News/2007/August

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August

  • August 18th

This weekend on Saturday at 11 PM GMT + 1 (5 PM United States eastern time) a reaper will be given away on zone by Crono (Gerami) . It is hoped many will show up and participate!

  • August 14th - First Graal Kingdoms Poker Tournament


Today we had the first Graal Kingdoms Poker Tournament. Everyone was invited to join the tournament with 1000 platinum coins. After 18 rounds we had a winner, sage_scooby won in a heads up against Ravenblade1979. Besides the money he also one an unique tropy with an engraving.

We are preparing more tounaments for Graal Kingdom prizes so stay tuned.


  • August 12th - Graal Skills More Tournaments


More tournaments were hold on the Graal Skills server, the winners are this time:

  • BomberMad: Stefan (of course!)
  • 8-Ball: Burn (Björn)
  • Poker: Ziro (xXZiroXx)

Next week we will do more events, we also plan tournaments for Graal Kingdoms items, so check out and prepare for more fun events!


  • August 12th - Zone New Inventory


We have added a new inventory using GUI controls. It can easier be navigated with mouse (left click for S weapon, right click for D weapon), but still works the same like the old inventory when controlled with keyboard. It offers more space for new weapons and its look can easily be customized using the new v5 GUI styles.

In the next few days we will release cool new weapons!


  • August 11th - Graal Skills Tournament Winners


Many players participated in the Graal Skills Tournaments, here the winners for Staturday:

  • BomberMad: Storm Leonhart (StormYs)
  • 8-Ball Pool Billiard: Storm Leonhart (StormYs)
  • Poker: Galapogos (Twinny)

More tournaments will come tomorrow!


  • August 11th - Zone Event Weapon Match


This Saturday, Anubis (Anubis_Wing) zone events team member hosted a prize event for blue pistoles. After a heated battle with the crossbow bolts flying every direction and gravitron bullets penetrating through barrels the winner was finally decided. The winner was Shadow (IXIs_Last_Stand) who won using the gravitron. Over 15 players participated in the event! Congrats to those who particpated! Next months event date will be announced shortly! ShadowBP.PNG


  • August 9th - Graal Skills Tournaments


This weekend we will hold several free tournaments and tournaments where you can win Gelats - play Poker, Pool Billiard, BomberMad and more against other players! We have also improved the skill games to make the playing more fun:

  • The game window is bigger, we removed the clouds-header
  • The tournament announcement PM leads you directly to the tournament list
  • When a tournament is added then a blinking link will appear in the Log window for easily joining the tournament
  • When inviting a player to a game then it is automatically selecting the best rule for the selected game (Bombermad: 3 Rounds) to make things easier
  • You can bet up to 50 gelats in Poker (might be increased later)
  • Nicknames are filtered (some special characters being removed) to avoid problems in multiplayer flash games
  • Easier navigation with keyboard: 'Space' starts a game, card games automatically select the first button in the start screen, when closing a game then it is automatically focussing the game list