<s>
Turf	B-Protocol
Battles	I-Protocol
,	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
TB	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role-playing	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
(	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
IMAZIC	O
's	O
first	O
released	O
game	O
first	O
introduced	O
in	O
2002	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turf	B-Protocol
Battles	I-Protocol
takes	O
place	O
within	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Fomalhaut	O
,	O
years	O
after	O
a	O
major	O
war	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aeria	O
Games	O
and	O
Entertainment	O
announced	O
Turf	B-Protocol
Battles	I-Protocol
on	O
December	O
9	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
three	O
Closed	O
Betas	O
,	O
Turf	B-Protocol
Battles	I-Protocol
has	O
gone	O
into	O
a	O
final	O
Beta	O
Stress	O
Test	O
,	O
which	O
moved	O
into	O
an	O
Open	O
Beta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
18	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Aeria	O
Games	O
closed	O
down	O
the	O
Turf	B-Protocol
Battles	I-Protocol
servers	O
citing	O
"	O
over	O
a	O
year	O
of	O
continued	O
issues	O
(	O
old	O
and	O
new	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Aeria	O
Games	O
)	O
have	O
been	O
working	O
with	O
the	O
developer	O
through	O
these	O
difficulties	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
efforts	O
of	O
both	O
teams	O
have	O
not	O
been	O
able	O
to	O
completely	O
eradicate	O
the	O
problems	O
facing	O
Turf	B-Protocol
Battles	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
around	O
2014	O
,	O
Eonic	O
Games	O
,	O
"	O
a	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
development	O
company	O
whose	O
aim	O
is	O
to	O
revive	O
the	O
Turf	B-Protocol
Battles	I-Protocol
MMORPG	B-Protocol
"	O
,	O
re-re-released	O
the	O
title	O
as	O
a	O
complete	O
rebuild	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
HyperEngine	O
LLC	O
system	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Island	O
PK	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
other	O
MMORPGs	B-Protocol
,	O
players	O
control	O
a	O
character	O
avatar	B-Application
within	O
a	O
game	O
world	O
,	O
exploring	O
the	O
landscape	O
,	O
fighting	O
monsters	O
,	O
completing	O
quests	O
and	O
interacting	O
with	O
NPCs	O
or	O
other	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
common	O
with	O
many	O
other	O
MMORPGs	B-Protocol
,	O
Turf	B-Protocol
Battles	I-Protocol
does	O
not	O
require	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
pay	O
for	O
a	O
subscription	O
,	O
but	O
in-game	O
items	O
can	O
be	O
purchased	O
with	O
real-world	O
money	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
enter	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
select	O
a	O
realm	O
(	O
or	O
server	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
a	O
server	B-Application
,	O
a	O
player	O
may	O
create	O
characters	O
belonging	O
to	O
either	O
of	O
two	O
races	O
:	O
Human	O
or	O
Nephilim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
server	B-Application
has	O
several	O
channels	O
,	O
which	O
players	O
can	O
change	O
between	O
freely	O
during	O
gameplay	O
,	O
and	O
either	O
select	O
one	O
of	O
their	O
previously	O
made	O
characters	O
,	O
or	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
Turf	B-Protocol
Battles	I-Protocol
play	O
involves	O
questing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Turf	B-Protocol
Battles	I-Protocol
,	O
when	O
a	O
character	O
dies	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
resurrected	O
in	O
the	O
nearest	O
Safe	O
Zone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turf	B-Protocol
Battles	I-Protocol
contains	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
mechanisms	O
for	O
Player	O
versus	O
player	O
(	O
PvP	O
)	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
server	B-Application
allows	O
player	O
versus	O
player	O
combat	O
almost	O
anywhere	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turf	B-Protocol
Battles	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
Massively	B-Protocol
Multi-Player	I-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
Role	I-Protocol
Playing	I-Protocol
Game	I-Protocol
(	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
harder	O
challenges	O
in	O
Turf	B-Protocol
Battles	I-Protocol
require	O
players	O
to	O
group	O
together	O
to	O
complete	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turf	B-Protocol
Battles	I-Protocol
was	O
first	O
announced	O
by	O
HyperEngines	O
LLC	O
in	O
October	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IMAZIC	O
distributes	O
Turf	B-Protocol
Battles	I-Protocol
in	O
the	O
following	O
countries	O
:	O
Japan	O
,	O
Korea	O
,	O
Taiwan	O
,	O
China	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sephiroth	O
is	O
the	O
base	O
version	O
of	O
Turf	B-Protocol
Battles	I-Protocol
,	O
written	O
in	O
Korean	O
,	O
and	O
allowing	O
those	O
with	O
only	O
Korean	O
Social	O
Security	O
Numbers	O
to	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
playing	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
conversing	O
in	O
discussion	O
topics	O
,	O
Turf	B-Protocol
Battles	I-Protocol
players	O
often	O
participate	O
in	O
the	O
virtual	B-Architecture
community	I-Architecture
in	O
creative	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
