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The '''Britannia News Network''' (abbreviated '''BNN''') is the official news network of [[Ultima Online]]. It appears on the official website and documents various in-game events and supporting fiction. Articles are written by various development team members, sometimes written under their own developer handles, but usually written under various pseudonyms meant to be fictional, in-game characters.
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The '''Britannia News Network''' (abbreviated: '''BNN''') is the official news network of [[Ultima Online]]. It appears on the official website and documents various in-game events and supporting fiction. Articles are written by various development team members, sometimes written under their own developer handles, but usually written under various pseudonyms meant to be fictional, in-game characters.
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==Recent Articles==
 
==Recent Articles==
  
===The War of Shadows===
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===In the Shadow of Virtue===
2009
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* [[BNN: Lost and Found - Part 3|Lost and Found - Part 3]] - April 30, 2010
* [[BNN: Salvation|Salvation]] - March 27
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* [[BNN: Lost and Found - Part 2|Lost and Found - Part 2]] - April 13, 2010
* [[BNN: Conversations|Conversations]] - March 27
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* [[BNN: Lost and Found - Part 1|Lost and Found - Part 1]] - February 26, 2010
* [[BNN: Platinum Dragons|Platinum Dragons]] - March 25
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* [[BNN: Crimson Dragon|Crimson Dragon]] - March 23
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* [[BNN: Tales of Ice and Fire|Tales of Ice and Fire]] - March 20
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* [[BNN: Clainin Awake|Clainin Awake]] - March 13
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* [[BNN: Royal Decree|Royal Decree]] - Janurary 12
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* [[BNN: From Rags to Riches|From Rags to Riches]] - January 9
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2008
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===Other===
* [[BNN: I'd Like a Drink If You Don't Mind|I'd Like a Drink If You Don't Mind]] - November 5
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* [[BNN: Good Outposts Make Good Neighbors|Good Outposts Make Good Neighbors]] - April 2, 2010
* [[BNN: Mistress of Darkness|Mistress of Darkness]] - October 31
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* [[BNN: Hyde and Seek|Hyde and Seek]] - October 23, 2009
* [[BNN: Dungeons and Flagons|Dungeons and Flagons]] - October 20
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* [[BNN: First Contact|First Contact]] - October 20, 2009
* [[BNN: Hope for the Future|Hope for the Future]] - July 11
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* [[BNN: Long Live the Queen|Long Live the Queen]] - September 8, 2009
* [[BNN: Valvakka|Valvakka]] - June 27
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* [[BNN: Mondain's Legacy|Mondain's Legacy]] - September 4, 2009
* [[BNN: A Short Time Ago|A Short Time Ago]] - June 25
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* [[BNN: The Bell of Courage|The Bell of Courage]] - September 3, 2009
* [[BNN: The Six|The Six]] - June 23
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* [[BNN: The Nature of Shadows|The Nature of Shadows]] - August 20, 2009
* [[BNN: Andrew|Andrew]] - May 29
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* [[BNN: Peering Into the Past|Peering Into the Past]] - August 12, 2009
* [[BNN: Military Arrives in Moonglow|Military Arrives in Moonglow]] - April 3
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* [[BNN: Dawn of Hope|Dawn of Hope]] - August 4, 2009
* [[BNN: Blackrock Detector Fails! Mages Reported Missing!|Blackrock Detector Fails! Mages Reported Missing!]] - April 2
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* [[BNN: Aiding the Empire of Tokuno|Aiding the Empire of Tokuno]] - June 23, 2009
* [[BNN: Blackrock Detector to be Unveiled!|Blackrock Detector to be Unveiled!]] - March 27
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* [[BNN: Distracting Decisions|Distracting Decisions]] - June 17, 2009
  
 
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The word "Cryer" in Town Cryer was intentionally misspelled. As Middle English, the dominant language of the basic area and time period of which [[Ultima Online]] was originally modelled after, featured a wide variety of words making use of the letter Y that are now spelled with the letter I or E instead, such as "hym" (him), "tyme" (time), and "womynn" (women), it was thought that spelling "Crier" with a Y would evoke a feeling of medieval times.
 
The word "Cryer" in Town Cryer was intentionally misspelled. As Middle English, the dominant language of the basic area and time period of which [[Ultima Online]] was originally modelled after, featured a wide variety of words making use of the letter Y that are now spelled with the letter I or E instead, such as "hym" (him), "tyme" (time), and "womynn" (women), it was thought that spelling "Crier" with a Y would evoke a feeling of medieval times.
  
[[Image:Town_cryer_1999.jpg|frame|center|'''Vintage Town Crier banner, circa 1999.''']]
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[[File:Town_cryer_1999.jpg|frame|left|'''Vintage Town Crier banner, circa 1999.''']]
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==Transition==
 
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The Town Cryer's transition to the Britannia News Network was meant to signal a larger-scale effort to provide in-game fiction that would require more than just a simple newspaper format to cover. Articles were written as on-the-spot reports, character histories, backstories for upcoming events, and calls to arms.
 
The Town Cryer's transition to the Britannia News Network was meant to signal a larger-scale effort to provide in-game fiction that would require more than just a simple newspaper format to cover. Articles were written as on-the-spot reports, character histories, backstories for upcoming events, and calls to arms.
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[[File:Bnn_masthead.gif|frame|left|'''New BNN banner.''']]
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==BNN Audio News==
 
==BNN Audio News==
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==List of BNN Articles==
 
==List of BNN Articles==
 
This is a list of pages, by year, containing lists of all of the currently known Britannia News Network articles in reverse chronological order.
 
This is a list of pages, by year, containing lists of all of the currently known Britannia News Network articles in reverse chronological order.
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===2010===
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''See: [[List of BNN Articles (2010)]]''
  
 
===2009===
 
===2009===

Revision as of 11:27, 9 June 2010

The Britannia News Network (abbreviated BNN) is the official news network of Ultima Online. It appears on the official website and documents various in-game events and supporting fiction. Articles are written by various development team members, sometimes written under their own developer handles, but usually written under various pseudonyms meant to be fictional, in-game characters.

Recent Articles

In the Shadow of Virtue

Other

Town Cryer

The original name of the BNN was the Town Cryer. The Town Cryer was started as a sort of "newspaper" of in-game events during the original alpha and beta stages of Ultima Online as a way to get potential players more involved in the future of the game. Development team members as well as various leading volunteer testers contributed stories about various in-game events from a roleplaying point of view, when in reality most of the events being written about were merely staged to stress test critical game systems.

The word "Cryer" in Town Cryer was intentionally misspelled. As Middle English, the dominant language of the basic area and time period of which Ultima Online was originally modelled after, featured a wide variety of words making use of the letter Y that are now spelled with the letter I or E instead, such as "hym" (him), "tyme" (time), and "womynn" (women), it was thought that spelling "Crier" with a Y would evoke a feeling of medieval times.

Vintage Town Crier banner, circa 1999.

Transition

The Town Cryer was renamed sometime after the move from OWO.com to UO.com. Focus shifted from merely featuring newspaper-style write-ups of in-game events, to providing backstory and local histories, as well as corollary tales for the purposes of further immersion.

The Town Cryer's transition to the Britannia News Network was meant to signal a larger-scale effort to provide in-game fiction that would require more than just a simple newspaper format to cover. Articles were written as on-the-spot reports, character histories, backstories for upcoming events, and calls to arms.

New BNN banner.

BNN Audio News

See: List of BNN Audio News Broadcasts

Leading up to the announcement and release of Ultima Online: Renaissance, the BNN began a daily, and eventually weekly, audio broadcast. These broadcasts featured live reports on location, interviews with prominent in-game characters, and amusing in-game advertisements. BNN Audio News was meant to simulate the news being broadcast through communication crystals in homes throughout Britannia, with these same crystals being used as the "microphones" of the reporters.

List of BNN Articles

This is a list of pages, by year, containing lists of all of the currently known Britannia News Network articles in reverse chronological order.

2010

See: List of BNN Articles (2010)

2009

See: List of BNN Articles (2009)

2008

See: List of BNN Articles (2008)

2007

See: List of BNN Articles (2007)

2006

See: List of BNN Articles (2006)

2005

See: List of BNN Articles (2005)

2004

See: List of BNN Articles (2004)

2003

See: List of BNN Articles (2003)

2002

See: List of BNN Articles (2002)

2001

See: List of BNN Articles (2001)

2000

See: List of BNN Articles (2000)

1999

See: List of BNN Articles (1999)

1998

See: List of BNN Articles (1998)

1997

See: List of BNN Articles (1997)

See Also