Seal Online
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Seal Online
|image = SealOnlineUSA Logo.jpg
|caption =
|developer = Grigon Entertainment, YNK Games
|publisher = YNK Interactive
|designer = Kim ByungChul
|series = Seal
|engine =
|released = {{Video game release|KOR|2003-07-16|NA|19 November 2007}}
|modes = Multiplayer
|platforms = Microsoft Windows
}}
Seal Online (씰 온라인) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) originally developed by the Korean company Grigon Entertainment. In February 2007, publisher YNK Interactive acquired the rights for the game,{{cite web|url=http://en.ynk.net/company/kor_history01.html|title=YNK Korea History|access-date=12 May 2012}} and in January 2009, the game was moved to the internal studio YNK Games.{{cite web|url=http://en.ynk.net/company/games_history.html|title=YNK Games History|access-date=12 May 2012}} {{As of|2008|02|post=,}} official versions of the game are available in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Brazil, and the United States.
The English version of Seal Online was expected to be released in Quarter 3 of 2005, when Grigon Entertainment announced that there would be an English version of Seal Online.{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/data/918516.html|title=Seal Online|accessdate=2008-03-19}} However, within two months, the site closed.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
In 2007, a website was created for Seal Online, containing a blog post announcing the arrival of Seal Online in English to the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.sealonline.com/09_forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7688|date=2007-09-17|title=Thank you to everyone! |author=The Seal Online GM Team}} The English Seal Online was finally released on 19 November 2007 by YNK Interactive.{{cite web |url=http://www.sealonline.com/09_forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7698 |title=Seal Online Launch Announcement |date=2007-10-07 |author=The Seal Online GM Team}}{{cite web|url=http://news.mmosite.com/content/2007-11-20/20071120180406420,1.shtml|title=Seal Online: Launch in the West|date=2007-11-21|accessdate=2008-03-19}}
Gameplay
Seal Online is a point-and-click MMORPG; movement, combat, and many other commands are all controlled by mouse, while the combo system is done with a keyboard. The player can choose from seven different classes to start with. However, if the player chooses to start with the Beginner, they can choose to job change into the other six classes when they reach Level 10. 21 new classes were added in early 2009. The game experienced a server wipe on 27 September 2010, bringing all players back to level 1.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
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Players can learn skills to trade, open or join a guild after completing a quest, open a chat room, create a party to fight monsters more effectively, open an in-game bank account to hold or collect more items and money, nurture a pet, do quests, and fish.
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Server shutdown
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Many servers were shut down by their local server company. Servers in Indonesia and Thailand, for example, were closed in mid-2017.
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