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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.
 
  
==Recent Articles==
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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.
  
===The War of Shadows===
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==Recent Articles==
* [[BNN: From Rags to Riches]] - Janurary 9, 2009
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* [[BNN: The Yew Times - Issue 10|The Yew Times - Issue 10]] - November 27
* [[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: The Yew Times - Issue 9|The Yew Times - Issue 9]] - October 18
* [[BNN: Mistress of Darkness|Mistress of Darkness]] - October 31
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* [[BNN: The Awakening - Epilogue|The Awakening - Epilogue]] - October 16
* [[BNN: Dungeons and Flagons|Dungeons and Flagons]] - October 20
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* [[BNN: The Awakening - Act VIII, Part 2|The Awakening - Act VIII, Part 2]] - September 28
* [[BNN: Hope for the Future|Hope for the Future]] - July 11
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* [[BNN: The Yew Times - Issue 8|The Yew Times - Issue 8]] - September 21
* [[BNN: Valvakka|Valvakka]] - June 27
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* [[BNN: The Awakening - Act VIII|The Awakening - Act VIII]] - September 18
* [[BNN: A Short Time Ago|A Short Time Ago]] - June 25
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* [[BNN: The Awakening - Act VII, Part 2|The Awakening - Act VII, Part 2]] - August 20
* [[BNN: The Six|The Six]] - June 23
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* [[BNN: The Yew Times - Issue 7|The Yew Times - Issue 7]] - August 17
* [[BNN: Andrew|Andrew]] - May 29
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* [[BNN: The Awakening - Act VII|The Awakening - Act VII]] - August 9
* [[BNN: Military Arrives in Moonglow|Military Arrives in Moonglow]] - April 3
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* [[BNN: The Yew Times - Issue 6|The Yew Times - Issue 6]] - July 18
* [[BNN: Blackrock Detector Fails! Mages Reported Missing!|Blackrock Detector Fails! Mages Reported Missing!]] - April 2
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* [[BNN: The Awakening - Act VI, Part 2|The Awakening - Act VI, Part 2]] - July 12
* [[BNN: Blackrock Detector to be Unveiled!|Blackrock Detector to be Unveiled!]] - March 27
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* [[BNN: The Awakening - Act VI|The Awakening - Act VI]] - July 2
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* [[BNN: The Awakening - Act V, Part 2|The Awakening - Act V, Part 2]] - June 25
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* [[BNN: Treasure|Treasure]] by ''Alouenikah'' - '''Won First Place in Sudiva Fan Fiction Contest''' - June 15
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* [[BNN: Sudiva's Last Tear|Sudiva's Last Tear]] by ''Martyna Z'muir''  - '''Won Second Place in Sudiva Fan Fiction Contest''' - June 15
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* [[BNN: Sudiva Enshrined|Sudiva Enshrined]] by ''Jhym'' - '''Won Third Place in Sudiva Fan Fiction Contest''' - June 15
  
 
==Town Cryer==
 
==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 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 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.<br><br>
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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.
[[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==
 
==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 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.
 
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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==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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===2012===
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''See: [[List of BNN Articles (2012)]]''
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===2011===
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''See: [[List of BNN Articles (2011)]]''
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===2010===
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''See: [[List of BNN Articles (2010)]]''
  
 
===2009===
 
===2009===

Latest revision as of 14:50, 27 November 2012

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

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.

2012

See: List of BNN Articles (2012)

2011

See: List of BNN Articles (2011)

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