Apr 04 2011 -
Go, Pump Some Iron, Lil' Flashy!
 he closed beta test for the Tibia Flash client has recently come to an end. More than 1,800 posts were made on the private test board within just a couple of days. The willingness of the invited players to put Lil' Flashy to the acid test was clearly there. Thank you so much for that! You all have provided us with great feedback and some pretty interesting proposals for further improvements as well.So what is next? We have decided to take our time now and to really improve those parts of the client that still are not as good as we had hoped for. The closed beta has revealed Lil' Flashy's strengths and weaknesses, and before we kick off another testing phase we want to make its strengths even stronger and resolve all major weaknesses the client still suffers from. Our primary goal is to make the Tibia Flash client a real alternative to the current client. The closed beta has shown that we have not reached this goal yet. Therefore we will throw ourselves into it again and develop the client further in order to make it go beyond the limits it currently has to face. The launching date of the open beta test as well as the actual release date of the Tibia Flash client are still to be determined. As soon as the dates are set we will let you know. Your Community Managers |
Apr 01 2011 -
A Whole New World
| he closed beta test of the upcoming Tibia Flash client has ended and all of you probably have already spotted some screenshots of the new client here or on a fansite. Besides all the features of the Flash client we already presented, we still have a surprise for you. There is a further widget that has a lot to offer! It was a well kept secret until now and was not yet ready to make it into the closed beta test. But we will let it out today: A game in a game... How does that sound? Awesome! Whether you need a distraction when making runes or want to have some fun while waiting for a certain boss to spawn in Tibia, the TibiaME widget will offer you a way to dive into a whole new virtual world full of monsters, quests and new people to meet. Yes, Tibians, you have heard right! In the upcoming Flash client a special widget will allow you to play the TibiaME classic client while being online in Tibia. You do not even need a mobile device. Just log into Tibia via the Flash client and enjoy playing both games in one single screen!  If you click on the screenshot above you can see how the widget will look like in the upcoming Tibia Flash client. Double the fun! Your Community Managers |
Apr 01 2011 -
How to Say Goodbye?
 or two years, CM Ogrey has been an avid messenger, both for the Tibian community and for CipSoft. He has always performed his tasks with passion and commitment, and with a good deal of humour. He is well respected and popular among the Tibian community, a community he undoubtedly holds close to his heart. He has also been a great contributor to our community management team and a valuable asset to CipSoft.However, Captain Oggy is now eager to explore new seas and venture across new shores outside of CipSoft. On April 15, he will set sails and move on. Even though we are happy to announce that we have found a new community manager to fill the gap he leaves, we are truly sad to see him go. Ogrey, as friends and colleagues we want to thank you for all you have done and for the great moments we have shared. It was a pleasure to work with you. Among many other things, we will treasure your witty comments that made us laugh, for example: Somebody once told me that I was a sadist in my previous life. I loved to torture others with bad jokes and even worse stories that were completely meaningless. Note, that was my previous life! There might be some traces left though even today. I should investigate further... You know, there are some rather strange people working at CipSoft and these guys usually make some equally strange sounds, utter weird sentences, or have passionate discussions about private and not-so-private matters with their colleagues.  What is a humorous message of the day for you? Is it something like "Ogrey fell off his office chair" or "Little Noodles wants to be a sheep dog in his after-life" ... or simply "You are dead"?Yeeeeeeh... world champions... and Germany is third. Third means 3 months downtime. So see you in October. Bye. A CM token is pure love, isn't it? We do not really need a Love token... May the sea be smooth, and the winds fill yer sails, Captain! Mirade, Rejana and the whole CipSoft team |
Mar 22 2011 -
Are You Ready to Test?
| inally! A rendezvous with Lil' Flashy is close at hand! The closed beta test of the upcoming Tibia Flash client is right around the corner. Tomorrow, March 23, around noon, we will let Lil' Flashy loose and all closed beta testers will have the chance to test the heck out of the fancy new Flash client. In addition to tutors, senators and fansite admins, 371 players have been selected to join the test. We will also set up a private test board tomorrow on which all necessary information and links for the closed beta test can be found. Only closed beta testers will have access to this board when they are logged into their account on the website. If you are one of them, we would like to ask you to please carefully read the instructions there before you start testing. We hope all the closed beta testers will enjoy the test and explore the features of the Flash client to the fullest! We would love to hear your feedback on the private test board! To all players who have not made it into the closed beta test we would like to say: We are looking forward to the open beta test with you! For a better Tibia! Your Community Managers |
Mar 21 2011 -
Lil' Flashy Keeps Track of Friends and Foes
| he beta test for the Flash client is coming closer. To bridge the waiting time a little, we have decided to kick off another teaser today. Fasten your seatbelt! It is time to shed some light on the brand-new battle list features of the Tibia Flash client. At large, the new battle list works just as the current one - but with a major improvement: You can now choose what exactly you want to get displayed there. There are several filters available that allow you to show or hide certain content with a single click on an icon. For example, you can hide other players in the battle list if you want to focus on hunting monsters at the moment. Or you can hide any creature if you want to pay attention to the people around you. Filters are also available for NPCs, party members and even non-skulled players. Just imagine you want to take revenge on a player killer and keep your battle list clean of everything else. Apart from deciding what content your battle list should actually show or hide, you can, of course, sort the data either ascending or descending in different ways. You want to get those creatures that are closest to you listed on top? Choose "sort by distance". You are surrounded by dozens of players and want to keep track of them? Hide everything else but players and select "sort by name". When you are in a war, choosing "sort by hitpoints" will certainly come in handy for you. Here is another screenshot that shows what the battle list currently looks like. Work is still in progress here. Nevertheless, you can already check out the new icons at the top of the battle list with which you can turn filters on and off. We have placed some lizards in the room of NPC Chrak in Chazorai to show you the filter effect. Chrak is standing right next to our character, however, he does not appear in our battle list since we have activated the filter to hide NPCs.  This was the last Flash client teaser prior to the closed beta test. We will announce the start of the test in a news soon, so stay tuned! Your Community Managers |
Mar 14 2011 -
It's a Kind of Magic
 hat is your true colour?The three wizards Furb of Fun, Feiz of Power and Fern of Nature are about to start a contest tomorrow, March 15, to see who is most popular among Tibians and gets the most followers until March 23. Furb stands for orange, Feiz for violet and Fern for green. So from tomorrow on, mysterious envelopes with magical coloured powders in red, blue or yellow can be looted from a variety of monsters. Using a powder on yourself will mark your character with the respective colour. Using the remaining powder on another player with a different colour makes you join the wizard which stands for the resulting colour. For example, red and yellow will produce orange. Read the letter included in the envelope carefully to get more information about the world event "Colours of Magic".  Also, each of the three magicians already has a loyal fan who will gladly provide you with some facts. Nature lover Nathaniel can be found in Venore. Funny chap Friedolin will wait for you in Carlin while the powerful lady Paulette can be met in Thais. They will inform you about the current colour you have, the colours with which you can mix, and, finally, the wizard you have chosen. You can also ask them about the status of the world event to know which colour currently is in the lead and which colour is close behind. The wizard with the most followers on your game world on March 23 will win this contest and thank your world for the support with a special reward for one week:
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Mar 10 2011 -
Lil' Flashy Makes Your Character Feel Good
 fter the previous Flash client teaser, some players had posted comments like "Where is the health and mana bar? I can't see it lol". Right, back then there were no such status bars visible in the client sidebar as all of you are normally used to. Why was that? Two weeks ago, the status bars had just not been completed. Today, though, they are, and so we are going to delve a bit deeper into the status bar theme right away.In the current client, the status bars are usually located right below the automap. You can move them up and down a bit and place them somewhere else, but only on a very limited scale. There is no customisation at all. Guess what! That is going to change. The Tibia Flash client will come up with a dedicated status bar widget that brings along some decent features:
In the light of these fancy new features, there is almost no need to say that you can even choose what types of character information should be displayed to you in the game window. Feel free to show or hide your own character's name, health, mana and marks (when it is skulled, in party mode or involved in a guild war) by simply ticking off the respective checkboxes in the options menu. You can also show or hide the names, health and marks of other characters and creatures in your game window. Ready to take a peek at the features we were just talking about? Click the screenshot below to enlarge it. The image shows the activated HUD and the status bar widget placed at the bottom of the game window.  By the way, we are really looking forward to the upcoming beta tests with you! Thanks a lot for the many applications we have received so far. Your Community Managers |
Mar 09 2011 -
Wanted: Closed Beta Testers
 ou have enjoyed our latest Flash client teaser? The fancy layout and the handy new features have roused your curiosity and excitement? You are interested in a rendezvous with Lil' Flashy? If so, we have some awesome news for you today. We are going to kick off a closed beta test of the upcoming Flash client at the end of March, and now is your chance to be recruited as tester to get a first-hand taste of the Tibia Flash client before all others.Applying for the closed beta test is easy: We have prepared a template that you need to fill in. The deadline is March 15, 14:00 CET. Out of all submissions, we will choose a considerable number of players that will be granted exclusive access to the closed beta test. All tutors, senators and the 27 fansite admins do not need to apply since they will automatically be invited to the test. If you held such a position on March 08, 2011 you have already qualified yourself for the closed beta test! All others: Hurry! Do not miss your chance to try out the Flash client and help us to tweak it before its official release. Make sure to post the filled in template in time. We will check all applications, and all players who have earned themselves access to the closed beta test will find the name of their post character announced in the Auditorium in the course of next week. Apply now! Your Community Managers Fonte:www.tibia.com todos os direitos reservados! |
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