granting no benefits to sponsors, such as obtaining higher attack values. Variants In addition to the traditional game, there is an RPG World (often abbreviated to RP) with special rules. Moderators enforce special rules, involving things like names that could disrupt the role-playing experience or speaking only in-character without reference to real life. The moderators or "guards" of this world provide people with unique quests to ensure that the well-known pen-and-paper RPG-style quests must be solved by the players. This is different from tasks in other worlds in terms of duration, content, and rewards. The RPG world is unlike the standard version of the game. Additionally, there is a world for Freewar called Action Freewar (commonly shortened to AF). This world is reset every five months. It is different from the normal Freewar world in that it has a higher respawn rate of NPCs. Also, more money is accumulated from killing these enemies. Name The name Freewar is derived from the domain freewar.de, which Sotrax had originally registered in 2003 as an attempt to intercept requests from people on the Internet for Freeware-programs. However, he made a typo when registering the domain. Later, he noticed that the name fit well with an unnamed game he recently programmed. Sotrax ran the Alpha version of the game under the domain freewar.de. This name became permanent, and Sotrax kept Freewar as the name for the game. This name has been a trademark at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office since 2006. Freewar meeting To promote social contact between the Freewar community outside the virtual world as well as to organize dedicated players, Freewar meetings have taken place for several years. Meetings are usually held in Germany twice a year. Locations vary and popularity is increasing. Several dozen regular players from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland travel to these meetings. References External links Freewar.com Freewar.de 2003 video games Browser games Massively multiplayer online role-playing games Fantasy games Online games Video games developed in Germany