<s>
Star	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
Combine	I-Protocol
(	O
SWC	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
massively	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
online	I-Application
browser	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
,	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
universe	O
as	O
a	O
persistent	B-Protocol
world	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
1998	O
as	O
a	O
sort	O
of	O
continuation	O
of	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
existed	O
between	O
the	O
mid-90s	O
and	O
summer	O
1998	O
known	O
as	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
Simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
Combine	I-Protocol
was	O
ranked	O
88th	O
in	O
the	O
Top	O
100	O
games	O
of	O
All-Time	O
by	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
in	O
its	O
March	O
2012	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphic	O
interface	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
means	O
to	O
facilitate	O
the	O
meeting	O
of	O
the	O
international	O
community	O
on	O
the	O
forums	O
and	O
IRC	B-Protocol
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
François	O
Deliège	O
:	O
"	O
SWC	O
is	O
not	O
only	O
a	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
,	O
it	O
also	O
offers	O
the	O
best	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
universe	O
simulation	O
fans	O
may	O
ever	O
dream	O
of.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
Combine	I-Protocol
has	O
its	O
own	O
various	O
game	O
mechanisms	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
physics	O
,	O
economy	O
,	O
politics	O
and	O
engineering	O
in	O
the	O
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
those	O
mechanisms	O
are	O
defined	O
by	O
game	O
rules	O
that	O
are	O
debated	O
between	O
players	O
,	O
written	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
administrator	O
and	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
whole	O
Star	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
Combine	I-Protocol
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moving	O
from	O
a	O
standalone	O
program	O
with	O
web-based	B-Application
community	O
space	O
to	O
a	O
full	O
browser-based	B-Application
online	O
game	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
there	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
difficulty	O
due	O
to	O
inexperience	O
with	O
other	O
coding	O
languages	O
,	O
lack	O
of	O
funds	O
or	O
any	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reportedly	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
MMORPGs	B-Protocol
which	O
implemented	O
a	O
web	O
service	O
solution	O
to	O
its	O
architecture	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
Combine	I-Protocol
has	O
also	O
been	O
cited	O
in	O
two	O
papers	O
from	O
the	O
International	O
Game	O
Developers	O
Association	O
for	O
its	O
programming	O
choices	O
and	O
security	O
measures	O
.	O
</s>
