Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:50:33 -0500 http://www.oberin.com/ OberinMMORPG en-us http://www.oberin.com/images/logo.gif http://www.oberin.com/ jinker@oberin.com http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=289 We are experiencing server difficulties. Current Status The server is currently exhibiting difficulties. Please bear with us and consult the link above for the most up to date information. It is inadvisable to attempt to log in if you are not sure you are in a safe location. Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:50:33 -0500 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=281 Oberin Tournament of Champions Read more... Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:57:26 -0400 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=256 After a whole night of dancing and chanting a single strange word, the clerics of Brigobaen managed to find a way to cleanse Oberin from the powerful plague that struck it. Men and women have been dispatched all around the lands to cast a purifying spell on all the infected. Note that the clerics were ordered to cleanse every single infected of the curse, despite the anticipated strong protestations of some of the "newly created" ladies. Hope you had a great April 1st! Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:09:40 -0400 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=255 A powerful plague struck the lands of Oberin on this dark morning. Very little is known about it, spare a very radical change of the physical appearance of the infected. The means of spreading of the plague are currently unknown, and it seems too late to quarantine the infected. Brigobaen gathered its best clerics to try and find a cure, to no avail so far. **UPDATE** A note was found on the steps of Brigobaen's library a few hours ago. Here is what it reads: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:13:15 -0400 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=237 The update craziness goes on as a new version of Oberin is released. Make sure to check the patch notes to stay up to date with the latest changes. You can use the auto-updater for this update, or download a fresh client from the Downloads section. Happy hunting! Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:44:22 -0500 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=234 The server was restarted tonight to apply a few minor updates. Make sure to check the development post to keep track of those changes. This Server only update does NOT require you to download anything to keep on playing. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:06:59 -0500 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=232 The long awaited big update is finally out! Hurry over to the Update post to see what's new, and don't forget to grab a brand new copy of the Oberin Client at the Downloads Page! Don't forget to backup your "Oberin Logs" folder if you don't want to loose your text logs when installing. :) Happy belated Christmas to you all! Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:00:41 -0500 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=228 Since we might be waiting a little longer for the next major update, I decided to go ahead and update the map file, a few sounds have changed and leather armor has a different look. Tracking dots colors changed as well. **UPDATE** No longer needed. Click here. To get the update click here for OSX or here for OS 9 and read the instructions on how to update your client. Thanks, have fun :) Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:09:49 -0500 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=212 Hi people, Jinker received the new server today and we are currently installing everything. It should be up very shortly. We really want to give a big big big Thank You to everyone who helped us when the old server went down... You guys rock! Long Live Oberin! Edit: The server is now up and running. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:38:54 -0400 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=207 Bad news people. Yesterday, the computer hosting the server drew its last breath, and now refuses to boot up. As neither Jinker or myself have a powerful enough spare mac to replace it for the time being, the Oberin Server will be offline for an undetermined amount of time. We've always been refusing donations, and for many reasons, but this time we have to face it: We can't make it without your help. In order to raise enough money to buy an used mac and host the server again, we are very soon going to accept donations from the community. Also, as a big thanks in advance to you all, a long awaited online store is going to open. Oberin goodies ahoy! Expect another update later on today with a bit more details. We really hope to take the Oberin Server back up as soon as we can. Thanks for reading. Edit: More details here. Edit2: We managed to salvage the data from the old server, and nothing was lost. When the server is back online, all your characters, guild halls, etc. will be restored to their original state. The donations are steadily going and we reached about 30% of our target. Thanks to everyone who helped us so far! Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:02:23 -0400 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=201 It wasn't an easy task, but the three winners of the Graphism Contest have been voted! First and foremost, I really wish to reiterate my thanks to everyone who participated. We have all been astonished by the huge number of entries, and while it made voting much more difficult than we expected, it also gave us great ideas for future contests. You guys rock! Without further waiting, the winners are... - Alys for her most pretty Nevia Flower! Lots of flowers were really amazing but yours definitely stood out. Well done! - Kwesyther for his awesome Crystal Ring! Your ring received a large majority of votes, big congrats! - Yorck for his impressive Tarnished Necklace! This is exactly how we thought that necklace should look like. Bravo! - Last but not least, we would like to give an honorable mention to REDMAN, whose runes sprites are going to be used, with his permission, to accompany a spell FX. I hope that's ok with you, those really look nice! The creators of these sprites are asked to contact Jinker ASAP, so that we can add them in game. This was definitely not an easy vote, there were so many great entries! Our expectations were blown to the roof. I'm really looking forward to the next contest now! Thanks again! Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:10:45 -0400 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=174 The survey I posted previously is now closed. I received an email today stating the data collection part is now over and they are beginning the analysis of the data. He wants to thank everyone for your time and results will be posted in late summer or fall. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:52:29 -0400 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=172 I received an email about a survey that wants MMO players to participate. I get emails about Oberin all the time wanting one thing or another but this one really peaked my interest. So I'm making a news post about it. I am doing undergraduate research at Eastern Kentucky University with Dr. Dan Florell. We are looking for a sample for our research. We were wondering if we could use members of your website as subjects. This research will be completely anonymous. They will be just sharing their opinions about various aspects of MMORPGs. I did the survey and I am interested to see what the results will be. Here is the link for the survey, it takes about 20 minutes or maybe a little longer. It's not Oberin related and it's completely anonymous. Survey Link Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:50:00 -0400 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=141 To make it easier for everyone to try out new classes before making a final choice, and in anticipation of what's to come, we decided to reduce the delay between creating a character and deleting that character from 3 days to one day (24 hours). [b]In order to delete one of your characters[/b], you have to select "Request Character Deletion" in the "Management" menu of the Character Creator. If your character is more than 24 hours old, you should be able to delete it. If you encounter any problem, feel free to call a Game Master in game or to open a topic in the Support forum. Please remember that you are only allowed to have 2 characters per account, and that it is not possible to recover a deleted character. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:34:04 -0400 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=98 Now that the Blue Moon Festival is over I would like to thank you all for being very polite the entire time. I hope everyone had fun, we were a little short handed this time around but I think we involved a good lot of you in games and auctions. It was fun for me and I'm sure for the other GM's as well. Thanks :) Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:29:17 -0500 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=72 Once again we are moving the server, hopefully for the last time. :) As of today the server is back to Jinker's old G4, with a shiny brand new router which should work as intended. We estimate a downtime of about 20-30 minutes from the moment this is posted. It may a while for the DNS to update properly, so the server status image in the corner might not be accurate the first few hours. Also, you may have to type "obi.mine.nu" in the server field to be able to connect. Could it be the true end of lag? Fingers crossed! ;) Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:57:56 -0400 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=66 I am getting a lot of questions about the server so I figured I would post here so you can all know what's going on. I did post in the forums but not everyone looks there. The server is back on Glenn's as everyone knows, but many don't know why. I was running the server on my G4 for almost a week. Each day there were problems however, not with the server application or the G4, but my router. After doing some research it seems my router doesn't like a lot of traffic. This is actually what the Knowledgebase for D-Link said: Router Locks up The following are possibilities why you router is locking up: • A large amount of traffic may lock the router up. This really kills me... The primary function of a router is to handle traffic so how can you sell one that doesn't. Grrrrr!! I updated the firmware and did everything else they suggested but it made it worse. So I decided to move back to Glenn's until I could get a new router. Which is what I am doing. The server will be back on my G4 and with the new router shouldn't have any problems at all. I hope *knocks on wood* That's the story. I hope you all hang in there until I can move the server back. Thanks, Jinker Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:56:18 -0400 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=58 That's it, we're moving! As of today, the server is Jinker's old G4, in Atlanta. This should reduce the lag and the connection loss by a lot, and I mean a lot. :) Your characters will not be lost in the moving, you don't have to worry about that. On the other hand, in order to be able to play on our shiny new server, you will have to download a new client. We took the opportunity to have a mini update, you can check the Development forum for all the news it. Let's hope the lag monster is gone for good now! NOTE: If you can't connect, try putting "obi.mine.nu" in the "Server" field. It takes a while for the DNS to update so you might have to use it for a few hours. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:19:49 -0400 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=57 Aaaaaand it's out! Click on download to get the new client or click here. Dang this update took a while... But every single part of it is very well worth the wait! I've rarely been this excited by releasing new content and eager to hear your feedback. As the title says this update is quite of an eye candy, and you will soon realize that! So.. Less babbling more update goodness :) Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:07:39 -0400 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=38 Today comes with a new update for Oberin! To make sure your client is up to date and you can play again, follow these easy steps : 1. Back up your "Oberin Logs" folder located inside your Oberin folder. It contains conversations logs you might want to save for the future. 2. Delete your Oberin folder, you won't need it anymore. 3. Click on the "Downloads" link to the left and get the latest version of Oberin. 4. Copy the newly downloaded client to your hard drive. 5. Replace the "Oberin Logs" folder with the ony you backed up on step 1. 6. You are ready to play! As always, you can check the Development forum for notes on this update. See you in Oberin! Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:16:06 -0400 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=34 If your guild has an emblem and wants it added, email it to me by this Friday to get them included in the game. I have added many from the emblem page so there are only a few missing. I want to let you know so you can get them to me. And if you don't we can add them in a later update. Read more for image formats and example. Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:16:52 -0400 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=29 Now that the site is running well I have some thing to do. First, it's spring cleaning time. I'm going to remove all character accounts that have not been active in the last year. So if you have a character you want to keep but haven't logged in to Oberin for a year, you had better login soon. Next, I am looking for a group of counselors to maybe become GM's. By group, I want to try for 5 to 10 new counselors and go from there. If you would like to have a counselor character you shouldn't tell other players about your intentions since your player character identity is a secret. Send me an email or a PM telling me why you want to be a counselor. I will post them for the other GM's and we will start picking people sometime in the near future. Do not call a GM asking about your application or that will will earn you negative marks. Also, I like all counselors to be over 18, but if there is a mature 16 we would consider it. Thanks! Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:58:52 -0500 http://www.oberin.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1 Sorry for the dismal site as of late. We moved hosts and the database wasn't backed up properly, as a result we will have to start over. :( You will have to register again and start a new forum. Sorry about this... I tried to get the thing back in working order like it was, and with a great deal of help from Zee (much appreciated indeed) it just wasn't working out. So I decided to start over. Zee does have a read only version of the old forums and I will see if I can get the database and host it at Oberin.com. One thing I was able to salvage were the screenshots, albeit without the comments. Thanks for your patience, Jinker Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:47:27 -0500