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Thank you! It's pieces like that which people rarely notice, of course they see the Konoha Academy, the Hospital etc. but nobody looks at the fence and realize that took more than an hour for me to make.

Dear Ninjas, I'm glad to inform everyone that server has been actively running without crashes for the past 7 hours. As such, I'm pleased to announce that our Alpha Test 2 will continue as planned from this moment onward, any other server crashes will be considered minor compared to what we have had to deal with in the past 2 days. We have our new programmers Dawid R & Seth to thank for all the hours put into fixing these bugs causing the crashes. (not even exaggerating here) Nin Online wouldn't have made it through this without these two. In all honesty, this rocky start has not been easy for any of us. But things will only get better from here! We have to thank all the members who have shown only understanding and support to the staff as we pushed through the tough situation. I'm glad that we have such loyal supporters, some who even went through the trouble of sending us motivational PMs and thanking the team for the hard work. Thank you everyone! We will commence the Alpha Test 2 Phase 2 (Open Alpha) in a few days time, so stay tuned for an announcement! Regards, Rory

I enjoyed this topic more than I should xD

There will be different headbands to match different styles players may prefer! I'm going to be doing one which wears under and one above, as well as Zabuza style, Kakashi style, worn as a belt etc.

Dear Ninjas, The Alpha Test 2 server is down temporarily but indefinitely until we manage to solve the server crashes. Once this is settled, the alpha will continue as planned. The Gold and Silver ninjas will continue to have early access and we will continue finding more bugs to weed out before opening to the public. Credit to @Rinno for this wonderful banner/picture! We are sorry for the inconvenience caused, we hope to have it fixed as soon as possible, but we do not have an ETA. Check back regularly to see when it goes Live again, but please refrain from spamming our staff and/or forums regarding this. Regards, Rory

Because we need to have a closed testing before opening it up the everyone. It would be a horrible idea to let hundreds of people try to swarm in at once when our closed testing of 25 people is already pointing out so many things for us to fix. We have a reasonable amount of Gold/Silver members on the other hand whom have contributed to the game monetarily or through other means like referrals and helping with publicity through uploading gameplay videos etc. These are the people we have chosen to use for our closed testings because it is only fair.

You make good videos man.

Gold/Silver members! Sorry for the down time, we will resume the game service when we have sorted out a major issue. Regards, Rory

Hey Iyashino, the game will be out indefinitely We will continue to push updates hopefully daily with new content while the server remains up! The Gold Headband will be given free of course. I will personally distribute the item on the launch day. Of course being online at the launch will guarantee that you'll get it the fastest, but I will give the rest of them manually!

Are the Gold Members excited ?

Wolf xD you can test this Sunday.

Most of our player base is American, I made the initial mistake of organizing in my own time zone (+8GMT) and so I've to move it back to a time convenient for both me and the majority of the player base. As I've said, I apologize for the bad planning to those who I have inconvenienced!

And if they ever do, that's where Game Masters come in to ban them.

Dear Ninja, There's an update to the launch time and it's been changed to 10:00AM on 15th September, Sunday. (-8 GMT). Check the timer post on the front page for details! Sorry for any inconvenience caused, this launch timing will suit better for the majority of players. We will try our best to plan further ahead in future. Regards, Rory

No, you're free to post screenshots and anything you like about the game

They still don't get any bonuses besides RP benefits and early access for testing phases. It's pretty fair. It's good that we release the game to a closed, smaller group of players to test before the more massive test which will be the open testing phase. Who else fits this role better than the most loyal supporters, out Gold and Silver ninja!

I'm thankful for all the support, nice comments and excitement being expressed! We're lucky and honored to have such a loyal fan base

Glad to see you back what was your username back then? I'm glad you had confidence in me. The saddest email I had to send out was the cancellation of the project. But at the end I promised I would bring it back one day. Nin Online is the game I've always wanted to make, and always will.

Just follow the clock timer. It'll give you the accurate time.

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Dear Ninjas, It's my pleasure to announce that we'll be releasing the game this Sunday (15 Sep - time in the post below this one) for all Gold (& Silver) Ninja. This will be the first phase of the 2nd Early Alpha Test. The second phase will of course come a few days after that and be open for everyone else! About Forum/Game Accounts Take note that now that the Authentication server is complete, the server will be accessed with your forum login name. Once in the game, the name that will display as your Ninja's name will be that of your forum display name. In preparation for the release, all members have been given a free name change! The server will only be accessible to accounts which have donated for the Gold Ninja Badge. Why get Gold Ninja early? Don't miss out on the chance to get into the game world early (though you will not have much of an upper hand besides experiencing the game & it's new content earlier), get your Gold Ninja badge by visiting the Nin Online store. A reminder is that the Early Gold Ninja Reward is still up for grabs until this Sunday where the extended offer will finally close for good. From then, the Gold Ninja Forehead protector will never be available again! Offer is now over! When will normal players get to test? We're hoping to clear a large amount of bugs before releasing it to public, but at the same time we want to test for more bugs and things we can improve on with a smaller testing group - hence we're calling for our benefactors to do us the favor. The public test could be anytime from 4 days to a week later! How will I get into the game? You will be provided instructions through a forum PM when the Alpha Test is about to commence. Regards, Rory