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Incase anyone still plays, and is looking for a server, I just recieved this mail from eRO (I am on it every once in awhile when some friends of mine are on, and it seems pretty good):


Hello!

We realize that you’re probably sick of these emails, and we promise this is the
only one you’ll be getting. We ask that you read it, or, at the very least, give
it a quick skim.

We’re emailing you to let you know about EternityRO. Many of you may already be
playing on Eternity, while others may have played before, while others still,
may have quit RO altogether. Thus, this serves as information for current
players, as well as a briefing and invitation to potential players.

EternityRO has been running for about six months now – and outstanding half a
year. But, what makes us special? While most servers start to lose population
after the first or second month, steadily, EternityRO has been growing, now
peaking with over 2200 players. More, EternityRO has managed to keep extremely
competitive War of Emperiums for its entire life thus far. Even though several
guilds have come and gone, new guilds keep emerging, and old guilds still
remain. Still more surprising, there has been no drop in the economy, due to the
superior economic management theory employed by the administrators – all behind
the scenes, with no visible side-effects. To add to this, EternityRO started
with a promise of *at least* 18 months without a wipe or shutting down. We plan
to keep this promise.

So, why should you join? Simply, because EternityRO has a superior environment
for both the casual gamer and seasoned veteran. In the rest of this email, I
will detail points on *why* EternityRO should be your server, and overview some
of our features. Not to mention, we currently have a Battle Manual promotion
even going on, where all new characters get 20 battle manuals that when used,
give +100% exp for 30 minutes! That’s an effective 10 hours of 14x exp, used at
your leisure! Don’t miss out!

—Server Specifications—
Processor: Quad Core Xeon (2.4ghz)
RAM: 4gb (ddr2)
Connection: 1000 mbps DEDICATED

You may ask, “why use such a powerful system when eAthena doesn’t support
multithreading and you’ll never use 1000 mbps?” This is because the EternityRO
development team has modified our server software to integrate the use of all
four cores. This means that no other RO server has the processing ability and
efficiency that EternityRO does. We use a 1000 mbps dedicated line because we
want to be prepared. Even if we are attacked (somehow managing to get past our
security hardware!), with such a wide connection, game play will likely not be
interrupted.

In addition, EternityRO employs the use of a different company for every one of
its services. We keep frequent backups on 4 different machines, with different
companies, in different parts of the world, with different usernames and
passwords! We even keep one separate drive that is never connected to the
internet. With EternityRO, your information is secure, and you never have to
worry about being hacked!

—Stability—
Through these six months that EternityRO has been alive, we have experienced
only one crash, which was quickly fixed in a matter of minutes. Because of our
additional security features, crashing does not create duping as it would on
other servers. More, other than this one crash, for the entire six months,
EternityRO has not been offline more than once a week for scheduled maintenance.
That’s right, if you’re an EternityRO player, you will probably never see the
server down!

EternityRO incorporates code unavailable anywhere else to optimize performance.
Since our performance update a few weeks ago, even with the huge amount of
players on EternityRO during War of Emperium, even the slightest traces of
server lag are usually undetectable. However, players do sometimes have lag,
often created by intermediate networks, or the players themselves. We provide
unofficial trace support for players with lag (details on forums), to pinpoint
the origin of lag and eliminate it. We believe all players should enjoy this
lag-free environment.

With numerous players from the USA, Canada, France, Brazil, Australia,
Argentina, Chile, Germany, Poland, Spain, the Philippines, and more, almost all
demographics report superior performance as compared to other servers. At
EternityRO, we want to make your best, our best.

—Staff—
The staff on EternityRO is very well trained. With a team that speaks over 7
different languages and living in numerous time zones, you never have to be
afraid that you can’t find a GM! Even while not in game, there is usually
someone on IRC offering support!

Amongst our development team, we have one brilliant ex-eAthena developer, and
the current eAthena admin. More, we have several other brilliant developers who
have areas of expertise both server side and client side. From optimizing to
fixing bugs to creating new features, the EternityRO Development Team does it
all.

There are three Administrators on EternityRO: Karei, Griffin, and Sonnet. Apart
from these three, none of the other staff can drop, trade, or otherwise transfer
items. In fact, they are given power to do their jobs, and nothing more. We
stress the uncorrupt nature of EternityRO, so you can rest assured that our GM
team brings you a fair and balanced environment. The administrators take
fairness very seriously, and take time out of their days to look up hacking
cases, and deal with people who may have been wrongly banned in bot sweeps, or
by our automatic bot detection software (NEVER happens to people using
unmodified clients).

—A Couple of Features—
Rates: 7 (base) / 7 (job) / 5 (drop) / 3 (Bosses) (14/14/5/3 with the battle
manual promotion!)
City Warper: Yes (takes you to towns for free)
Party Listing NPC: Yes!!! (Using this NPC in Izlude, or by private messaging it,
you can register your party! Upon doing so, all people set up to receive
notifications in your level range will be alerted! Players can also scroll
through the listings to find your party! Not satisfied? We have a ladder you can
use to find players yourself on the Control Panel!)
No Vend/Chat Areas: Yes (You can only vend on the sidewalk)
Double Vend Protection: Yes (You can’t vend on top of someone else anymore!)

@autoloot: Yes (modified to prevent abuse)
@pricecheck: Yes (Can find how much items are going for!)
@guildhp: Yes (Toggle on the ability to see the health bars of your guild mates!
@allychat: Yes (Ever wanted to speak to your allies? Now you can! Distinguishes
between Leader and member!)
@showheal: Yes (Shows you heal amounts on potions, and other healing souces)
@showcraft: Yes (Shows you crafting % chances)
@request: Yes (Ask a GM a question, or ask for help!)
@woetime: Yes (Ever forget when WoE is? Use this command, and it’ll tell you how
much time it is until War of Emperium! Never struggle with time zones and
Daylight savings again!)
@autotrade: Yes (Modified to automatically set up auto trade on alt+f4, and
automatically vaporizes homunculus. Never lose a homunculus due to auto trading
again!)

Server Ventrilo: Yes! (We offer a free ventrilo service for all EternityRO
players and guilds. Never worry about not being able to start a guild, because
you can’t afford a ventrilo server!)


—Donations—
So what’s the catch, right? It all sounds good so far, so there has to be a
catch… right? Wrong. EternityRO donations are not siphoned away for personal
gain. In fact, every penny donated pointed towards the server to make it better.
From purchasing hardware to extensive advertising, EternityRO utilizes its
funding very well. In fact, we challenge players to find anything more we could
reasonably upgrade. Lastly, we also keep a detailed donation log on all the
income. Donors can choose to be anonymous, or choose to be named. Everyone will
have access to a complete listing of all the funding.

So what about the donation items? We have no over powered donation items! In
fact, all donation items are statless. So what’s the use? Well, we implemented a
“synthesis system”. You can take the cute donation hats you get, and merge them
with one of your existing stated hats. Both old hats disappear, but the new hat
you get will look like the donation hat, but have the stats of the old hat!
Thus, just because someone donates, doesn’t mean he or she gets an advantage!
There is a wide variety of donation items available.

—Bots, Rules, and Abuse—
EternityRO has a low-key protection system that keeps out the majority of bots.
This system is not perfect, but causes no additional lag (more than can be said
of complex encryption systems). The bots that do get onto EternityRO are quickly
found, and “deep sweeped”, which includes more than just an IP sweep. Thus,
proxy bots still get their main accounts banned! The result? There are barely
any bots on EternityRO. For such a large server, it’s quite a feat, and we’re
proud of it.
EternityRO also has *the* most complete set of rules of any RO server. Don’t
believe us? Check it out!:
http://www.eternityro.net/forum/index.p ... boardrules
Nothing is left to guessing, and all rules can be referenced by section, topic,
and paragraph!

—A Final Word—
So, with all that we’ve described, isn’t EternityRO the perfect place to be? New
opening servers only serve to split up the diminishing RO population. At
EternityRO, we believe that a Grand Unification is necessary – we believe that
all current RO players need to bulk up together here, to keep our private
community alive. Blessed with a large international community, here is where to
test your prowess. With guilds and players flocking to EternityRO every day, why
not come too?
This is an optimal time to start! Starter gear is starting to drop in price, and
many old players are making new characters too. In addition to the large amount
of incoming new players, this means, whatever your level, you’ll find someone to
party and chat with!

With all that said, thank you for reading and considering our proposal. You can
find us…
Website: http://www.eternityro.net
Forums: http://www.eternityro.net/forum/
IRC: irc.deltaanime.net/eternityro
Control Panel: http://eternity-cp.hopto.org/
Download our client on the website to join in on the fun, or come on the forums
or IRC to join the community!


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