Entropia Archive

Proj. Entropia Interview

Points to Gamers' Crypt's interview on the game, then in development at Mind Ark, and to the newly opened official site.

Interview: Project Entropia

One of the first interviews about the game, introducing a colonised planet whose terraforming robots have turned against the settlers.

Afternoon Screenshots: Project Entropia

MindArk reports that the official Project Entropia site has relaunched.

Project Entropia Interview

Points to RPG Vault's talk with Patric Sundström on the premise and backstory, characters, combat and the NetImmerse engine.

The New Site is Up...

MindArk's press release launching the new Project Entropia website, a virtual world designed for more than a million users at once.

Chat Logs: Project Entropia

Points to Crossroads Network's log of its IRC session with the Project Entropia team.

Log from Chatsession with XR Gaming

XR Gaming have posted a log from there chatsession with mindark.

New interview at Spela.com

The Swedish game site Spela.com has a new interview regarding Project Entropia.

Upgrade of the forum and news.

We have finally upgraded the forum with most common problems with inserting hyphens and apostrophes in a form.

The Rowline problem

The Rowline problem is solved.

Background history Updated

The backgroundstory is updated in chapter 7 in the following subchapters; -The Haven -The End of the First Robot War -The Battle of Calypso...

Gamesite.dk takes a look at Project Entropia

We found a small preview of Project Entropia at a Danish site, Gamesite.dk.

Intervju: Project Entropia

A Swedish interview with MindArk's Patric Sundström, made as the game's new website opened, with exclusive screenshots.

Entropia Headquarters

HQ Gaming Network, www.hqgaming.com, has launched Entropia HQ.

Morning Screenshots: Project Entropia

Three screenshots on Entropia HQ, marking the opening of the fan site.

Project Entropia Second Interview

A second interview on the Swedish science fiction game, set on the planet Calypso.

Afternoon Screenshots: Project Entropia

Two new screenshots on the official site.

Gamespot News

Gamespot take a first look at Project Entropia...

Interview with Patric Sundstrom, Mindark AB Marketing Manager

MindArk's marketing manager on the game's plans.

Screenshots!

At last we have gathered all the screenshots visible on this site under an own page.

Project Entropia

An interview about the game in development, where a player could be a tourist, a settler or an adventurer on Calypso.

Editorial about the Game economy!

The first Editorial based on the "Game Economy of Project Entropia".

Project Entropia Interview

Points to Stratics Central's interview with Patric Sundström on bringing real-world economics into a game with no subscription, with a preview beside it.

New Society Headline Added!

We have started a new Forum headline today, "Society Board".

Stratics open Project Entropia fan site today!

Stratics, www.stratics.com, announced that they have opened a new fan site for Project Entropia today.

UOWitch writes about Project Entropia

A fan site dedicated to Ultima Online have posted an article about Project Entropia on their website.

Vote on the Most Promising MMORPG!

It has come to our attention that www.RPGPlanet.com is running a 2 - day article called The Most Promising MMORPG.

Second Editorial Published at Entropia HQ

Atrayo, webmaster for Entropia HQ, have posted a second editorial about Project Entropia.

Project Entropia Interview

Points to Entropia HQ's interview with Patric Sundström on MindArk, the free subscription model and support after release.

E.B.O.S.S Society added!

We are proud to present E.B.O.S.S.

NEA Reaches 50!

The New Earth Alliance has reached 50 members and the 50:th member’s name/nick is DaRKBeaT.

The CHROME Alliance is Up!

The C.H.R.O.M.E. Alliance founded by Jurgen Siaens is up and running in the Society forum and they can also be found at the URL shown below.

EntropiaHQ have published a new FAQ

Entropia Head Quarters have published a new FAQ for Project Entropia.

House of common chat session @ Stratics

Stratics will hold a house of common chat session with MindArk, this will be hold 28th this month 6pm CST (North America Region).

C.O.R.P.S. INCORPORATED Society Added!

We congratulate C.O.R.P.S.

Project Entropia interview

PlanetMMOG's interview, with an exclusive on the beta test.

Beta news

We will start to accept applications for beta testing of Project Entropia 1st of March.

GamezNet open new division

GamezNet have announced that they have opened a new division called MMORG.

New interview about soceity´s in Project Entropia

A new society, Future World Relations, have posted a new interview where they asking questions about Society´s in Project Entropia.

New map and information added under Environment.

An environmental map over one of the Project Entropia provinces, The Neo Ithaca, added to this site.

The Men In BLack Society!

The Men In Black Society founded by Agent 42X is now available under the society forum.

Project Entropia Sign-ups

The beta test application opens, with no word yet on the size of the test or how testers will be picked.

Stratics has posted a log from last night chat.

Stratics have posted a log from their house of common chat session with MindArk.

We have started to accept beta applications now

We have now started to accept applications from players interested in being part of the beta tests of Project Entropia.

The Clan Society added!

The Clan, founded by Vampyre3, is added to the society forum.

The Syndicate Society added!

We welcome The Syndicate, founded by Vid, to our Society Forum.

Forum Archive Added!

As the forum is growing it’s unnecessary to see every Subject or Reply added in them, so now we have added a simple, for now that is, Archive Function to our forum.

The Smooth Gangsta´z Society!

The Smooth Gangsta´z society, founded by Smooth God, is added under the society forum.

The New America Society...

We say hello and welcome to the new society called the New America, founded by Bob.

New screen shots at PEHQ

Entropia HeadQuarter have published new exlucive screens shots from Project Entropia internal beta.

New screen shots at Stratics

Stratics have posted 4 new exclusive screenshots from our first internal beta.

New screen shots at XRGaming

Crossroads of Calypso have posted 3 new exclusive screenshots from our first internal beta.

Technology / Weapon has been updated with new info

Technology section has been updated with new information regarding weapon and weapon systems.

The Ancient Brotherhood Update!

The Ancient Brotherhood Society has updated their information on the Society Forum Section!

New screen shots at RPGDOT

RPGDOT have posted 3 new screen shots from Project Entropia.

Project Entropia Screenshots

Three screenshots in RPGDot's gallery, ahead of its interview the next day.

Vote for Project Entropia

We recently found out that GameBanshee have a poll called; Which MMORPG is going to dethrone EverQuest?

RPGDOT Have published a new interview

RPGDOT have published a new interview regarding Project Entropia.

Gamespot have published a new Interview!

Gamespot have published a new long interview and 8 new screenshots.

Project Entropia Q&A

GameSpot's long interview with MindArk, with eight screenshots. The official site announced it on 10 April 2001.

Welcome The Republic!

We welcome the new society The Republic, founded by Ryu.

Mind your Language!

I will remind you all that we want to see a trim and well-kept language on our site.

Welcome LUSOCOM!

We say hello and welcome to the new society LUSOCOM, founded by Wolf!

RPG Vault have put up a new gallery

RPG Vault have posted a new series of 15 high-resolution screenshots from Project Entropia, 11 of them are new.

New Entropia Stratics Contest.

Entropia Stratics has started the first contest for Project Entropia.

Stratics publish new interview

Entropia.Stratics have published a brand new interview with new information regarding Project Entropia...

14 new answers on Dev Board

We have not been able to answer anything on our forum for a long time now since we have had a lot of work to do with our first beta.

Dr Twister open up Project Entropia site

Dr Twister have started a new Project Entropia website.

Patric Sundström and Fredrik Andersson of MindArk

Eurogamer talks to two of MindArk's people about Project Entropia.

Project Entropia Interview

Points to Eurogamer's article-style interview with Patric Sundström on how the project began, its evolving plot and its pricing.

Project Entropia: New Screenshots

New exclusive screenshots at GameSpy Daily.

New! Week of Tools...

We have a campaign about tools and will update this new section Monday to Saturday this week.

Project Entropia Upggrades to NetImmerse 4.0

MindArk's media advisory that the game was moving to version 4.0 of NDL's NetImmerse engine, reprinted in full.

Welcome Soldier Of Fortune!

We say hello and welcome to the new society Soldier of Fortune, founded by Buzzi!

Project Entropia Interview

IGN's interview about the game during its first beta.

PCGamer Contest!

It has come to our attention that PCGamer has a feature/contest called "Waiting is the Hardest Part".

Surprise Contest Reminder!

Hello! We will remind you all of our contest that takes place June 4:th to June 9:th.

Interview With Patric Sundstrom

MindArk's marketing manager answers GamezNet's questions.

Project Entropia Preview

A preview of the game during its first beta.

This weeks winners!

This week’s ´´Secret update Contest´´ is over.

Environment - Vegetation Week!

Hello everybody! This week we have a theme of the vegetation on the planet Calypso.

Exclusive Interview 2

A second interview with Patric Sundström, MindArk's marketing manager.

Project Entropia: Vegetation Week

The official site starts a Vegetation Week of themed updates.

Contest - 18-25 June 2001

We will have a second contest under this period, 18-25 June 2001 that is.

Secret update contest is over

This week’s ´´Secret update Contest´´ is over.

Robot Week!

Hello everybody! This week we have a theme about some of the robots in some of the RobotClasses that will be seen on the planet Calypso.

Weapons week!

Hello everybody! This week we have a theme about some of the weapons in some of the WeaponsClasses that will be seen in the game Project Entropia.

New site called Calypso Headquarters!

A new fan-site is up and running under the name Calypso Headquarters.

Project Entropia Weapons Week

The official site begins a Weapons Week, introducing Calypso's weapons.

Project Entropia Update

MindArk's announcement that the selection of more beta testers would begin on 23 July 2001, reprinted in full.

etc.: Project Entropia

The beta test application, as MindArk widens its team of testers.

Project Entropia Phase II Beta Testers...

MindArk's press release that the selection of testers for the second beta phase would begin on 23 July 2001.

Project Entropia Interview

XGR's interview about the game.

Clothes / Fashion theme week!

This week we have a theme about cloths and fashions.

Patric Sundstrom, Project Entropia

WomenGamers.com interviews MindArk's marketing manager.

Project Entropia interview

Patric Sundström on the game while it was in the first phase of beta testing.

Project Entropia Interview

Project Entropia Alert interviews Patric Sundström, among other things on whether a million players at once is realistic.

Project Entropia: Fashion Week

The official site's Fashion Week of clothing previews.

Basic Information FAQ have been updated!

We have updated the Basic Information under Project Entropia FAQ today with totally 26 new Question and Answers.

Project Entropia Interview

Gamitopia interviews Patric Sundström, MindArk's marketing manager.

Project Entropia Interview

Points to Gamitopia's long interview with Patric Sundström on weapons, abilities and the economy.

Miscellaneous Information FAQ have been updated!

We have made a total updated the Miscellaneous Information under Project Entropia FAQ today with totally 22 new Question and Answers.

Beta Signup for Project Entropia

The official site opens applications for the beta test.

Project Entropia Petition

A player petition asking MindArk to hire a community representative.

Project Entropia Creature week

The official site's Creature Week, describing creatures such as the Foul.

Project Entropia: Interview

The Armchair Empire interviews Patric Sundström.

Project Entropia: Skills FAQ Update

Twenty new entries in the official skills FAQ.

SkillsFAQ have been updated!

We have made a total updated the skill under Project Entropia FAQ today with totally 20 new Question and Answers.

Welcome Imperial Dreams!

We say hello and welcome to the new society Imperial Dreams, founded by Noah!

Beta Phase II testers selected

MindArk's press release that the second beta phase was on track to start in late August 2001.

Beta Testers Selected

500 testers chosen for the second phase of the beta.

New ISP for our sites!

MindArk AB has changed to another ISP and new webservers and this can result in some dataloss from the forum, community and beta application system.

Project Entropia Beta Plans

News of MindArk's plans for the second phase of the beta test, and how to apply as a tester.

Project Entropia Development Report

The first of MindArk's development reports for RPG Vault, on where the game stood.

Project Entropia Engine FAQ updated

The official engine FAQ updated.

Phase II Beta Status Report

The projected starting date of the Project Entropia Phase II beta test has been changed to sometime next week.

Project Entropia Interview

ActionTrip's interview about the game.

The Spartan Confederation and The Runners!

We say hello to The Spartan confederation, founder Icewall, and The runners, founder ZeroLandslide, you are most welcome here.

Two New Societys!

We say hello and welcome to The Spartan Confederation and The runners to our society forum section.

Project Entropia NEEDS YOU!!!!

Project Entropia needs your help to vote for Project Entropia at Voodoo Extreme new VE3D Poll!

Project Entropia Phase II Beta Test Begins

500 testers enter the second beta phase, ten times as many as the first, in MindArk's own words.

Project Entropia on IRC.

We have now official opened our own IRC server where you can talk with other people that are interested in Project Entropia.

Project Entropia Beta Screenshots

RPG Vault's 18 screenshots from the second beta phase, with MindArk's press release.

Project Entropia Development Report

RPG Vault's second development report, on the start of the second beta phase.

First Project Entropia Beta Phase II Images

MindArk's first public screenshots from the second phase of the beta test.

A Big Welcome!

A big welcome to the following societies: -Freelancers, Fision.

Important about IRC Server!

We will change the location for the irc-server and the irc-server software as well on today and shut down the old location on Friday 21st of September 2001.

New frontpage!

Hello everybody! As many of the old visitors can see we have made some small changes when you arrive to this site.

GCSOnlineGaming

We say hello and welcome to a new society called GCSOnlineGaming, founded by Jeff!

Project Entropia Screens

A page of screenshots. Dated by its pictures.

Some Project Entropia Screenshots

New screenshots at IGN PC and GameSpy Daily.

3 new exclucive screen shots

Gamespy have published 3 brand new exclusive screen shots, 2 of them are from our ongoing beta 2, and 1 is from our internal test servers.

Welcome Gravaman Society

We say hello and welcome to the Gravaman Society.

New forum online.

The Project-Entropia Forum 2.0 is now online.

Project Entropia Screenshots at BluesNews

Three new screenshots at Blue's News.

Project Entropia: Development Screenshots

Three development screenshots at RPG Vault.

Subscription update!

We have updated the subscription page under the News Agency so that you can subscribe to either the Weekly Newsletter or the Monthly, or if you are really looking to stay on top of what is happening subscribe to both.

A new Society Interview from SoF

Soldier of Fortune (SoF), one of the bigger societies In Project Entropia, asked if it was possible for them to do an interview with MindArk regarding Project Entropia, we said YES of course and you...

Porject Entropia Beta Expanded

MindArk's announcement that 500 more testers would join the second beta phase, reprinted in full.

Project Entropia Q&A with Erik Johnels

Soldier of Fortune's questions to community representative Erik Johnels about the game's content.

Project Entropia Development Report

RPG Vault's third development report, on how few bugs testing turned up.

Project Entropia Exclusive Screenshots

Four exclusive screenshots from the beta test, sent by MindArk.

RPGDOT publises new screenshots.

Four new screenshots from our beta server was publised at RPGDOT today.

4 more new Project Entropia Screenies

Four new screenshots at CalypsoHQ.

Project Entropia Interview

Loaded Inc. catches up with Patric Sundström about the game.

New interview at Loadedinc

The latest interview is now available at Loadedinc.

Project Entropia screenshots

Two new screenshots at The Ancient Brotherhood.

Win a Beta Phase 2 account NOW!

We are planning to run several contests in the near future at the Project Entropia website.

Another weekly newsletter is out.

We are happy to see how many new subscribers that sign up every day for our weekly newsletter.

Welcome Keepers Society

We say hello and welcome to the Keepers Society.

Polls on the Project Entropia Website.

The First poll is up at the Project Entropia website.

Project Entropia: Weekly Update

MindArk's weekly newsletter on VoodooExtreme, written by 3D artist Daniel Sevo.

Project Entropia Development Report #4

RPG Vault's fourth development report by Patric Sundström.

Entropia Stratics publishes Interview.

Entropia Stratics has published an exclusive interview with the MindArk Staff.

Project Entropia Interview

Entropia Stratics interviews the MindArk team, teamwork among other things.

Writing Contest, 24 hours on Calypso

It is time to sharpen all your pencils.

Project Entropia Q&A

Points to Blue Monday's interview with Patric Sundström, in English and Spanish, on the backstory, the economy and the lack of a subscription.

Project Entropia: Interview

GameSpy Daily interviews Patric Sundström about the game.

Skin Contest Ended

The Winamp and ICQ skins contest ended Sunday the 18th.

Blue Monday publish new interview / screen shots

Today’s second interview has been published by Blue Monday, a Spanish / English site.

Project Entropia Interview

RPGDot's own interview, conducted by Chaerea on 23 October 2001.

Project Entropia Q&A

Points to RPGDot's questions to the MindArk team on the download size, CD distribution and where the servers stand.

Project Entropia Interview

CalypsoHQ interviews community representative Erik Johnels.

Project Entropia Commercial Test Interview

RPG Vault's interview with Patric Sundström about the commercial test and the real-money model.

Project Entropia Commercial Trial Phase announced

MindArk's announcement of the commercial trial, with more than $100,000 in play and 5,000 participants sought, reprinted in full.

Building Interiors from the weekly newsletter

The following section is from last weeks newsletter.

Project Entropia chat announced

Entropia Stratics announces a developer chat with MindArk on 14 December 2001.

AI from the weekly newsletter

The following section is from last weeks newsletter.

And the winner is...

The skin contest has ended, and the winners are GOTO80 for the winamp contest and Merloth for the ICQ skin contest.

MINDFORCE from the weekly newsletter

The following section is from last weeks newsletter.

Third HoC December 14 at entropia.stratics.com

We are happy to present the third HoC (House of Common) chat at Entropia.Stratics.com next week, December 14, 2001.

Writing Contest - 24 hours on Calypso - has ended

The writing contest finished on December 2.

Two Project Entropia Screenshots at official site

Two new screenshots at the official site.

Renegade Chat Today: Project Entropia

Entropia Stratics plans a chat about the game for 14 December.

Project Entropia Chat Log

The log of Entropia Stratics' developer chat with MindArk.

Your chance to ask the Project Entropia team

RPGDot invites readers' questions for the Project Entropia team.

New Project Entropia Screenshot

A new screenshot at the official site.

Project Entropia Intelligence Report

RPG Vault's report on the game's development.

More Project Entropia: Dev Report No. 5

RPG Vault's fifth development report by Patric Sundström.

Project Entropia Screenshots

RPGDot's own set of screenshots.

project entropia exclusive screens!

Exclusive screenshots from the beta, forwarded by MindArk.

More Project Entropia Screenshots

Three new screenshots at MassiveMultiplayer.org.

Thursday Screenshots: Project Entropia

Three screenshots each on LoadedInc and Stomped, in a run of new images from MindArk.

And the winner is...

The Writing contest has ended, and the winner is Heather Halstead.

New Project Entropia Screenshots

Three exclusive screenshots from the second phase of the beta test.

Project Entropia Exclusives

Exclusive screenshots sent by the game's team.

Evening Screenshots: Project Entropia

Three more screenshots on RPG Vault.

Project Entropia Screenshots at RPGVault

Three new screenshots on RPG Vault's front page.

Project Entropia Screens

Three exclusive screenshots from the second beta, sent by MindArk's PR department.

Project Entropia Screenshot at official site

A new screenshot at the official site.

A new Project Entropia Screenshot

A new screenshot from the second beta at the official site.

Online gaming yields high player profits

A column on games where players can make real money, with Project Entropia as the first online role-playing game to forgo a monthly fee and sell items instead.

Project Entropia Dev Report at RPGVault

RPG Vault's sixth development report, written while the beta server was closed.

Project Entropia Interview

GamingGroove interviews the team about the real-money currency and more.

Project Entropia Preview at MMORPG Cafe

A detailed preview at MMORPG Cafe.

Project Entropia Screenshots

New screenshots at GameSpot.

Project Entropia Screenshot

A new screenshot at the official site.

Project Entropia Beta Info

The official site explains the trial phase, including that testers keep their money.

Project Entropia FAQ Update

The official FAQ updated.

Project Entropia Newsbit at Worthplaying

MindArk's Global News newsletter on WorthPlaying: development reports, fixes and progress.

Project Entropia Screenshot

A new screenshot at the official site.

Project Entropia to enter commercial trial May 20th

The commercial open trial to begin on 20 May 2002.

Project Entropia Open Trial

MindArk announces the Commercial Open Trial, aimed at the economy, currency transactions and item handling.

Project Entropia: New Screenshot @ Official

A new screenshot at the official site.

Project Entropia: Chat Log @ PE Files

PE Files' log of a developer chat hosted by Stratics.

Project Enropia: Screenshot of the Week

The official site's screenshot of the week, robot reinforcements.

Project Entropia - Tester Referendum

A tester referendum over items lost during the commercial trial.

MindArk Office Raid by 70 Marshals Demanded by Microsoft

MindArk's press release on the raid of its offices by 70 court officials at Microsoft's request, reprinted in full.

Project Entropia: Manual released

The game's manual released for download.

Project Entropia: MindArk comments on Office Raid

GameSpy Daily talks to MindArk about the office raid.

Project Entropia Preview

A preview of the game before its commercial open trial.

Evening Q&As: Project Entropia

Points to Marco Behrmann and Stephanie Haines of MindArk on massivemultiplayer.org, on trading real money for virtual, the raid and being Swedish.

Project Entropia: Interview @ MMO.org

MMO.org interviews community representative Marco Behrmann and PR representative Stephanie Haines.

Melchior's Project Entropia armory

Making armour in 2002: buying iron ingots, the level 1 Settler blueprints and the blueprint book, the armour construction machine, which metals each blueprint level takes, and known bugs.

Undated on the site; its pages were first captured on 14 July 2002.

Project Entropia Preview

GameSpot's preview, touching on the raid on MindArk's offices.

Project Entropia Preview

Points to GameSpot's preview, which opens on the controversy over real-money game cash and the raid on MindArk's offices.

Project Entropia Interview

Player of Games' interview about the game.

GMC (Italy), DVD

Carried the VU 3.6 client on its cover DVD.

The Gate, issues 1 to 7

MindArk's own monthly magazine, October 2002 to May 2003: development news, interviews, players' writing and screenshots. The official site's copies were never captured; the archive keeps all seven issues in Media.

Welcome to Project Entropias new Infobooth, Infobooth 4.00!

We are delighted to present our new and improved format, which we hope appeals to you all.

Welcome to the web community section of Infobooth 4.00!

As you can see there have been quite a few changes but we hope that they will all benefit you as users and that you will enjoy the enhancements we have made.

ACCOUNTS

The Project Entropia servers will have a limited number of new accounts available for new participants during a short while, as we will closely monitor performance and stability.

Alternative Downloadable

To make the stress on our UPDATE-server smaller we have put up the CLIENT/INSTALLER on a separate ftp server.

PATCH LOCATION FOR EXTERNAL DOWNLOAD

EXPERT KNOWLEDGE _REQUIRED_*** At these addresses the patch is available.

SERVERS BACK ONLINE!

Yes, the servers have been up for about 10 or so hours now.

IRC Server downtime

During the day there will be some work done on the IRC server.

Project Entropia Server downtime

The Project Entropia servers will be taken down for approx.

Account Queue Moving!

The Project Entropia Account Queue is moving, and will continue to at irregular intervalls.

Project Entropia Screenshots at GSS

New screenshots at GameScreenshots.com.

Bug reporting in french!

Great news for our french speaking friends out there.

Patch online

The new patch for Project Entropia is online!

Project Entropia Servers Down for updates!

The Project Entropia servers are down for updates.

Project Entropia Patch

A new patch announced at the official site.

Project Entropia Screenshots at GameFeeder

Screenshots at GameFeeder.

Project Entropia Patch 4.0

The game patched to version 4.0.

Project Entropia Server Stress Test

MindArk's invitation to a server stress test, reprinted in full.

Project Entropia enhanced with v4.0 Patch

News of the 4.0 version update.

Project Entropia Goes Gold

MindArk's announcement that the game would go gold on 30 January 2003, reprinted in full.

Project Entropia Gold

MindArk's press release that Project Entropia goes gold on 30 January 2003, reposted in full by Blue's News.

Project Entropia Patch 4.0

MindArk's notes on the 4.0 patch, its biggest enhancement to date.

Project Entropia: More about Features in 4.0 at RPGVault

RPG Vault on more of the 4.0 patch's features.

Project Entropia Interview

GGMania's interview about the game.

Project Entropia Spankin Screens

Six new screenshots, and a pointer to the game's revamped website.

Świat Gier Komputerowych 1/03, CD 2

A Polish magazine that carried the VU 4.2 client on its cover CD.

Project Entropia Gone Gold

GameSpy Daily reports that the game has gone gold.

Project Entropia Stress Test today

A stress event and treasure hunts on 12 February 2003.

Project Entropia: Version 4.2 has gone gold

Reprints MindArk's press release on version 4.2, the commercial release.

etc.: Project Entropia

MindArk reports that update 4.2 is live, and a deal with Telia for Internet backbone access worldwide.

Project Entropia: Interview & Visit Report @ Stratics

Stratics interviews Marco and Thommie of MindArk, and reports on its visit to MindArk's studio.

Mega Score nº 90, CD 2

A Portuguese magazine that carried the VU 4.2 client on its cover CD.

Project Entropia Hunting Guide

Hunting from the start: choosing a weapon, building skills, picking creatures, and running to the turrets when chased.

Undated on the site; first captured on 14 March 2003.

Project Entropia Mining Guide

Mining ore and energy matter: the detectonator, excavator, refiner and bombs, finding a place and extracting a deposit.

Undated on the site; first captured on 14 March 2003.

Project Entropia General Guide

The basics for a new player: camera views, moving about, the HUD and inventory, and ways to earn a living on Calypso.

Undated on the site; first captured on 4 April 2003.

New Payment Provider

A new Alternative Payment method is presented today as you can use Paynova (www.paynova.com) for making transfers into PEDs.

VISA now available via PE Bank!

We are pleased to announce that PE participants can once again use VISA to make deposits into the PE bank!

Project Entropia 5.1 Patch Info

Details of the coming 5.1 update on the official boards at Stratics.

Change of IRC servers

We are changing the location of the official PE IRC servers.

Imperial Dreams share their secrets

Imperial Dreams have an event in the works.

SoF under new leadership

The renowned society Solders of Fortune [SoF] are under new leadership.

Problems with Account delegation

Accounts We are experiencing some technical difficulties with account confirmations.

Version Update 5.1 Launched!

We are happy to announce the release of Project Entropia Version Update 5.1!

VU 5.1 Update listing!

To get hold of what the VU 5.1 release contains just click the link below: Version Update...

Lost Login/Password

If you have lost your login and/or password you can now retrieve it automatically through this site: Retrieve Lost Login and/or Password .

InfoBooth 5.0 on-line!

You are looking at the new Project Entropia website!

Delays in the withdrawal process

We are currently upgrading the procedures regarding withdrawals from the virtual universe of Project Entropia.

Entropia Insider, issues 1 and 2

A players' magazine of August and September 2003, made with MindArk's support: recent version updates, the economy and trading, hunting, a guide for newcomers and readers' letters. Entropia Museum's copies are the only ones found; the archive keeps both issues in Media.

The Golden Ingots, issues 1 and 2

A newsletter for miners by members of the UPC society, August and September 2003: mining areas, tools and techniques, and interviews, the first with Marco of MindArk. Entropia Museum's copies are the only ones found; the archive keeps both issues in Media.

MindArk nominated

The Develop Industry Excellence awards have nominated MindArk in the award category “Best Online Development Studio”.

Maximum PC, September 2003, Maximum CD

Carried the VU 5.1 client on its cover CD.

Project Entropia in PCGamer

The November issue of the PCGamer (US) magazine features Project Entropia on its demo CD.

Project Entropia is growing

MindArk’s virtual universe Project Entropia is growing.

CHIP Magazin (Hungary), October 2003, DVD edition

Carried the VU 4.3 client on its cover DVD.

MindArk is attending DreamHack

MindArk is promoting Project Entropia at the largest organized LAN-party in the world.

Visit from Taiwan

MindArk received a prestigious visit from Taiwan.

New Project Entropia Website and Support section launched

We have launched the new Project Entropia web site and Support section.

Economy

The real cash economy as the 2003 site explained it: no box to buy and no monthly fee, real money exchanged into an in-world currency and back, and items to create, find, trade and sell. It speaks of the economy in the future tense.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one existed by its first capture (31 October 2003).

Environment

The 2003 site's guide to life on Calypso: native plants, the terraforming hybrids that escaped after the robot war, creatures, and the mutants descended from the first colonists.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one existed by its first capture (31 October 2003). The section's Robots page was never captured.

Infrastructure

The 2003 site's guide to the colony: capitals founded by the big corporations, cities grown out of war-time bases, outposts in the wilderness, and the corporations themselves, Genesis Star Interstellar and Omegaton Industries among them.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one existed by its first capture (31 October 2003).

System requirements

The recommended PC for the 2003 client: Windows 98SE to XP, DirectX 9.0b, a 1 GHz CPU, 512 MB of RAM, a 32 MB Direct3D card, 1.5 GB of disk and a cable connection, with the list of supported video cards.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one existed by its first capture (31 October 2003).

Technology

The 2003 site's guide to equipment: armor, clothes, tools, weapons with their attachments and cells, items, blueprints and resources, most pages closing on a quote from a citizen of Calypso.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one existed by the first capture of page 1036 (31 October 2003).

PC Gamer CD Disk 7.33, November 2003

Carried the VU 5.1 client on its cover CD.

Project Entropia: Housing Screenshot @ Stratics

A screenshot of the coming housing, at Stratics.

Project Entropia: Screenshots @ Stratics

Screenshots from the Entropia Pioneers, at Stratics.

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 5.3

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING STRANGE IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

Project Entropia: VU 5.3 Info @ Stratics

Stratics on version update 5.3: housing, space travel and more.

Project Entropia: Minor Update

A minor update: sounds for crafting machines, higher deposit limits and fixes.

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 5.4

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

Project Entropia: VU 5.4 Info @ Stratics

Stratics on version update 5.4, with portable terminals.

Level 109 (Czech Republic), DVD

Carried the VU 5.4 client on its cover DVD.

List of 5.4 mini updates

System updated (5.4.0.4) [2004-01-08].

Project Entropia Turns One

The game turns one, with more than 85,000 registered accounts.

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 5.5

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

List of 5.5 mini updates

System updated (5.5.0.10) [2004-03-02].

Project Entropia VU 5.5

Version update 5.5 released.

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 5.6

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

Project Entropia: Land Grab Event

The Land Grab event announced, via WorthPlaying.

Information concerning the land grab

The first historic land grab in virtual reality will take place on the planet of Calypso!

VU 5.6 Miniupdates

Several minor updates has been applied to PE VU 5.6 the last few days.

Project Entropia: Interview @ Stratics

Stratics interviews MindArk's Marco Behrmann about features to come.

VU 5.7 Miniupdates

Several minor updates has been applied to PE VU 5.7 the last few days.

About Deposits and Withdrawals

How money moved in and out in 2004: the PED at a fixed 10 to the US dollar, the PED Card that holds it, and the deposit and withdrawal options with their fees.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1300 (24 June 2004) and before page 1314 (10 August 2004).

Information about new deposit system

Information about the new deposit system: Register a credit card The first time you register a credit card via the Transfer button in the Project Entropia client or web site you may only make a one-time deposit equalling $10 .

Project Entropia: Fan Movie @ iFilm

A fan-made music video filmed in the game, on iFilm.

Apply for an Account

The steps to an approved account in 2004: the Conditions of Use, an account form whose details must be right or withdrawals become impossible, MindArk's checks, and the e-mailed link that completes the approval.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1314 (10 August 2004) and before page 1342 (11 August 2004).

Create your Avatar

The avatar creation of 2004: sex, looks and names chosen once and for good, random buttons for ideas, and settings for an extreme look.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1314 (10 August 2004) and before page 1342 (11 August 2004).

Download and Installation

Getting the client in 2004: Windows 2000 or XP, 512 MB of RAM, a GeForce or Radeon, 3 GB of disk, DirectX 9.0b and broadband, then the download and the installation.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1314 (10 August 2004) and before page 1342 (11 August 2004).

Other and Support

The 2004 support questions: chat and server disconnects, missing music, and what happens to a crash report.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1314 (10 August 2004) and before page 1342 (11 August 2004).

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 6.0

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

Start, Login and Connect

Starting the client in 2004: the automatic update, a first download of about 600 MB by FTP, three to four hours on 512 kbps, and the login window with its web login.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1314 (10 August 2004) and before page 1342 (11 August 2004).

Arrive at Calypso

A new colonist's first steps in 2004: the shuttle landing site at Port Atlantis in south-western Eudoria, the orange colonist outfit, four information booths, and the outpost to the west.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1342 (11 August 2004) and before page 1351 (23 August 2004).

Configure Norman Personal Firewall

Instructions for advanced users on letting Project Entropia through Norman Personal Firewall 1.4, given without responsibility for the result.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1342 (11 August 2004) and before page 1351 (23 August 2004).

Find Your Way

Travel in 2004, on foot with the map and its overview, area list and city screens, or by teleporter.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1342 (11 August 2004) and before page 1351 (23 August 2004).

Treasure Island (6000 Acres/25 km²)

The listing for the first virtual Treasure Island, a large island off a newly discovered continent with beaches and an old volcano, sold by public auction.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1342 (11 August 2004) and before page 1351 (23 August 2004). Page 1351 is the auction's press release. The only capture of this one is from December 2004, after the auction closed, and shows the final bid of 265,000 PED (26,500 USD).

VU 6.0 Miniupdates

Several minor updates has been applied to PE VU 6.0.

Autoclickers

How autoclickers work, what a player might gain from one, and MindArk's attitude to them: third-party programs are used at the player's own risk.

Undated on the site; first captured on 22 August 2004.

First interview with MindArk

PERC's first interview with MindArk: the next steps (the new continent, the land grab and land management system, dynamic lighting), whether a participant may keep more than one avatar, and more real-world items to follow the Gold member cards.

Its date as the page gives it; first captured on 23 September 2004.

Official Press Release - Treasure Island

MindArk's press release announcing the online auction of Treasure Island, a virtual island.

Mindark Announce 'Treasure Island'

MindArk's announcement of Treasure Island for sale, quoted, and PERC's look at what the island could earn its owner through taxes.

Undated on the site; first captured on 29 August 2004.

House of Commons, 1 September 2004

The log of Stratics' House of Commons chat of 1 September 2004, where Marco of MindArk answered players' questions: components for larger machines, the Land Grab's date, stamina, and more.

Its date as the page gives it; first captured on 23 September 2004.

Alchemic and Gary Gygax

Alchemic Dream announces that Gary Gygax will write live storylines for the games it manages, Project Entropia among them.

Project Entropia Roadmap 2004/2005 - List

What’s in the pipeline at the MindArk development studio?

etc.: Project Entropia

Project Entropia announces plans for a virtual land grab.

Avatar Creation

The avatar creation screen: its sliders, gender and hair buttons, special features and the avatar's three names.

Undated on the site; first captured on 23 September 2004.

Etiquette

How to behave among other players: when to speak, trade or ask, boiled down to behave and use your brain.

Undated on the site; first captured on 23 September 2004.

Hotkeys

The item hotkeys of the old interface, twelve items on one key each, kept after VU 7 replaced them.

Undated on the site; first captured on 23 September 2004.

Landgrab

MindArk's rules for the first Land Grab on Amethera, reposted by PERC with recent changes marked: claiming a land area for a society and defending its stake for 12 hours, the Recon and Land Area Battle phases after VU 6.1, and the skill levels needed to take part.

Undated on the site; first captured on 23 September 2004.

Project Entropia: Update 6.1 (Land Grab) Coming 10/5

Update 6.1, with the Amethera continent and the Land Grab, scheduled for 5 October 2004.

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 6.1

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

Project Entropia: Update 6.1 Released

Update 6.1 released.

VU 6.1 Known issues

This is a list of Known issues being worked upon.

Project Entropia: Land Grab Recon Starts

The Land Grab's reconnaissance phase opens.

Landgrab phase reviews

MindArk's reviews of the first Land Grab's battle phases, reposted by PERC: how the fighting went in phase one and which societies claimed which land areas in phases one to three.

MindArk's texts of 13 October to 15 November 2004, each signed "Author - Mindark".

Project Entropia: Update 6.1 Fixes

Fixes for update 6.1.

Deposit Guide

Depositing funds by credit card step by step, including validating the card with its 8-digit code to deposit up to $3000 a month.

Undated on the site; first captured on 26 October 2004.

PERC press release, 29 October 2004

PERC's own press release on its launch, with some 300 visitors a day, and on PriceFinder, its new tool for tracking prices on the market.

Its date as the page gives it; first captured on 25 November 2004.

Hunting and Teaming

How hunting worked in 2004: dragging a weapon onto the character to equip it, aiming and firing, automatic reloading, and hunting in teams.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1495 (2 November 2004) and before page 1514 (23 November 2004).

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 6.2

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

Meet the NPC's

The game's non-player characters and what each does: auctioneer, technician, bartender, patron and the rest.

Undated on the site; first captured on 5 November 2004.

Project Entropia: Version Update 6.2 Released

Notes for version update 6.2.

Bugs - Report them or not?

What bugs are, what reporting or using them brings, and PERC's advice to report every one, since MindArk rewards reports.

Undated on the site; first captured on 6 November 2004.

Pricing in Project-Entropia

How prices are set: the TT value as an item's scrap value, the price players agree above it, and why items can cost so much, with the Modified First Aid Pack's inflation as an example.

Undated on the site; first captured on 6 November 2004.

Scam Prevention

Common scams and how to avoid them, such as swapping in a cheaper item that shares a trade icon, and filing a support case if one happens.

Undated on the site; first captured on 6 November 2004.

System clock speeders

How system clock speeders work, what a player might hope to gain, and why using one gets an account banned.

Undated on the site; first captured on 6 November 2004.

Using the Inventory

The inventory window and its functions: the PED card, equipping items and attaching an attachment to a weapon.

Undated on the site; first captured on 6 November 2004.

Vehicles - are they comming or not?

Whether vehicles were coming to Calypso: walking, teleporters and spaceships as the only transport, the broken husks of old vehicles, and what new continents might bring.

Undated on the site; first captured on 6 November 2004.

Interview with MindArk about the loot system

MindArk's community representative Marco Behrmann answers PERC on the loot system VU 6.1 brought in: the losses some players reported, what MindArk made of the results, and whether it would go back to the old system.

Its date as the page gives it; first captured on 19 November 2004.

Auctions

The auction in 2004: Last Calls, Latest, Browse, My Offers and My Bids, and how to sell an item or take it back.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1514 (23 November 2004) and before page 1556 (14 December 2004, the date in its text).

Project Entropia Infomercials

The Project Entropia infomercial, offered for download in four sizes, from 3.5 MB at 100 kbit to 42.7 MB at 1 Mbit.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1514 (23 November 2004) and before page 1556 (14 December 2004, the date in its text).

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 6.3

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

All about Fruit, Sweetstuff and Nutriobars

The newly added food: where fruit is found, and how fruit and sweetstuff are refined into NutrioBars, which had no use yet.

Undated on the site; first captured on 4 December 2004.

Skill Implants

Buying and selling skills with skill chips and the Payn-Inc Implant Inserter: generic and skill-specific chips, their limits, and why an avatar in a mentoring cycle cannot use one.

Undated on the site; first captured on 4 December 2004.

etc.: Project Entropia

Points to MMHell on a player buying an island for 26,500 US dollars.

Official Press Release - Treasure Island Auction

A 22-year-old Australian, Deathifier of the Dark Knights society, wins the Treasure Island auction with US $26,500, called the largest MMORPG purchase ever. Bidding had opened in late August.

MindArk press release of 15 December 2004

Known only as December-15-2004.pdf on MindArk's press server.

Not preserved: no copy was captured.

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 6.4

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

Getting Started

Installing the game, the client loader and the first login, for a new player.

Undated on the site; first captured on 18 December 2004.

Project Entropia: $26,500 paid for virtual property

MindArk's press release on a 22-year-old gamer paying US$26,500 for virtual real estate, reprinted in full.

Advanced Hunting

Hunting tools and tactics beyond the basics: decoys with the Omegaton Distractinator, and hunting with a live bait.

Undated on the site; first captured on 21 December 2004.

Exploring Project Entropia

Exploring the two continents: collecting teleporters, finding hunting spots, items left behind and meeting other players.

Undated on the site; first captured on 21 December 2004.

Oz Gamer Buys $26.5K of Game Land

An Australian player, Deathifier, buys a virtual island for US$26,500, as Big Kid reported.

Select A Profession

Why to try each profession before settling on one, since skills make a change hard later.

Undated on the site; first captured on 22 December 2004.

Project Entropia: Version Update 7.0 Sneak Peek

A sneak peek at version update 7.0.

Video Compression

A short guide for film makers in the game, written ahead of the film festival: a codec pack, a free compression program and the settings to use.

Undated on the site; first captured on 12 January 2005.

VU 7.0 Sneak Peek

Community Manager Marco Behrmann on VU 7.0: mouse-only control, an enhanced quickbar, a new Book of Actions, and on-screen status bars for the participants, creatures and objects around you.

Undated on the site. RPGDot reported it on 12 January 2005, the day of its first capture.

Controls

Every mouse and keyboard control of the game before VU 7.

Undated on the site; first captured on 16 January 2005.

Hunting

Why to hunt, and choosing between ranged and melee weapons, for a new hunter.

Undated on the site; first captured on 16 January 2005.

Trading Tutorial

Trading: why items sell above their TT value, the auction, and player shops on owned land.

Undated on the site; first captured on 16 January 2005. PE WikiCharts copied it as one of its own guides in 2007.

Mining efficiently

Where to drop bombs and probes when mining an unknown area, with a pattern for covering it efficiently, and keeping notes of good sites.

Undated on the site; first captured on 17 January 2005.

Mentoring - is it worth it

What mentoring is and what mentor and disciple can expect, with PERC's advice not to mentor just for the items.

Undated on the site; first captured on 18 January 2005.

Create an account

Registering a free account through the client loader, and what to do if it is not validated at once.

Undated on the site; first captured on 19 January 2005.

Crafting Tutorial

Basic crafting: blueprints from a technician, the blueprint book, materials, and success, partial success and residue.

Undated on the site; first captured on 23 January 2005.

Hunting Tutorial

Basic hunting: weapons and their six kinds of ammunition, finding and fighting a creature, and keeping an eye on health.

Undated on the site; first captured on 23 January 2005. PE WikiCharts copied it as one of its own guides in 2007.

Mining Tutorial

Basic mining of ore and enmatter: finding a deposit, extracting it and refining it.

Undated on the site; first captured on 23 January 2005. PE WikiCharts copied it as one of its own guides in 2007.

Mindforce Tutorial

Mindforce from sweat gathering to the chips, with what each chip does and the levels it is known at.

Undated on the site; first captured on 25 January 2005.

Movement and Interaction

The controls at VU 7.0: the help screen on H, aim and cursor modes swapped with the spacebar, and key assignments in the options.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls between two pages of 25 January 2005.

Pre-VU 7.0 configuration

There is an option to configure the game play to the way it where before the 7.0 Version Update.

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 7.0

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

Project Entropia: Version Update 7.0 Gone Live

Version update 7.0 goes live.

Treasure Island SOLD

MindArk's auction of Treasure Island closed on 11 December 2004 after a last duel of bids between Neverdie and Deathifier, Deathifier winning despite server problems.

Undated on the site; first captured on 25 January 2005.

More Community Links

Alliance-Franco RFC Portail du rfc pour les soc franco et lieux d'echange forum commerce | Meet the French community for forum trade and other things.

MindForce - Teleport chip

Teleporting with the mindforce teleport chip: concentrating, picking a spot on the map, and how skill decides how close you land.

Undated on the site; first captured on 7 February 2005.

MindForce - Wormhole

Wormhole teleportation, the strongest mindforce teleport then: a link between two places on one continent, how to open one, and what it costs.

Undated on the site; first captured on 7 February 2005.

VU 7 user interface

How VU 7 changed the way a player acted in the world: the mouse wheel, camera keys and automatic movement.

Undated on the site; first captured on 7 February 2005.

Project Entropia: A Message From MindArk

MindArk announces enhancements and more support for the game.

VU 7 hotkeys

The hotbar that replaced the old hotkeys in VU 7, and the action book it is filled from.

Undated on the site; first captured on 14 February 2005.

Mindforce

The background of Mindforce, implants that wake the mind's latent powers, and how its abilities are used.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1637 (15 February 2005) and before its first capture (7 March 2005).

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 7.1

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

Project Entropia: Version Update 7.1 Content List Revealed

The content list of version update 7.1.

Project Entropia: Version Update 7.1 Fixes

Fixes for version update 7.1.

Report from the Land grab event

The disturbances in the claiming process that some societies experienced during the second phase of the Land Grab have been investigated.

Apartments are soon here

MindArk announces apartments: 3,000 units in the auction at low buyout prices, so that far more colonists can have a home, while houses and land keep their advantages.

Undated on the site. RPGDot linked it on 10 March 2005 as the VU 7.2 sneak peek.

Créez votre avatar

A short page from the French site on creating the character that will represent you in the virtual universe.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1675, which RPGDot linked on 10 March 2005 and before its first capture (19 March 2005).

Dépôts et retraits

A short page from the French site on turning real money into PED and back.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1675, which RPGDot linked on 10 March 2005 and before its first capture (19 March 2005).

Project Entropia: Version Update 7.2 Sneak Peek

A sneak peek at version update 7.2.

Estates

Housing in 2005: apartments, sheds, houses, hangars and castles, each with an estate deed, and no limit on how many one avatar may own.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1735 (22 March 2005) and before page 1758 (28 March 2005, the date in its text).

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 7.2

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

Project Entropia: Version Update 7.2 Coming Today

Version update 7.2 scheduled to go live.

BSA Lawsuit Against Swedish Game Developer MindArk Dropped

Microsoft, Adobe, Macromedia and Autodesk drop the copyright infringement charges the Business Software Alliance brought against MindArk in May 2002, closing a two-year investigation.

MindArk Lawsuit Dropped

MindArk's press release on the Business Software Alliance dropping its copyright case, quoted in full.

Access Accepted, part 29

A Japanese column on real money in online games, with the sale of Project Entropia's Treasure Island for about 2.84 million yen.

MindArk: BSA Lawsuit Dropped

The Business Software Alliance drops its lawsuit against MindArk.

Withdraw

Withdrawing PED to a bank account through the in-game bank, with how to give IBAN and SWIFT numbers.

Undated on the site; first captured on 3 April 2005.

Guide book

Every action in the VU 7 action book, by category: interaction, miscellaneous and emotes with their chat commands.

Undated on the site; first captured on 10 April 2005.

Project Entropia: Generates Over US$ 135K From Virtual Property Sales

MindArk's press release on more than US$135,000 of virtual apartment sales in two weeks, reprinted in full.

Project Entropia: Version Update 7.3 Sneak Peek @ Official Site

A sneak peek at the land management of version update 7.3.

EBN News Update: Operation Scarecrow

The Calypso authorities are pleased to inform that the robot aggressors have been given a hard blow in their advance towards humankind.

RDI informs: Operation Scarecrow

The noble efforts on the behalf of the intrepid hunters have paid off and the RDI is very pleased with the outcome.

RDI deems Operation Scarecrow a great success

RDI clerk Trob Tedser has issued a statement about the robot artifact hunt.

Land Management System

The land system of VU 7.3: a fertilizing station on each supported land area, Energized Fertilizer made from creature dung and growth molecules, and the improvement points it earns.

Undated on the site. Its text is VU 7.3's, released on 4 May 2005, and it was first captured on 7 May.

Project Entropia Version Updated to VU 7.3

Project Entropia VU 7.3 is applied to the virtual universe system.

Project Entropia: Version Update 7.3 Live

Version update 7.3 goes live.

LAND GRAB - SECOND COMING

The next round of land grabbing is around the corner.

Project Entropia: Land Grab #2 Coming Up

A second Land Grab from 11 May 2005.

Land grab round one results

The first land grab round has been concluded and the winners are: LA 2: Warants LA 5: Coat Killers LA 7: Calypso Conquerors LA 8: Desert Rangers Congratulations to the winners!

Land Grab round two

The next round of Land Grabbing will be conducted on Friday the 20th of May, at 06.00 UTC.

Land grab round two results

The second land grab round has been concluded and the winners are: LA 1: Desert Rangers LA 3: Coat Killers LA 4: Calypso Conquerors LA 6: Calypso Conquerors LA 9: Black Angels HQ LA 10: Universal...

Project Entropia Version Update 7.4

Project Entropia VU 7.4 is applied.

Project Entropia: Version Update 7.4 Released

News of version update 7.4.

Skill Experience

How skills grow with use, why the experienced gain less, and why a hard fight with good equipment teaches more than an easy one.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after the VU 7.4 content list (24 May 2005) and before page 1970 (22 June 2005).

VU 7.4 Content list

A general visual facelift, a skill experience system that rewards challenging tasks, and restricted or unrestricted access to estates.

The page is titled only Content list and is undated; its text is the VU 7.4 release notes of 24 May 2005.

Home Decoration competition

Do you have a nice home on Calypso?

Skill experience system

More info about the skill system is available in the About section.

Project Entropia featured in Dagens Industri

Project Entropia is featured in the prestigious daily business paper Dagens Industri !

Update to VU 7.4

Some areas have been updated in VU 7.4 Skill experience gains tweaked, for example within the mining field.

Project Entropia: Version Update 7.4 Patched

News of a patch to version update 7.4.

Project Entropia: Interview @ MMORPG.com

MMORPG.com interviews Marco Behrmann about the state of the game.

Strange distress signal picked up

Emergency! ... Mayday!

Home decoration competition finished

The large number of participants in the Home Decoration competition has been very inspiring and given us numerous ideas for further development.

Project Entropia VU 7.5 Update

Project Entropia is updated with the Version Update 7.5.

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 7.5

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

Theft of beauty furniture

The Calypso Law Enforcement Administration today acknowledge a theft in a high-profile beauty parlor onboard the Exodus Space Station.

VU 7.5 Known Issues

Known issues at VU 7.5: tailored clothes listed as Uncolored in the auction, items with attachments that cannot be repaired, and equipment and newcomer clothes upset by going back through avatar creation.

Undated on the site. It is the page after the VU 7.5 announcement of 1 July 2005, and RPGDot linked both on 2 July.

PE Movie competition rules

The 2005 movie contest: a film showing Project Entropia to the general public, its real economy, back-story and social side, finished by 1 December 2005 with the dozen music tracks supplied, and perhaps replacing the trailer on the main page.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1975, which RPGDot linked on 2 July 2005 and before page 2014, which RPGDot linked on 23 September 2005.

Project Entropia: Version Update 7.5 Live

Version update 7.5 goes live.

Protect you account

Keeping a login safe: MindArk PE AB never asks for a password, an e-mail that does is a scam, and logins are best changed from time to time.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1975, which RPGDot linked on 2 July 2005 and before page 2014, which RPGDot linked on 23 September 2005.

Protect your belongings

Scams and exploits, the two ways one participant takes another's belongings, and MindArk's stance against both.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 1975, which RPGDot linked on 2 July 2005 and before page 2014, which RPGDot linked on 23 September 2005.

Version Update 7.5 update with fixes.

The following issues have been addressed in the VU 7.5.1 update: NEW: The latest Nvidia video driver is supported.

Project Entropia: Version Update 7.5.1 Released

News of version update 7.5.1.

Another distress signal...

This is ... abomination!

Project Entropia update

In today's release, the robot space craft system has been updated.

Intercepted from an emergency capsule

...now! The blue bunch menace is increasing ever since they found the artifact.

A transmission fragment

... it sure looks like the one mentioned in the old records.

Imperial Transmission Intercepted

The free colonists are valiant defenders against the thoriod threat.

Entropia Universe Gold Cards

With the Gold Card system even malicious virus, key loggers or worms don't stand a chance to overtake your account.

Project Entropia Gold Cards

With the Gold Card system even malicious virus, key loggers or worms don't stand a chance to overtake your account.

VICTORY!

Brave colonist Cedric Dreicc Hafgolf killed the Thorio Warlord and salvaged the one-of-a-kind artifact -- the Unique Legend War Axe -- which is a formidable weapon with a proud history.

Foreign object spotted

An Imperial Remote Sensor Unit in the outer rim has detected a large foreign object traveling at high speed.

New competition announced

We are launching a new contest.

Imperial Forces scrambles to counter threat

The foreign object previously reported about has been identified as a Class Im-2b meteor and is headed, with a 94.45% probability, towards the western part of Calypso.

Argonaut strangeness reported

Scouts report that several Argonaut tribes are on the move and they appear to be a lot more aggressive than before.

Project Entropia VU 7.6 applied

Project Entropia is updated with the Version Update 7.6.

Manufacturing

Crafting at a manufacturing terminal: choosing a blueprint, dragging in resources shown green or red, and picking a gender for clothes and armor.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 2014, which RPGDot linked on 23 September 2005 and before page 2035 (21 October 2005).

Mining

Mining as of VU 7.6: ores with a Detectonator, seismic bombs and an excavator, energy matter with an EnMatter Detectonator and survey probes, all sold at the Trade Terminal.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 2014, which RPGDot linked on 23 September 2005 and before page 2035 (21 October 2005).

Project Entropia: Version Update 7.6 Live

Version update 7.6 goes live.

VU 7.6 Content List, Part 1

VU 7.6's features, starting with mining by Detectonator: the bomb placed and detonated in one motion, and a deposit claimed by standing within 5 meters of it.

The page is titled Content List, Part 1 and is undated; RPGDot linked it on 23 September 2005 as the VU 7.6 notes.

VU 7.6 Content List, Part 2

The rest of VU 7.6's features, starting with the tutorial system for newcomers and its messages kept in the Action book.

The page is titled Content List, Part 2 and is undated; it follows Part 1, which RPGDot linked on 23 September 2005.

First attack on meteor a failure!

EBN can report that, despite what the Imperial government claims, the first attempt to destroy the potential planet killer meteor failed.

Planetkiller destroyed!

Calypso celebrates as the Imperial forces managed to destroy the meteor threatening mans first colony!

VU 7.6.2 applied

An update has been applied to Project Entropia.

Meteor debris survey

The destroyed meteor continues to pound Calypso with rocks and debris and is expected to continue this for several days to come.

VU 7.6.3 applied

An update has been applied to Project Entropia.

Dr Makasty Missing

EBN was scheduled to meet with department head Dr.

Project Entropia: Version Update 7.6.3 Released

News of version update 7.6.3.

Argonaut threat detected

Imperial Scout units have found several Argonaut gatherings at new locations all over Amethera not normally associated with species presence.

Imperial Mining Office report

The Imperial Mining Office has released their findings concerning the meteor debris impact and consequences.

PE Update

Applied an update that fixed an issue which allowed for adding residues to stackable item manufacturing.

Imperial Survey Report

The Imperial Survey teams report that the meteor impact still has left severe effects in the Calypso ground.

Gold Card

A smart card and stand-alone reader that generate one-time passwords, security equal to an online bank, for 200 PED with worldwide shipping from the Trade Terminal.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 2035 (21 October 2005) and before page 2054 (1 November 2005).

Information about Space resort

MindArk's press release putting a space resort under construction up for public auction.

SPACE RESORT FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION

The ownership deed to an as yet unnamed commercial SPACE RESORT under construction amidst the treacherous but Mineral Rich Paradise V Asteroid Belt has been placed in the Project Entropia Auction.

SPACE RESORT SOLD!

The ASTEROID SPACE RESORT was today, 24th of October 2005, bought by avatar "Jon NEVERDIE Jacobs" for a sum of 1,000,000 PED (100,000 US Dollar)!

Upcoming changes to disciple graduation levels

In the upcoming Version Update (VU 7.7) two graduation skill levels will be increased.

MindArk press release of 26 October 2005

Known only as October-26-2005.pdf on MindArk's press server.

Not preserved: no copy was captured.

Project Entropia: Property sells for $100K!

GameSpot reports an orbital station sold for US$100,000.

The Entropian, issue 1 previews

MindArk's previews of the first issue of The Entropian, its print magazine: four page spreads it put on its site from December 2005, and the issue's cover. No copy of the printed magazine has been found.

PE Updated to VU 7.7

Project Entropia is updated to Version Update 7.7.

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 7.7

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

Project Entropia: Advertising Incentives Coming Soon @ Official Site

Advertising incentives mentioned in the notes of version update 7.7.

PE Update to 7.7.1

Update Notes Adjusted the deterioration levels on armor when hit Friends list stability update when more than 40 entries Mining info texts presented in the chat section once again Shopkeepers update...

Project Entropia: Game Updates & Notes @ Official Site

Version update 7.7.1 and some of its changes.

EBN: RDI official missing

One of the leading robot experts, Professor Niels Barton, from RDI is missing.

PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW! (The Entropian)

Pre-orders for The Entropian, the official magazine, as a single issue or a yearly subscription from the auction's Real Life Items.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 2058, which RPGDot linked on 4 November 2005 and before page 2064 (17 November 2005).

Project Entropia: New Magazine Coming Soon @ Official Site

MindArk announces The Entropian, a printed magazine about the game.

PE Update 7.7.2

Project Entropia has been updated to VU 7.7.2.

Project Entropia: P.E. Gnome Home @ Official Site

A minor update adding garden gnomes, and The Entropian at auction.

Info about The Entropian

PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW!

Project Entropia: Real Life Item Looted @ EntropiaForum.com

A player loots an item that brings a real poster to his home.

More info about Image competition

MindArk announces an ongoing competition regarding the virtual universe Project Entropia.

Project Entropia: Article @ WarCry

WarCry's editorial on Project Entropia and real-world money in games.

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 7.8

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

Project Entropia: Latest Update Introduces Animal Taming @ Official Site

A version update that introduces animal taming.

Taming

The first stage of taming: an animal's spirit broken with a whip while its respect, spirit and health bars are watched, then the Tame Animal action.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 2074 (23 November 2005) and before page 2094 (19 December 2005).

Onlife #34

A column asking whether players can really cash in on Project Entropia's economy.

VU 8.0 Content list

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 8.0 2005-12-19 *** PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

Minipatch 8.0.1

Release 8.0.1 fixed a couple of things The few holes in Club NEVERDIE have been fixed.

The 2005 Movie competition results

The 2005 Movie competition finished MindArk wish to begin by saying a really big thank you to all participants.

Minipatch 8.0.2

Release 8.0.2 Fixed a faulty trick with the Exarosaur Minor visual fixes to Club NEVERDIE Fixed animation optimization on creatures.

Project Entropia: Movie Contest Winners Announced @ Official Site

The winners of the 2005 movie contest.

Project Entropia: Story Update @ Official Site

A story update: the death of Professor Niels Barton.

Info about The Entropian

News on The Entropian - Why is the magazine late?

Project Entropia: News on The Entropian @ Official Site

Why The Entropian magazine was delayed.

The Entropian - Update

We have received an update from our publishers about the official Project Entropia magazine, The Entropian .

EBN: Atrox Herds Sighted

Imperial Zoological Scouts have reported that large Atrox herds are massing at different locations all over Calypso.

Project Entropia (PC) (nettipeli): Pelaa ja rikastu (tai köyhdy)!

A Finnish review: play and get rich, or poor.

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 8.1

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

Project Entropia Version Update applied

Version Update 8.1 has been applied to Project Entropia.

Rules of the 2006 Land Grab

The phases of Land Grab 2006: land areas claimed in a society's name by finding each area's land marker, with the number of phases and of areas kept secret.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 2116 (1 February 2006) and before page 2144 (27 February 2006).

Project Entropia: Update News @ Official Site

Version update 8.1.1 applied.

Project Entropia VU 8.1.1

VU 8.1.1 does, amongst other things, include: The restoration of the loot radius.

Project Entropia VU 8.1.2

Project Entropia updated with VU 8.1.2.

Project Entropia: Land Grab 2006 @ Official Site

The rules of the 2006 Land Grab.

Expanded Payment Options

As well as now being able to transfer Swedish Krona, British Pounds and Euros into your PE account through PayNova, a new voucher system from Ukash has been introduced to the PE payment options suite.

Land Grab 2006

Beginning on the 22nd of February, the first of several phases of the 2006 Land Grab will commence.

Project Entropia VU 8.1.3

Project Entropia update VU 8.1.3.

Advertising in the Virtual Universe

The ad system of VU 8.2: about ten ad terminals with preview screens, twice as many display boards, and ads for estate owners only.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 2144 (27 February 2006) and before page 2155 (22 March 2006).

Computer Gaming World, March 2006, demo disc

Carried the installer of the VU 7.7 era on its demo disc.

EBN: Robot mobilization!

The Imperial Government today issued a warning to all colonists on Calypso.

Massive Incorporated and MindArk team up to supply advertising to Project Entropia

MindArk and Massive Incorporated announce plans to bring in-game advertising to Project Entropia.

VU 8.2 Preview

Project Entropia VU 8.2 is well on its way so we thought we’d give you a little sneak preview of what to expect.

Events

The event system: PvP, hunting and voting events, held on land areas whose owners open them to the public, and on the asteroid.

Undated on the site. Its pages were numbered in order, and this one falls after page 2155 (22 March 2006) and before its first capture (3 May 2006).

VU 8.2 Content List

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 8.2 2006-03-22 *** PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA!

etc., etc.: Entropia Universe

Entropia Universe is the new name of the game known as Project Entropia.

Project Entropia: Now Entropia Universe

Project Entropia renamed Entropia Universe, as 1UP reported.

Sweat guide

Gathering vibrant sweat from creatures, what it is used for (with nexus, Mind Essence) and the best places to do it.

Its footer dates each version: 18 April 2006 in its first capture, 21 August 2007 in its last.

Fruit & Dung

Finding fruit and dung on the ground, how often it turns up and what it sold for.

Its footer dates it 24 April 2006.

Entropia Universe announces new City

MindArk's press release on artists and designers commissioned for a new city in Entropia Universe, via Marketwire.

Enmatter mining

Mining enmatter (oil, nexus, alicenies and the rest): the equipment, what a try costs and how a deposit is found.

Its footer dates each version: 27 April 2006 in its first capture, 8 March 2007 in its last.

etc., etc.: Project Entropia

Points to BBC News on the Project Entropia cash card, which draws on money held in the game.

Oil field

The oil pump on Eudoria, its oil barrels, and the PvP zone around it with its Atrox.

Its footer dates it 2 May 2006.

V online hre zarobené peniaze možné vybrať priamo v bankomate

Slovak news that money earned in Entropia Universe, formerly Project Entropia, could be withdrawn straight from a cash machine.

Teleporter guide

Finding and using teleporters, written when new players could first choose where to start.

Its footer dates each version: 8 May 2006 in its first capture, 24 August 2007 in its last.

Team hunt

Creating a team and its loot rules (damage determines, leader takes all, queue and the rest) and hunting together.

Its footer dates each version: 14 May 2006 in its first capture, 29 November 2006 in its last.

Energy Refining in Entropia Universe

A chart of what the energy refiner makes from each enmatter, and what the result is used for in crafting.

Its footer dates it 16 May 2006.

Mentor guide

What a mentor is, what being a disciple means and when the disciple graduates.

Its footer dates it 17 May 2006.

Person to person trading guide

Selling to other players rather than to the trade terminal or the auction, and how a private trade is done safely.

Its footer dates it 19 May 2006.

Terminal guide

The terminals and what each does: revival, repair, trade, storage, auction and the rest.

Its footer dates it 19 May 2006.

Inventory guide

The inventory: equipping clothes and armour by dragging, splitting stacks, and keeping things in order.

Its footer dates it 29 May 2006.

Mineral Refining in Entropia Universe

A chart of what the mineral refiner makes from each ore, and what the result is used for in crafting.

Its footer dates it 29 May 2006.

etc.: MindArk

Points to Joystiq on a professor questioning MindArk's claims, and the chief executive's reply.

Hunting

Hunting for beginners: melee and ranged weapons, ammunition, choosing prey and looting.

Its footer dates it 30 May 2006.

Crafting guide

Crafting for beginners: blueprints and the blueprint book, materials, the crafting machine and what success, near success and failure give.

Its footer dates it 17 June 2006.

Gun guide

Pistols, rifles and carbines, where to buy a first gun (the Sollomate Opalo) and how ammunition, damage and decay work.

Its footer dates each version: 17 June 2006 in its first capture, 29 November 2006 in its last.

Money in Entropia Universe

PED and PEC, depositing real money, and what it is spent on in the game.

Its footer dates it 17 June 2006.

Person vs Person fights in Entropia Universe

The PvP zones and city cages where players fight each other, and what is at stake there.

Its footer dates it 17 June 2006.

Hangar

What a hangar is, how it differs from a house, and how owners transport people to space.

Atrox Egg Hunt

The wiki's history of MindArk's Atrox Egg quest of summer 2006, keeping the EBN news items from Atrox Alarm to Orbital Omelet, and the egg's sale to NEVERDIE for 100,000 PED.

Skill guide

How skills grow by use, the skills window (K) with its tabs and pages, and reading skill levels.

Its footer dates it 2 August 2006.

Club NeverDie

A visit to Club NeverDie, the space station NeverDie bought for US$100,000, and what is found there.

Its footer dates it 8 August 2006.

Security

Keeping an account safe: user names, passwords, scams and hackers.

Its footer dates it 15 August 2006.

Space flight guide

Going to space: the space craft and pilots, Club NeverDie and Crystal Palace, and what to know before boarding.

Its footer dates each version: 15 August 2006 in its first capture, 15 February 2007 in its last.

500,000 Accounts!

MindArk announces that the Entropia Universe has passed 500,000 registered accounts, in the October newsletter as Entropia Directory kept it.

Über mag, issues 1 and 2

A free players' magazine written and edited by Nirfu, October and December 2006: an interview with NeverDie, travel columns, items to long for, Estate Cribs, fashion, Akoz in the PvP cage, and puzzles with prizes. The archive keeps both issues in Media, as Nirfu's guide site offered them; later issues, from ubermag.eu, were not found.

Morning Q&A: Project Entropia

Points to CNET's video interview with David Simmonds of MindArk on how Project Entropia differs from Second Life.

Dictionary

An A to Z of chat abbreviations and the game's own words, from AFK and Amp onwards.

Its footer dates each version: 19 October 2006 in its first capture, 18 May 2007 in its last.

Ore mining

Mining ore: the equipment, what a try costs and how a deposit is found and extracted.

Its footer dates each version: 24 October 2006 in its first capture, 8 March 2007 in its last.

Scanning guide

What a scanner tells about avatars and creatures, and the skills scanning gives.

Its footer dates it 25 October 2006.

The Calypso Post, issues 1 to 8

A players' paper from Calypso, November 2006 to February 2008: hunting, mining, places and people, with players' own photographs. The archive keeps all eight issues in Media, as euforces.com published them.

Pilots

The wiki's listing of pilots offering flights, pointing to its Flying guide.

Online Helpies, Tips & Tricks

Short tips for players collected from the One-Line Helpies thread on Entropia Forum: manners, chat, trading, hunting and the rest.

Undated on the site; first captured on 16 November 2006.

Entropia Guide

A player's handbook to the whole game in one PDF, revised in editions: mentoring, controls, the HUD, items, skills, terminals, places, creatures, trading and scams, the professions, mindforce, taming and estates.

Dated by the editions' titles. The archive keeps the 29 August 2007 edition in Media.

Chat guide

The chat window: its read filters, which colour is which channel, and how to post in society, team or local chat.

Its footer dates each version: 29 November 2006 in its first capture, 12 February 2007 in its last.

Colouring guide

Which items can be coloured, where paint and colouring tools come from and how colouring is done, with paint colours and their TT values.

Its footer dates each version: 29 November 2006 in its first capture, 22 February 2007 in its last.

Weapon attachment guide

Amplifiers, laser sights and scopes: what each adds to a gun, with worked damage figures.

Its footer dates it 29 November 2006.

Morning Metaverse: Entropia Universe

Points to a press release on a Nobel Prize celebration held in Entropia Universe.

Beginner lessons

A series for newcomers: learning to die without fear, sweating creatures while being eaten, and choosing a first offensive skill.

Buyers guide

Things to consider and do when buying: asking society friends, checking prices and avoiding bad deals.

Mindforce

How mindforce works: mind essence, implants and chips, what they cost, and the NeoPsion implants.

Play smart from Day 1

Advice for a new player's first days, starting with finding an active mentor.

Weapons that save you money (Skilling)

Which cheap weapons give the most skill for the money, the skill increase bonus and its learning period, and the sights and amplifiers to pair them with.

Choosing a profession

What each path offers a new player, from hunting and mining to crafting, and how to pick.

Hunting Trips

Where to hunt by the armour and weapon you carry, with trips for each level of player.

Evening Metaverse: Project Entropia

Points to CNET on a Project Entropia real estate sale that fetched 179,000 dollars.

FAP

What a first-aid pack does, and the medical, general and attribute skills that help using one.

Virtual Banking Licenses For Sale

The terms of the five banking licenses put on the in-game auction with VU 8.9: loans secured against items, a 1,000,000 PED requirement, and a 5% share of interest to MindArk.

Weapons that save you money (Advanced)

Budget weapons for players past the beginner stage, leaving out adjusted, modified and ancient ones.

Flying

How to travel between Calypso, Crystal Palace Space Station and Club NEVERDIE with a pilot, with content and screenshots from RipTure Travel.

Power Trading

A simple guide to trading for profit, at the auction house and on the street, with tips, conduct and case studies.

Fast key guide

The fast key bar: assigning tools, weapons and actions from the action book to keys, and switching between them.

Its footer dates it 13 February 2007.

Apartments

Choosing a condo, the list of condos, how to buy one and what it costs.

BLP

BLP weapons against laser: skilling, decay and the rifles, carbines and pistols of the type.

Gold Card

What the Gold Card is, how to get and use one, de-activating it, troubleshooting and security, drawn from MindArk's Gold Card and Security FAQ.

Pets

How to tame a pet with a whip, and how to care for and train it.

Prior to installing

System requirements and operating system compatibility, in English and Spanish.

Recruiting

Finding members for a new society, which has seven days to reach its minimum.

Teleporting

The ways of teleporting: teleporters, chips and other methods.

Lesson 101: Getting started on Calypso

A newcomer's first hours: the controls and their modes, the first things to do, and joining a society.

A wiki page, undated; captured on 21 February 2007.

Estate guide

How to get an estate with an estate deed, furnish it, and choose who may enter through the guest list.

Its footer dates it 8 March 2007.

Vehicles

A quote from Franko in April 2007 expects vehicles in Q4 2007 to Q1 2008, and the page notes the unmoving cars and motorbikes on show in downtown Hadesheim.

Oil Rig, advanced

A follow-up guide to the Oil Rig, built on the writer's own experience there.

Banking Licenses

The five licenses sold at auction for $404,000 in all, with each bid, avatar and real-world buyer, among them MONETA.ru, Wirecard, Anshe Chung Studios and NEVERDIE.

Crafting

The wiki's article on building, constructing and tailoring things from raw materials, part of it taken from Alice's guide.

Skill implants

Buying skills from other players as implants, and why an implant gives less to an avatar that already has the skill.

Its footer dates it 7 May 2007.

Morning Q&As: Entropia Universe

Points to MPOGD's talk with Marco Behrmann about the entertainment platform and its real cash economy.

The paths of Entropia Universe

What a newcomer arriving at Port Atlantis can do: the paths of hunting, mining, crafting, trading and the rest, and how they mix.

Its footer dates it 18 May 2007.

Animal Taming

The taming skill: whipping a creature, feeding it nutrio bars, and taming higher-quality creatures.

Mining tools

The finders, excavators and refiners a miner uses, and how they relate.

Party

How a virtual party works: why to attend, essentials, etiquette, live music, dance techniques and venues.

Voice Chat

The equipment, instant messengers and TeamSpeak players used to talk while playing.

Oil Rig

The Oil Rig: how to get there, why it does not suit new players, what to look for, its creatures and resources.

Beacon mission debrief, 2 June 2007

Eight members of the society run a beacon mission from Fort Ithaca: a death, a dropped connection, and loot returns of 60 to 70 percent.

Evening Q&As: Project Entropia

Points to The MMO Gamer's talk with Marco Behrmann about MindArk's aim of 150 million users.

No Blood for Oil

A player's account of a trip to the Oil Rig on 12 June 2007, after losing their free PEDs to mining.

Graphics Engine Updates

Marco Behrmann announces that VU 9.0 upgrades avatars, their equipment and clothes, and lets every existing avatar be recreated.

CryENGINE 2 for Entropia

MindArk's press release on licensing Crytek's CryENGINE 2 to upgrade Entropia Universe, quoted in full.

Skalman Interview

An Entropia Directory editor talks to Skalman at MindArk's stand at the Games Convention in Leipzig.

Mining Trips

Planning a mining trip: where you can go, what to take, and what a beginner should expect to find.

Surviving in Entropia

A player's long essay on dreams against reality in the game: accepting its rules, money, balancing losses, and attitude.

Evening Previews: Entropia Universe

Points to GameSpot's coverage of Entropia Universe.

Entropia Universe at the E for All Convention in Los Angeles

MindArk prepares for E for All on October 18 to 21 and asks for players near Los Angeles to help at its stand, expenses paid.

Morning Q&As: Project Entropia

Points to Ten Ton Hammer's article-style interview with Marco Behrmann at the Leipzig Games Convention 2007.

Limited blueprints

The difference between standard and limited blueprints: a standard blueprint starts at 0.01 PED and gains value with its quality, while a limited (L) one starts at 1.00 PED, lasts at most 100 uses and needs none of the creature-dropped components, such as basic target assessment units, that standard ones call for.

A wiki page, first titled The difference between standard blueprints and Limited blueprints. Its text was captured only on 1 January 2009, but a reply on its discussion page is dated 4 September 2007.

Calculate the decay of an item

Three ways to measure an item's decay from one or two uses: the fruit method, which reads the trade terminal's value to a thousandth of a PEC by adding fruit worth 0.00001 PED each; the auction method for (L) items, listing the item at an enormous markup; and a quicker, rougher reading off the repair terminal for unlimited items.

A wiki page linked from the guides' How to page, undated; first captured on 13 September 2007. The fruit method is credited to MG Mighty and the other two carry no name. By December 2007 the page had corrected how the terminal shows a fraction of a PEC: it cuts it off rather than rounding it up.

Calculate your damage percentage on a weapon

How far an avatar's skills have taken it on a kind of weapon, read off the weapon's damage range: its minimum damage as a share of the maximum, from 25% unskilled to 50% maxed out, or a progress figure from 0% to 100%, both worked through on an A-3 Justifier Mk.II.

A wiki page linked from the guides' How to page, undated; first captured on 12 October 2007. The second formula is credited to FreezyPops, and the page points to the Entropia Forum thread Unlocking certain skills.

Gather Sweat

Sweating for newcomers: concentrate on an animal with nothing in hand, then extract, with about one chance in five; only animals can be sweated, small ones are safest, and sweaters gathered at Port Atlantis, at Camp Phoenix and, once new turrets went up there, at Fort Troy. It says VU 8.5 lifted the limit on sweating.

A wiki page linked from the guides' How to page and marked as a work in progress, undated; first captured on 12 October 2007.

Comprehensive SIB Guide

What the skill increase bonus is, what it does, and how to choose weapons through it.

Trade Terminal

What the trade terminal buys and sells and how to use it.

Hunter

The wiki's long article on the hunting profession, drawing on Alice's hunting guide.

Site Seeing: Entropia Gateway

Entropia Gateway opens as an information hub for the game.

Scamming

The scams players ran on one another and how to avoid them.

Team

Forming a team and working with other players, especially when hunting.

Auction bidding

Browsing the auction, buying and selling an item, and what to watch for afterwards.

Auction selling

How to sell unwanted items at the auction for more than the trade terminal pays.

Naming your avatar

Choosing an avatar's name, one of the first things a player does.

Basic game guide

What to think about before playing, written for someone who has just installed the game: a long-term commitment, money, professions and how to spend your first time on Calypso.

Station keeping

A pilot's explanation of the term station keeping and its use in space flight.

Sweating

Collecting Vibrant Sweat from live animals, one of the first ways to earn.

Evening Q&As: Entropia Universe

Points to The MMO Gamer's talk with David Simmonds about the business of Entropia Universe and its real money transactions.

Entropia Universe IPO

MindArk's press release on its plans for a stock market listing, with Credit Suisse advising, quoted in full.

Interface guide

The interface a player uses in the game, explained part by part.

Avatar Creation

Choosing an avatar's name, which cannot be changed afterwards, and what to know about the creation room.

Mining

The wiki's long article on mining, the second most popular activity after hunting.

Basic game knowledge

Very basic things that help a new player take off in the right direction.

Robot beacon missions

Robot beacon missions as a bonus quest, with the layout of the robot mothership.

Troubleshooting installation

Known problems when downloading and installing the client, and their fixes.

Healer

What a healer or medic does, the skills that count, how to understand a first-aid pack or heal chip, and how to treat the hunters you serve.

Coloring

Coloring clothes and armour: the tools, success results, unlocking colors, and creating textiles.

Mining Deposit Sizes

The names of mining deposits by size, with extrapolated and observed TT ranges for each.

6th Society Expedition debrief

The society's sixth expedition, on 13 January 2008.

Robot beacon mission training

A society's training programme for robot beacon missions, with the team, its roles and a simulation mission.

Robot beacon expedition

Scheduling and organising the Entropia Directory society's expeditions.

Entropia Universe: CES 2008

An interview from the Consumer Electronics Show of January 2008.

Tailoring

Making shirts, jackets, hats and other clothing as a tailor.

Mentor

The mentor system from both sides: what a mentor does, how a disciple finds one, and what each can expect.

Hunt Smart

The mistakes new hunters make, and how to choose equipment and targets that keep a hunt affordable.

10th and 11th Society Expedition debrief

Two expeditions on 15 and 16 February 2008.

Cyber City in Thailand & New Entropia Planet

Points to a press release on Cyber City Chiang Mai, a facility in Thailand that is to build a new planet for Entropia Universe.

Best Entropia sweating places

Where to sweat creatures, place by place.

Newbie Guide

First steps from Port Atlantis: hunting, mining, manufacturing and the Oil Rig.

13th Society Expedition debrief

The society's thirteenth expedition, on 28 March 2008.

PC Gamer Lietuva, 2008 Nr. 4, DVD

A Lithuanian magazine that carried the VU 9.1.5 client on its cover DVD.

Project Entropia Mini Noob Guide

A short list of what to do in the first days, for those who do not want to read a long guide.

GSA.Magazin and EU.Magazin, six issues

A German players' magazine from germansurvivalartists.de, monthly from 2008, renamed EU.Magazin in 2009. The archive keeps the six issues found, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11 and 12, from Entropia Museum's copies, in Media.

Evening Screenshots: Entropia Universe

The first screenshots of the CryENGINE 2 version of Entropia Universe, released through Marketwire.

etc., etc.: Entropia Universe

Points to a press release: Motörhead's Lemmy is to launch his own private army inside Entropia Universe.

Sunday Q&A Roundup: Entropia Universe

Points to The MMO Gamer's interview with Marco Behrmann at the Games Convention 2008.

Metaverse: Entropia Universe

Points to a press release: SEE Virtual Worlds and Entropia Universe join forces to bring film properties into the virtual world.

PC Advisor issue 161, December 2008, DVD

Carried the VU 9.3.5 client on its cover DVD.

3rd Society Expedition debrief

The society's third beacon mission and how it went.

9th Society Expedition debrief

The society's ninth expedition and how it went.

Gatherings & Competitions: Entropia Universe

Points to a press release on a music video competition in Entropia Universe with prizes valued at over 30,000 dollars.

Gathering Sweat

A crash course in sweating: what Vibrant Sweat is for, finding, approaching and concentrating on a creature, extracting 2 to 22 bottles at a time until it runs dry, focus charges against interruption, and whether to sweat in cheap armour such as Goblin or Pixie.

Copied from Spud's sweating tutorial on Entropia Forum, which the page names as its source (www.entropiaforum.com/forums/entropia-universe-tutorials/50712-spuds-sweating-tutorial.html). A wiki page, undated; captured only on 1 January 2009.

Planet Calypso Announced

Planet Calypso is announced on the Entropia Universe platform, made by First Planet, a new MindArk subsidiary led by Marco Behrmann.

Society expedition equipment

Robot damage and armour, and the plates and sets that suit a drone hunt.

Real Virtual Bank

MindArk is granted a Swedish licence to run a real bank inside Entropia Universe.

Metaverse: Planet Calypso

Points to Massively on Planet Calypso, formerly Entropia Universe, moving to CryEngine 2.

Project Entropia now Planet Calypso

First Planet Company's press release launching Planet Calypso on CryENGINE 2, reposted in full by Blue's News.

MindArk press release: Guinness World Records Book 2008

Known only as Guinness_World_Records_Book_2008.pdf on MindArk's press server.

Not preserved: no copy was captured.