HBGAMES.org, that is!
What happened this week?
This week is overshadowed (no pun intended) by three major developments:
- Successful server migration
- Site rebranding
- The 2nd Annual .ORGy Awards
Server Migration
First of all I would just like to say that nothing that happened this week was to spite shadow. In fact, we all love shadow, especially for the contributions he has made in both running the site and also working with us to do this all successfully these past few days. Shadow, you have been an invaluable member of the team, and if anything moving the site is a gift to you, as we know hosting .ORG is a huge ask especially for free.
We've been planning this for some time now and it has taken a lot of work to get this far. Unfortunately you may remember a couple of weeks ago, the server .ORG was hosted on was lost and a week of posts was destroyed with no way of getting them back. This was an unfortunate setback which made us have to think deeply about moving servers. Hosting on Dreamhost was not ideal, as I'm sure you have seen with the 500 Errors and so on. Now we are on a dedicated box and hosting is pretty secure for the future.
All five admins have taken part in the switch (even the ones we haven't seen in a long while!), thanks to Brew, Etheon, Shadow, Sophist, Treg, and Venetia, and the rest of the staff for making all of this possible and seamless.
Feel free to post lots and lots as you did before, there are a lot less load limitations now than there were with Dreamhost. As such, Guest viewing will also return, it was a minor setback but a direction we did not want to go down nonetheless.
Site Rebranding
Welcome to http://www.hbgames.org.
The rmxp.org url will still work for some while, but essentially we are no longer rmxp.org. Update your bookmarks.
What is hbgames? It stands for Homebrew Games; basically we are pushing towards a more game-making oriented website than just limiting ourselves to Enterbrain products (or even RPG games).
Don't worry. The site is still the same place you all love.
The 2nd Annual .ORGy Awards
The 2nd awards ceremony of .ORG has begun, you'll find it here:
Nominations have started, just PM your nominations to the anonymous staffer Pluto using the template in the thread! We've already had a hefty amount of nominations! Start thinking about how you can promote yourself, or be a better member in the run up to the actual voting ceremonies!
While we're at it...
Who are HBGAMES Staff?
There has been a lot of confusion over the years, mainly because RMXP.org was so prone to change with nobody in the outside world catching up with what was going on. Hell, some people still think admins from a couple of years ago are still admins when they have left, been banned, been shot out of a cannon, or had sex changes and joined convents by now!
So who are HBGAMES Staff?
Administrators
They are in charge of running the menial tasks of getting the site working, managing domains, technical site support, and carrying out any labour the other staff can't do themselves. They are also there to help PR and to act as mediators in any staff conflicts.
- Brewmeister
- Shadow
- Mega Lenin
- MUAHAA THE FRENCH
- Venetia
Global Moderators
They have moderator powers across all forums, and are basically there to keep everything inline as well as to participate in community events, and make sure the forums are going in the right direction.
- Asch
- Perihelion
- Commodore Whynot
- ││█║▌│║▌║ ▌│║▌║ ▌││ (Arbiter)
Moderators
Moderators are in charge of specific forums, keeping them inline and helping members out in their respective areas of expertise. They are invaluable members of the team.
- Boon
- Cruelty
- Dadevster
- Regi
- Zeriab
- ∫∆µ (Etheon)
- ┌П┐(◣_◢)┌П┐ (Holly)
In the Symposium, HBGAMES.org's mature discussions board, Wyatt asks: is eSocialising... socialising?
Please welcome:
- Lazer Kirby, Naith, Dovydas, Evil, 21stPrimarch, DojoDesigns, sedated-4-ever, starfantastica, lx_theo, FromFinland, and GogoGadget to the forums! Phew, that's a lot!
In Game Making Discussion, Regi wonders what we all do about giving rewards for quests in our games, while JBRist is recruiting for a reviews team!
Becoolioman's mapping contest has entered the final round this week.
LudiChris1 wants us to eat his face. Hmm.
In terms of projects, Tachiba's Rancid is an interesting Concept Development thread that you might want to check out, as is Mundane's With Love, an adventure game with an interactive environment.
Regi has posted a new rendition of the "Helpful Resource/Tutorial Links" thread, in Pixel Art Analysis, which is a handy thread for all would-be artists.
He Came Into The Window
Was The Sound Of A Crescendo
He Came Into your Apartment
Left The Bloodstains On The Carpet
You Ran Underneath The Table
He Could See you were Unable
So you Ran Into The Bedroom
You Were Struck Down, It Was your Doom
Annie are you ok? Say Annie are you ok? Are you ok Annie?
You've been hit by
You've been struck by
A smooth server change that unlike previous ones in the past has resulted in absolutely no loss of posts or content.
Chow.
