It's like PSOBB. Not even the console versions have offline multiplayer. This is awful news for people with siblings/real-life friends who often play PSO offline multiplayer, people like me. :'(

<strong>Trade Away!</strong> <img src="/images/.jpg" alt="" width="8" height="8">
<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - Tuesday, October 24 2006 ]</font>

<P align=center><TABLE height=125 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=1><TBODY><TR><TD align=middle width="95%" background=/site_images/tbay_shop_banner.jpg cellpadding="8"><TABLE width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR height=80><TD width=7></TD><TD width=290></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR height=8><TD width=7></TD><TD width=290><DIV align=left><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=white size=3><EM><B>Trade Bay [TBAY]</B></EM></FONT></DIV></TD><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P><P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">PSUniverse.net presents yet another all new feature!</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Please welcome, our very own Trade Bay!</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Here, you can advertise any goods that you're selling live on PSUniverse.net - No usernames or passwords required* -&nbsp;Simply travel over to </FONT><A href="http://www.psuniverse.net/tbay.shtml" target="_blank"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">http://www.psuniverse.net/tbay.shtml</FONT></A><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> and find our smashing new poor eBay rip-off kinda feature!</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">To advertise your goods, simply fill in a form and hit the submit button**. Your item then appears listed on the Trade Bay for all the world to see.</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Got a <A href="http://www.ragol.co.uk/forums/" target="_blank">Ragol.co.uk/PSUniverse.net Forum</A> Account? Even better, advertise it and get feedback through our forums for tip top selling - It can't be beat!</FONT></P><P align=center><FONT face=Arial><EM>Find everything you need... at the T-Bay!</EM></FONT></P>

Taken from: http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3901

Quote: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - OUT OF BUSINESS NOTICE

Hong Kong, October 24th of 2006 - Lik-Sang.com, the popular gaming retailer from Hong Kong, has today announced that it is forced to close down due to multiple legal actions brought against it by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Sony claimed that Lik-Sang infringed its trade marks, copyright and registered design rights by selling Sony PSP consoles from Asia to European customers, and have recently obtained a judgment in the High Court of London (England) rendering Lik-Sang's sales of PSP consoles unlawful.

As of today, Lik-Sang.com will not be in the position to accept any new orders and will cancel and refund all existing orders that have already been placed. Furthermore, Lik-Sang is working closely with banks and PayPal to refund any store credits held by the company, and the customer support department is taking care of any open transactions such as pending RMAs or repairs and shipping related matters. The staff of Lik-Sang will make sure that nobody will get hurt in the crossfire of this ordeal.

A Sony spokesperson declined to comment directly on the lawsuit against Lik-Sang, but recently went on to tell Gamesindustry.biz that "ultimately, we're trying to protect consumers from being sold hardware that does not conform to strict EU or UK consumer safety standards, due to voltage supply differences et cetera; is not - in PS3's case - backwards compatible with either PS1 or PS2 software; will not play European Blu-Ray movies or DVDs; and will not be covered by warranty".

Lik Sang strongly disagrees with Sony's opinion that their customers need this kind of protection and pointed out that PSP consoles shipped from Lik-Sang contained genuine Sony 100V-240V AC Adapters that carry CE and other safety marks and are compatible world wide. All PSP consoles were in conformity with all EU and UK consumer safety regulations.

Furthermore, Sony have failed to disclose to the London High Court that not only the world wide gaming community in more than 100 countries relied on Lik-Sang for their gaming needs, but also Sony Europe's very own top directors repeatedly got their Sony PSP hard or software imports in nicely packed Lik-Sang parcels with free Lik-Sang Mugs or Lik-Sang Badge Holders, starting just two days after Japan's official release, as early as 14th of December 2004 (more than nine months earlier than the legal action). The list of PSP related Sony Europe orders reads like the who's who of the videogames industry, and includes Ray Maguire (Managing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Alan Duncan (UK Marketing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Chris Sorrell (Creative Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd), Rob Parkin (Development Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited), just to name a few.

"Today is Sony Europe victory about PSP, tomorrow is Sony Europe’s ongoing pressure about PlayStation 3. With this precedent set, next week could already be the stage for complaints from Sony America about the same thing, or from other console manufacturers about other consoles to other regions, or even from any publisher about any specific software title to any country they don’t see fit. It’s the beginning of the end... of the World as we know it", stated Pascal Clarysse, formerly known as the Marketing Manager of Lik-Sang.com.

"Blame it on Sony. That's the latest dark spot in their shameful track record as gaming industry leader. The Empire finally 'won', few dominating retailers from the UK probably will rejoice the news, but everybody else in the gaming world lost something today."

You may well have seen this on other sites, but no-one seems to have stated it here.

If you are Australian, or European (including UK) - you cannot pay for a Guardians License. The option simply does not appear on the PlaySEGA website for you to pay.

Sega have just added 'US ONLY' to the main page too, a bit late there, considering a good number of importers have probably had their copies shipped.

You may well still be able to pay if you can find a willing US friend though.

<strong>1 Month To Go!</strong> <img src="/images/.jpg" alt="" width="8" height="8">
<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - Tuesday, October 24 2006 ]</font>

<P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">That's if you're a European hunter mind... Whilst for those American hunters and huntettes out there, the wait is finally over as <EM>Phantasy Star Universe</EM> is release <STRONG>TODAY!</STRONG></FONT></P><P><A href="http://www.phantasystaruniverse.com"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">http://www.phantasystaruniverse.com</FONT></A><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> has also been updated with loads more information regarding pretty much everything <EM>PSU</EM>!</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">It should be noted that server maintenance takes place regularly on Thursday's every week between the times of 12am (Midnight) - 5am GMT (5pm - 10pm GMT + 7).</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">All i can say really is... DAMN YOU ALL!!!! (And have fun ;-) )</FONT></P>

I'm curious with the united states release of psu being this wedsday how many people will be online within the week? I know i will be picking up my copy tommorow and i plan to be online with it by thursday. Will any other ragol members be joining me?

Has anyone watched all the way to episode 100 yet? Im on 51 right now and getting annoyed of the 2nd opening but overall i like the show alot.

caould someone actually tell me what will be the monthly fee for phantasy star universe? been trying to look for that but can't seem to find it anywhere! v_v; sucks cause i'm getting the game tomorrow!

I just read psuniverse.net's review of PSU.
http://www.psuniverse.net/articles/20061...1928.shtml

I couldn't help but notice this: look at the names of the planets of the Gurhal Star System in PSU, and compared them to the names of the Algol System in the original Phantasy Star:

Moatoob -- Motavia
Neudeiz -- Dezolis!
Parum -- Parma!!!!!!!!

Same place/alternate Universe, a different place, or just a simple naming-after?

Which star system are we in in PSO? There are the planets Coral and Ragol. PSO doesn't have much of a link with PS, but I'm sure everyone will remember "Muut Ditts Poumn", which definitely refers to Motavia (the FOrce weapon Prophets of Motav is also a reference of this planet), Dezolis and Parma.

Someone keep an eye out for what the environments of Moatoob, Neudeiz and Parum are like, and report any other similarities to the Algol Star System!

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Other interesting things:

Will there be a Dark Falz/Profound Darkness/Great Shadow?

What is the SEED? There was this very kind (!) computer called SEED in PSIV, was he the one who created HUnewearl Rika? I doubt very much that this is the same SEED, but I feel like I need to point this out simply because of its name.

Ok, this morning I finally got information on my university loan and I've decided I'd like to build a brand new PC for myself, one that's capable of running PSU at full spec.

I'm never built a PC before myself, but my dads done plenty, so he's going to help me out with the basics, but what neither of us know about is graphics cards. Can any of you tell me about what cards are the best on the market at the moment, or what ones are the best value, and will do what I want of course

The Card will need to be able to play PSU at full spec, that's the main purpose of buying it, but I also want it to be capable of playing newer games, since I plan on playing more PC games, and also being able to play TES4 Oblivion, since I'd like to try the PC version with all the mods.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.