes to the first players who collect a full card set. Between the first 3 players who collect a full set we will randomly choose one player to win a Wii game console. This time it will be more challenging, with several rare pets and a total of 18 sets to collect.

You get the new trading cards by buying "Random Cards" in the in-game shop window. Beside trading cards you can also win tombola cards which let you participate in a tombola at the end of the summer (September) to win another Wii game console! The prizes are sponsored by Ticketsurf, a new payment method available for Graal players in Canada, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Brazil and more.

Existing cards (marked with 'available only this winter') will be converted to the new card system and can be used for another 2 weeks.

• June 28th - Silence is hiring!

Silence is now opened to public with several releases to come soon. But Silence needs you, the graal community to be accomplished and become a great server. Within the RPG, Fantasy theme has to be added.

We'r hiring:

• -Scripters.
• -SFX (Sounds): If you are able to make your own sounds, tell us about it !
• -GATs: In fact, the tileset is almost done, but needs some more help to be

colorful and represent a world full of life, but with sadness at the same time.

Log in to Silence now, and become part of the next generation of RPG/Fantasy themed Graal playerworld !

Silence's official box: silencebox@hotmail.fr

Silence awaits you.

• June 28-29th - Zone Events

Last weekend Jasper and Jurre won the Snowrace tournament and received red and blue rifles. New events:

Saturday, June 28th 19:00 Servertime (1:00 PM EST) - Hosted by Ravenblade1979 Redpistole Event! "Event type to be decided"

Also that day, 22:00 Servertime (4:00 PM EST) - Hosted by Tenchry_P2P Redpistole Event! "Event type to be decided"

Sunday, June 29th, "Time to be Decided" - Hosted by jkool666 (unless decided otherwise) Golden Weapon Event! Deathmatch, Useable Weapons: Appirces, ApRipper, Magnum, Muramasa

• June 27th - New Forest Island Released

Forest has been busy planting trees and moving entire towns. Baleron and Avanik was moved, a good time to explore somtething new. The rest of the cities were redesigned a bit to be more accessible. Quite a few changes to the kingdom island as well, some of these changes will allow you to swim to the smaller island. New walled city with gates for a new touch as well, with places for player houses in the city. Now forest members can be a true city dweller. We haven't forgotten about those that just like to be out in the trrees either. Several locations along various roads should look very nice for a few houses here and there.

• June 23rd - 'New clothing system on GK - GFX Contest

Today we updated the clothing system on Graal Kingdoms. Now you are able to carry your favourite outfits with you. So you can save the time running the the clothing shop. But you have to craft these outfits now, there isn't just plat you need. Don't worry, there are just basic items like cloth, skin, coal and so on needed in order to craft your favourite items. We are also able to give out clothing in a limited number now. This means there are more exotic clothings you can win in events, find randomly on the map, trade with them or just show what you've got.

Along with this update we started a graphics contest you can take part in. The graphics of the winners are going to be used for the first collection of limited clothing. All other graphics will be public to everyone every time. Url: http://forums.graalonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80206

• June 22nd - New town on Zormite released

Out of a travelers dairy: "I felt how the earth below my feet was slowly starting to move. Something was different on my travel through the land of Zormite today. Then suddenly there ground opened just a half mile in font of me and a big dust cloud came up. I started to run there and as I almost reached the coast on the west the dust was fading away. I couldn't belive my eyes but there it was.. a big sign with a name on it 'Vateril'. Everything was looking nice around there. The town had a mill, a well, a bakery and other shops but there was something strange. It was the house of Zohaun's brother the blacksmith. It looked different somehow in a good way. I was wondering if this blacksmith was able to craft some special weapons in the near future."

• June 21st - New Governor of the Crescent Pirates

A new Governor of the Crescent Pirates was announced by Governor Felix Lionheart upon his retirement. The new Governor of the Crescent Pirates would be none other than Paul Cypher, a fearless pirate and a great leader. Congratulations Paul!

• June 15th - GK Summer 2008

School's out, it's summer time, and Graal Kingdoms is waiting for your arrival. Trade items with other players, enjoy many events, level yourself above the rest, and manifest your own destiny on this medieval themed server. Raise your very own pets, learn spells, and help prevent the evil of the Bomy moon from enveloping our world!

We hope to see you there!

• June 13th - New Subscription System

We are introducing a new more flexible subscription system - you get a starter pack with your subscription, and you can pause your subscription:

Euro conversion

Right now we are losing an incredible amount of money each month just for currency conversion. That's why we have decided to switch the billing system completely to Euro. We know that odd Dollar numbers on the bill (like .37) might be confusing, but we hope that you understand this step. At the same time we lower the Euro prices so that the actual difference between old and new amount will not be too huge. So depending on where you come from and what you want to buy, some prices might be slightly higher or lower. On the subscription page you can easily convert the amount to your local currency.

New subscription system

We have changed the subscription system to be based on Gelats. That means you buy an amount of Gelats on the website, and then subscribe directly in the game using the Shop window. The subscription system has been simplified: we again only offer one Gold subscription which works for any current server (Zone, Kingdoms, Classic, under construction and hosted playerworlds). The price is in the middle of old single server subscription and gold bundle: you subscribe and then pay 300 Gelats each month.

Free starter pack

When you buy a subscription or gelat pack on the website then you get an additional starter pack for free. The starter pack includes items for Zone, Kingdoms, Unholy Nation, Zodiac and Era and makes the life for new players easier.

Flexible subscriptions

The subscription system is now much more flexible. First you don't need to subscribe for 12 months upfront: you can subscribe one month, then pause and continue later with your remaining Gelats. You will get an e-mail notification when your subscription is near the end and there are not enough Gelats on your account.

• June 9th - Project Mythic: Combat System Released!

You are now able to duel players one-on-one on Project Mythic. Want to try it out yourself?

1) Create a new character and login with it.

2) Find a suiting victim, then say /duel <charactername> (ie. /duel Ziro)

3) Wait for the player to accept your duel request. Note: if it's not accepted within 60 seconds your request will time out.

We're also still hiring interested level makers and pixel artists, poke me xXziroXx (Ziro) in-game!

• June 7th - Zone Plasma Chaingun

Hightech in your hands: the new Plasma Chaingun shoots a stream of powerful plasma bullets, works with any class and requires less reloads than the metal chaingun. Now available in the Zone Shop.

• June 1st - Zone Red Pistols Events

This Sunday, Zone will have an event hosted on Deathmatch for Redpistoles. Zone will also have an event hosted for Redpistoles, and the exact event type and location have not been decided. The general time will be 18:00 server time through 21:00 server time. Don't forget the progress on Zone Debug, the Bunker map could be out soon!

Nataxo with redpistoles.

May

• May 31st - Zone Doubleshot Event

Saturday, This coming Saturday, Zone will have an event hosted on Deathmatch by Tench Doubleshot King (Tenchry_P2P). The prize for this event will be doubleshots! The time will be announced later this week.

• May 28th - Zone Tournament

On Wednesday, May 28th, at 01:00 server time, there will be a hide and seek event on Deathmatch. The prize will be 250 Pipebombs. After that a Snowrace tournament will be held. The rules for the Snowrace will be announced shortly. The prize for the tournament will be 500 gas grenades to first place and 250 pipebombs to second place.

• May 25th - Zone Player of the Week

The Zone player of the week for last week was Lashivas with an astounding 1711 kills! Congratulations Lashivas!

• May 25th - The Adventure of Questing is back on Classic

After having gone through many small changes to rebuild both the Original Graal and Adventure feel, Classic has finally seen the release of 2 new Quests, in the form of Sardons Tower and the Gnome Caves. Both are implemented as part of a main storyline and should provide a decent hour of gameplay at minimum, more details are contained inside of the npcserver message.

• May 6th - Project Mythic: Call for help

Project Mythic is in grave need of help from Level Makers and Graphic Artists. The potential is there, but the man power is not. We want to create a quite big town (10x10 levels), but we simply lack the people for it.

We seek those of you who are experienced, or at least know your way around, with creating levels. We do have a custom tileset, so "practice makes perfect" comes to my mind. We're in huge need of anyone that can be of assistance in this department!

If that wasnt all, we are keeping our eyes open for anyone with a talent for graphics that'd be interested in helping. Your task would mainly be to assist with tile requests, or you who wish to design clothing/equipments etc.

Come check us out, there's no harm in that! If you do want to apply, contact me (xXziroXx) by:

• email to xzirox@gmail.com
• forum PM on forums.graalonline.com
• send me a PM in-game

Cheers!

• May 3rd - Zone Events

This weekend several prize events will be held on Zone.

On Friday night a red pistol event will be held (time will depend on number of players online). On Saturday afternoon, an event will be held for red pistols at 19:30 server time (1:30pm est).

Above is the sneak peak of the bunker map that is in progress on Zone Debug. The player is holding redpistoles. To conclude this fabulous weekend, another pair of red pistols will be hosted off on Sunday. Cash (Cash_P2p) was the player of the week last week with a total of 695 kills for the week.

April

• April 28th - Epic Mage!

It was time for a big event!

The Graalians had to spar 1vs1 with some handicaps to make it stronger so they really had to show there skills to be a mage. After the spar the mages had to go to a dungeon and kill evil monsters only with there spells!

Googi won the Gloves of Arcania

• April 28th - Atrius is hiring!

After a large amount of development, Atrius finally requires the need of a few more staff to get the server fully bug-free! We're getting close to the end of our work, and we need help!

Right now Atrius is hiring:

• NAT's
• GAT's
• SFX

If you would like to apply, just log onto Atrius and contact an administrator.

Atrius looks forward to being finished, and with YOUR help, we can achieve it.

• April 27th - Zone New Iricia

Iricia has changed significantly - turrets, more bunkers, and a bigger base one. If players like it then the new map will stay online.

There is also a new weekly kills stats - become the player of the week! For sending messages to guild members use the new /guild message command.

• April 26th - AEON - Hiring!!

AEON - 4 Worlds on just one server. Yes! On AEON we do it big

AEON has under the past months been making a lot of progress,

Elan (The Classic World) will soon be finished. Opan (Modern World) and NSC (Futuristic world) are keeping up with Elan. Right now we're looking for talented, dedicated staff.

We are hiring:

• Classic and Modern LATs
• GATs
• Gani Makers

To get the applications, just simply go to our forum: AEON's Forum.

Good Luck!

Join AEON today!

<< on AEON we do it big. >>

• April 20th - Varia is Hiring!

Welcome to Varia!

A land of Change and Adventure. Develop the land you're bound to explore. Plant seeds and return to find a plant with some goodies attached. Fight endless amounts of demons and creatures to save the people of Varia and be rewarded handsomely. Buy some land and start a farm. Grow fields of Strawberries forever, maybe raise some pigs or chickens. Come join the fun and grow with us.

This is a very short description of the Varia Vision. I need you, the Graal Community to help me accomplish this vision of mine.

Varia is Hiring :

• LATs - Send two levels (one inside/one outside:warp connected)
• GATs - Send 3 images of your choice that you made
• NATs - Send 2 scripts, demonstrating triggeraction with some params
• Developers - Send in each of the following.

Send your applications to bakersr90@yahoo.com. You may contact through my Graal account (Angel_Light) or my AIM (AgainstTheQuo) or my MSN (varia100@hotmail.com)

Thank-you! Sincerely, Jex Varia (Angel_Light)

• April 18th - Ardeo is Hiring!

Ardeo, a world full of surprises and secrets needs several Level artists, Animation Artists and Graphics Artists. We at Ardeo attempt to make a world that keeps evolving by the hands of the players, and we need your help to make that happen! Apply for a position and help work on one of these features:

• • A very intense combat system.
  • Hundreds of weapons
  • A large, living world

And much, MUCH more...

For applying, contact Codein (AIM=Corsein, MSN= dumaju@hotmail.co.uk) or Pimmeh (AIM= Pimmeh, MSN= dapimmeh@gmail.com) See you in Ardeo!

• April 6th - Zone Wars - Relaunched

We have relaunched the, once very populair Zone Wars planet! Some nice effects and more balance has been added. When your team loses you also get into a winning room now (which is new).

Last week we also released a new weapon in the gelat shop, which is the Assaultpistol. This is a weapon with fast bullets and can be bought for 75 gelats. Next week we plan to release the plasmachaingun, so be there!

March

• March 29th - Zone Bots Events

The Events Team can now spawn bots on any planet, which makes it possible to host fun new events. The bots are fast and can avoid bullets, team play is recommended to beat them!

• March 23rd - Easter Event - Easterhouse

On easter Graalians had to fight evil egg monsters to get new items and a lot of experience! Thanks to Tig and Stephen who developed the easterhouse for us!

• March 23rd - Project Mythic: Extended Hirings

After the nice input on the server received by players after opening up the little we have on Project Mythic for the LAT hirings, we've decided to open up a few more spots in the staff team.

We are currently accepting applications for the following:

• Pixel Artists - Your primary objectives would be to help out with tiles, or character equipments, whichever you prefer.
• Concept Designer - Have great fantasy? Love to draw, using whatever it may be? We are looking for help with designing a quite large castle town, that can't look too repetitive. Possibly accepting applicants for just equipment designing.
• Level Maker - Still available spots here.

Contacts:

• Ziro (xXziroXx) - AIM: irxzirox, email/MSN: xzirox@gmail.com
• Angel (Omaster2) - AIM: mShort345, email/MSN: mshort_23@hotmail.com

Oh and, if you can't work in a team, never heard of the GraalEditor, or haven't the slightest clue about what a pixel is - don't bother applying please. Expect the until now delayed PvP duel system to be released within the nearest days as well!

• March 23rd - Easter Updates

Happy Easter everybody! We have added a Bunny on Zone which you can kill to gain eggs, but which can also kill you! Enjoy the special gifts in the eggs, the new outfits and many more updates to come soon.

• March 15th - Zone Lava Blaster Event

New Events: Lava Blaster Event: Try to push the other players into the lava with your blaster! It's a last-man-standing event.

Foot Race Dash: On the snow race map you can now do a dash (like Sonic): Hold S or D, then run and try to avoid hitting walls.

• March 8th - Project Mythic in need of Level Maker(s)!

Work on Project Mythic, formerly known as Mythic Legends (not the same as the current server with the name though), is moving forward in a fast pace. The server will have some rather 'unique' features, such as:

• Turn Based Combat
• Simple, yet effective, NPCs - such as town folks walking around "living their own lives".
• Dynamic weather, that actually has an effect on the world.

It would be foolish to list too many things, might result in empty promises. Anyways.. we're trying to create a town connected to a castle, with our own custom tiles. What we're looking for, is one or two Level Makers wanting to design the town (tiles needed can be requested by our tile maker), and later on detail it.

If you are remotely interested, feel free to contact one of the following:

• Ziro (xXziroXx) - email: xzirox@gmail.com
• Angel (Omaster2) - AIM: mShort345
• Pimmeh (Pimmeh) - AIM: Pimmeh

Related Threads:

Main Thread

Videos

• March 8th - Zone Video Contests Winners Anouncement

Last week the Zone players took part in a video contest, and the best submissions where added to the forums and people could vote for which video they like most. The winners are Lord Conorr, Az and Jesper which got the new Twin Blade weapon as prize.

Watch the videos at http://forums.graalonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78923

• March 7th - AEON has opened a world to players

AEON has released its classic-themed overworld, Elan: The Faded Nation.

The release of the overworld is accompanied by the release of several systems:

• A Town Takeover System. Guilds are able to capture Elan's Towns, and receive perks for controlling them.
• A hunting system. Players can hunt animals and sell their hides for some cash. Higher level hunters can choose more powerful weapons.
• A mining system. Higher level Miners have an easier time mining. Miners can also purchase better axes. Draisines make it easier for Miners to travel through the mines.
• An automated Event Bot. Elan offers a variety of events. If an Event Staff is not on, the Event Bot temporarily takes the place of staff.
• Guild PK Rankings. Guilds can prove they are the best by reaching the top of the Guild PK Rankings.
• A wide selection of Weapons and Prizes. Shops are scattered throughout the playerworld.

In the works:

• Guild and Individual Spar rankings

• March 2nd - Atrius is back!

You can look foward to:

• Gangs
• Businesses
• New Quests with Prizes
• In-Game Instant Messaging
• GPS Style Map
• and much more...

We hope you enjoy the new features and come and play! Enjoy!

-TheJames (Manager of Atrius)

• March 1st - Utopia is back!

Utopia is currently back from it's "In-Developmental Staff-Only" state. Along with the opening, we've introduced the:

• New Inside OSL
• Biz System (Still being developed)
• Ammo System (All guns)

• Also, we are hiring:
• 1-2 NAT's
• 1-2 GAT's
• Please hop on and talk to Ork for a job.

• All for now!

• Best Regards,
• Ork
• Utopia General Manager

February

• February 26th - Effects Team Hiring

N-Pulse is now hiring for the Effects Team and the Radio DJ Team! The effects team is made up of people that can make Sound Effects, Ganis, and Particle Scripts. If you are skilled in any of these areas, please come to N-Pulse and PM Stromstedt for further information.

• February 10th - Day of the Sun

On February 10th Graal Kingdoms hosted the legendary Day Of The Sun! Many Events and Fun at Graal Kingdoms was a rule! At the end of the Day of the Sun all Graalians had to collect some items for the sun so the sun melt the snow! Thanks to all Event Master for 5 Hours permament hosting!

Here are the results of the winners:

• DesirableDreams=3 Event Coins
• Ziro_of_the_Turks= 4 Event Coins
• Alex51= 4 Event Coins
• protozero= 11 Event Coins/Shield of the Sun
• roboman43= 1 Event Coin
• Tigairius= Shield of the Sun
• superjason5= 3 Event Coins
• Fishigidande= 3 Event Coins

• February 7th - Bionic getting ready for Hosted

Hello everybody! A lot of people know about Bionic, but for those people that have never heard of us: Bionic is a growing server. We've been doing alot of work to bring forward a brand new server that Graal has never seen before. We have new ways to get Exp. On our server we have a new Exp System, new events, new jobs and how to earn money in different ways than you've ever seen before. Also we have a brand new magic system and are working on a fighting system but we need some help.

We are looking for 1 or 2 NATS, 1 LAT and also 1 Gfx and 1 Gani maker. We have applications made for each department. There is currently no chief for those departments so who knows if u might take those spots in the future, but talk to Rave Platinum (Manager) on the server (MSN rave1337@hotmail.com, AIM Rave6298).

We hope to see you all soon! We're getting ready to hit Hosted Tab thank you...

• February 2nd - Zone Jump'n'Run Race

A new event has been added on Zone: the Jump'n'Run Race! Everyone starts at the bottom of the map and must jump onto platforms to get to the top. Only the Blaster and the Gravity Hammer are working here. On the way to the top you can find several moving platforms, baddies and destroyable blocks. A lot of players participated in the events.

We have also updated the Platform map to balance it more. The Events Team can now hold events for guilds and only allow certain weapons for doing melee-only events and similar.

January

• January 28th - Classic Dev Update

CLASSIC has started its redevelopment in earnest at last. The Minigame System with Graalian Invaders is back. More games will be following soon. It can be found in a shop in Nimda with high scores being found in Coms Tower.

You also have your choice of tilesets. We've had commands for /system tiles old and /system tiles new. Thor has added /system tiles original. It gives Classic back its more Zelda like look.

DC has also released the fishing pole. It can be found in its usual location in Avalon. Level 2 lure is released at this point.

Jet skis are also back on Avalon as well as in The Joint's spar for those wet spars.

• January 26th - Zone Platform World

Today we have released something entirely different from what you know about Zone! This Platform world creates a whole new, nice environment for Events. Together with this world we have released a new weapon, the Gravity Hammer. The weapon has 2 different types of usage (melee/shoot) and is available in the Gelat Shop. Special thanks goes to Sayian (SayianOozaru) for creating the graphics of the weapon and Hato (PaperMario) for creating the ganis.

• January 26th - Symphonia is Hiring!

Symphonia is hiring all kinds of Development positions:

• 1/2 Scripters
• 1 Graphic Designer
• 2 Level Designers

If your type of development isn't there please apply within the server. Or go and view this thread: http://forums.graalonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78475

• January 19th - Zone Weapons Spar

The Zone events team can now host spar events where only certain weapons are enabled, e.g. melee spars. Expect some fun events this weekend!

• January 17th - Zenkou

Zenkou - Closing down on Release

Hey, we all know that Zenkou has been around for ages... "When are they finally going to release?" Well, we have a lot of content as it is but we are in need of more. Zenkou is in need of some new development staff who are willing to help us in our final push for classic. The positions that we are looking for are:

• 2 Graphics Makers
• 2 Level Makers
• 1 Scripter

Log on and contact the staff if you wish to join our dish.

• January 17th - 10 Years of Graal

Exactly 10 years ago Graal has been started. Thanks to players and developers for staying with us for that long time and enjoying the game. Expect many more exciting things in the future!

• January 14th - Kingdoms Ghoul Town

A new town has been released on Crescent Island, Ghoul Town can be found on the small island at the top of Crescent Island. In the Tavern there is a spar upstairs with all the tables and chairs and other interiors of a bar. So you can have a bar brawl or just relax with friends. You can craft weapons and tools in the blacksmiths and cannonballs in the cannonball shop or just visit one of the many houses around the island. There is also some barracks with a large spar and a resting room for pirates.

• January 12th - Kingdoms Big Event

Many players participated in this event - equipped with water cans, pickaxes, scythes and more they followed the hints given by the events masters and searched for hidden objects and characters. After more than two hours the winners of this scavenger event received new items like the belzebub shield.

• January 12th - Trading Card Winners

The lucky winners of lifetime Gold access for collecting all trading card sets are ... XiLe (trevor987) and Bolivian! Congratulations!

To everyone else: we will give more nice stuff in a few weeks, everyone who has a full card set will have a chance to win rare items or Graal 3D preview access.

• January 12th - Zone New Spar

The new spar dropship has been released on Zone! It brings back the two spar rooms where you can watch people, adds a new snow spar room and you can also fight against the spar bot again. Have fun and gain a high spar rating by beating players in the spar rooms!

• January 9th - Sunny Ville Needs Help!

Sunny Ville is a new server idea, brought by an Esteria scripter. We are currently hiring:

• 1 SCRIPTER
• 2 GRAPHICS ARTISTS (you will need to know how to work with other Graphics Artists and how to make a tileset)
• 2 LEVEL DEVELOPERS

For more info on the server, please see: http://forums.graalonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77890

• January 5th - Kingdoms Snowman Building Contest

Once again a snowman building contest was hold on Graal Kingdoms, the 10 players who built most snowmen got some special items including event coins. Come see those snowmen or build your own snowman to get a gift box before the snow is melting !

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