Hello my dear Zhyperians.
This time of the month is upon us once again, and with it comes the summary of Community News of the Month.
And thus, on behalf of the whole Journalist Team, I, Rainbow Dash, give you the February issue of Zhyperian News.
Enjoy the read!
It is no secret for a majority of Zhyperians that they belong to the biggest and greatest MU community. However, there is a reason for this undoubted fact. Indeed, over the years, tons of players from every corner of the world have been joining our universe, making our close-knit family larger.
While some of these newcomers got interested in our server as they were going through XtremeTop100's rankings, others became Zhyperians because they were invited over by members of our community. This is precisely what Ret, one of our Head Game Masters, has analyzed and worked on. On the 31st of January, he came up with a hot piece of news explaining the idea he had developed : the "Referral Reward System". So here is an insight into what this exciting new service offers.
First, the principle is extremely simple. Make your friends join us, and you will earn rewards. The more you will contribute to the enlargement of our community, the more generously you will be rewarded. In short, if you have friends who are fond of video games, it is high time you let them know about the wonders of ZhyperMU. Not only will you gain the presence of friends of yours in-game, but you will also receive wonderful prizes for doing so.
However, your friends' attachment to our server must be genuine and solid. In concrete terms, they must be active players and forumers for at least thirty days, with an average post count per day of one. And this is not the only condition for you to get a prize. First, your friends must not be former players; they have to be genuine newcomers. Then, when they create their forum account, they have to refer it to you. And finally, if they play in the same Internet cafe as you do, your application for the reward must include pictures of the shop and of the two of you inside it. Obviously, as you may have guessed, very serious investigations will take place to prevent any form of cheat or scam. But if these requirements are met, you will earn a one-month Zhyper Hardcore tag if you bring one friend, a one-month Ultra Gamer tag if you bring three, and perhaps more if your helpfulness reaches outstanding levels.
The second good news will make you crazy about this newly introduced service. Once every three months, the player who brought the greatest number of his friends will be given an absolutely marvelous prize, which is none other than one hundred cash points. Therefore, there will be a point system, and every time you make someone join us, you will earn one point. Try your best to rank first. But even if you do not become the most fervent user of the referral system, there is something that you may already have understood and that you must keep in mind. No matter the number of friends you think you can invite over, you will find your happiness using this new service. Just do not forget to offer your help and guidance to every player who will become part of the large Zhyperian family thanks to you.
Happy inviting, and of course, happy gaming.
If February has proven something to our community, it is undoubtedly that ZhyperMU is not a monotonous place where nothing happens. Indeed, the recent updates announced throughout the month not only have been numerous, but have also revived many Zhyperians? interest for logging in the game and hunting for rare items.
Overall, three different kinds of updates were announced to the community. Here is an insight into each of them.
The first sort will delight those who are fond of hunting. Two new items were introduced: the Silver Box and the Golden Box. What is truly exciting about these boxes is that they both drop season four items, which can only pave the way to a better access of the most powerful items. Moreover, they can be found from monsters in nearly any map, which offers an incredibly wide range of hunting places, while preventing any hunting spot from becoming overcrowded. Finally, for the greatest pleasure of those who like encountering stronger monsters, bosses will also posthumously give golden and silver boxes at a much higher rate. As a matter of fact, Administrator Nocturnal added spice to Aida by creating the bosses called Hell Mains, coming out once every ninety minutes in which which the boxes can be found at a rate close to twenty-five percent.
The second update is for those who care much about balance and core adjustments. As one may have noticed while certain skills, such as Magic Gladiator's ice skill, were far too mighty and therefore unpopular among the player-versus-player fans, others were not interesting to use because their power was lower than what it was supposed to be. Consequently, a great number of skills had their basic damage values revamped, and Head Game Master Holmes created a thread in the forum for the players to give their feedback on how they feel about the new state of the balance between characters. Besides these updates, it must be noted that many master level values and bugs were also fixed.
Finally, Community Manager Mishel announced an update regarding in-game automated events. A new schedule was implemented for all of them, in order to give players from every corner of the world the opportunity to participate in those thrilling events on a fair basis. While a certain number of Forumers expressed their dissatisfaction with such a sudden change, others pointed at how the overhaul of the automated events times was significantly increasing the chances for the beginners to collect cash points. What is certain is that the enjoyment that one can feel when finding and bringing the right item to Santa Claus remains intact.
Happy hunting, and of course, happy gaming.
Its the most dreaded thing, and at the same time cherished, in the whole universe. We can hate it and love it,
its all around us and everyone are affected by it, although on this forum, it gives us more reasons to hate it than to love it, for it takes the lives of our dear Staff Members and forces them to leave our community.
Unable to fulfill their duties depending on the team they're in, one by one they are consumed by the lack of "time" which they need in order to be either here on forums, or in-game itself, and thus, they step down, focusing on the things which hold a higher amount of importance to them, this is known to us as the "real life", and nothing needs as much "time" as real life does.
This month we've had many departures, almost from every Staff Team present here, sadly we cannot do anything to stop them from leaving, so at least we can give them a warm farewell and thank them for serving within our community, all of them will always be welcomed if they ever wish to come back.
Departing from the Moderator Team this month are the following staff members, the awesome Lead Moderator Syche and the not as awesome but still pretty awesome Moderators Kurama and wHite1, we thank you guys for your services.
Leaving the Orange Team, or better known as the GFX'ers Corner, GFXer Jay. and two other test GFX'ers whom sadly did NOT pass their 2 week test time, sir EpicMan and HellSurfer. , we thank you guys for both serving our community as well as attempting to take a shot in serving it.
And last but not least, we have the Game Masters team, whom roam across the game itself, providing help and information, although the following ones sadly won't be doing so anymore, nevertheless, they will always be welcomed back, both to rejoin the team, as well as taking an another try at passing their tests in order to become fully pledged Game Masters, if they wish to do so.
And thus, departing from the Game Masters team, we have the following, the awesome Head Game Master Vanyard whos been serving as a HGM in our community for a very long time, we also have the following Game Masters, MightyMok, Mudlock, .Dhez, crazen and JMarion leaving the team. And lastly, the ones whom attempted to take a shot at becoming a part of the Game Master team but failed their Test Period, we have Test Game Master Sugarlips, .Yxor, Hersheys and iRonark.
We thank you all guys for both being the part of the Staff Teams as well as attempting to become a fully pleged members of the team, many of you will always be welcomed to rejoin if you wish to do so, whether it is to be a fully pledged staff members, or re-attempting to take a shot at become ones.
And what a glorious choo choo train it is, filled with people whom take the time out of their "real life" time in order to serve the people of this remarkable, multi-cultural community. While we did have some sad departures from this amazing train this month, like on every train station, people get off the train AND get on it, resulting in the never-ending cycle of firing and recruiting.
As mentioned earlier, there have been some sad departures, but we've also had some happy boardings, thus we should go through the train wagons and give a warm welcome to all those whom are boarding the train once again as well as boarding it for the first time in their lives.
All kinds of wagons have been aboard this month, the Game Master Wagon, Moderators Wagon and the GFX'ers Wagon, and thus without a further ado, let us all welcome the following people whom aboard the various Wagons in order to serve this community with their skills and time.
Aboarding the Game Masters Wagon this month, we have Draig, .Septeight and Nduongdl, they have joined in as Test Game Master and passed their testing time, which now makes them fully pledged Game Masters, also, we have two more Test Game Master whom joined last month but finally passed their test time this month, and thus, they too are now fully pledged Game Masters, iWorm and llCryll, welcome and congratulations to all of them.
Joining the Green Wagon this month, the following two members have served the community before and are now rejoining back to serve it once again, give a warm welcome back to TheCookieMonster and SOULEXODIA, as well as the new Test Moderators whom joined this month and already passed their testing time, thus becoming fully pledged Moderators, Shinobu, .Yood, Necrofer and sEanTEE, we welcome you all, and last but not least, lets congratulate Schyler or now know as Jamir for becoming a Lead Moderator, he has been serving the community as a Moderator for a long time, and with the departure of Syche, he has now been promoted as a reward for his long-standing services.
And for the last Wagon on the Choo Choo Train, the GFX'ers Wagon, boarding it are the following GFX'ers whom have passed their Testing time and are now fully pledged members of GFX Team, lets welcome and congratulate JinRipark, FORSAKEN and .James. .
Remember my dear forumers, as long as the engine of the train works, it will continue to drive forward, some may come aboard and some may departure from it, but in the end, its all about the community as a whole, which makes up the engine of this amazing Choo Choo Train.
Last month, many players of this community could not vote due to a bugged vote timer. Because of this bug, many players complained and asked for the VIP points and credit points they wanted. When the players complained, the reality came that they would vote for our server only if there was something in return. Suddenly, on "Suggestion Thread", there were players who wanted to increase the points that can be earned through voting. Where is the voluntary voting for our server there? What is that, friends with benefits? Anyways, there were players who disagreed with them and made them eat their words.
As of the miscellaneous news, the vote goal for the month of February includes awesome rewards. For instance, reaching the goal will enable new services. However, credit points to cash points exchange is not part of the promised rewards. Do not be sad because there are good news for you. Firstly, the vote goal was reduced from ten thousand votes to nine thousand votes. Secondly, if the vote goal is reached, the "kill the Game Master" event and the Arena guild challenge will both have a cash points prize on March, while credit points to cash points service will be added to the list of rewards for that same month.
As of the updates regarding players services, our Administrator Nocturnal announced that the bug on vote timer was now fixed. After the announcement, there were players who complained saying that they still could not vote, but that was not the case anymore several minutes later. As the vote timer was fixed, we may be able to reach the vote goal with nine thousand votes. Now, each and every Zhyperian should vote with love for our server even if there is nothing in return.
It has been nearly a year since we've reached the vote goal which is set up ever month. We were almost there many times, but we failed nevertheless. Most of us vote as many times as we're allowed to do so within the span of 24 hours. The main reason for why we fail, is because players fail themselves when they write down the captcha code, they either do it incorrectly which will in the end result in a "Vote Out" instead of "Vote In" or they just click the "vote" button simply to gain the Credit Points without even bothering to enter a captcha code at all, which in the end results in us not getting any kind of votes, may they be "In" or "Out".
Everytime the Vote Goal is announced, the staff members try to motive the players to vote. We all know that it contains a lot of profit that will definitely satisfy our thirst for rewards as well as it will please the Senior Staff members. Staff members provide us with many fitting rewards for voting, such as Game Master's events, discounts on tag subscriptions in forum, and also the possibility to trade three option items together with the gold pets. The vote goal every month, as always, depends on the decision of our admin. But, the most common goal is ten thousand in-votes.
Before we reach our objective we need to vote with our hearts and with the correct "Captcha code" also. Let's start voting for our community to once again obtain the crown on the uppermost part of the ranking. And I am glad to say that we are on the top 10 ranking of mu servers. Sounds great right? So, keep on voting and stay motivated by our charming server and its community.
We all know about the good news, namely, the updates regarding in-game. Most of us did not quite expect expect Nocturnal to fix many bugged unused and abused skills, as well as to buff up some items at the same time, but after a long wait and the utmost anticipation, it has been done, unused skills have been buffed up, bugged skills have been fixed or removed disabled.
But its not the only update this month which many of us did not expect. Although opinions regarding some of the updates vary between the players. For example some people don't quite like the idea that Summoners Reflection skill which was known for it notorious Reflect Bug, has been disabled. The users of summoner class were annoyed because according to them, the reflect skills is the main asset of Summoner class, and without it, the summoner itself is not as strong as it used to be. In reply to that, Nocturnal has informed us that this skill removal is not permanent, but it will remain disabled until its fixed in the upcoming updates.
That is one only of the many updates that have been announced. Admin Nocturnal is still planning to implement more of those in order to make the game more balanced for everyone, as well as to remove all the known and unknown bugs. Therefore always remember to report any bugs you may come across in-game so they can be known to us and thus, removed. As long as there are bugs, more updates will continue to come in order to rid our server of things that unbalance it.
I'm sure many of you are quite familiar with the Gens PvP system in-game, but regarding the in-depth information about this system, what as a player do you know about the Gens Guilds, why is it a PvP system and why do both Gens Duprian and Gens Vanert seem to go at each other throats which is clearly presented by the accumulation of Contribution Points when a member of one guild kills a member of the other guild.
Well, its very simple actually, simple, but not quite so ordinary. Both Gens Duprian and Gens Vanert are named after Lord Duprian and Lord Vanert whom are a very highly placed Nobles in the Empire of Mu Continent, and both of those families hate each other as fire hates water. Mu Continent overall is well known for the Legendary Monsters and Places in and on it, usually its the Evil Forces which threaten the Empire of Mu, but with both the Duprian and Vanert families going at each other, it might just be the internal quarrel that will ruin the powerful Empire, and not the evil forces of Kundun which the Empire thrives to defeat.
But not both of the families are evil, while Lord Duprian seeks to obtain the crown over the Mu Empire by any means necessary, Lord Vanert thrives to provide a fair life for all that inhabit the Mu Continent in order to create a fair Empire, where everyone can live and prosper in harmony and peace.
Lord Duprians goal is to obtain the crown of Mu Continent merely for his own interest of obtaining power over the most powerful faction on the Continent and beyond, while Vanert wants the crown not for himself, but for the humans and creatures alike that live on the Continent, but as long as Lord Duprian and his family are alive, the quarrel between those two families may just ruin the Empire for which they both are trying to obtain the rule over.
And thus, the Gens System has been established to recruit powerful heroes in order to turn the tides of war for one of the families. And so, being a powerful hero whom travels across the Mu Continent, which family will you join, will it be the family of Duprian who selflessly seeks power over the Empire, or the family of Vanert who wants to create an Empire based on harmony and peace between all, OR will you simply stand aside and watch as both of the families slowly ruin the Empire which they seek to rule over with such anticipation?
The choice is yours, may it be a wise one in the end.
As of lately, a new in-game update has been implemented, the update itself was to bring a new challenge for the players, and this challenge being in form of powerful bosses which will surely provide many people will fun hunting.
Those powerful Boss mobs appear in different maps, such as Atlans, Tarkan, Icarus, Aida and Land of Trials. Some names of these monsters may be an old memory for you, and some of those names may have never came across your eyes before, nevertheless, the following monsters now roam those different maps under the following names: "Hydra", "Death Beam Knight", "Phoenix" , "Hell Main" and "Zaikan". These powerful bosses appear in their maps every sixty minutes to ninety minutes, depending on when they have been defeated, their number will also vary, so thread lightly, for their power must not be under estimated.
Of course like every boss monster, they have a fitting reward for being defeated, while it has a low drop chance, its still worth hunting. All these bosses have a chance of dropping either a Golden Box or a Silver Box, both of these boxes will reward you with a Season 4 and 5, 2 optioned Excellent item, the options are random so its all up to luck.
Naturally, like every boss in every game, these ones will be not only hard to kill due to their massive defense and health, but they will also pack quite a punch too, for their damage is something that shouldn't be underestimated, so make sure you bring your best gear, because they are not a challenge that can be taken on by newcomers. Sadly that is not the last of your trouble, before even attempting to challenge them, first of all you have to find them, for they roam the entire map and quite often then tend to hide in corners which are usually passed by.
So, what are you waiting for, open up your Vault, pick your strongest set and weapons and attempt to hunt those Bosses in order to obtain fitting rewards. And find a friend that can help you as well, the more the merrier.
You are a glorious Blade Knight Bounty Hunter trying to bring justice to the continent, in order to attain your goals you are summoned to find the most wanted mobs of the century.
Instructions:
Download the Image below and Identify all the names of the monsters and the Map where they can be found. Under each picture, Using MS Paint or any Image Editing Program simply fill in the required answer. upload it to www.tinypic.com or any external uploading site then post your answer in the Journalist Contribution hall,first to post the exact solution will win 300 credit points. Good luck!
Please use the following format:
Forum name:
Character:
Image Answer (must contain your name to avoid ripping):
Notes:
1. You are not allowed to change entries once you submitted it
2. Ripping or any acts related to is subject to the forum rules.
3. A watermark (your name) is required in each answer, failure to have it, your entry is considered null and void.
4. Staff Members are NOT allowed to join.
This Months Image :
You are a prisoner who wants freedom but there is a problem, you must find the way out of the maze to be free.
Mechanics :
You will be given an image of an Maze Puzzle to solve. To sovle it, you must upload the image and answer it with your editing tools using "Red Color". Entries must be posted on a thread that you must create in "Contribution Hall" entitled "Monthly Maze Puzzle" and the prize for this game will be 300 Credit Points.
Format of Entries :
Forum Name :
Entry/Edited Image :
Rules :
1.) Staff Members are NOT allowed to join.
2.) No spamming or double or more threads.
3.) No copying of entries.
This Months Maze:
SOTW #/Title:# 171 Winner
Theme: Signature
Artist: FORSAKEN.
SOTW #/Title:# 172 Winner
Theme: Postbit
Artist: .Kyrvin
SOTW #/Title:# 173 Winner
Theme: Signature
Artist: .Kyrvin
ZhyperMU Kill the GM Event
Hosted by HGM Ret
Hope you guys enjoy reading what we've conjured up.
On the 23rd of January 2014, Head Game Master Ret has announced the appointment of a new Test Head Game Master. This came as a surprise to everyone in the community, for the newly appointed THGM was not one of the current Game Master Team Leaders. Thus, this broke the old tradition of picking the Test Head Game Masters from the Game Master Team's current Team Leader. Although, the basis of this appointment can be derived from the newly appointed THGM's past connections with the Staff Team. With this person's connection with the Staff Team, even dating back to the server's early ages, it can be concluded that he is one of the server's prized veterans. Given the fact that he was a proud owner of the "SupAhStar" forum tag. The man who have been nicknamed the, "Master Troller," is none other than our new THGM Holmes.
THGM Holmes was a moderator the last time that he joined the Staff Team but he unfortunately resigned on the 28th of October 2013 due to his lack of time for being a moderator. He also became a two-time Lead Journalist but has also resigned both times. Despite his perennial practical jokes, which often lead him to multiple bans and infractions, Holmes has been a great help to the community over the course of ZhyperMU's history. Hopefully, his appointment will bring the prosperity of this community's Staff Team.
What started out as a simple post in the "Freedom Hall" section of our forum ended up as an official announcement in the "Staff Updates" section. Holmes posted a thread in the "Freedom Hall" section on the 20th of January 2014, elaborating tons of different reasons why he should become the community's next Head Game Master. The title of the thread was, "Make me HGM." Of course it can be considered to be one of his practical jokes, for he has been known to pull pranks in the "Freedom Hall" section, but it was taken seriously by the senior staff team. Three days later prior Holmes' post in the freedom hall section, Head Game Master Ret posts a thread in the "Staff Updates" section announcing the appointment of Holmes as the newest THGM. This shook the whole community.
Even though THGM Holmes is known for receiving numerous infractions and multiple minor and permanent bans, he has indeed proven himself to be a very diligent staff member whilst he was in the staff team for the latter to trust him with such responsibilities once more. The two-time former Lead Journalist has proven to have the quality of leadership that every staff member should look up to. He has also proven himself to be an unbiased staff member in the times he spent serving as a moderator. Thus, it can be concluded that a bright and illuminating future is awaiting THGM Holmes in his service as the community's THGM. That is if his schedule in the real living world will not hinder him from rendering us his sterling quality of service.
Have you ever told yourself, seeing an old shirt of yours : "I'm wearing this shirt too much, I want a newone"? Great. Then, I am sure that you will appreciate the news that every Zhyperian fashion victim will find absolutely lovely : you are now able to switch your displayed tag for another one that you own as well. A new tag means a new style, and a new style means a bit of fresh air into your daily life as a forumer.
Tag switching is a freshly introduced forum service, which allows you to wear your favourite tag. Here is a little example of the possibilities it offers : for instance, imagine you hold both the Legend tag and the VIP tag, and your currently displayed user group is VIP. You can switch to Legend using this new service. Very easy, right?
However, as a forum service, it comes along with a certain number of rules that, however excited you are about going for something different, you will have to respect. First, don?t think that you can change your tag as often as you change your underwear. Once you did a switch, you have to wait for thirty days in order for you to be able to post another request. And as for the second rule, you can only take advantage of this delightful new service twice every 6 months. Make a clever use of it.
Sadly, as you may have understood, requesting for a blue, yellow, green or orange tag is not part of what you can do through tag switching. But don't be disappointed, another piece of news will make you keep hope alive. Both Test Moderator and GFX Team recruitments were recently opened. If you believe that you possess the skills to be a part of one of these teams, well, you should give it a shot by submitting the most beautiful application you are able to write. You might have what it takes to be the Zhyperian star of tomorrow.
Happy foruming, and of course, happy gaming.
On the 20th of January 2014, Lead Moderator Damian, the community's most loved staff member, has stepped down from his mighty position. As our Community Manager Mishel put it, "He will be prioritizing his studies and a new job as well." The former Lead Moderator's departure was announced with great regret but the community still wished him well nonetheless. On the contrary, the former Lead Moderator Damian's empty chair was supplanted by our new Lead Moderator, Remaxkoy. It was revealed by Community Manager Mishel that Lead Moderator Remaxkoy "has been under a secret training for almost three weeks and now ready to serve us as our New Lead Moderator." Hopefully his super secret training will help him fulfill the responsibilities of a Lead Moderator.
Secondly, on the 22nd of January 2014, both the Game Master and the Moderator Teams made an update on their respected teams. Moderator Kise has chose to resign from his position due to his real life schedule which hinders him from his moderator responsibilities. Fortunately, the Game Master Team has welcomed a former staff member, Dosier otherwise known as Dimis, into their team once more. Despite former Moderator Kise's adieu to the staff team, Game Master Dosier has come to fill another spot in the blue rangers' side.
However, on the 24th of January 2014 now former Game Master Babuina has decided to step down from his respected position. As the team's manager, HGM Ret, put it, "This due to a sudden schedule change in his workplace that will forbid his capabilities to accomply all of his tasks as a Game Master. " HGM Ret expressed his disappointment with former Game Master Babuina's decision to resign, but the former still thanked the latter for the services he has rendered to the community.
Another heartbreaking news was broken on the 25th of January 2014 for a GFX Team member has departed the team. This was no other than the GFXer .Kyrvin who has greatly helped the community by sharing his impeccable artworks. The announcement was made by our newly appointed Lead Moderator Remaxkoy. GFXer .Kyrvin's resignation was all because his real life demanded his full attention. The Lead Moderator hoped for the former GFXer's return one day which shows that the latter's relations with the team is not estranged. On the brighter side, despite all of the staff members' resignations new young bloods have been given their chance and opportunity to prove themselves. Hopefully, this will make the community's future brighter.
As our Administrator, Nocturnal, has stated on forum updates, the forum is now back online after a massive amount of DDoS attacks. After the announcement was presented to our forum community, the forum itself became stable and many things on it have changed.
After the forum became stable, many forum services such as name changes, tags and postbit requests have been put on hold due to the new forum host location, this was done to prevent the request section from overflooding, which will make it easier for the staff to grant those requests when the forum itself is stable enough to provide satisfying service.
Announcement has been made regarding the holdup to forum services, and yet many forumers are still asking questions or they're being purely impatient, and there is only one thing that out staff members can do during a situation like that. And that is to be patient and wait untill everything is stable enough, rushing the staff members to provide services will not help in any way, each staff also has their own section to attend to, thus trying to rush them will only make things slower.
As a compensation for the downtime of the forum and server, staff members have been providing a large amount of events across the forum and game itself. Many players have participated in those events, and all those events have left many winners happy. The event which was most likely worth most of the attention was the "New Zhyperian Year" event which was hosted by all the staff members from individual teams, and the event itself took part both in-game and forum. Players had to take part in Races, Forum researches, Story Writing and the last forumers had to engage each other in a PvP battle that took part in-game.
As of now, both forum and game itself are stable, so make sure to not to miss out on any events, both in-game and forum, there are still quite many events going on which will bring you more fun and new prizes that you can win. So pay no heed to the events of the past, forum is now stable and so is the game, we have once again beaten the DDoS attacks from the people that want to bring our community down, by staying strong our community will never cease to bring down the obstacles that come in our path.
North-Americans have their dollars. Filipinos have their pesos. Europeans have their euros. And Zhyperians have their pets. If you have connected into the game at least once and yet still haven't found out the importance of fenrirs, also known as pets, well, I guess I have to announce you, using my most serious voice, that you must never have known the pleasure of walking across the crowded streets of Lorencia, the Zhyperian capital city.
But if buying, selling, trading and riding a fenrir hold no secrets for you, then there should be no need to remind you that in the beginning of this month, a very popular announcement, generously extending the full options trade period in server 7, was made. Dozens of forumers expressed their cheerfulness along with their gratitude for being given a greater opportunity to obtain the most powerful sets and weapons for their favourite character. Did you take advantage of this amazing full options madness ? Did you spend and earned such a great number of pets that you could build a 300-feet tower with their horns ? Fine.
If you are well-informed, you should also be up on the latest news that many players will find so sad that they might ask their pets for a hug : this exciting period is now over. But no worries, dear zhyperians : entertainement is still in the house. There is always a marvelous surprise that is waiting to be released for you, here in ZhyperMU. And after all, if you take some time to explore the depths of the in-game market, you may encounter an offer that will revive the joy of the businessman inside you. Just make sure that you don't forget to share this cheerfulness with your dear fenrirs.
Happy business, and of course, happy gaming.
Many people across our community hold such powers, whether its the power to Moderate the forum, or the power that the Game Masters possess in-game, each and every person whom holds such power has a great responsibility bearing down upon his shoulders as well. There are also those people whom strive to earn such powers, they become helpful across the forums, they show they worth by helping others, guiding them, assisting them, all in order to ascend to the level where they can wield those great powers.
Most people that already hold those powers could be considered as heroes both on forum and in-game, but there is an old saying regarding heroes, You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain, and there is nothing worse than a villain holding the power of those whom we consider as heroes.
Every hero should always remmember that if he has the power, he should use it wisely, and if the day comes when he uses it for his own ideals, they should prepare, for the ones that bestowed the powers upon them, can also take those away. That is why everyone, not only the heroes but also the ones that plan on perhaps becoming one, should know and remmember, that when they earn their powers, responsibilites will come with those too, and if they are not prepared to wield such responsibilites, or plan to use their powers in wrong ways, should reconsider doing so, for they should not strive towards something that they are not able to hold or simply are unworthy of doing so.
That is why, once again, a hero dies as a hero, or lives long enough to become the villain, thats why everyone should remmember, hero is like a mountain and the villain is like the wind, no matter how the wind howls, the mountain cannot bow to it. So be sure to always remain as the mountain dear heroes.
Who are the blacksheep in game? Mobs? Staffs? No, they are the players whose actions are opposed to the rules of our server. They are the players who buy or sell items through real money.
I know that all of you guys are familiar with those buyers and sellers through money. Anytime there is a transaction between them. We couldn?t know how they communicate, even their transactions. It is also one of the major problems our staff members are facing in game. It was written on the rule book of our lovely server. Even us, we are so irritated with those redundant stores' names, saying "items = money" , whatever it is.
There are many ways for them to communicate in the process, like social networks, they can easily talk about it without other people or staff members knowing. But if you caught in the act, I am sure you that you will get a reward. What reward will it be ? It is just a permanent ban without warning.
So guys if you are the ones who are belonging to those people, you'd better stop it before the end comes.If you aren't, just report and leave it to our staffs. Always remember, "Think before you act, speak and click".
As we all know, "New Zhyperian Year" was an event that was hosted by all staffs but it has a meaning. It means a new or another year, a new forum, new staffs and new updates for ZhyperMU. As you can see, many things changed when the year 2014 came.
As for the staff updates, many staffs stepped down because of real life problems and very confidential problems but new batches came to fill the positions. There are two reasons why staffs are stepping down. Firstly, the staff member did something wrong to his or her teammates or to the community. Secondly, the greediness for more power to rule the server but as the saying from "Spider-Man" goes, "More power, more responsibilities" means that if you are greedy to rule the server, you will get more haters, more problems and more works to do.
As for the forum updates, our forum was back online and became stable just as in the old times after a massive DDoS attacks. There were many complains on the first day when the forum went back online but after several days, problems were solved and the complains were fewer. Because of the new host, Community Manager Mishel asked the players to change their passwords here in forum and in-game andtoadd a masterlock to their accounts to ensure more security for them.
As for the miscellaneous news, we did not reach the vote goal in December but we ranked eighth on xtremetop100 even if our forum, our server and our main site were down because of the massive DDoS attacks. The January vote goal was announced and another monthin which we need to vote more came,but it looks like we cannot reach the goalaswe are almost in the third week of the month and we don't even have half of the needed votes. We are currently ranked twelth, which is four ranks behind the one we hit last month.
The Continent of Mu is well known for its legends, monsters and heroes. Names such as Lord Kundun or Etramu have touched every ear of anyone whom inhabits the continent itself and even the lands beyond, but there is one name in particular that stands out, and that name belongs to perhaps the most skilled swordsman that the Continent of Mu has seen so far, his name is Gaion Kalein.
Many great heroes earn their titles and fame through their adventures, they slay monsters from legends in order to obtain forgotten treasures and to earn fame which will carry their names into years ahead, but Gaion was different, his titles, his fame, his legend were earned and made through hard work and by enduring the harshness that life presents.
Gaion was but a simple boy from a lower class family in Lorencia, but even in his young years, his swordsmanship was remarkable, a true prodigy. But while it was a blessing on one side, him being a lower class citizen made it a curse, for practicing Swordsmanship by lower class citizens was forbidden in Lorencia, and was punishable by imprisonment, and imprisoned he was, at age of 20, Gaion was sentenced and imprisoned for breaking the law.
His unique talent may have been a blessing and a curse at the same time, but it turned out that the blessing side had the upper hand over the curse, for the King of Lorencia and the whole Empire, Mulen, was impressed by the unmatched skills of Gaion in wielding a sword, and he offered him a place in his army as a General whom will lead the forces against an evil Demon Overlord, Secneum, as an alternative to being imprissoned. Gaion accepted the offer, and he led the army against the Demon Overlord, and in the end triumphed over it, this not only has earned him fame across the empire, but also earned him the title of Chief Commander of all the Armies of the Empire.
But shortlived was his fame as the hero that led the Imperial Armies to their victory against the Demon Overlord, for his new gained titles and fame blinded him with ambition, and soon Gaion established a rebellion against the King Mulen himself, and thus, making him the enemy of the Empire.
Like his fame and titles, the rebellion was shortlived and Gaion was soon defeated by the supreme forces of the Empire, soon after his defeat he was exiled onto a lonely island on which he was to remain untill the end of this days.
While Gaion is exiled, it doesn't stop heroes from visiting him and attempting to fight him, for the Empires greatest Swordsman till this day keeps his title, and he will do so untill the day that he is defeated in a one to ne fight.
And so, Hero of the Mu Continent, are you prepared to test your skills against the living prodigy of the sword handling, are your skills good enough to match the unmatchable? There is only one way to find out, and that is to challenge Gaion himself.
Bring the Complete Secrimicon to Jerith the Assistant in Devias in order to visit the Castle on the isolated island where Gaion resides, and test your skills, see if you're worthy of the title of Mu Continent best Swordsman.
ZhyperMU. A single game name. Thousands of memories.
By HitGrenade
We have all played exceptional games in our lives. You must know the kind of game I am talking about. It is the kind of game that is an enchantment both for your eyes and ears, with marvelous graphics and gorgeous songs, and that is so wonderfully designed that it is able to keep you addicted to it from the very beginning of the adventure to the very end of the game. Such games are not very numerous, but some are released every year, for the greatest pleasure of the gamers from every corner of the world. Yet, when, several years after having played one of these, I suddenly happen to remember it, I simply tell myself : That was a great game, for sure. They should make more games like this one.
However, this is not the sentence that comes to my mind when, 7 years after having discovered ZhyperMU, this meaningful name appears in my thoughts. And actually, there is no sentence at all. Yes, that's right. Because when, after all those years, this very particular name, carrying so many memories, bursts into my thoughts, there is this indefinable period of five seconds when I don?t speak anymore, I don't think anymore, I don't even move anymore, because I shiver : I shiver with nostalgia.
But, what is so extraordinary about ZhyperMU? you may ask. As far as I am concerned, the answer to this simple question is very clear.
And I will start saying something that anyone having downloaded, installed and discovered the game cannot ignore: it is purely amazing. You can play a large panel of characters, which allows you to pick the one that fits best to your personality, the world inside MU is an absolute delight for the eyes, as each map is both splendid and unique, the musics are really unforgettable and make you feel like trying to play them on your piano, and the monsters? The monsters! There is such a tremendous variety of them ! And how could you forget some of them, such as the most terrifying of all, the Kunduns? Finally, if you also consider the PvP aspect along with the cool in-game events, there is no need to be a genius to understand that there is always something to do when playing ZhyperMU.
However, the quality of the game itself, even it is undeniable, applies to MU, and thus, to every single MU server. And here is the point. What is extraordinary about ZhyperMU, what makes it distinguishable among all the other servers, and more generally, among any video game, what makes it so special, so unique, and so dear to my heart, is that ZhyperMU is not limited to the quality of its content.
And this is exactly the reason why I chose ZhyperMU : it goes beyond, far beyond the game itself. But by choice, I don't mean selected. What I mean by using the word "chose" is something like this : One day, I was in a room, a huge room. All around me, there were hundreds of doors, each of them having the name of a MU server written in capital letters on it. I opened the largest door called ZhyperMU, and behind it, believe it or not, there wasn?t another room, but a very beautiful world. After some time spent in this world and after having got attached to its inhabitants and its wonders, I felt that there was no need for me to get back to the large room and to open another door.
Yes. Undoubtedly, ZhyperMU was the best door to try. And actually, many, many people had already made the same choice as mine before I did. Over the following years, and still today, people from the Philippines, from America, from Poland, from Greece, and from so many other countries, have been opening the large ZhyperMU door, and have understood that they were going to go through a life-changing experience.
What was created in this permanent process is what we call a community. And, in my eyes, the Zhyperian community has much to be proud of, because it is simply the most awesome community in the whole world. Even if the server has known some hard times over the years, this is something I will never deny. Because there are no words to describe the feeling to be part of it, to belong to it, in the exact same way that there are no words to describe my sadness, when, for some personal reason, I have to leave it for a while. There are also no words to describe how fascinating I find it to be in permanent touch with thousands of players of various nationalities, to benefit, sometimes, from the help of really kind and generous guys and to offer mine to the Zhyperians who, among those that I meet across my adventure, need it the most. And finally, there are no words to describe this combination of determination and cheerfulness that I feel every time I stand up for my beloved server and that I defend it with all my heart when it needs the support of its community.
Encountering this large family and seeing it change and adopt new members every day have, for sure, affected my life. But I guess that what makes me shiver with nostalgia when I come to think of ZhyperMU is having been adopted myself. Because that was the beginning of a period of my youth that I will never, ever forget, and because today, I am proud. Proud to have become a Zhyperian. Today, I am proud to be able to tell any other MU player that in MY server, the players are friendly, the staff members are pro and dedicated, and that you have the permanent feeling that there is always something exciting that is going to occur. Today, I am proud to be able to say I have discovered the very best game that you can play, and more than this, the very best universe that you can visit and live in. And today, I am simply happy to have found a second home in which I have known my best and most unforgettable gaming years, and that, believe me, I will never leave for good.
You are a glorious Blade Knight Bounty Hunter trying to bring justice to the continent, in order to attain your goals you are summoned to find the most wanted mobs of the century.
Instructions:
Download the Image below and Identify all the names of the monsters and the Map where they can be found. Under each picture, Using MS Paint or any Image Editing Program simply fill in the required answer. upload it to www.tinypic.com or any external uploading site then post your answer in the Journalist Contribution hall,first to post the exact solution will win 300 credit points. Good luck!
Please use the following format:
Forum name:
Character:
Image Answer (must contain your name to avoid ripping):
Notes:
1. You are not allowed to change entries once you submitted it
2. Ripping or any acts related to is subject to the forum rules.
3. A watermark (your name) is required in each answer, failure to have it, your entry is considered null and void.
4. Staff Members are NOT allowed to join.
This Months Image :
You are a prisoner who wants freedom but there is a problem, you must find the way out of the maze to be free.
Mechanics :
You will be given an image of an Maze Puzzle to solve. To sovle it, you must upload the image and answer it with your editing tools using "Red Color". Entries must be posted on a thread that you must create in "Contribution Hall" entitled "Monthly Maze Puzzle" and the prize for this game will be 300 Credit Points.
Format of Entries :
Forum Name :
Entry/Edited Image :
Rules :
1.) Staff Members are NOT allowed to join.
2.) No spamming or double or more threads.
3.) No copying of entries.
Image : http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2909/kaf.gif
