We still welcome more builders, both to the Cinderhill village in Älvdalen, Sweden, and to the dragon workshop in Loimaa, Finland. Anyone with a healthy pair of hands and some time to spare will we gladly received. All builders get food and lodging compliments of the project for the duration of their stay at either building camp. Builders staying for a month still get a free game.

We're happy to announce that the builder group is now some 60 people strong!

Exide is a global leader in electrical energy storage solutions. The company was founded by Thomas A. Edison, who invented the electrical accumulator. The name EXIDE originates from his watchword: "Produce an EXcellent oxIDE". Exide Technologies has operations in 89 countries and more than 17.800 employees.

www.exide.fi (webpage in Finnish)
www.exide-nordic.com (Nordic web pages available in English as well)

]]> Environmental server solution http://www.dragonbane.org/ru/news/2006-05-19-000.html http://www.dragonbane.org/midcom-permalink-2fd4ae0337c0c6a4c1b9528089065249 Fri, 19 May 2006 21:51:38 +0300 niki@wanderer.org (Niki Bergman) Finnish office material retailer AKR-Data powers up Dragonbane through a server donation to the project. AKR-Data has also provided the dragon with industrial computers and UPS's at cut prices. All the material from AKR-Data is used equipment, providing an environmental and cost effective solution for the project. AKR-Data is a retailer for all kinds of used office equipment ranging from furniture to computers and other technical equipment. The company was founded in Loimaa, Finland in 1995 and has since the turn of the millennium become on eof the largest retailers of used computer devices in the country. A large part of the sales are also directed abroad. http://www.akrdata.fi (website in Finnish only)

Finnish office material retailer AKR-Data powers up Dragonbane through a server donation to the project. AKR-Data has also provided the dragon with industrial computers and UPS's at cut prices. All the material from AKR-Data is used equipment, providing an environmental and cost effective solution for the project.

AKR-Data is a retailer for all kinds of used office equipment ranging from furniture to computers and other technical equipment. The company was founded in Loimaa, Finland in 1995 and has since the turn of the millennium become on eof the largest retailers of used computer devices in the country. A large part of the sales are also directed abroad.

http://www.akrdata.fi (website in Finnish only)

The Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences is a multidisciplinary, regional institution of higher education in western Finland. The fields of education include Social sciences, Business and Administration, Natural Sciences, Technology, Communication and Transport, Natural Resources and the Environment, Social services, Health and Sports and Tourism, Catering and Domestic Services. In 2005 the institution had a total of almost 4,600 students.

Website: www.seamk.fi (in English and Finnish)

The North Calotte area includes the northest regions of Sweden, Finland and Norway. The North Calotte council was founded in 1967 and is one of eight border crossing organizations in the Nordic countries. The work is largely financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers. The council can be described as a border crossing regional partnership between the authorities and corporate businesses.

http://www.nordkalottradet.nu/

If you still wish to participate in Dragonbane, you MAY fill in the signup form, understanding that we will not guarantee that you'll be given a character. If you're given a character, it'll be because of a cancellation from another player. You will not have any possibility to affect your faction and in some cases you'll be given a readily made character with little tuning possibilities.

We estimate that based on our earlier productions there will be very limited amount of cancellations. As replacements, we select only persons who have signed up, payed and expressed their activity from now on.

If you have paid and we can't find you a role despite you being in waiting queue, you will be refunded by the end of August 2006.

NOTE: The signup system requires a modern browser (IE6 or Mozilla 1.7/Firefox 1.0 [or newer]) with JavaScript turned on.

NOTE: If you intend to sign in as an organizer, voluntary worker or builder, use this same participation form! We regret that workers, builders and organizers alike need to fill in the game related questions as well. ]]> 500 participant limit exceeded http://www.dragonbane.org/ru/news/2006-05-04-000.html http://www.dragonbane.org/midcom-permalink-0fc2dd401abfcbe716c47ec23a912ff6 Thu, 04 May 2006 22:02:05 +0300 niki@wanderer.org (Niki Bergman) At the deadline for signing up for Dragonbane, we're happy to announce that the limit of 500 active participants, players and organizers, has been exceeded. The rush in interest of the last days made us push the deadline a couple of days to get everyone on the train before closing the doors. The fastest to catch up in amounts of participants are the Danish, the Germans and the Spanish. We're also especially looking forward to meeting our participants coming from Israel, Mexico, Russia, Ireland, Croatia and the U.S. Dragonbane is now a joint project of 19 countries. All welcome aboard! PaymentsPayments are also coming in nicely, which we are grateful for. Those who still have not payed, please do so now as we're in need of the money for building expenses and such. Those who have not payed will soon be removed from the player list and replaced by someone on the waiting list who has payed and is more eager to participate. Builders aiming for a free game by staying at the building camp for a month also need to submit their payment now, it will be refunded after the building camp is closed. BuildingThe building will start in Cinderhill in mid-May. We're still welcoming more builders, especially for the first part of the camp from mid-May to midsummer. All builders get food and lodging courtesy of the Dragonbane project and those building for a month enter the game without cost. The project can also support reasonable travel costs for builders. CharactersNow, the characters and plots will be finalized so that participants can concentrate on practical issues such as costuming and props. WorkshopsIf you're organizing a workshop in your area, please let us know by sending an e-mail to info@dragonbane.org and we'll pass the information on to everyone! QuestionsE-mail info@dragonbane.org. At the deadline for signing up for Dragonbane, we're happy to announce that the limit of 500 active participants, players and organizers, has been exceeded. The rush in interest of the last days made us push the deadline a couple of days to get everyone on the train before closing the doors. The fastest to catch up in amounts of participants are the Danish, the Germans and the Spanish. We're also especially looking forward to meeting our participants coming from Israel, Mexico, Russia, Ireland, Croatia and the U.S. Dragonbane is now a joint project of 19 countries. All welcome aboard!

Payments
Payments are also coming in nicely, which we are grateful for. Those who still have not payed, please do so now as we're in need of the money for building expenses and such. Those who have not payed will soon be removed from the player list and replaced by someone on the waiting list who has payed and is more eager to participate. Builders aiming for a free game by staying at the building camp for a month also need to submit their payment now, it will be refunded after the building camp is closed.

Building
The building will start in Cinderhill in mid-May. We're still welcoming more builders, especially for the first part of the camp from mid-May to midsummer. All builders get food and lodging courtesy of the Dragonbane project and those building for a month enter the game without cost. The project can also support reasonable travel costs for builders.

Characters
Now, the characters and plots will be finalized so that participants can concentrate on practical issues such as costuming and props.

Workshops
If you're organizing a workshop in your area, please let us know by sending an e-mail to info@dragonbane.org and we'll pass the information on to everyone!

Questions
E-mail info@dragonbane.org.

We will check payments on Friday. Payments should by then be on the Dragonbane account. We recommend all non-Swedish players who haven't paid to pay to our Finnish bank account (not the Swedish one).

Characters
Cinderhill still has space for more players. The tamer faction still has three slots for female tamers left and one with no gender limitations. The witches are fully booked.

After the sign up deadline, we will move all people who fill the form to a queue and will take them as players, if there're cancellations.

On Thursday we will know exactly how many players we have in each faction and subfaction. We can not quarantee a character for those who are in the queue. We will take only paid players from queue after the sign up deadline. We will return the game fee for queing participants who have paid but will not be given a role.

Founded in 1905, Trelleborg has become a global industrial group with a leading position based on advanced polymer technology and in-depth applications know-how. The group has about 22,000 employees in 40 countries and annual sales of approximately SEK 24 billion on all continents. The head office is located in Trelleborg, Sweden.

Website: www.trelleborg.fi (in Finnish)
Group website: www.trelleborg.com (in English)

]]> Last tamer positions available http://www.dragonbane.org/ru/news/last-tamers.html http://www.dragonbane.org/midcom-permalink-425dbe0a36609fc302174054204b39b3 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:05:36 +0300 Timo.Multamaki@kommuuni.net (Timo Multamäki) As the game has grown nicely, we are happy to inform that during the last few days of April we will take up to four dragontamers. To keep the gender balance somewhat meaningful, we will have to have female tamers.Sign up now, as we will close sign up in just four days!
Sign up now, as we will close sign up in just four days!
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