Yahoo All-Stars life span 2002-2014((
concluded with yahoo closing all java games))
google search results for yahoo All-stars..
http://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=yahoo+games+all-star+package
I selected these two refrerences from search
1. http://www.cnet.com/news/yahoo-tests-paid-game-service/
2.
http://investor.yahoo.net/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=96847
To: Nena, this is just a note highlighting *one* of the ways
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that Yahoo, along with the ISP SBC, promoted their Premium Package
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(( also all subscribers auto received a Guild/which allow the owners
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(( the privilege to run tournaments using the games at the site ))
Note: all providers were accepted.. just that SBC included it in their monthly service: see below
Additional Premium Services
Consumers can also choose one of the following premium services at no additional cost:
1.SBC Yahoo! Games All-Star Package. A three-month trial membership allows players to run private game rooms and create and manage tournaments and **league** play.
2.SBC Yahoo! Personals ClubConnect. With this one-month trial membership subscribers can reply to SBC Yahoo! personal ads.
3.Bill Pay. Three month trial subscription, with up to 12 pay-anyone payments each month.
**League is the term used at yahoo for what gaia refers to as guilds**