WELCOME TO WWII ONLINE SPECIAL EVENTS!

Playnet, CRS and the Special Events Team (SET) are pleased to announce the beginning of the World War II Online Special Events program.

About Special Events
The special events program is divided into three categories; scenarios, tournaments and player-made. All events will be held on a dedicated server cluster that will not interupt gameplay on the campaign server. The program team is made up of CRS and Playnet staff as well as player-volunteers. The program is set to launch with a small test event the week of August 18th with the first large-scale scenario set to follow shortly after that.

Scenarios will often be historical re-creations on a large scale with more than one frame (segment) making up the event. Scenarios take a lot of planning and organization by staff and members of the SET to execute. Specific rule sets and scoring data will be combined to force victory conditions at the end of each frame. Every loss and every victory will count towards the final result. It may be even more important to simply stay alive than it will be to take down the enemy! Depending on their success, we may offer scenarios as often as once a month. Scenarios will require sign-up through the new events website and the purchase of event tickets which are expected to be priced at $2 to $3 per frame.

Tournaments are another part of the Special Events program and are being added to every player's premium subscription at no additional charge. Tournaments will be competition ladders putting brigade versus brigade in pre-planned combat scenarios with the victor moving onward in the tournament and the loser dropping out. Tournaments will focus on specific types of combat with tournament series in armor, infantry, air and navy. There will be something for everyone and the strength of brigades will be the focus of these events. Tournaments will require brigade/player sign-up through the new events website and is offered to all premuim subscribers at no cost.

Player-made events is the third part of the Special Events program. Using many of the same tools as scenarios and tournaments, the program will allow players to create their own battles and reserve the events server for player-organized and player-run events with the support of program staff members. Players who wish to participate in a player-made event will need to sign-up through the new events website and purchase event tickets which are expected to be priced at $2 to $3 event.

We believe this kicks off a brand new way to experience the terror and excitement that WWII Online offers. Many members of the special events team and current players have experience with similar style of events and can attest to their appeal. Enjoy and have fun!

Chris 'Mo' Sherland, Exec. Producer/SET Lead
Phil 'Megadeath' O'Connor, SET Player-Lead
Sebastien 'Lindir' Pacetti, Int. Prod. Mgr./SET Team Member