There's a Sea of Troubles in store for our aquatic friend Bob the bubble in this new version of uvme's classic game "Bubble Trouble", out now on uvme.

Bob's troubled journey to the water's surface now seems so much more real, with beautiful pre-rendered graphics and Bob's grimacing face! Will he ever make it through all the mines and pesky red bubbles to reach the top?

At least now there are checkpoints that he can reach, marked by the new flashing beacon indicator on the left side of the screen… and then, even if one of his three bubble lives is burst, he doesn’t have to start from the very bottom again, just from the last crossed checkpoint. This new version also features power-up expiration timers and extra bonuses.

With the start of the new Business Cycle (BC6) next week, uvme’s regular “News and Events” email update will be expanded into a more in-depth newsletter, to be published monthly in the first week of each new BC. The first issue in this new format will be sent out around Friday, 30th May.

In addition to these regular, end-of-cycle newsletter updates, uvme will continue to issue news and events emails for important happenings as they occur - for example, when a new game is launched or a new event is planned, an immediate bulletin will go out in the email template using the header above.

The first 21-day business cycle for uvme ended at 23:59 hours (GMT) on the 17th February 2008.  uvme are now in the process of running the very first commission calculations for the first pay cycle.

Once the process is complete, uvme will be checking through it thoroughly, conducting final audits, and then releasing it to our “Bank” area in the uvme back office.

All of the uvme members of staff have been working very hard all day processing and checking through the first-ever uvme “commission run”. Being the first-ever run for uvme, these checks are taking longer than they had anticipated, and the first commission results are now expected to be today (Tuesday, 19th February 2008).

Many “active” uvme Associates have now completed the “cooling off” period and have become among the first to access “Instant Pay”. Hundreds of Pounds, Dollars and Euros have been paid TODAY in Fast Start Bonus 1 and 2. Make sure that, after helping your Personally Sponsored Associates to gather players, they understand the “active status” process, so you and your team members have full access to the uvme Marketing Plan. If you have any questions about Instant Pay, Fast Start Bonus or becoming Active… please do call or email Member Support.

Today the developers released a new version of the uvme games site packed with lots of upgrades, some of which you will not see and others which will have an immediate visual impact.

We have enhanced the large game button images on the Home page and Play Games page so they look even richer by adding bevels reflections and a “Glass” effect to them.

We have also redesigned the small game pixel icons for each of the games which make them user-rich and easier to recognise.

You will also see the very first game site Flash promotional banner for Fruit Frenzy. On top of that there are other enhancements to buttons and tabs.

Behind the scenes, over two weeks’ worth of new updates have been added which will improve the site in countless ways. Here are just some of the new improvements:

• Changes to improve web site performance
• Fix for euro or dollar users getting error message when trying to play a game.
• Fixes to statements and other pages to stop incorrect data being displayed.
• Improvements to the challenge and instant play procedures.
• Maintenance screens for admin to apply updates.
• Game identification number added to more screens and statement page. This will allow players to identify refunds and winnings and to help admin chase down any potential issues.
• Multiple Database improvements including stored procedures and controls.

Stay tuned for even more releases coming soon.

Great things have been happening at uvme…

Our programmers and technicians are now ready for the next release of “upgrades” to the uvme Systems, Business Building web site and Games site. Many of these upgrades will be invisible to you, but will have an enormous impact on the speed and effectiveness of the system.

Implementation of these system upgrades will require us to temporarily suspend access to both the uvme .biz and .com web sites for around 30 minutes on Thursday 31st January from 09:00 hours GMT.

Tom Brodie 

This evening we heard from Co-Founder Tom Brodie who explained what the issues were which the company faced yesterday regarding the launch of the .biz website.

The system was 100% ready to go live on Monday, however a problem occurred with the sponsor alerts and welcome emails. The data was not populating the emails and the guest links & passwords were not functioning correctly.

uvme had to make a judgment call as to whether to launch or not. The resulting outcome was obviously to delay the launch of the .biz website. uvme now have some breathing room (delay of 7 days announced yesterday) but were confident that they could have the issues resolved within 48 hours. This morning, the problem was identified as a problem with some of the tables & indexes on the database servers.

The problems have now almost been rectified and full testing will occur over the next 3 days. All other aspects of the .biz website have been fully tested and are functioning 100% correctly.

Tom then went on to discuss the .com site which went live yesterday afternoon at 4pm GMT. By midnight Fruit Frenzy had been played 3000+ times & £$ thousands of pounds had been uploaded on to the site! Now over 8000 games played! Fruit Frenzy is obviously the most popular game!

As of tomorrow, things are going to get very exciting. The whole member database will be emailed and told they can login, upload funds, play games and have fun. Also in the email will be our new guest links. This is our affiliate link so when people join, they join in our team. This is great news and something which caused some concern yesterday when the delay was announced. (It was mentioned by Tom that our affiliate links for the .com & the .biz will be different due to the different technologies used on each website.) This is great news for us as come next Monday, many people are already going to be Q1!

Tom gave his sincere apologies regarding the delayed launch & said the .biz will go live on Monday 28th January 2008.

Eric Avery

Eric Avery then talked about the pay cycles. Previously we were going to have two 21 day cycles before going into the standard 28 day cycles. We are now going to have three 21 day cycles before going into the 28 day cycles. We will be paid 3 times in 9 weeks instead of 12! (Note: these will be on a pro rata with reference to the license fees). 

uvme has stolen my life! I have got nothing done this morning following the .com site going live yesterday! I'm starting to think there should be a "uvme Annonymous" club for people to confide in others about their uvme addiction!

So the .com is up and running, I've not found any errors or problems with the site and it is running super fast. The games have all been polished since I was beta testing them and some major improvements have been made to the look of "Big Break" & "Jigsaw War". "Big Break" has undergone a name change to "Break Jam" which is really addictive and great value with upto 10 levels of game play! There are currently 10 games available: Basket Ball, Bubble Trouble, Jigsaw War, Martian Ball, Pool, Arcade Ducks, Fruit Frenzy, Darts, Mystic Sudoku & BrickJam.

Uploading funds to challenge & accept challenges is a piece of cake and takes literally seconds. Simply enter in your credit/debit card details, hit submit and bingo!

Despite the delay to the .biz website, we can still earn money on the .com this week in two ways:

• By thrashing other people in challenges!
• By the game volume turned over in your business during the next week. Games played on your .com will count toward your personal player volume and your group volume!

I know some people have felt disappointed at the lack of a .biz site yet and being able to become an official uvme Associate, but I feel the small gap between now and the launch of the business site is a blessing in disguise. Many people have worked tirelessly over the last few months, promoting uvme, talking to people & building their business. This week, we can all relax, explore the .com, play games and generally have fun! I must admit, having been spoilt with the beta testing and the "virtual" £20 vwd credited us with each week for game play, uploading your own funds and playing for real certainly adds a new dimension to game play. It's one thing playing with "virtual" money, but when it's your own, it turns you into an obsessive game player desperately trying to make a profit and thrash those who beat you! Sure, we can all play similar games elsewhere on the net, but once you've been bitten by the uvme bug… there's no going back!

Tonight the people lucky enough to be in the Leaders Beta group have a conference where we should here a few more details on the problems they faced yesterday with the .biz and most likely some juicy bits of  information regarding some more features we will get as a result of the delay. There are a few rumors floating around that we might hear about something which uvme are going to do which has been kept "Top Secret" up until now aswell…

I feel the .com site alone is credit to vwd. The various departments have worked so hard for the last two years to bring us a new concept in online entertainment and it's finally here. The amount of work/headaches/frustration those guys must have gone through recently must be astronomical. I take my hat off to you vwd!

If you've not already registered your interest in uvme and want to experience the fantastic games yourself, simply register your interest at http://www.uVmeSpace.com today!

If any one reckons they can beat me at the games, send me a challenge and prove it! Simply search for "Tristan" in the "Find Opponent" section…

uvme have a new email design, showing a clipboard with games feedback out-takes from the uvme blog.

uvme will be sending this email to all pre-registered members once a week, to give them an idea of what’s being said by people testing the games, and to direct you to their blog to read more.

To get the latest emails from uvme, pre-register at uVmeSpace.com

The uvme “Game Preview Day” movie has made it into the UK’s top 15 most viewed movies on YouTube, within just one week of being made public! As of yesterday, it had the following five honours:

#14 - Most Viewed (This Week) - People & Blogs - United Kingdom
#29 - Top Favorites (This Week) - People & Blogs - United Kingdom
#94 - Most Linked (This Week) - United Kingdom
#7 - Most Linked (This Week) - People & Blogs - United Kingdom
#61 - Most Linked (This Month) - People & Blogs - United Kingdom

Another popular uvme movie on YouTube is the “Evolution Day Highlights” movie (viewed 81,874 times)!