By: Julia Aidan
Submitted: 2010-02-07 06:08:42 | Word Count: 502
OMGPOP is a falsh based site where you can play games and talk to people. OMGPOP was founded in late 2006, by Charles Forman in Soho, New York. The site is now used by many prominent institutions. Even angel investors, such as Kevin Rose, have showed inclination for this website.
OMGPOP offers several games for its users. The top games are Balloono, Draw My Thing, and Ball Racer. These games can be played with multiple player from across the world. Balloono is the most popular game on OMGPOP. The game is similar to Bomberman where users drop water balloons on one another. The game is very amusing and addicting. It is a very competitive game. Certain in game items can be purchased to enhance game play.
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Draw My Thing is also very popular. It is like Pictionary where one user draws an image and others have to seek and guess the image. Players can interact during the game and enjoy the excitement. If no one can guess the right word, hints are given out.
Finally, ball racer is also very fun and this game is similar to 2-D Super Monkey Ball Game. Users are put into a clear ball and they race to see who can reach the end of the level the quickest. You can use power ups and speed boosters as add-on.
Several games have also been ceased by the OMGPOP Crew. For example, a very fun game, Hamster Jet, has been discontinued due to the high speed internet requirement that many people do not have. If one does not meet the minimal internet speed, they are booted from the competition. In this game, players would race each other to the top of a mountain with jet-packs. The OMGPOP Crew has told that they are fixing up the game for re-release.
Players can easily interact with themselves. Furthermore, users can join a separate chat room where many of OMGPOP users interact and talk. You need to have at least a level 5 account to interact in this chat room. It is a very fun place.
In OMGPOP, users can use coins to enhance their game play. OMGPOP coins let you buy game items, special costumes, and avatar customizations. Similarly, OMGPOP offers star membership: an exclusive membership that lets you beta test games and gives you special game items. Before, OMGPOP star membership was restricted to only a few that was handpicked by the OMGPOP Staff.
However, to get more OMGPOP coins or OMGPOP star membership, users have to pay. However, there is a way to get free OMGPOP coins and free OMGPOP Star Membership. A $10 Ultimate Game Card will get you 72000 coins or 3-month star membership. By getting without cost $10 Ultimate Game Card, one could get free OMGPOP coins and free OMGPOP Star. FreeGC.com offers excellent instructions on how to receive a free $10 ultimate game card (http://www.freegc.com).
