San Diego declares day in honor of SOE

by Krystalle Voecks Mar 4th 2009 at 7:00PM

Filed under: Events, real-world, News items

This tidbit of news - while pretty cool - is something you really don't hear every day in terms of MMO companies. It seems that the City of San Diego is commemorating the 10th anniversary of the original EverQuest and the "continued support and dedication SOE shows to the city and community" by dedicating a whole day to Sony Online Entertainment. What's better is that you're all invited to join the celebration!

The dedication will be taking place on March 10th at 10 AM, and anyone interested in attending is advised to arrive early to get through security and snag a nice parking spot. John Smedley will be on hand to accept this very nifty award from San Diego City Councilmember Carl DeMaio. 10 years of being online is a hell of an achievement for any MMO. Now the burning question we want to know is if Councilman DeMaio ever had to corpse run too?

Tags: dc-universe-online, dcuo, everquest, everquest-10th-anniversary, everquest-2, everquest-ii, pirates-of-the-burning-sea, planetside, san-diego, soe, soe-day, sony-online-entertainment, the-agency, the-matrix-online, vanguard

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Punkrockdiva said on 7:26PM 3-04-2009

Poor San Diego, their city will now likely go into a major decline. We all know what happens to anything SOE is associates itself with.

Rollins said on 7:46PM 3-04-2009

In other news, SOE has declared that, in conjunction with city officials, a new set of New City Enhancements (NCE) will be set in place. Amongst these are the placement of video cameras on every street corner, a 7PM curfew enforceable by firing squads, and the closing of the city's public schools in favor of educational facilities not unlike those found in juvenile detention centers!

Sorry. I'm not bitter at all. :)

UltimateQ said on 2:08PM 3-05-2009

I enjoyed that :)

Pigeon-ko said on 8:49PM 3-04-2009

Whether you like EQ/SOE or not, 10 years online is quite the achievement for a MMORPG, lol.

Teknologist said on 9:27PM 3-04-2009

Yay for people's tax dollars going towards celebrating a game company, not to mention going towards unfairly advertising a private entity. What will they think up next?

Iokthemonkey said on 4:15AM 3-05-2009

Yay for people's tax dollars going towards celebrating a game company

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And just how much tax do you think SOE have paid over the years and how much have they put into the economy?

The games industry makes more money than Hollywood.

I live in a country that won't even give game developers a tax break, despite claiming "media and high tech providers" will be the ones to help us recover from the recession, so I welcome the forward-thinking of San Diego's officials in their recognition of a company that's actually doing well under the current conditions and is proud to be home of a successful technology company.

Mr Angry said on 11:01PM 3-04-2009

.....And I'm John Smedley. Go fuck yourself, San Diego

David said on 12:09AM 3-05-2009

Get over yourselves people. This is quite a feat. A city should do what it can to recognize great effort by its people. 10 years of effort. At least they care enough to do it.