As some of you might know by now, there was a little problem or issue today with PSO's game clock because of the leap year, changing from February 29 to March 1st. This affects both your online and offline game modes for Ep 1 & 2, Ep 1 & 2 Plus, Ep 1 & 2 v1.1. and Ep 3. You might have been affected if you were playing online during or before the date change or if you were playing offline during the date change. There was however a server maintenance/down time for all GC servers in the US to help avoid this issue and further complications. For those of you who do need to fix your time display read the following ST news posting or do these simple steps:

1. Set your game clock/time and date to 28 February, 2006, 23:55
2. Start the game in offline mode. Select character with problem. Wait in Pioneer 2 on Ep 1 & 2 or the morgue in Ep 3
3. When it turns to March 1st, 2006, your game time display will turn to normal time
4. Verify that the time display is now normal and save the game and end your session
5. Go back and change the game clock/time and date back to the present actual time

Please keep in mind that you have to change your game clock back to the proper time and date or you will not be able to connect to the servers for online play. Also keep in mind to do this only once and only with the character that experiences the problem.

If you need instructions on how to change the clock, please refer to your manual.

Good luck and be careful!"

SOA now has a new dedicated Episode 3 website. Everyone should check it out, it's got some good information and really nice graphics. You can also listen to the soundtrack and download a 15 page preview of the prima manual in PDF format. Discuss it in the forums.

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ST announced the 16 finalists for Dengeki Cup. ST also apologized for rank indication errors experienced during the preliminary round of the endurance cup. This however did not affect the points calculations. All participants are automatically registered for the final tournament.

The final tournament entry process will be held on Sunday, February 29th starting from 8:30pm until 8:50pm (JP time) on ship: DENGEKI/FINAL. The final tournament itself will be held right after, on Sunday, February 29th starting from 9pm on the same ship: DENGEKI/FINAL. Discuss this news in our forums.

The champion will receive a certificate of merit, special Dengeki goods, 3000 cyclotomic WebMoney and an original Episode 3 Quo card. The runner up will receive a certificate of merit, Dengeki Goods, 1500 cyclotomic WebMoney and an original Episode 3 Quo card.

Over the night, Dengeki Representative, YK3, collected 55 more cards and reached their goal total of exchanging 200 cards with players at roughly 11:40 JP time. Check their daily journal to see what was exchanged. This means that we'll get more quests on the way! Akiyama apologizes for not being able to promptly log in at the card exchange time. Akiyama of ST, however, did not reach his goal of 200. This should make for an interesting match between the two representatives. Discuss this news in our forums.

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IGN reviews Ep 3 giving it an overall score of 8.5 with 9.0 for presentation, 7.0 for graphics, 8.0 for sound, 8.0 for gameplay and 9.0 for lasting appeal. Read the long 4 paged article and see for yourself if you agree with it or not! There are also other screenshots to check out!

ST posted this exciting news about a joint Ep 1& 2 and Ep 3 online quest! These new quests will further explain the storyline between Ep1 & 2 and Ep 3.

The story for "Memory of the Green Star" takes place ten years after the mysterious explosive accident of the Central Dome. Nef, aclient wishes that you journey through a test play of the VR areas accompanied by his two young pupils, Break and Orland (Ep 3 characters). They are still young boys and are unpolished hunters, so can you make it through the VR safely? The VR is divided into three stages: "Rush," "Labyrinth" and "Darkness," each having different feature. On each stage, you are timed and a rank is given based upon your time. The client says that the objective is to measure your performance and skill as a Hunter. You will perform this task in "Memory of the Green Star." This quest is an online Ep 1 & 2 VR quest for 1 person (JP only). You have to play this quest first before you can download the next quest.You will be timed and given a rank based on your performance and time.

The storyline for the next quest: "Anticipation of the Future," goes like this: long after the "Memory of the Green Star," there was a certain request at the quiet Morgue. A secret VR Simulation is taking place, headed by Relmitos, to test the as yet unstable C.A.R.D. technology. The subjects being used in this simulation are the combat data for Break and Orland. The reasoning behind Relmitos' plans are unknown... "Anticipation of the Future", is a Ep 3 download quest for 1 person only.

There will be a server maintenance for all PSOGC servers on Tuesday, March 2nd between 2pm and 5pm to load the quests onto the servers. As usual, please do not connect to the servers at this time and please end all games before the scheduled maintenance. Since the quests feature a storyline connecting Ep 1&2 and Ep 3, these quests will only be available on the shared Ep 1 & 2 and Ep 3 lobbies. For JP players, you would need either Ver 1.1 or PSO Plus for this.

Also, it looks like ST noted that the White Day event and Principal's Gift quest are coming online to XBOX between march 9th and March 16th. There will also be White Day themed visual decorations in the lobby. So PSOGC should be on the look out for that as well!

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ST posted more news on the Dengeki Cup! The 10 hours endurance tournament has now started. These ships are now up for the Dengeki Cup tournaments.

SHIP: 66 Akiyama
SHIP: 67 YK3

Also, Dengeki Cup representatives have since collected 135 cards ( a list of cards they have gotten is on the ST website). Please exchange more with them so we may get more quests! It's close but looks like they need more enemy cards! And check this site for a day to day detailed breakdown of the event and the cards that were exchanged daily!

And remember, the Sega vs Dengeki representatives match will take place on Sunday, February 29th at 6pm (JP time) on Ship 65, Block 1.

The Dengeki Cup Tournament final will also take place on Sunday starting at 8:30pm and will end at 8:10pm (JP time). The tournament for final contestants will be take place on Saturday, February 28th at 6pm. Registrations for Dengeki Cup will be automatically done if you advance through the tournament. All this will take place in the special ship: Dengeki/Final.

The previous Famitsu Cup tournament champion, Ring, is also invited in the tournament. So here's your chance to squash him flat!

ST posted more news about the ongoing Dengeki Cup! Dengeki Cup Posters are now all over lobbies!

Primary period of the Degenki Cup10 Hour Tournament will start on Friday February 27th at 9pm and will last until Saturday, Feberuary 28th, 7am. (JP time). The tournaments will be held on two exclusive ships that will show up during the day. The tournaments will be held every 30 minutes. You will compete for points gained by taking part in the tournament specially set up for this.

1st stage Victory = 100 pts
2nd stage Victory = 200 pts
Semi-final stage Victory = 500 pts
Final stage Victory = 1000 pts

The 16 person individual tournament set up will have the following map and rules:

Time limit: 30 minutes
Phase time: 30 seconds
Card permission: All
Card kind: All
The dice minimum value: 1
The dice highest value: 6
Dice BUSUTO: It is.
Deck shuffle: On
Deck loop: On
Character HP: 15
Dice exchange: ATK quantity

Dengeki Cup tournaments will look like the following:

Your Dengeki Cup rank will show up above your character like so:

The online two person challenge "long legged uncle" quest also started from Tuesday, February 24th and will last until Saturday, February 28th. It will start every night at at 11pm until 1 am (JP Time). Here's a pic of the new Dengeki Game Mag that you get from playing the quest, and battle grid thanks to Silver-X and Malkavian. (Is it just me or does the battle grid look like a bear's face? Dengeki Cup bear, maybe?)

As you remember from a previous news posting, Dengeki Cup representatives will be online to collect and swap cards. Their target is to swap 200 cards. If the target is achieved, there will be additional quests so that we can get one of the two cards below.

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Here's a pic of the two Dengeki Cup Representatives, remember their names and outfits so you can look out for them.

You can look for them using the search feature.

You can only exchange one card per person and you cannot exchange guild cards or battle with them as they're specifically there only to swap cards. Hope you guys enjoy the new events!