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Encounter is an international network of active urban games. Also known as "Схватка" (reads as 'skhvatka') (translated "Combat" from Russian) – the game that gave birth to this project.〔(See 'encounter' translation )〕 == Project history == The game rules applied today were developed by Ivan Masliukov in 2001 as part of the Skhvatka project.〔(«Ideja X» magazine, «City is the place for the game» article (March 2009) )〕〔(About Skvatka(ru) )〕 Ivan Masliukov was supporting the game at his own expense before the project was ceased in the end of 2001.〔(A promise by Ivan Masliukov to resume the project ) from Internet Archive〕 At the beginning of spring 2002 Ivan started seeking for donors to continue the project. Minsk internet provider "BelInfonet" company was there to sponsor the game. By June 2002 "Skhvatka" games were resumed. Disputes over the project arouse between Ivan Masliukov and "BelInfonet". Developers of such games like "Hunt", "Skhvatka", and "Dozor" copied the main idea of Encounter, slightly altering the format and task management.〔(«Business mania» magazine )〕 As a result Ivan separated from partnership with BelInfonet and created an independent Encounter project.〔(Offline combat(ru) ), "Sekret firmy" magazine № 45 (180), December 4, 2006〕 A noteworthy fact is both parties of the conflict registered their game name trademarks "Skhvatka"〔СХВАТКА registered in Trademark public registry on November 25, 2004. Reg # 20197, owner — ООО "BelInfonet", valid from 30.07.2002〕 and "Encounter" 〔() registered at The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as: 09 Logiciels de jeux (gaming software); 41 Jeux d’argent, exploitation de clubs de jeux d’ordinateurs, services de jeu proposés en ligne (à partir d’un réseau informatique) (gaming service through information network) April 26, 2007. Registry # 20197, owner — Ivan Masliukov〕 in 2002 and 2004 correspondingly. Konstantin Glushakov, who developed "Skhvatka" game application platform from scratch, headed the group of programmers who are currently working on the Encounter platform design and development.〔 After creation of the Encounter project Skvatka game, being one of several game formats, was called Combat. Having gone through lots of stages of development, through criticism and disagreements with BelInfonet, the games labeled Encounter get held in many countries of the world: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, United States, Czech Republic, Poland, France, Germany, Israel and many other.〔 Currently the project involves tens of thousands of participants.〔(Project Statistics )〕 In 2008 several new urban game formats were added to the Combat and Brainstorming. These were PhotoHunt, PhotoExtreme, WetWars, GeoCaching, Caching and Points. In 2009 VideoHunt appeared as a new game among other ones. The same very year the first book about urban games called "Encounter. Night Extreme" written by Ivan Maslukov was issued.〔("Encounter. Night Extreme" ) — book description on Encounter site〕〔("Encounter. Night Extreme" ) — book description on Moscow book house site〕 The filming and processing of documentary about urban games "Encounter: lust for life"〔( Encounter: lust for life movie ) — documentary announcement on Encounter site〕〔(documentary movie Encounter: lust for life ) — movie description on documental.su〕 over by December 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Encounter (game)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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