Fansite support information

[JuicyJuice]

Taken right from General Runescape Forums on Rs website

 

 

 

Mod Hohbein

 

Jagex Mod

 

 

 

30-Mar-2009 15:59:48

 

Last edited on 30-Mar-2009 17:43:18 by Mod Hohbein

 

Hello,

 

 

 

As you may know if youve read Mod Mmgs Q&A threads, or seen the odd post on the forums, recently we began reaching out to some of our dedicated fansites. We've had quite a few questions about this, so to let you know what the score is we thought we'd give you a brief run down of what's been going on, what our future plans are and how fansites who may want to get involved can go about making contact.

 

 

 

What's been going on?

 

 

 

Our aim is to identify dedicated, helpful fansites, and offer them whatever support we can to help them build their communities. We also really want to hear about what fansites and players want from Jagex, and importantly, what ideas they have about our games.

 

 

 

Here are just a few things that we might look for from fansites wed like to talk to:

 

 

 

- A friendly, fun, helpful atmosphere

 

- Encouraging of constructive discussion

 

- Encourages players to get involved with the community (ie, by running events or contests)

 

- Encouraging of fair play and following the rules of the game

 

- Strong desire to give Jagex constructive feedback on things they dont like, as well as things they like

 

 

 

Obviously fansites are all different, and some may offer things that others dont thats not a problem and we wont be striking somebody off the list just because they arent big on events or forum discussion, as long as its clear theyre making a real effort to support players.

 

 

 

So far we've been in touch with several pretty big fansites, and although it's still early days we're pleased to say things are going well right now. We don't want to go into too much detail about who we've been talking to and what we've been talking about, as we really don't want to cause any ill-feeling amongst fansites who we haven't yet contacted. We will be reaching out to more as time goes on, as discussed later in this post.

 

 

 

Future Plans?

 

 

 

This really is just the start. We want to start small with just a handful of fansites to see how the process could work, and to see the kind of things we could start supporting fansites with.

 

 

 

Over time, while continuing to look for new ways to support the fansites we're already talking to, we'll also look at contacting other fansites who've shown they are dedicated to helping the community. This won't be limited to English speaking RuneScape sites - indeed we'll start reaching out to other languages (such as German, French, Dutch, Finnish and Portuguese), and fansites who offer support with our other products (ie FunOrb).

 

 

 

How do I get my fansite involved?

 

 

 

We already have Jmods looking out for new fansites and if you're involved with a fansite which offers great support to the RS (or indeed FunOrb) community then chances are we'll already have you on our radar.

 

 

 

Saying that, we want to make sure we aren't missing anybody. So, with that in mind, we've created a thread in the Contact Us forum called Recommend a fansite. Anything posted in this thread will be automatically hidden, so youre welcome to post the name/URL of your fansite here for us to check out. Please don't mistake this to mean we'll be in touch with you straight away - this will take time and we can't get in touch with everyone at the same time (that'd just be scary). Suffice to say, if you let us know about your site then we will bear you in mind and if we feel your site has what it takes, then we'll be in touch when the time's right.

 

 

 

Well leave this thread open to let you ask any questions you might have. I've also reserved the next post, and after a while we'll have an FAQ put together and posted there.

 

 

 

Thanks for reading,

 

 

 

Mod Hohbein

 

Community Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAQ

 

 

 

 

 

Do I have to be a fansite owner to post a fansite on the Recommend a fansite thread?

 

 

 

Nope! If you think a fansite is doing it right, whether you're the owner, a member of staff or a community member, you can let us know.

 

 

 

How much information should we include when we post in the Recommend a fansite thread?

 

 

 

As much or as little as you like! Some basic information would be great, but we're equally happy with just a name and URL.

 

 

 

Should we let you know about fansites which we don't think you should contact?

 

 

 

There's no need to worry about that. Just let us know about the fansites you feel are dedicated to helping the community and we'll do the rest.

 

 

 

Is the age/size of a fansite important?

 

 

 

As long as a fansite is dedicated to helping the RS/FunOrb community then age/size shouldn't be an issue.

[warren211]

It's great that tipit has been contacted and thus is under the "dedicated, player-supporting" fansite category. But this post doesn't seem to answer questions on what exactly they plan to do. All it did was say the credentials a fansite needs and other things about what fansites they choose. It barely mentioned anything about what they actually plan to DO with fansites as allies. Give fansites their own servers? Help with announcements and event planning by posting up advertisements? Who knows?

[JuicyJuice]

FAQ is comming soon 8-)

[acenator]

FAQ is comming soon 8-)

 

They say "soon," do they? So that means we'll get it in like... what?... 4 weeks? :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

Nah.. I kid. I can't wait to see what their plans are.

[strilmus]

Well, just check out what they've done with the mechscape fansite so far. I think we could expect stuff like that.

[Peronix]

I hope this means they'll actually have a hand in helping fansites develop their calculators and such. Tip.it has had some great calculators developed by very intelligent people through intensive testing and such, but for as close as as they've gotten, I've yet to see a foolproof max hit calculator. It would be interesting to have a look into the actual mechanics of what determines hits.

[Makoto_the_Phoenix]

I think this is more along the lines of concrete proof that Jagex contacted fansites such as Tip.it. Of course, there's no reason for our Administration to lie, but hey - always good to have two sources saying the same thing.

[Big_Stingman]

Muahahaha, Tip.it's plans of taking over the world have been further advanced... :P

[Resonae]

Muahahaha, Tip.it's plans of taking over the world have been further advanced... :P

 

:-$

[999134]

someone needs to post a rickroll :lol:

[chazzycaz]

someone needs to post a rickroll :lol:

 

 

 

One step ahead of you! ;)

 

 

 

Either way, its great to know that Jagex are actually making progress with the fansite bonding! Im sure it wont be long until the forums are plagued... uh I mean crowded with detestable... Honourable! guests joining the community! :-#

 

 

 

Im surprised I hadnt though of Runescape fansites in other languages before! Somehow I always think of RS as an English restricted game when it comes to fanbases.... how wrong I was...

[Mil]

I wonder what they mean when they say this:

 

 

 

and offer them whatever support we can to help them build their communities

 

 

 

It could be screenshots or images of the latest Quest, Item, or NPC. Or perhaps pre-releasing information on the latest Quest so guides can be up quicker.

 

Of course, they may improve the way that websites can access the data on RuneScape.com --> I'm sure they aren't too happy with the millions of hits just to scrape information for the Grand Exchange or for the Lite Hiscores. Maybe an API...? Although, i don't know if this could directly improve communities, just the quality of the fansite.

[Dalcyte]

Well, some of the old jagex vagueness still shines through :lol: !

 

 

 

But not to be a downer or anything. This is good, i mean it doesn't really clear it up...them partnering with us to help us with what we need is very cool, but i wonder where the line would be drawn. I personally am a big fan of their event aid to come! \

[Salad]

I wonder what they mean when they say this:

 

 

 

and offer them whatever support we can to help them build their communities

 

 

 

It could be screenshots or images of the latest Quest, Item, or NPC. Or perhaps pre-releasing information on the latest Quest so guides can be up quicker.

 

Of course, they may improve the way that websites can access the data on RuneScape.com --> I'm sure they aren't too happy with the millions of hits just to scrape information for the Grand Exchange or for the Lite Hiscores. Maybe an API...? Although, i don't know if this could directly improve communities, just the quality of the fansite.

 

 

 

Oh yes I want that, and it's very likely to happend because if you look at mechscapeworld, they got some interesting photos about the game.

 

 

 

MechScape World exclusive photo

[JuicyJuice]

cool thanks

[WeatherMatt]

I too wonder what they mean exactly by "help them build their communities."

 

 

 

If they mean bring more people to fansites, that shouldn't be an issue, at least with the bigger sites. Popularity and word of mouth spreading of fansites is quite common among the biggest, which bring in a steady stream of users already. Smaller sites could benefit, though.

 

 

 

If they mean build community, like camaraderie, community spirit, etc. it could be interesting. Helping support/attend fansite events? Assisting with site content? Providing content in advance of the content's release (similar to MechScape World)? This could be hit or miss, depending on how they implement it.