Guys from Legend of Golden Plume delivered a piece of very interesting news, that is you can sit in the game and gain cash. Does this mean free lunch finally comes to the MMORPGs?

I am sure you are all very excited about the opening of the LGP Item Mall. All these nice dress, wings, gems, wedding packs, etc.  They are costing an arm and a leg!

What about the 3000 Gold that we have given out on August 20, 2008? Have you spent it all, and now you have no Gold left to buy any other items?

Not to worry. Here is a new way you can earn Gold in LGP Online. We will give you 2 Gold Points for every 2 continuous hours that you are in LGP Online.

The following are detailed rules:

1. Each time you log off, our system will compute how long you are online since the last time you log in. And you will earn 2 Gold Points for every 2 hours that you are continuously online.  Residuals will be rounded off, meaning if you are online for 3 hours and 59 minutes, you will still only earn only 2 Gold Points, and if you are continuously online for 4 hours and 1 minute, you will get 4 Gold Points.  You can take out these Gold Points at the Bullion Merchant in Plume city, when you accumulate at least 100 gold.

2. To prevent cheating, we will only allow 3 accounts per IP address to earn Gold in this method. EVeryday (calendar day based on PST), the first 3 accounts at each ip address will earn Gold, and the fourth account will not be able to earn anything.  So let’s do some math: if you have 3 accounts online all the time, you will earn 24 Gold per account per day, 720 Gold per account per month, and  2160 Gold for all 3 accounts in 1 month. This can buy you some nice things in game.  You can invite your friends or family members to be in LGP with you, and ask them to give you their gold hehe.

3. We are not responsible for any "unlucky events" that cause you not to receive the Gold: For example,  you got DCed due to some poor network connection at 1 hour 59 minutes, and did not get the Gold; Or we have to maintain the server that forces you to disconnect at 1 hour and 58 minutes.  This is a free benefit to make you happy, and  we do not wish to turn it into something that creates trouble, dispute or unhappiness.

4.  This is a promotional event and we may make adjustment or terminate this event any time. 

5. You can also buy LGP Gold using real money in the future, but we do not intend to do this anytime soon.  You can also participate in some other events (such as write game reviews, etc) to earn Gold.

Hope everyone have fun with this system, and enjoy the shopping in LGP.

Sounds very interesting. The publisher wants more players spending their time in game so they came up with such an idea. This is definately new to the current MMORPG market. We think more and more companies will copy this method to increase their CCU.

The following is a piece of good news from enjoymmo.com. If you are intrested in helping them to improve the game quality, do stand up!

Dear all friends,

Are you ready for the adventure?!

The Alpha Test of Legend of Golden Plume we’ve been waited for so long will finally begin on May 30, 2008. Thanks for your passion and we would like to invite you to join us in the Alpha Test event of LGP.
Some of you have already signed up for the alpha test. While if you are new here, please reply to this post in order to get the activation code before the thread is closed since we only offer limited access to alpha test due to its goal.

We will send a PM to each of you who replied the post with an activation code. After you receive the code, please wait patiently till we release the account registration page. Account registration will be released within 1-2 days. Then, just wait the door to this wonderland opens and enjoy this unique adventure on May 30th.
We will forum an official language testing group. Since we have only released only a little function, please contribute more on language bugs. Once you’ve get the code, please apply to the group. We will send GMs to guide you how to do the alpha test. All of your contributions will be recorded and you will be awarded in Closed Beta test stage.

If you missed this round of Alpha Test Code Giveaway, please add http://www.myspace.com/lgpfans in Myspace.com. Our 2nd round Code Giveaway will start from there.

All data will be wiped out after Alhpa Test ends.Thanks for your attention and our adventure will begin soon!

LGP Adventure Team

Enjoymmo has already brought Phoenix Dynasty Online, a free historical mmorpg and Magic World Online with a ingame bot and GPS system, to North American market. You can also get Alpha Test activation code from fmmorpg.com too. Just send your email to fmmorpg@gmail.com and we will send you the limited activation codes. Legend of Golden Plume is a cartoon styled MMORPG. You can search in fmmorpg for more details.

Once upon a time, the world was dominated by a fiend, Apofis who claimed himself as the messenger of sun. Torturing people seemed nothing but fun to him. He felt satisfied by simply destroying people’s peaceful lives. One day, he used his horrendous power to make 9 giant fireballs and hung them up on the sky. All plants were burning. Lakes were drying. People were crying. Death wandered on the surface of the earth.

Finally, one day a hero arose. His name was Illios. He produced 9 arrows with the distillate of the nature. This took him 49 days , after which he started his adventure.

The fight with Apofis was something like never seen before. Illios used all his power to shoot the 9 giant fireballs from the sky. As he hit them. they turned into 9 golden plumes. As the fireballs disappeared, the world cooled down and the people could see Illios fighting against Apofis. In his hands he held the 9 golden plumes and he was flying during the battle.

The people called the plumes “suncrows” and they believed the suncrows were the source of Illiose’s bravery.

Unfortunately, the destruction of the fireballs took most of Illios’ power and he could feel himself falling to the face of the world. In a final attempt to destroy Apofis, he gathered all the strength he had left and launched his final attack. The attack killed both Apofis and Illios, freeing the world of the evil being and letting the world return from chaos.

The 9 golden plumes fell to the earth with Illios. Nobody knows where they are at this time, but everybody believes in their magic power and the bravery they can bring.

Over thousands of years, the search for the 9 suncrows never ended. Many people have tried and failed but they never gave up.

Different kinds of persons have searched for the suncrows. People like the Taoist, which is able to discern the secret of nature; the Swordman, who can wield weapons better then anyone; the Warrior, whom is believed to be Illiose’s offspring; the Priest that lives as a hermit and is good at curing people; and finally the Mage, which has unbelievable magic power.

A journey with no end has just begun. Are you ready for it? Find the suncrows, fulfill the legend, gain the true power and be a true hero.

The best is yet to come……

For more details, please check:

http://lgp.enjoymmo.com/forum/