<s>
The	B-Application
All-Seeing	I-Application
Eye	I-Application
,	O
known	O
to	O
its	O
community	O
of	O
users	O
as	O
ASE	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
game	B-Application
server	I-Application
browser	O
designed	O
by	O
Finnish	O
company	O
UDP	O
Soft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
helped	O
online	O
gamers	O
find	O
game	B-Application
servers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ASE	O
took	O
two	O
years	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
was	O
introduced	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
on	O
June	O
15	O
,	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
purchase	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
was	O
a	O
defensive	O
move	O
against	O
acquisition	O
activity	O
by	O
CNet	O
and	O
others	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
desire	O
on	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
While	O
some	O
mistakenly	O
assumed	O
the	O
acquisition	O
was	O
in	O
some	O
way	O
a	O
move	O
against	O
Xfire	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
reality	O
is	O
that	O
Ultimate	O
Arena	O
had	O
only	O
rebranded	O
themselves	O
as	O
XFire	B-Protocol
a	O
couple	O
of	O
months	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
ASE	O
acquisition	O
,	O
and	O
announced	O
an	O
impending	O
launch	O
of	O
their	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
,	O
instant-messaging-based	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
XFire	B-Protocol
at	O
its	O
launch	O
,	O
differed	O
greatly	O
from	O
first-generation	O
server	O
browsing	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
GameSpy	O
3D	O
(	O
Arcade	O
is	O
second-generation	O
)	O
and	O
All-Seeing	O
Eye	O
and	O
even	O
Roger	O
Wilco	O
"	O
TF	O
Soldiers	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Months	O
later	O
,	O
XFire	B-Protocol
was	O
the	O
target	O
of	O
a	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
lawsuit	O
over	O
an	O
alleged	O
patent	O
infringement	O
,	O
partly	O
because	O
Xfire	B-Protocol
's	O
two	O
primary	O
developers	O
were	O
previously	O
engineers	O
on	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Games	O
team	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
had	O
authored	O
a	O
patent	O
(	O
granted	O
to	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
)	O
</s>
<s>
ASE	O
's	O
continued	O
development	O
was	O
limited	O
after	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
many	O
game	O
enthusiasts	O
have	O
since	O
actively	O
boycotted	O
Yahoo	B-Application
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
and	O
April	O
2008	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
now	O
redirects	O
users	O
seeking	O
ASE	O
to	O
GameSpy	B-Protocol
Arcade	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
shut	O
down	O
also	O
.	O
</s>
