http://www.rpgfanatic.net/ The RPG Fanatic community website needs your help! I started this project over a year ago, and it's been at a stand-still since we lost the developer working on it. I need to hire another developer to complete the site so it can be used for its original purpose; to help fans of RPG videogames have a community designed for fun and intelligent discussion about these games.
Why This Site Is Good
There are many forums for people to discuss videogames, but threads about RPGs (especially Japanese produced RPGs) tend to get derailed by trolls. Even worse, many sites give volunteer moderators too much power with too little oversight, leading to unfair bannings and unnecessary drama. Many forum moderators also tend to ban people for very silly things like posting links to your own YouTube video or blog articles. This is true for many sites, especially GiantBomb and GameFAQs.
The RPG Fanatic site is designed to be self-regulatory; users can vote on if they like another user's post, similar to the way sites like reddit work. The main difference is we have a weighted voting system that works like a RPG; your account gains XP by using the site, and levels up related classes like Web Warrior, Videologist and Word-smith. Each class has unique abilities that give an account more voting power as they reach higher levels, and even unlock special areas of the site meant for veteran members.
Furthermore, unlike wikis there is a system to ensure that edits made to a game title's wiki page (example here) are verified by the community as good additions before these submissions go public. Users gain XP in the Wiki Keeper class for screening these submissions, and they gain XP in the Wiki Walker class for making the edits. This gamification of web design encourages the community to constantly improve the quality of the listings on the site.
Also, unlike a typical wiki we encourage members to make submissions of YouTube videos, such as let's plays, reviews, screenshots and other news. There are special feeds at the right-hand side menu of a game's wiki article meant for user-created submissions. Users gain XP in the Videologist class for posting videos, and Word-smith for posting blogs.
These user submissions can then be voted on by other users using the unique "RPG style" combat inspired voting system, which increases the amount of XP obtainable from these posts. If you make a popular post, you'll get a lot of XP!
User profiles can also equip items and have sprites similar to Gaia Online. Equipped items can alter the parameters of the profile, unlocking exclusive abilities.
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