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Open Call -- Baseball Spring Training Coming Soon; Netamin Offers Sneak Peek and Open -FREE- Enrollment in Beta Version of Ultimate Baseball Online.


Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

DIAMOND BAR, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 2004

U.S.-based Netamin(R) Corp. (www.ultimatebaseballonline.com) today announced a limited one-time open enrollment opportunity for this year's hottest and most anticipated Massive Multiplayer Online Sports Game A sports game is a computer or video game that simulates the playing of traditional sports. They are extremely popular, the genre including some of the best-selling games.  (MMOSG MMOSG Massively Multiplayer Online Sports Game
MMOSG Massive Multiplayer Online Strategy Game
MMOSG Massively Multiplayer Online Social Game
) of its kind -- Ultimate Baseball Online (UBO UBO Ultimate Baseball Online
UBO Université de Bretagne Occidentale (French University Britanny)
UBO Urban Box Office
UBO Ultimate Beneficial Owner
UBO Unidentified Bright Object (radiology) 
) Beta Player Program. As part of this program, Netamin is offering free large-scale sneak peeks and trials of the beta version A pre-shipping release of hardware or software that has gone through alpha test. A beta version of software is supposed to be very close to the final product, but, in practice, it is more a way of getting users to test the software in the first place under real conditions.  of UBO. This penultimate phase of the game's development marks the culmination of several years of gaming technology development. Once the UBO Beta Player Program is complete, UBO will roll-out in its full commercial format, anticipated to launch concurrently with this year's Major League Baseball season The Major League Baseball season has been 162 games long for each team since 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League. The preceding 154-game schedule was adopted in 1904 and modified only in 1919. .

"Ultimate Baseball Online has been a labor of love for the past several years," said Andy Wang Andrew P. 'Andy' Wang (born May 28 , 1977) is is an American mixed martial artist, currently competing in the lightweight division.

Wang was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 5 show, featuring fighters in the lightweight division. He originally fought for B.J.
, president of Netamin Corp. "With the commercial version of the software just around the corner, we wanted to give our loyal and patient fans a free taste of what this next-generation sporting event is all about. We know that once they've experienced the level of reality that this electronic sporting has to offer, sports fans will discover that their love of baseball can be found off the field, as well."

The Game

This revolution in gaming technology allows baseball enthusiasts and gamers to actually compete in real-time in a 3-D virtual stadium. With stunning, lifelike graphics and amazing audio reactions from the crowd, participants control a player for a specific field position in a team; gamers build their skill level through making plays on-field against other real human players. The UBO universe includes league play, pick-up games and practice mode. Winning teams will receive championship rings and recognition among fellow gamers. In order to ensure the utmost in accuracy, Darrell Evans
    This article is about the baseball player; for the musician of the same name, see Darrell Evans (musician).
Darrell Wayne Evans (born May 26, 1947 in Pasadena, California) is a former third baseman and first baseman in Major League Baseball who
, a two time Major League All-Star ('73 & '74) and World Series winner (1985), is serving as UBO's principal baseball consultant.

About Netamin (UBO)

Netamin Corp., a pioneer in Massive Multiplayer Online Sports Games (MMOSG), has headquarters in Diamond Bar, with operations around the globe including Korea and Taiwan. The company has launched its first MMOSG title, Ultimate Baseball Online, with subsequent titles expected as demand and interest for this next-generation gaming technology grows. Founded in 1998, Netamin is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market
close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation
 aiming to provide an online virtual playing field for all major sports. For more information, please visit www.Netamin.com.
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