THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.example. There is an hereditary sacred chief who 'was originally the sole chief, possessing temporal as well as spiritual power, and regarded as of divine origin,' but who is now politically powerless. Abyssinia shows us something analogous. Holding no direct communication with his subjects, and having a sacredness such that even in council he sits unseen, the monarch is a mere dummy. War of rights union regiments. In Gondar, one of the divisions of Abyssinia, the king must belong to the royal house of Solomon, but any one of the turbulent chiefs who has obtained ascendancy by force of arms becomes a Ras—a prime minister or real monarch; but he requires 'a titular emperor to perform the indispensable ceremony of nominating a Ras,' since the name, at least, of emperor 'is deemed essential to render valid the title of Ras.'
After the Cast there comes the dedication: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid was Edith Head's final film. To her, and to all the brilliant technical and creative people who worked on the films of the 1940's and 1950's, this motion picture is affectionately dedicated. 株式会社WeMade Onlineとは、日本のオンラインゲームの運営を行っている企業である。 以前はYNK JAPANという社名であり、韓国のオンラインゲーム開発会社であるYNK KOREAのグループ企業として同社が開発したオンラインゲームの日本での運営業務を行っていた。.
The case of Thibet may be named as one in which the sacredness of the original political head is dissociated from the claim based on hereditary descent; for the Grand Lama, considered as 'God the Father,' incarnate afresh in each new occupant of the throne, does not receive his divine nature by natural descent, but, receiving it supernaturally, is discovered among the people at large by certain indications of his godhood; and with his divinity, involving disconnection with temporal matters, there goes absence of political power, A like state of things exists in Bootan. 'The Dhurma Raja is looked upon by the Bootanese in the same light as the Grand Lama of Thibet is viewed by his subjects—namely, as a perpetual incarnation of the Deity, or Buddha himself in a corporeal form. During the interval between his death and reappearance, or, more properly speaking, until he has reached an age sufficiently mature to ascend his spiritual throne, the office of Dhurma Raja is filled by proxy from among the priesthood.' And then along with this sacred ruler there coexists a secular one. Bootan 'has two nominal heads, known to us and to the neighboring hill-tribes under the Hindoostanee names of the Dhurma and the Deb Rajas.
The former is the spiritual head, the latter the temporal one.' Though in this case it is said that the temporal head has not great influence (probably because the priest-regent, whose celibacy prevents him from founding a line, stands in the way of unchecked assumption of power by the temporal head), still the existence of a temporal head implies a partial lapsing of political functions out of the hands of the original political head.
But the most remarkable and at the same time most familiar example is that furnished by Japan. Here the supplanting of inherited authority by deputed authority is exemplified, not in the central government alone, but in the local governments. 'Next to the prince and his family came the karos or 'elders.' Their office became hereditary, and, like the princes, they in many instances became effete.
The business of what we may call the clan would thus fall into the hands of any clever man or set of men of the lower ranks, who, joining ability to daring and unscrupulousness, kept the princes and the karos out of.
Proprietary organization | |
Industry | Computer games publishing and development |
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Founded | 1991 (14 October) |
Headquarters | |
Key people | Nikita Skripkin, Stepan Zotov |
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Website | www.nikitaonline.ru |
Nikita Online is a Russian publisher and developer of online games. Founded in 1991 and originally named NIKITA, it became the first Russian game company.[dubious]
Currently Nikita Online operates with 19 titles in Russia, CIS and Baltic States. Those are online client games 4Story, Asda Story 2, Divine Souls, Dragon Knight, Avatarika, Karos Online, King of Kings 3, Rappelz, World of Dragons, Sphere, Sphere: Reborn, Dragona Online as well as browser-based I, the Feudal Lord, Lost Magic, FUBAR, The Panic Room: Outrage, The Kingdom, Ceiron Wars and Reborn Horizon. All the projects are integrated to the GameXP entertainment web-portal. The company's user base exceeds more than 11 million.
Nikita Online's offices are located in Moscow and Rostov-on-Don.
History[edit]
- 14 October 1991 — The day of the company's foundation
- 1992-1997 — Games for children by NIKITA were installed in more than 3000 schools and kindergartens in Scandinavia.
- 1995-1997 — The company's management made it into TOP-100 of the most professional managers of Russia's IT-business according to the TOP Profi rating.
- 1995 — The Birthday game became the winner of Moscow International Festival of Computer Graphics and Animation 'Anigraph'.
- 1996 — Twigger was released. It became the first Russian game which received 100% rating twice in specialized gaming magazines Games Magazine and Pro Games.
- 1997 — Parkan was released.
- 1997 — The Magic Dream won the Best Graphics award at the festival 'Anigraph'.
- 1999 — NIKITA developed a number of mini-games for browsers; games were used on the Russian websites and soon entered the German market as well.
- 2000 — NIKITA became the Best Developer of Entertainment Software in Russia according to the Computer Elite rating.
- 2001 — The company's president Nikita Skripkin was named the Man of the Year in the 'Games' category of the Rambler webportal.
- 2003 — In cooperation with 1C Company, NIKITA produced the first Russian client MMORPG Sphere.
- 2004 — At the decision of the public expert council of the Moscow Consumer Protection Fund NIKITA received the diploma 'For active participation in forming a civilized consumer market in Russia.'
- 2005 — Sphere won the Best Multiplayer Game of 2004 award following the Gameland Awards ceremony. Following the results of GDC 2005 Parkan II was named the Best PC Game, and the mobile version of Sphere became the Best Game for Handheld Platforms.
- 2006 — NIKITA launched three titles — the browser game WebRacing, the first Russian online real-life simulator DOM 3 (in cooperation with television network TNT) and the economic strategy Hauler: The Transport Company.
- 2006 — Sphere: The World of the Chosen became the Best Multiplayer Game of 2005 following the results of Gameland Awards 2006.
- 2006 — NIKITA was awarded the Industry Prize for outstanding achievements in professional activities following the results of professional competition at GDC Awards 2006.
- 2007 — NIKITA has changed its name to NIKITA ONLINE to emphasize its focus on online games.
- 2007 — Sphere: Reborn, an updated version of the first Russian client MMORPG was released. The game used a micro-transactions model.
- 2007 — The same year two fantasy novels based on the Sphere universe were published.
- 2007 — DOM 3 was awarded at World Summit Award Global Contest in the 'Internet Entertainment' category.
- 2008 — A localized version of Rappelz, a large-scale Korean online game was released.
- 2008 — Sphere 2 Arena was released.
- 2008 — The company passed the milestone of 1 million unique users.
- 2009 — The Russian version of 4Story Online was released.
- 2010 — Dragon Knight Online, Asda Story and Karos Online were launched.
- 2010 — The Russian version of Rappelz got the second place worldwide in terms of revenue, ceding only to the US.
- 2010 — The company passed the milestone of 5 million unique users.
- 2011 — Divine Souls, King of Kings 3, I, the Feudal Lord and Lost Magic were launched.
- 2011 — Russian Karos Online became the global leader among other versions of Karos in terms of revenue and CCU.
- 2011 — The company passed the milestone of 7 million unique users.
- 2012 — The company started its first social games endeavor and launched The Panic Room: Otrage hidden object title via Russian social networking sites VK.com (VK (social network)), Odnoklassniki (Odnoklassniki), My [email protected] (My.mail.ru) as well as Polish Nasza Klasa (Nasza-klasa.pl) and Latvian Draugiem (Draugiem.lv).The company passed the milestone of nine million unique users and launched its own-developed entertainment web-portal GameXP.[1]
- 2013 — The renewed GameXP entertainment portal won the GameXP Is Awarded by Gameland Magazine[2] 'The most trendy online games website' award by the Russian Gameland magazine. The number of users of the company's projects reached 10 million.
Games[edit]
- Sphere (MMORPG)
- Sphere: Reborn (MMORPG)
- Rappelz (MMORPG)
- 4Story Online (MMORPG)
- Dragon Knight Online (MMORPG)
- Asda Story 2 (MMORPG)
- Karos Online (MMORPG)
- Divine Souls (MMORPG)
- King of Kings 3 (MMORPG)
- I, the Feudal Lord (Browser-based MMORTS)
- Lost Magic (Browser-based MMORPG)
- The Panic Room: Outrage (Social and mobile game)
- Dragona Online (MMORPG)
- Ceiron Wars (Browser-based RPG)
- Reborn Horizon (Browser-based MMORTS)
- Avatarika (Social MMO)
- World of Dragons (MMORPG)
- FUBAR (MMO)
- Safari Biathlon (Сафари Биатлон) (Racing Arcade)
Executive Board[edit]
- Nikita Skripkin — President
- Stepan Zotov — CEO
- Maria Koltsova — Head of Legal, HR and Procurement
- Olesya Koroleva — Chief Business Development Officer
- Eugene Lamekhov — Chief Marketing Officer
- Maksim Polyakov — Chief Technical Officer
- Oleg Kostin - Creative Director
References[edit]
- ^'Игровой портал с лучшими онлайн играми. Браузерные и клиентские игры бесплатно на GameXP'. Gamexp.com. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^'GameXP Is Awarded by Gameland Magazine'. Nikitaonline.ru. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
External links[edit]
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