Ubisoft Partners with GameTrailers.com to Recruit the Newest Member of the Frag Dolls(TM); Premiering Today: Top Eight Candidates Battle for Coveted Spot on Team.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Today Ubisoft, one of the world's leading video game publishers, announced that its sponsored all-women group of gamers, the Frag Dolls The Frag Dolls are a group of girl gamers recruited and employed by Ubisoft with the aim of promoting women in gaming as well as Ubisoft's games. The Frag Dolls are all avid gamers; they are also attractive women, which gains them negative as well as positive press attention. (TM), has partnered with GameTrailers.com to host five weekly online-exclusive episodes about the recruitment of the newest team member. The first episode premieres today, April 18, 2006, at http://www.gametrailers.com/fdpage.php. While some young women aspire to aspire to verb aim for, desire, pursue, hope for, long for, crave, seek out, wish for, dream about, yearn for, hunger for, hanker after, be eager for, set your heart on, set your sights on, be ambitious for become "idols," and others dream of a life-changing "apprenticeship," the eight Frag Doll candidates seized their moment of opportunity and were selected by Ubisoft from entrants nationwide for the chance to join the team. "All eight candidates are incredible representatives of the girl gaming community A gaming community is usually a group of like minded individuals working towards a goal (such as promoting fair play and team work) or supporting each other within games (usually online video games such as MMORPG's or FPS's) RTS(real time strategy) games are developing larger . Coming from a diverse set of backgrounds all over the country, each girl has the potential to bring a fun new energy to the Frag Dolls and a relevant perspective to the movement for women in gaming," said Morgan Romine, 'Rhoulette', community manager at Ubisoft and captain of the Frag Dolls. "Ubisoft's partnership with GameTrailers.com is giving us the chance to show the world what it takes to be a Frag Doll and see some awesome crazy gamer ladies who are up for the challenge." Frag Doll candidates will be conducting one-on-one TV interviews covering topics such as their passion for video games See video game console. , their favorite gaming moments and why they should be chosen to be the next Frag Doll. To test their abilities under pressure, prospective team members will participate in competitive LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. battles on the Xbox 360(TM) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. They will play Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (also known as Ghost Recon 3 or G.R.A.W.) is the third installment in the popular Ghost Recon tactical shooter video game series, published by Ubisoft. (TM) and Halo 2 to test their individual video game skills and their ability to with as a team. The two-day event, hosted by THX A design system that provides realistic sound playback for movie and home theater from THX, Ltd., San Rafael, CA (www.thx.com), an independent spin-off from Lucasfilm, Ltd. The THX Sound System was developed during the production of the Return of the Jedi in 1982 and named after George Ltd. and filmed at their headquarters in San Rafael San Rafael (săn rəfĕl`), residential city (1990 pop. 48,404), seat of Marin co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco on the northern shore of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1913. , will also provide a chance for the candidates to get to know the current Frag Doll team members, from whom they must earn respect. Finally, each contestant must face a four-member panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
"Honestly, I have never been so excited about anything like this before," said Frag Doll contestant Kari from Seattle, Wash. "It's a real thrill to have made it this far and while I hope I'm selected to be a Frag Doll, it's an incredible opportunity just to meet the other contestants from across the nation and do one thing we all love so much: play games!" GameTrailers.com Frag Doll Recruitment Schedule (Dates subject to change): April 18, 2006 - "Meet the Frag Dolls" April 25, 2006 - "Introducing The Candidates, Part 1" May 2, 2006 - "Introducing The Candidates, Part 2" May 9, 2006 - "New Frag Doll Selection" May 23, 2006 - "E3: The Ultimate First Day of Work" The Frag Dolls have helped dispel stereotypes about female gamers by not only performing well against, but often beating their male counterparts in team-based multiplayer competitions. This became even more evident when the team dominated the 32-team Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six This article is about the Rainbow Six franchise. For the first video game in the franchise, see Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (video game). For the novel with the same name, see Rainbow Six (novel). 3 Black Arrow(TM) tournament held at PAX in 2004 and repeated their first place performance at PAX in 2005 in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon This article is about the Ghost Recon video game series. For the first video game in the series, see Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (video game). Ghost Recon is a series of military tactical shooter video games created by Red Storm Entertainment, the game development (R) 2. For more information about the Frag Dolls, please visit www.fragdolls.com and for more information about GameTrailers, please visit www.GameTrailers.com. About Ubisoft Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through its strong and diversified lineup of products and partnerships. Ubisoft has offices in 21 countries and sales in more than 50 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers. Ubisoft generated revenue of 538 million Euros for the 2004-2005 fiscal year, an increase of 8 percent over the previous fiscal year at constant exchange rates. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com. (C) 2006 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Frag Dolls, Ghost Recon, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Ubisoft, Ubi.com, and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. Rainbow Six, Rainbow Six Black Arrow, Red Storm, and the Red Storm logo are trademarks of Red Storm Entertainment Red Storm Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ubisoft Entertainment, specializing in PC games, console games, and related merchandise mainly based on the works of the writer Tom Clancy. The headquarters for Red Storm is located in Morrisville, North Carolina. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. is a Ubisoft Entertainment company. Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox Live are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. About GameTrailers GameTrailers, a MTV Networks company, is a leader in the multimedia revolution through its innovative production of broadband video-games content. GameTrailers.com was started by gamers who were tired of waiting in line for slow downloads of small, boring gameplay footage. GameTrailers.com has built a vast library of high-resolution video that users can stream immediately to their computer. The site serves millions of trailers a month to media-starved gamers. Features offering enhanced personalization and community include game tracking, platform sorting, expanded forums, fan movies, user ratings and the GameTrailers Top20 that ranks the most popular game trailers according to user feedback and number of views. For more information, please visit http://www.gametrailers.com. |
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