This page needs improvement. Please improve this article to make the wiki a better place! Reason: Entire Article is a mess. This article was a previous featured article! You can vote for other articles here.term refers to either the area the game is played in or the game itself. LEGO Universe (commonly abbreviated "LU") was a Massively Multiplayer Online Game created by The LEGO Group and NetDevil, a Denver, Colorado based gaming company. LEGO Universe was launched on October 26th, 2010 and closed on January 30, 2012. LEGO conceived the idea of LEGO Universe as early as 2003, and contracted NetDevil in May 2006 to create it. [1] Several mascots for LEGO Universe were created on My LEGO Network. Professor Brickkeeper is the lead mascot, and was introduced to give MLN users the ability to display their creations from the Creation Lab on their pages, as well as to raise awareness of LEGO Universe. LEGO Universe is a cooperative game played with others to accomplish in-game tasks rather than PvP (player versus player) gameplay, with the exception of racing.
It had creative Loading Screens, serving as advertisements for future features. One of the main gameplay features is Quick Building, which allows a user to build a pre-determined item at high speed. This can be used to create items such as turrets, elevators, vehicles and other useful objects. Some enemies such as the Stromling Mech drop quickbuilds that can be built into other helpful objects, such as turrets. Players can claim their own Property, on which they can use bricks collected from battles and shops to build Models. All properties must be approved by a Mythran before becoming available to the public. Properties started out as small planet chunks, such as Block Yard, but later LEGO released a few larger ones, namely Avant Grove and Nimbus Isle. Players could use behaviors to animate models within their property, using a block-programming system similar to the one used with the Mindstorms robotic models. A user can have a model do certain things upon nearing them, saying a keyword, as well as many other possibilities.
The user can then adjust the numerical value of each property of the programming to create a truly unique animation. This is a very flexible and understandable way of programming bricks unlike games such as ROBLOX, which require scripting to accomplish the same tasks. on May 14th 2010 and ended October 8th 2010. Those who Pre-Ordered from LEGO got a with in-game codes that unlocked a related item pack and a 1-month subscription to the game. Those who pre-ordered also earned early access to the game, on October 8, 2010 (originally October 12). The DVD was originally $39.99 USD (£29.99), which was soon changed to $19.99 USD, and finally to $9.99 USD. Some LEGO VIP members received LEGO Universe for free with the LEGO catalog in early 2011. LEGO Universe used basic keyboard controls. LEGO Universe consists of many different worlds which were once part of the Planet Crux. After the Imagination Nexus was corrupted into the Maelstrom, Doc Overbuild plugged the hole with wreckage from the Venture Koi.
The resulting pressure caused Crux to explode into thousands of smaller planet chunks. The only means of transport across the world's chunks is via Rockets. There are seven main worlds; The Venture Explorer, Avant Gardens, Nimbus Station, Pet Cove, Gnarled Forest, Forbidden Valley, Nexus Tower, Crux Prime, and the Ninjago Monastery. There is also one seasonal world, Frostburgh, a world for LEGO Club members (Club Station Alpha) and five LEGO Universe Partners worlds; Moonbase, DeepFreeze, Portabello, Robot City and their hub world Starbase 3001. The suspicion that all the developers of LEGO Universe had been laid off, therefore giving way to the belief that no more updates to LEGO Universe would happen, was confirmed by PrimeFigulus on the LEGO Universe Closing Section of the LEGO Message Boards. While he did not mention that the developers had indeed been laid off, his answer to the following question confirmed what many believed: "Will there be any more releases? No, the game will remain in the same state until the servers close on Jan 31st, 2012"
LEGO Universe ended on January 30, 2012. It had not gotten enough players to subscribe and closed its doors for good.[4] Many fans were very disappointed, and countless protests and petitions were started to revive LEGO Universe, but it was officially stated that LEGO Universe will not reopen. PrimeFigulus, in the LEGO Universe Closing section of the LMBs, has revealed the fate of the LEGO Universe Message Boards after the closure of LEGO Universe:[6] "Will the LU messageboards stay open? Yes, for the time being. If something changes we will let you know." PrimeFigulus also stated the fate of the Creation Lab in the same post: "Will the LU creation lab remain open? Yes, the creation lab will remain open." The LEGO Universe forum became a subforum of Classics on July 1st, 2012. We need your help to save LEGO Universe! Please sign the petition and spread the word to anyone you know who might be interested.LEGO Universe is a highly popular massively multiplayer online game with significant educational potential.
Through this cooperative experience, players learn teamwork, goal-orientation, creativity, and how to be a civil citizen of the digital world.The LEGO Group recently announced that they will be shutting down LEGO Universe due to a lack of user adoption in the paid subscription version of the game, robbing players of this educational experience, many children of the investment of their own money into the game, and numerous LEGO employees of their jobs.Please refer to the links below for further information:The adventure is coming to an end...LEGO's announcement of the closing of LEGO Universe.Press ReleaseGame Closing FAQLEGO Message BoardsLEGO Universe Facebook PageLEGO Universe on Twitter Comments () Signatures (12,315) Moderators (usually referred to as mods) play a very important part of the LEGO Message Boards. A moderator's job is to approve or reject all the posts and topics. They also respond to reports at the reporting center located in the Reported Category Forum, and edit posts if need be.
One of the most well known moderators, miakittymoon, is especially known for actively taking part in the LEGO Message Board discussions, and helping to solve arguments. The moderation team also spends a lot of time answering questions in the Talk to the Mods topic. There is a common joke that mods use "Ban Hammers" to ban people, which is why a Ban Hammer emote was created in the 2012 update. Some mods, such as miakittymoon, even go as far as calling them "Pink fluffy ban hammers". A moderator gets his/her own special rank, Official, and cannot gain any others, unless they quit or are fired. Only two of the current mods are male. The moderators have their own private forum that users can't access, and have many added features that allow them to moderate efficiently. It has been revealed by the mods that knowing two languages, specifically English and German, is a requirement to be a moderator, since they must be able to moderate both the English and German Message Boards.