<s>
Omerta	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
browser-based	O
text	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
that	O
launched	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Omerta	B-Protocol
was	O
launched	O
publicly	O
on	O
26	O
September	O
2003	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
,	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
Omerta	B-Protocol
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
16-year	O
run	O
of	O
Omerta	B-Protocol
,	O
there	O
have	O
been	O
about	O
38	O
million	O
player	O
registrations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2008	O
,	O
Omerta	B-Protocol
moved	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
service	O
provider	O
with	O
20	O
servers	O
running	O
the	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2009	O
version	O
3.0	O
of	O
Omerta	B-Protocol
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Omerta	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
strategic	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role	I-Protocol
playing	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
where	O
players	O
undertake	O
criminal	O
activities	O
to	O
earn	O
money	O
and	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
important	O
feature	O
in	O
Omerta	B-Protocol
is	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
permanently	O
kill	O
the	O
families	O
(	O
and	O
the	O
accounts	O
)	O
of	O
other	O
players	O
,	O
which	O
not	O
only	O
enables	O
successful	O
players	O
to	O
earn	O
more	O
money	O
but	O
also	O
reduces	O
in-game	O
competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Team	O
play	O
and	O
cooperation	O
are	O
essential	O
,	O
and	O
during	O
Omerta'''s	O
lifespan	O
,	O
many	O
durable	O
alliances	O
have	O
come	O
into	O
existence	O
between	O
families	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
the	O
1930s	O
,	O
a	O
time	O
of	O
rampant	O
corruption	O
and	O
lawlessness	O
,	O
Omerta	B-Protocol
is	O
built	O
around	O
the	O
attainment	O
of	O
status	O
,	O
money	O
,	O
and	O
respect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business	O
model	O
Omerta	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
pioneer	O
of	O
free-to-play	O
games	O
;	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
carry	O
banners	O
or	O
other	O
advertisements	O
and	O
there	O
are	O
no	O
exclusively-paid	O
functions	O
which	O
would	O
give	O
paying-players	O
advantages	O
over	O
those	O
who	O
cannot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
launch	O
Omerta	B-Protocol
operated	O
a	O
'	O
click-limit	O
'	O
whereby	O
players	O
paying	O
can	O
view	O
more	O
pages	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
each	O
minute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
licensing	O
partnership	O
was	O
agreed	O
with	O
Germany-based	O
game	O
developer	O
Kalypso	O
Media	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
for	O
Kalypso	O
to	O
use	O
Omerta	B-Protocol
's	O
IP	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
game	O
features	O
a	O
link	O
to	O
Omerta	B-Protocol
(	O
the	O
web-game	O
)	O
on	O
its	O
index	O
page	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
games	O
's	O
promotional	O
web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
special	O
flier	O
from	O
Omerta	B-Protocol
was	O
carried	O
in	O
the	O
box-edition	O
of	O
Omerta	B-Protocol
,	O
City	O
of	O
Gangsters''	O
.	O
</s>
