We are holding a contest to give players a chance to have their artwork shown in our bonus features section of our upcoming release of Retail Box.  This will allow them to show off their creativity and their love of GONG! Online.  This event will be running from Jan. 14th to Jan 28th 2009.  We hope to see many entries.  For more information on this contest, please visit this link.  Thank you all for playing GONG! Online and good luck with the contest!

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The community points have been revised. These changes come to GONG! to help users achive an increased amount of community points. Community points directly influence your GONG! World Cup ranking. The following is the new community point system.

1. What are community points?

The community points system was implemented as a way to reward players who are consistently active within the community.

Think of it as an out-of-game scoring system which is used to earn higher status and gain levels.

2. How do I earn community points?

3. How does earning points benefit me?

Earning points grants access to special contests and events, prizes (physical goods and/or in-game items), community badges, and bragging rights of course.

To help gauge how active you (and others) have been in the community, refer to the community levels² below:

Congratulations to the GONG community we are now 15,000 strong! Be sure to keep the invites going out!

With the release of patch .406 gongers will see changes with the club attribute cost. Sleepy Giant understood that the pricing for the club attribute upgrades was to expensive. So we have made these changes:
 

 
Once the leader of the club unlocks the corresponding attribute it will become unlocked for all users in the club to spend their player point. Player points are gained by playing with members in your club and either winning the match or drawing. Once you have chosen what area you would like to upgrade you must play as a club for the attributes to take effect in game.
Here is the cost for the club leaders to unlock the attributes for their team.

    

So make sure to keep on top of your club leaders because each club can make their club as unique as they please. Enjoy!
 

This week we rolled out with the new patch, which included a new map and the event server. Though the event server has been implemented, there are currently no events available at this time as we need to continue testing and getting the kinks out.

We will be conducting maintenance tomorrow and adding a new map for our users. The expected down time will be from 5pm PST to 6pm PST.

Arshavin has been looking to leave the UEFA Cup holders in search of a move to a major European league.

He impressed at Euro 2008 and was linked with Arsenal's North London rivals Tottenham, along with Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid, after the tournament.

However, in recent weeks speculation concerning a possible January move to Arsenal has increased after he was given permission to discuss his departure from Zenit.

Reports suggest Zenit are demanding a £20million fee for Arshavin, but the Gunners value the 27-year-old at considerably less.

Zenit, though, have told Sky Sports News that they are confident of agreeing a deal to sell the playmaker to Arsenal this month.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has been looking to reinforce his squad after losing captain Cesc Fabregas for several months due to a knee injury.

Wenger has previously been coy on any interest in Arshavin, but admitted over the weekend that he was aiming to sign a player of 'special class'.

He also confirmed that availability for the knockout phase of the Champions League would not be an issue, with Arshavin unable to feature against Roma after appearing in the group stage for Zenit.

The 31-year-old forward, famous for his flamboyant dribbling skills and once the most expensive player in the world, is out of contract with Palmeiras and having a trial with Bolton.

Denilson was on the Brazil lineup that won the World Cup final 2-0 against Germany in 2002 although he only went on as an 89th-minute substitute for two-goal Ronaldo. He also played in the 1998 final when Brazil lost 3-0 to France.

He then spent seven season playing in Spain for Real Betis, who bought him from Sao Paolo in 1998 for a record fee of $32 million, before returning to his homeland.