SPIDER Community Meeting – 2012 Q1

SPIDER Gaming Community

• New Members: – Myzifer November 2011 – Fushigi January 2012 – Cenotaph March 2012

• Planned Events: – Counter-Strike: Source (monthly)

– Old Games Eve

– Left 4 Dead, Alien Swarm, etc.

• Round Table Questions: (at the end)

– Share one thing you plan to do in 2012 – Upcoming games you will be playing – Ideas & suggestions for SPIDER

• Community Meetings:

– Q1 17 March 2012 – Q2 06 June 2012 – Q3 15 September 2012 – Q4 15 December 2012

• Communications: – Ventrilo

• Server: vent.spidergaming.org • Port: 7454

– Website: www.SpiderGaming.org • Community forum • Twitter feed (@Zimtok5) • Calendar of upcoming events

– Mailing List

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Community News

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• Website – New pages have been added giving the SPIDER back story and easier access to our community rules.

• Donation Button – Allows charitable members to help fund SPIDER’s Ventrilo server and website costs.

• Ventrilo – Live, auto-refreshed list of active users now available on SpiderGaming.org. No need to log into Vent to check who’s on.

• 2011 Competition – Favourite game screenshot of the year won by Emrayla. Congrats!

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Upcoming Recruitment Drive

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New pages

... plus, if you use an orange portal correctly, you can reach Zim’s house!

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New & Upcoming Games

• Tribes: Ascend April 12th, 2012

• Diablo III May 15th, 2012

• Battlefield 3 DLC: Close Quarters – June 2012

Armored Kill – Q3 2012

End Game – Q4 2012

• Guild Wars 2 To be announced...

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May 15th, 2012 Release date

17 March 2012

Carry-Over Points from Q4 Meeting

– Completed Remove mandatory ‘MOTD’ setting from

Ventrilo server

Hold 2 x CS:S events in January 2012

Create donation mechanism for people who want to give to SPIDER; post donations

Schedule dates for 2012 quarterly meetings, keep ‘em casual

Post voting results & identify winner of screenshot competition

Host ‘Old Games Eve’ events for Left 4 Dead & Alien Swarm

Change link colour for URLs on SPIDER website from red to blue

Add Star Wars: The Old Republic category to forum

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– Zim’s “To Do” List Enhance the existing Twitter feed, make

auto-refresh with history available

Review TeamSpeak 3 again as potential replacement for Ventrilo

Look for easier on-boarding process via new forum or form-based inputs

Revise wording of community rules

Fix <center> tag issues with Internet Explorer view of SpiderGaming.org

Create new banner with Diablo III artwork

Move videos from ‘Join’ to dedicated page for user-created videos & screenshots

Create a dedicated page for community philosophy & rules

Member Donations ( Dec 2011 – Feb 2012 )

Special thanks to these SPIDERs!

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£5.00

£40.00

£10.00

£20.00

£10.00

£5.00

Alvar_M

TimmyCee

Myzifer

Chug

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skalragg

Community Round Table

– Introduce yourself Gamer alias or first name

– Plans for 2012 One thing you intend doing this year

– Tell us what games you play What you play now & upcoming

– Share ideas & suggestions Recommend improvements

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day, SPIDERs!

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Straight from the ‘80s!