Ultimate Baseball Online Launches Year-Long Best of UBO 2007 Competition.

Diamond Bar, California - Jan 08, 2007 Ultimate Baseball Online, the world¡¯s only massively multiplayer online sports game (MMOSG) for baseball, today officially launched its year-long competition to determine the team that will be considered the ¡°Best of UBO 2007.¡± The Best of UBO 2007 is a global event open to UBO players worldwide.

64 teams consisting of five to nine players will qualify during the year to compete in the tournament, which will run from November 26 to December 21, 2007. Each round will be a best-of-three series, and the championship round will be a best-of-five series.

A team may qualify for a berth in the Best of UBO 2007 Tournament in any one of three ways:

• Winning a UBO league (season) - There are four seasons in 2007, and three levels of play for teams (Minor, Major and Elite).
• Winning a UBO Pay-to-Play Tournament ¨C These are entry-fee events, held throughout the year, for each of the three skill levels above.
• Power Ranking ¨C To fill out the 64 team field, the remaining teams will be chosen from those that have accumulated the most Power Ranking Points (PRP) based on UBO event participation. Win or lose, playing in UBO events will earn each team PRPs that accumulate throughout the calendar year. Participation in free and pay-to-play events earn teams the valuable points necessary to receive their ¡°Best of UBO 2007¡± invitation.

Members of the winning team in the Best of UBO 2007 Tournament will split a ?4,500 cash prize. The second place team will take home ?2,250, and third place will receive ?1,125. Additional cash prizes will be paid to teams finishing through eighth place.

The Most Valuable Player of the Best of UBO 2007 tournament series will be selected by popular vote of all UBO members, and will receive a ?200 cash award plus a virtual trophy for that player¡¯s Trophy Room.