Earth And Beyond PortalEarth and Beyond News, Guides, Databases, and ForumsEBPortal Forums. January 11th, 2003 - October 24th 2005- (Found July 2, 2008 ) It's been fun, but without a game to bring new members to the forums, along with the no ability to ban anyone from the forums, they were decaying quite rapidly and it was time to end the torture :)http://www.ebportal.com/news/948 Angry E&Bers Make Their Views Known- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The month of April saw an unfortunate fall in approval ratings of Electronic Arts' CEO, Larry Probst. February and March had seen 82% and 81% approval ratings, respectively. However, after a post notifying the E&B community about a Forbes CEO approval poll, the angry E&B brigade caused him to plummet to a 19% approval rating, placing him in the bottom of the pile of CEOs rated by Forbes votes. Voting for May has opened. It is unknown how much value shareholders place in such ratings, but it..http://www.ebportal.com/news/940 E&B Closing Parties- (Found July 2, 2008 ) I've been thinking about ways in which to cover the closing of the game, and one idea has been holding some closing partiesevents around the world. The Fan Gathering in London was a great success, and I see no reason why somebody from each city that has a number of E&B players can't organise a get together. I'll certainly try to hold something in London, and perhaps we can webcam them all up. I'll be opening up a forum specifically for this purpose over the weekend, so people can post their.http://www.ebportal.com/news/941 Final 24 Hours- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Sunset is upon us, and the final 24 hours of Earth & Beyond have begun. Enjoy them, and post your experiences and memories here. A big personal thank you to all you guys for making EBPortal what it was, and to Cerdith, Niobe, Arcturus, Kohiba and Rainre for being great to work with. Why not come join us in IRC for the final day irc.portalive.com earthandbeyond in your favourite IRC client, or use our Java Client. Update By M: Cerdith and Niobe stopped by our IRC room to inform us that..http://www.ebportal.com/news/942 Child's Play- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Penny Arcade has been running an annual charity for kids. It is called Childs Play (click the link to get there). So please, go there, check it out and if you think you can part with a few bucks choose a charity and buy the kids something from the lists or donate money through PayPal or email. For the price of a movie ticket, you can make a less fortunate kid happy when they need it the most. Thats all. Thanks.http://www.ebportal.com/news/943 Welcome Back...- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Normal service has resumed. irc.us.procat.dk earthandbeyond for celebrations.http://www.ebportal.com/news/944 Lamest april fools day joke ever!- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Ya gotta admit that was an awesome picture.http://www.ebportal.com/news/945 Irc Hiccups- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Irc has been having issues for the last couple of days. Instead of irc.procat.dk try using irc.eu.procat.dk. earthandbeyond as usual.http://www.ebportal.com/news/946 More IRC Fun- (Found July 2, 2008 ) In the never ending saga of us managing to find horrible hosting companies, our irc server has been down for the past few weeks. We finally have it going again, and it can be reached at irc.procat.dk (or at 217.195.184.104 untill the dns changes carry over) For the 5 of you that will be excited by this, i'll prolly just be telling you on msnaim anyway :)http://www.ebportal.com/news/947 Arena Tournament- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Disciples of Rebellion is organising an Arena tournament on the Andromeda Galaxy. The tournament is open to all level 135+ players, there is no entry fee required to join in. The prizes are: 1st place - 1 Billion Credits 2nd place - 500 million Credits 3rd place - 250 million Credits For more information, or to join, please go to tournament section on our forums. A date for the tournament will be announced on the aforementioned forums.http://www.ebportal.com/news/939 |