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Following in the footsteps of several Second Life users, MMORPG enthusiasts Bello and Merca decided to tie the knot in front of more than 11,000 players of AdventureQuest Worlds. The wedding took place on December 29. All involved seemed to have a great time until the event was eventually crashed by a troll raiding party. We don’t know what’s more disturbing: the fact that people are getting married through video games or that the groom is a pre-school teacher. We’re sure there’s a lot of hands-on learning in his classroom!
Press Release: January 12, 2009 – Artix Entertainment’s MMORPG AdventureQuest Worlds was the setting for the December 29th wedding of longtime Artix gamers Bello and Merca which was broadcast live starting on www.aqworlds.com with over 11,000 gamers in attendance. The bride, who is a retailer, and the groom, who is a pre-school teacher, have been avid Artix gamers for three years. They live in southwestern Missouri and decided to share their union with fellow gamers worldwide. “We thought this was a unique opportunity to do something memorable,” said Bello. “We decided to go with AdventureQuest Worlds because we’ve been playing Artix games for years now and almost feel like we’ve been a part of Artix Entertainment’s maturation as a gaming company.” The wedding was held in a private room while the 11,000 players joined clones of that room which featured avatars of the wedding party and was updated in real time. This allowed all players to share in the same experience. The ceremony itself was tongue and cheek and was inevitably raided by Troll Wedding Crashers which camped out on the dance floor of the reception area. Wedding items were released including the Rose Thorn Blade, Wedding Cake Pet (a piece to go), Wedding Candle, The Eternal Flame and the Bouquet. AdventureQuest Worlds, which launched in mid-October, has captured the interest of 2.3 million players so far, and they are opening their free accounts at the rate of 250,000 per week. Artix, a small, Florida-based family-owned studio that offers three other RPG titles AdventureQuest, MechQuest, and DragonFable, has enjoyed a high success rate in the past five years with over 60 million accounts created for their games. |
