<s>
Sissyfight	B-Application
2000	I-Application
(	O
stylised	O
as	O
SiSSYFiGHT	B-Application
2000	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
online	B-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Word	O
online	O
magazine	O
staff	O
,	O
including	O
executive	O
producer	O
Marisa	O
Bowe	O
,	O
producer	O
Naomi	O
Clark	O
,	O
lead	O
programmer	O
Ranjit	O
Bhatnagar	O
,	O
and	O
art	O
director	O
Yoshi	O
Sodeoka	O
,	O
with	O
game	O
designer	O
Eric	O
Zimmerman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
version	O
launched	O
in	O
2000	O
but	O
went	O
offline	O
in	O
early	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
successful	O
crowdfunding	O
campaign	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
early	O
2013	O
on	O
Kickstarter	O
by	O
some	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
development	O
team	O
,	O
who	O
announced	O
the	O
re-release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
open-source	B-Application
in	O
HTML5	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
inspired	O
in	O
part	O
by	O
Lucasfilm	O
's	O
pioneering	O
online	O
role-playing	O
game	O
,	O
Habitat	B-Application
,	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
ignite	O
community-building	O
through	O
chat	O
both	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
on	O
its	O
associate	O
message	B-Application
boards	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
departure	O
from	O
the	O
androcentric	O
norm	O
in	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
players	O
in	O
Sissyfight	B-Application
were	O
rendered	O
female	O
and	O
nonsexual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sissyfight	B-Application
is	O
often	O
cited	O
as	O
an	O
early	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
web-based	O
MMOG	B-Application
in	O
gaming	O
development	O
and	O
academic	O
circles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
each	O
game	O
session	O
only	O
contained	O
three	O
to	O
six	O
players	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
mechanics	O
of	O
"	O
brownie	O
points	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
robust	O
community	B-Architecture
surrounding	O
Sissyfight	B-Application
created	O
a	O
much	O
more	O
"	O
massive	O
"	O
experience	O
than	O
most	O
small-scale	O
web	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
often	O
,	O
two	O
players	O
resort	O
to	O
using	O
a	O
third-party	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
service	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
coordinate	O
their	O
moves	O
outside	O
of	O
the	O
in-game	O
chat	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
players	O
developed	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
methods	O
,	O
including	O
running	O
multiple	O
sessions	B-Protocol
of	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
creating	O
secondary	O
or	O
unregistered	O
accounts	O
(	O
"	O
sock	O
puppets	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
socks	O
"	O
)	O
to	O
tilt	O
a	O
game	O
's	O
outcome	O
in	O
their	O
favor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Honor	O
Code	O
,	O
Sissyfight	B-Application
's	O
terms	O
of	O
service	O
,	O
strictly	O
forbids	O
these	O
behaviors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
2014	O
revival	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
multisessioning	O
has	O
become	O
more	O
difficult	O
;	O
guest	O
accounts	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
allowed	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
can	O
now	O
detect	O
multiple	O
sessions	B-Protocol
within	O
the	O
same	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sissyfight	B-Application
was	O
a	O
surprise	O
hit	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Sissyfight	B-Application
suffered	O
from	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
promotion	O
and	O
development	O
after	O
Zapata	O
Corporation	O
,	O
its	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
closed	O
down	O
Word	O
late	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nonetheless	O
,	O
the	O
community	B-Architecture
proved	O
strong	O
enough	O
to	O
sustain	O
itself	O
,	O
with	O
unpaid	O
administrator	O
RamonaQ	O
and	O
a	O
handful	O
of	O
volunteer	O
moderators	O
managing	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
message	B-Application
boards	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gamelab	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
development	O
company	O
founded	O
by	O
Zimmerman	O
with	O
other	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Sissyfight	B-Application
team	O
on	O
staff	O
including	O
programmer	O
Ranjit	O
Bhatnagar	O
and	O
designer	O
Naomi	O
Clark	O
,	O
maintained	O
and	O
ran	O
the	O
Sissyfight	B-Application
servers	O
through	O
April	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Sissyfight	B-Application
was	O
consistently	O
named	O
a	O
top	O
internet	B-Application
game	I-Application
by	O
online	O
magazines	O
and	O
continued	O
to	O
remain	O
popular	O
among	O
its	O
regular	O
players	O
,	O
even	O
after	O
the	O
site	O
became	O
unavailable	O
late	O
April	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
24	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Sissyfight	B-Application
became	O
unavailable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
28	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
long-time	O
volunteer	O
administrator	O
RamonaQ	O
announced	O
on	O
an	O
unofficial	O
message	B-Application
board	I-Application
that	O
the	O
site	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
returning	O
anytime	O
soon	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
being	O
hosted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
30	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Zimmerman	O
,	O
Clark	O
,	O
and	O
Bhatnagar	O
announced	O
a	O
crowdfunding	O
campaign	O
on	O
Kickstarter	O
to	O
revive	O
Sissyfight	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
plans	O
include	O
re-coding	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
HTML5	B-Application
to	O
work	O
in	O
modern	O
web	O
browsers	O
and	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
releasing	O
the	O
code	O
as	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
adding	O
new	O
art	O
,	O
and	O
provisioning	O
servers	O
utilizing	O
modern	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
28	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
Sissyfight	B-Application
Kickstarter	O
reached	O
its	O
$	O
20,000	O
goal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
developers	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
providing	O
any	O
official	O
message	B-Application
boards	I-Application
,	O
choosing	O
to	O
leave	O
that	O
in	O
the	O
hands	O
of	O
the	O
community	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
8	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
volunteers	O
launched	O
The	O
SiSSYFiGHT	B-Application
2000	I-Application
Message	B-Application
Boards	I-Application
with	O
the	O
aim	O
to	O
reunite	O
the	O
community	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
9	O
,	O
2018	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
MIT	B-License
license	I-License
and	O
the	O
assets	O
under	O
the	O
CC	O
BY	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
license	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
