If You Play Space Cowboy, Here’s Some Server News

Imagine this: two factions, having maintained an uneasy peace for fifty years, have now parted ways and abandoned a project that would have provided limitless, eco-friendly energy for an entire world. Now, a small handful of corporate capitalists have seized energy resources, acquiring huge fortunes and are holding the peoples of this world hostage, sucking up all the planet’s resources for their own profits while impoverishing entire nations. While human needs are neglected, weapons manufacturers are doing a brisk business as most of the planet’s resources are used to protect these corporate entities and their massive profits…

Sound familiar?

It should, if you have been to the Phillon planet, virtual world of the MMORPG, Space Cowboy Online. This 3D Space Shooter allows players to pilot their own fighter ships, known as “Gears.” They have the option of upgrading their fighting skills as well as their gears. Unlike most MMO games, players have full control over their craft; there are four different kinds of ships available.

SCO combines features of First-Person Shooters with elements of Role Play. It’s free to download and play. It doesn’t appear to be a resource hog, either: recommended system requirements consist of a Pentium 4-1.7G,  512Mb RAM, 64MB hard drive space and an Nvidia GeForce4Ti accelerator VGA card, as well as a Headset.

The news today: Space Cowboy will open up a brand new server next Tuesday morning following regular weekly maintenance, called Trimus. All players will start on the new server at level 1, and there will not be any nation leaders on the new server until a brigade leader hits level 60. You can read a definition of the Leader System here. SCO is published by GPotato.

Space Cowboy will be opening up a brand new server, Trimus, on Tuesday morning after the regular weekly maintenance. All players will start on the new server at level 1, and there will not be any nation leaders on the new server until a brigade leader hits level 60, as defined in the Leader System.

Via Space Cowboy Website

Imagine this: two factions, having maintained an uneasy peace for fifty years, have now parted ways and abandoned a project that would have provided limitless, eco-friendly energy for an entire world. Now, a small handful of corporate capitalists have seized energy resources, acquiring huge fortunes and are holding the peoples of this world hostage, sucking up all the planet’s resources for their own profits while impoverishing entire nations. While human needs are neglected, weapons manufacturers are doing a brisk business as most of the planet’s resources are used to protect these corporate entities and their massive profits…

Sound familiar?

It should, if you have been to the Phillon planet, virtual world of the MMORPG, Space Cowboy Online. This 3D Space Shooter allows players to pilot their own fighter ships, known as “Gears.” They have the option of upgrading their fighting skills as well as their gears. Unlike most MMO games, players have full control over their craft; there are four different kinds of ships available.

SCO combines features of First-Person Shooters with elements of Role Play. It’s free to download and play. It doesn’t appear to be a resource hog, either: recommended system requirements consist of a Pentium 4-1.7G,  512Mb RAM, 64MB hard drive space and an Nvidia GeForce4Ti accelerator VGA card, as well as a Headset.

The news today: Space Cowboy will open up a brand new server next Tuesday morning following regular weekly maintenance, called Trimus. All players will start on the new server at level 1, and there will not be any nation leaders on the new server until a brigade leader hits level 60. You can read a definition of the Leader System here. SCO is published by GPotato.

Space Cowboy will be opening up a brand new server, Trimus, on Tuesday morning after the regular weekly maintenance. All players will start on the new server at level 1, and there will not be any nation leaders on the new server until a brigade leader hits level 60, as defined in the Leader System.

Via Space Cowboy Website