<s>
StarPeace	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
open-ended	O
online	O
city-building	B-Application
computer	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
thousands	O
of	O
players	O
build	O
and	O
develop	O
a	O
large	O
inhabitable	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
in	O
many	O
ways	O
to	O
SimCity	B-Application
4	I-Application
,	O
one	O
major	O
difference	O
being	O
StarPeace	B-Protocol
is	O
fully	O
online	O
,	O
and	O
players	O
compete	O
against	O
each	O
other	O
to	O
build	O
industrial	O
,	O
residential	O
,	O
retail	O
markets	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
planet	O
,	O
making	O
sure	O
to	O
gain	O
a	O
steady	O
income	O
in	O
which	O
to	O
fund	O
their	O
future	O
expansion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
complex	O
economic	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
required	O
much	O
higher	O
server	O
power	O
per	O
user	O
than	O
MMORPGs	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monte	O
Cristo	O
's	O
investors	O
believed	O
in	O
the	O
potential	O
of	O
MMOs	B-Application
;	O
therefore	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
prepared	O
the	O
infrastructure	O
to	O
welcome	O
tens	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
changed	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
"	O
Legacy	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
"	O
,	O
and	O
re-released	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
free-to-download	O
subscription-based	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
in	O
April	O
2004	O
,	O
three	O
fans	O
approached	O
Oceanus	O
Communications	O
(	O
the	O
original	O
developer	O
and	O
owner	O
)	O
asking	O
for	O
permission	O
to	O
rerelease	O
StarPeace	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarPeace	B-Protocol
2	O
is	O
heavily	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
StarPeace	B-Protocol
game	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
major	O
difference	O
being	O
that	O
the	O
building	O
and	O
product	O
types	O
have	O
been	O
split	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
online	O
sources	O
reviewed	O
Starpeace	B-Protocol
favorably	O
but	O
also	O
indicated	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
complex	O
game	O
and	O
a	O
large	O
learning	O
curve	O
.	O
</s>
