AO Universe - Community Fansite For Players, By Players
Thanks to the great AO Community, this project is now a REALITY!
Like any other gaming community we need volunteers. There are many exciting things planned, and we want the community to be a part of it! We are looking for dedicated, committed, creative people to join us to fill out various positions. If you're interested in helping a fansite by players and for players then read on to find out how to submit your application. All we ask is a bit of your time and dedication to the site. Become a volunteer today!
The following positions need to be filled as of right now:
Assistant Site Manager: Due to the positive response to this position, we no longer need further applications.
Programmers/Coders: Due to the positive response to this position, we no longer need further applications.
Universe Researchers: Lead Researcher are responsible for pouring over the existing content on the site and making sure it is up-to-date and current/correct. If it is not, they correct it and submit it to the Site Manager or Assistant Site Manager for submission. They are also welcome to submit their own guides/databases if they so wish.
Roleplay/Social Reporters: If you're the social/roleplay type of player who likes to run fun events or parties then we want you as well. We will also allow you to post at our front page with announcements of social/roleplaying events.
AO News Reporters: If you are good at finding everything news, in relation to Anarchy Online (Atlantean and Rimor Servers), be it from player-run forums or official forums, patch news, updates, downtimes or official Funcom posts, then we could use your talent.
Columnists: Consists of writing articles related to Anarchy Online or general MMOG topics. Must have excellent writing skills in the English language and a good sense of what topic might be of interest for our readers, no experience with html required. If interested, send a letter of interest including a sample of your writing to Windguaerd.
Artists or Graphics Designers: Are you able to make wallpapers, launcher skins, web graphics for our site or just have artistic talent you want to share with the AOU Community? then we'll be happy to feature your work.
Forum Moderators: Due to the positive response to this position, we no longer need further applications.
All positions require basic english writing skills as a must, no forum moderation is required unless otherwise indicated. Please apply with at the site ("Contact Us" page), and be sure to include which position you are interested in.
All Universe team positions are on a volunteer basis. Some Team members are given an @ao-universe.com email address for use with site business.
What started as a hopeful project is now a reality.
We thank you in advance for your interest in joining AO Universe!!
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WTH is AO Universe you say?
A fansite by players, for players. From roleplayers to casual and powerplayers.
What the site will have:
RP content, including stories from players, revisiting past events which shaped AO's storyline, past and current details on official storyline content, RP related news from the roleplaying community (including org advertising). Also feature links to the official forums (related to RP only).
Knowledge content. I'm currently getting the permission from several smaller sites to allow AOU to repoduce their gameplay guides (including maps), so far everyone I have managed to contact have given their ok (each guide will have the proper credits to the original people/sites who hosted it). I expect for this site to host more guides than any other fansite that currently exists (including the larger gaming network sites). This will be useful to all types of players.
Powerplaying content, this includes annoucements of raids (regardless of server, faction) by players, listing of raiding bots (and what is required to join them), basic rules of raiding and steady support for the powerplayers. This will include of course the many wars that are fought over Notum Bases (we will try to cover news of battles as well).
Additional content/downloads. Hosting overall utilities used by the community, like Clicksaver, AOShopAgent, AOScripter, Launcher Skins, Wallpapers, etc.
Also a set of forums for all types of players to interact, exchange information, share AO stories, and more.
What the site will NOT have:
Advertising and annoying popups (at least not the popups we all hate). Pushing other MMO's at our front page (which is what most gaming networks are doing). News related to the Test Server (AO's Community Corner covers that just fine for the playerbase). Client downloads (sorry, bandwith would get too crazy). Idiots in suits who have no idea what an MMORPG or even a console controller looks like trying to 'guide' AO Universe's development.
So what is this?
FOR PLAYERS, BY PLAYERS.
Those who want to become staffers/volunteers do so on their own accord, no pay, only gratification will be...you did it for the community, the friends you play with, and the love for the game.
Here is the catch!
I expect to have high online traffic going to this site, so I'm hoping an individual or a company may consider hosting the site for either free, or by possibly having their company's banner (advertising) visible at the site (no popups!). I'm willing to compromise within reason.
Anarchy Arcanum (which has been dead for over a year) used to be hosted graciously by DataGuard, a nice company in Norway which I'm trying to contact and work out a similar deal. But I'll grab the first good offer to host the site that presents itself.
I'm already working on over 50 guides, a basic layout (I'm no graphics designer, so the start will not present a 'pretty eye candy' site, but a practical and useful one...eye candy can be developed later on).
In other words...this site CAN happen, if a few players get involved, and with the grace of god (and I ain't religious mind you) a good gracious host to give us a nice start.
It's up to the Community, you can make this happen.