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Milestone Media was founded in 1993 by a coalition of African-American artists and writers (namely Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Michael Davis and Derek T. Dingle) who believed that minorities were severely underrepresented in American comics. Milestone Media was their attempt to correct this imbalance.
Milestone Media struck a deal with DC Comics, under which DC would publish Milestone's comics, but Milestone would retain all legal and creative control, including copyright. The comics were published under the Milestone imprint.
All of the Milestone titles took place in the same universe, separate from the main DC Universe. Most were set in the fictional Midwestern city of Dakota; the Milestone universe is commonly referred to as the Dakotaverse. Characters from mainstream DC Comics existed only as comic book characters in the Dakota Universe, which caused confusion when the two briefly intertwined during the events of Worlds Collide in 1994. Although Worlds Collide would be remembered by all of the Milestone characters who took part in it, it was erased out of mainstream DC continuity by Zero Hour, which took place immediately afterward.
The Milestone imprint lasted for four years. It went into decline through 1995 and 1996, marked by falling sales and a number of canceled titles. The last three ongoing Milestone titles - Static, Icon, and Hardware - were cancelled mid-story in 1997.
In 2000, Milestone Media launched the Static Shock animated series on Kid's WB. It ran for four seasons, totaling 52 episodes, from 2000 to 2004.
A later Milestone miniseries by McDuffie, Static Shock: Rebirth of the Cool, was published in 2001, but sales were not sufficient to justify an ongoing.
In July 2008, at the San Diego Comic Con, DC Comics executive editor Dan DiDio announced that the Milestone characters, along with the city of Dakota, would be incorporated into New Earth under Dwayne McDuffie's aegis. Worlds Collide would not be addressed; as far as all characters involved were concerned, Dakota had always been a part of New Earth, and this was the first time the characters had met. The original Milestone runs would be collected in trade paperbacks, and McDuffie would be working on a concluding story for the Milestone universe, bringing it to a final close. [1]
McDuffie later expanded on this, saying all the original Milestone comics would be in continuity, but that a small number had been forgotten by the inhabitants of both universes, apart from one person, who was responsible for transplanting Dakota into New Earth. That person's identity would be revealed in a story in 2009. [2]
To date, the following Milestone characters have appeared in mainstream DC Universe comics:
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Milestone is a town of about 550 people in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada.
Milestones are messages that players get after they have reached certain milestones in a particular skill.
These messages provide players with information about any abilities they have unlocked when raising their skill levels. The messages will appear whenever players increase a Combat level, or when players have met the requirements to start a new quest. Each of these important milestones will be highlighted with improved sounds and graphics, which get more impressive as players achieve harder-to-reach goals.
Due to an update by Jagex, players would not miss their level-up message if they are in the midst of combat. Once they advance a level in a skill, that skill's icon will begin flashing in the statistics menu of the Game Interface. They can view it by clicking on the flashing icon (as long as they stay logged in). In all other cases, clicking on the skill icon will open the skill guide as normal.
Important milestones are available in the menu, and they can be checked via a tab called "Milestone". However, not all level-up messages are included in this menu. Below is the list of all milestones, and other level-up messages that players may receive.
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Note: Players can enter the Warriors' Guild when their Attack and Strength add up to 130 or more, or when either their Attack or Strength level is 99.
Note: Players can enter the Warriors' Guild when their Attack and Strength add up to 130 or more, or when either their Attack or Strength level is 99
Note: Total level milestones are measured in increments of 100 levels, except the first, which is 50. The total levels of 1,494 and 2,376 are also milestones, being the highest possible level to free players and members respectively and receive special fireworks in addition to the regular ones for levelling up.
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