Gaim Mastr
07-15-2003, 12:14 PM
Ever since Atari's announcement (http://us.atari.com/press/?id=363) at this year's E3 I've been waiting around for some semblance of an official website, fansites, etc. To my surprise, none seem to have been forthcoming as of yet.
As was mentioned in the article, a new MMORPG is slated to come out sometime in 2005. This new game is called Dungeons & Dragons Online (D&DO)
It is licensed by Wizards of the Coast (http://www.wizards.com/), paid for by Atari and being developed by Turbine. As some of you may know, Turbine also developed Asheron's Call 1 & 2.
Here's the situation....
As far as I can tell, there aren't any websites or forums dedicated to any aspect of this new D&DO game. And since I already have an established website and message board (unused at the moment), this allows me the opportunity to have one of the first fansites for the game.
I have an idea of what this fansite will be about. I'm thinking a guild or clan that makes no distinction about what class, race or alignment the player-characters are. One that will span all of the server "worlds".
And as we get nearer and nearer the release date of D&DO, perhaps we will have the numbers and influence to assist Atari/Turbine in the Alpha and Beta stages of this game. And with Atari's permission, we'll provide links and such to any official websites or forums they establish.
The biggest problem I have, is that I'm not a WebMaster. I know little about designing and setting up a decent website. I've run message boards for long time now, so that aspect is already taken care of.
I've got the message board installed and am making the forums. As interested people join, I'll assign Moderators and such.
But we need someone who is ready, willing and able to volunteer to be our WebMaster. If anyone would like to help out, please reply here.
A SIDE NOTE: I'd like to thank the people of Atari for backing this D&DO venture with Turbine. For reasons stated in Atari's own press release, I have no doubt that this MMORPG will be much more successful than even Star Wars Galaxies.
As was mentioned in the article, a new MMORPG is slated to come out sometime in 2005. This new game is called Dungeons & Dragons Online (D&DO)
It is licensed by Wizards of the Coast (http://www.wizards.com/), paid for by Atari and being developed by Turbine. As some of you may know, Turbine also developed Asheron's Call 1 & 2.
Here's the situation....
As far as I can tell, there aren't any websites or forums dedicated to any aspect of this new D&DO game. And since I already have an established website and message board (unused at the moment), this allows me the opportunity to have one of the first fansites for the game.
I have an idea of what this fansite will be about. I'm thinking a guild or clan that makes no distinction about what class, race or alignment the player-characters are. One that will span all of the server "worlds".
And as we get nearer and nearer the release date of D&DO, perhaps we will have the numbers and influence to assist Atari/Turbine in the Alpha and Beta stages of this game. And with Atari's permission, we'll provide links and such to any official websites or forums they establish.
The biggest problem I have, is that I'm not a WebMaster. I know little about designing and setting up a decent website. I've run message boards for long time now, so that aspect is already taken care of.
I've got the message board installed and am making the forums. As interested people join, I'll assign Moderators and such.
But we need someone who is ready, willing and able to volunteer to be our WebMaster. If anyone would like to help out, please reply here.
A SIDE NOTE: I'd like to thank the people of Atari for backing this D&DO venture with Turbine. For reasons stated in Atari's own press release, I have no doubt that this MMORPG will be much more successful than even Star Wars Galaxies.