1) General Info
All offices that have price tags can be bought on the map. The thee sizes of office are small (the 20 million price rage), medium (the 30 million price range) and large (the mid 40 to 50 million range). Each office has many uses and players can own and buy/sell as many as they want. Studios ARE also allowed to buy offices. Owning offices are perks and with that come with special game play options and a variety of ways to make and lose money.

Small and medium offices turn to the color orange and the mouse over reflects the business name when bought. Large offices also turn orange and the mouseover reflects the business, but as an added incentive, the business logo is placed on the map.

2) Office Uses
a) General Storage Areas – Franchises/Items/Awards

Small Office
Can hold up to 40 pieces – these pieces can include franchises, items and awards.

Medium Office
Can hold up to 70 pieces – these pieces can include franchises, items and awards.

Large Offices
Can hold up to 100 pieces – these pieces can include franchises, items and awards.

b) Garages – Cars/Boats/Spaceships

Small Office Garage
Can hold up to 5 cars/boats/spaceships.

Medium Office Garage
Can hold up to 10 cars/boats/spaceships.

Large Offices Garage
Can hold up to 15 cars/boats/spaceships.

With garages, you are more than welcome to rent spaces out of fill it with your own cars. Payment is worked out between you and whom you are renting to. You are more than welcome to give away free spaces.

c) Producer/Creative Company Building

With Producer/Creative Company buildings, you are showing a rise in status in the town and will be able to list services and filmography. You will also be able to hold new special items for Producer/Creative Company Building Owners Only. These items have not been released, detailed will be coming by the end of October. Each size of office will be able to hold a set amount of these items. By building more floors, you can expand this number.

d) Independent Newspapers

If you buy an office and decide to make it an Independent Newspaper, you become the Editor in Chief (or you can pick out someone to be the EIC for you). While you have to pay journalists out of your own pocket, with the title of EIC and your office being an official independent newspaper, you will be able to award journalists points for their stories.

Small Offices can award up to 3 points, medium office can award up to 4 points and large offices can award up to 5 points.

You will be able to make money by selling ad space and you will be able to buy special discounted items, awards and film library films to give away in bi-weekly drawings (if you choose to have contests). With your own newspaper you will be able to update it when you want and choose which ever style you want to have the paper be (just be careful, players can sue you in the HTG Court). Your office space will house info on your staff and a picture of your mag (if you do issues it will list issues with pictures) and will link to your official publication that will be on your own space, where you have full updating power. If you buy multiple floors you can have your Independent Newspaper also be a critic sanctioned paper, more details on critic sites below.

With this office comes an extra way for YOU to make money. As EIC (and only as EIC), you'll have the ability to trade your own personal points for money to pay out other reporters. For every article you write, an admin will award you between 1 and 5 points. You than have the option to trade those points in for money! This is only with having a J-Office news site, no other journalists can.

e) Critic Websites

Want to open your own critics corner? Rotten Tomatoes? Ain't it cool HTG? Now you have your chance!

Critic Websites can be opened in small/medium or large office and with the official choosing of a critic website, you will be able to award people up to 3 critic points per story for small offices (4 for medium and 5 for large). All money payments will have to come out of your pocket though. You can take on advertisers to make extra coin and also be able to buy special items, awards and film library prizes (at lower costs) to give away on a bi-weekly basis or less if you choose to. If you want to combine this with a newspaper, you only need to buy a second floor on your office. Your office will link to your official critic’s website that will be on your own space, where you have full updating power.

With this office comes an extra way for YOU to make money. As Critic Master (and only as site master), you'll have the ability to trade your own personal points for money to pay out other critics. For every review you write, an admin will award you between 1 and 5 points. You than have the option to trade those points in for money! This is only with having a Critic-Office site, no other critic can.

f) Restaurants

To get all the details you could ever want on opening your own restaurant, please click here (http://hollywood.spirit-of-the-air.net/htg2/town/specialbuildings/restaurants/restrules.htm).

Please Note: These are the current options for owning an office. Soon we hope to release more features including stores, factories and expanded studio space. If any office is used as a way to put down or insult another player, the game reserves the right to take down all links and delete the office.