Stronghold Kingdoms

Stronghold Kingoms Alpha 3 is Open Now!

From:	Firefly Studios Add to Contacts
To:	lord_strong16@yahoo.com

Welcome to Stronghold Kingdoms!
The Stronghold Kingdoms Alpha is now live! The alpha allows us to test the performance of the game with thousands of real players and receive feedback from players to see what they like or don’t like and ultimately gauge how fun the game is to play.
Stronghold Kingdoms is different from previous Stronghold games as it is set in a persistent online world. When you switch off your computer your villagers continue farming their crops and making resources. Buildings take time to build and armies take time to reach their targets. You can dip in for 5 minutes and send off an attack or stay for an hour and tweak your whole economy, it’s completely up to you.
You will find that the game is already very playable and pretty stable but please bear in mind that as the game is still in development you will encounter programming bugs, the occasional crash, unfinished/missing graphics and a number of gameplay balancing issues but that’s why we need your help.
Enough talking, lets play! First thing you need to do is create a user at our registration site:
IMPORTANT: You must register using the email address that this email was sent to.
http://login.strongholdkingdoms.com
After you register on the site you will be sent an activation email. You can now click on the download button to download the Stronghold Kingdoms client.
IMPORTANT: Before you can play Stronghold Kingdoms you must activate your account. Click on the activation link in the activation email that has been sent to you to activate your account. If you have not received an activation email please check your Junk Mail folder.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7 (Windows Update recommended)
  
• Internet Explorer 7 or above (temporary requirement for the alpha test)
  
• 1024x768 Screen Resolution (temporary requirement for the alpha test)
  
• 512Mb RAM
  

IMPORTANT: We highly recommend you install and play the Stronghold Kingdoms Alpha using an account with administrator permissions.
Once the game is installed, run it, login and start playing! The game can be launched from the Start Menu on XP or from the Games folder on Vista/Windows 7.
The help systems in the game are still fairly limited so playing the game for the first time can be quite daunting. You can access a beginner’s guide at the login screen or through the in-game Help menu.
There is also a FAQ which contains lots of useful information and is a great reference for both new and veteran players.
Last but not least don’t forget the Stronghold Kingdoms players are a great community and it’s always worth asking questions if you are unsure of something.
As this is an alpha test your feedback is invaluable to us. In the next few days we will launch a forum where you can leave your thoughts and comments which can be accessed via the game or the web using your new username and password.
http://login.strongholdkingdoms.com/forum
Finally, as the game is still in the alpha stage we are asking everyone not to release screenshots or videos. We do however appreciate that people want to talk about Stronghold Kingdoms to their friends or on the web and we have no problems with that.
We really hope you enjoy the game and look forward to hearing your feedback.
The Firefly Team
http://www.strongholdkingdoms.com
http://www.facebook.com/strongholdkingdoms