A Letter from the Captain
Merry solstice, mates!
As the year draws to a close I thought I would give a little roundup of Three Rings' achievements this year and a hint at our plans for the next.
The Ringers
- Three Rings grew from 12 in the office to 25, we are now 30 full time staff and 15 part time. New arrivals at the office include Kate, artist, Nathan, software engineer, Brittney, artist, and Robin, software engineer. New Oceanmasters include Hephaestus and Aphrodite and our German lead, Endymion.
- The Ringers moved offices again, and began construction of the Nautilus in our back room.
- The Captain got a new visa, which means that the ladies of San Francisco are stuck with 'im for at another five more years! Muhahah.
The Games
- We did a bunch of good stuff on Puzzle Pirates, including Pets, Trophies, Rumble and more.
- We launched Bang! Howdy for hot cowboy on cowboy action
- Behind the scenes, we've developed our not-so-top-secret next project, MetaSoy, from a mere idea into something approaching playability. We're excited to show you in the New Year, though quite when in 2007 remains to be determined!
- We rolled out Opal and started down the road of internationalizing our games under our own banner
Dollars and Doubloons
- We doubled revenues (again) to ~$3M from ~$1.5M in 2005. Three Rings was profitable earlier this year, but we are investing for the future and so now we're losing a bit of money each month. Fortunately;
- To fund our glorious expansion we raised some investment money. The amount was a bit over one million dollars, which is not that much in the venture capital scheme of things, but comes in very handy for our modest needs.
Onward into 2007
Our wish list for the New Year is brief and to the point;
- We want to keep growing Puzzle Pirates, adding new features, new players, and new languages. We'll start by finishing off the present Slate o' planned features and then see what sounds best to you and us.
- We'll be building up Bang! Howdy's audience and distribution, plus adding new towns like Boom Town and features like Gangs
- We'd like to launch MetaSoy -- hopefully with a new, exciting and non-Tofu-oriented name. Suggestions encouraged!
- We'll continue to hire more mates, especially Engineers, but we're not in a hurry out of the gate. Three Rings has reached a great size and we're able to do a lot of things with our present crew.
- Most importantly, we'll keep having fun and keep keeping ya'll entertained
Closing Words
I'd like to once more thank you, our players, for your continued patronage. At Three Rings we endeavour to do only one thing; to create fun. Your endorsement of that fun by playing our games, and occasionally paying us for them, lends our lives purpose and allows us to continue to make new and exciting things, for Pirates, Cowboys and the many peculiar things that might come after them.
yours,
Captain Cleaver, aka Daniel James, CEO, Three Rings
Posted by Capn Cleaver in Announcements | Dec 21, 2006 | 60 Comments | permalink
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Posted by Valien
Can't wait to see what 07 brings!
~V
December 22, 2006 at 06:49 PM PST | permalink
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December 23, 2006 at 10:19 AM PST | permalink
Posted by Frontal
im frontal and i cant speak very good esglish.
look, i cant have a photo in mi pirate info.
What i need do for have a that photo.
In my lost acount the name is calage but i dont play because no are good, i dont now way i have a photo but now, in that acount"frontal" i cant have, what i need do.
Please answer me that question.
Thanks and bye bye.
December 23, 2006 at 01:07 PM PST | permalink
Posted by Ravyn
congrats on such wonderful achievements this year - yer all doing a wonderful job!
Nice to see someone wishing Solstice blessings too instead of the Merry Christmas stuff.
Merry part and yo ho ho!
Ravyn
December 23, 2006 at 02:21 PM PST | permalink
Posted by Emiry
Happy Holidays you guys.
December 23, 2006 at 05:33 PM PST | permalink
Posted by Alicealoun
every time there is a new feature, the server is either too busy, or I have to wait a long time for things to load as it lags, or I can't go to any room, or even can't log in again. Sorry to complain, but can you answer this question.
`How are you going to fix this "lag" or maybe you can make a choice of islands when you log on... Good idea? or not.' Please reply on this.
December 23, 2006 at 07:37 PM PST | permalink
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LOVEEE you guys lots. x
December 23, 2006 at 09:06 PM PST | permalink
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macht weiter so das spiel ist spitze :
GRUSELMAX
December 24, 2006 at 01:08 AM PST | permalink
Posted by Liviola
What a year. It's been like watching a baby kraken grow. But less frightening.
Yay for the new lady artists! They're incredible!
I'm looking forward to another year of awesome Ringerage.
A big thank you from a loyal pirate.
December 24, 2006 at 04:37 AM PST | permalink
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Posted by Allice
yer doing an awesome job! i never thought i would sit in front of me comp in tears of laughter this much.
Keep up yer good work mates
Allice, Captain of Fanfarrons, Sage
December 24, 2006 at 12:43 PM PST | permalink
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Posted by Jerze
Congratulations on a great year and all your upgrades. I was just thinking after the snowmen arrived, what a wonderful job you do in keeping us amused. It's all the little details that keep me pirating. That and the forum fun and the largely self-moderating wonderful community.
Congratulations mateys
Happy 2007 to ye all
/e raises foaming tankard
December 25, 2006 at 10:13 PM PST | permalink
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have a happy new year and a happy christmas
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citizen ones. Teetah
December 27, 2006 at 05:50 AM PST | permalink
Posted by lwllw
Anyway,Merry Christmas to everyone on the world and Puzzle Pirates!yarr!
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Posted by Angell
So untill then thankyou for creating this game and making it possible for some enjoyment in life.
December 28, 2006 at 12:36 PM PST | permalink
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And A Happy NewYear!!!!!!
December 29, 2006 at 06:22 AM PST | permalink
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of puzzle pirates,great going captain 'n crew i can't wait till the features in 07 come
cheers
Divesh
December 31, 2006 at 07:29 PM PST | permalink
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