TalesRunner

Tales Runner is a massively multiplayer online game created by the South Korean company Rhaon Entertainment and published by Smilegate.

[1] It combines the genres of social, fantasy and racing games; players compete by running, jumping, dashing, skiing and climbing across different magical fairy tale settings.

Tales Runner has local servers for various countries including Korea, the United States, Thailand, mainland China and Japan.

On 16 November 2011, gPotato announced that their North American servers would permanently shut down on 21 December 2011.

As of 29 October 2012, Nowcom, the primary company hosting Tales Runner, released their global server of the game again.

To make the people happy again, he started the "Fairyland Sightseeing Racing Competition" with a fairy tale theme.

Characters are purchased in-game using either TR, or Astros (USA Tales Runner) currency or cash for Thailand and Korean servers.

Character abilities can also be improved using special equipment or clothing items, or with buffs from NPCs, event prizes, or fortune telling.

Experience gained via racing is also used in improving some player's belongings or allow special interactions with the items, for instance, Experience gained can level up pets, farm animals, and growable farm crops.

Growable items use experience points obtained by the player in races but don't prevent or slow down the character leveling up.