Fighting For Tibet In The Virtual World

In the virtual world of Entropia Universe a fierce hunting competition between 32 teams takes on a special meaning for one team. Team Tibet is fighting not only for the prize and glory within the virtual world, but to bring attention to the plight of the Tibetan people in the real world.

New York, NY (PRWEB) April 20, 2008 -- In the virtual battle field one team is fighting to bring attention to a real life cause. When the yearly World of Firepower event was announced within Entropia Universe, a small group of friends decided they wanted to start a team with a mission, to bring attention to the plight of the Tibetan people. The timing was perfect as the competition started just as the first protests and violence broke out in March in the Tibetan region. Composed of a core group of friends that met inside Entropia Universe and play and chat regularly on the internet, Team Tibet has attracted supporters from the United States, Germany, France, Sweden, South Africa and beyond.

The original field of thirty two teams has been whittled down to twelve and Team Tibet is standing strong as one of the favorites, setting a new scoring record for the 2 year old competition in their most recent match.

Although Team Tibet has high hopes for winning the competition the members agree that regardless of the outcome their effort has already been a great success. Jan, a team member from Germany says, "On the forums and in the virtual universe people are talking about Tibet. Every day we seem teams of hunters with names like 'Free Tibet' made up of people we don't even know. The message is getting out, and that is the most important thing to us."

ABOUT ENTROPIA UNIVERSE

Entropia Universe was launched in January 2003 and has grown to over 700,000 registered accounts from over 200 countries. Its business model is entirely unique as the client software is free to download from the internet and there are no monthly subscription fees. As the only virtual universe with a real cash economy whose currency, the PED, has a fixed exchange rate of 10:1 with the US Dollar, Entropia Universe provides a means for new players to immediately start exploring and earning real cash without having to deposit money.

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