MINICLIP

Miniclip is a mobile and online games company which includes the website Miniclip.com, which was launched in 2001 and is known for having a large and varied collection of games. It is the world's largest privately owned online gaming website. It was started in 2001 by Robert Small and Tihan Presbie on a budget of £40,000^[2] and quickly grew. As of 2008, the company has been valued at over £200 million, having been profitable for six of its seven years, with turnovers exceeding £20 million in the past two years alone.

Game players

Miniclip has a social system with registered "game players" who play games with each other and play in custom friend leagues together. Players have their own game player pages with their games, statistics, awards, friends and applications.

• Player Profile Pages: Game players have their own game profile pages where their games, high scores, friends and other game related information are stored.
• Awards & Achievements: Awards are earned by performing actions on the website, such as achieving high scores in games. Once awards are won they are displayed in a player's league and are displayed on a user's Profile Page.
• Leader boards: The worldwide daily, weekly and monthly leader boards are displayed in games.
• Game Ranking Bar: Players are ranked worldwide with a special colour-coded, percentage-based worldwide ranking bar system that is found next to their games on their profile page.
• Games News Feed: Players have a games news feed on their profile pages which gives them information on the winning or losing of challenges, friend invites, announcements etc.
• Matchmaking: For certain new live multiplayer games there is a real time matchmaking system to match up players to other players of similar ability or for players to choose the ability of others to play against or for players to play against their friends in real time.
• Game Avatars: Avatars are called YoMe's and can be customized to include many different looks and styles. The avatars can be changed to have their own looks. The avatars enter certain games and carry game player statistics and awards.