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ausMMO FAQ's

To provide a central place for all Australian MMORPG players to gather, communicate, share info and get their game on better, more efficiently and more enjoyably
To provide a resource database to share links and useful resources for everyone
To proivde a single place where (eventually) anyone can find anyone by searching for old guilds & guild mates, without spending hours trawling official sites & character rosters
To provide a single place where guilds can form, recruit and organise themselves
To provide a 'one stop shop' for all news & updates, no matter what MMORPG you play
To be THE PLACE for aussie gamers

Apart from the above list, ausMMO is a 'good thing' (™?) because there is a finite number of aussie players in the MMO community, and ausMMO will eventually bring a majority of those players together. This can ONLY be a good thing, as it will be easier for players to find mates and guilds, as well as being easier for guilds to find more members.

Exposure mainly. Many people already use the ausMMO forums daily and those players will see your guild and your members around ausMMO. If those players get bored of their current game or guild, where is the first place they'd look for a new home? Where is the first place YOU would look for a new home? That's right - ausMMO. The fact that its currently free doesn't hurt either.

"Fair Dinkum" (name will change, its just a place holder!) is forming up for the new Everquest (hopefully progression!) server in March 2009 - they are hosted here. Drop in and say hi in the Fair Dinkum Forums
Reverence, an aussie Vanguard guild, have their site here, as well as their forums
Avatar Dynasty, an aussie Warhammer Online guild, have their site here, along with their forums and the Fifth Dynasty Alliance forums
Glacial, an aussie World of Warcraft guild, have their site here, as well as their forums
Stonard, another aussie WoW guild is also hosted here, with their forums.

ausMMO costs money to host, but by far, the bigger cost associated with it is the time to build features and functionality. Currently, ausMMO has ZERO COSTS associated for the members or the guilds that are there. Any future 'membership fee' that is introduced will *not* impact upon current features of ausMMO. The majority of it will ALWAYS BE FREE - ausMMO is not a commercial venture. That being said, advertising will slowly be introduced, a premium membership service will probably be offered (although I have no clue what I can offer for a paid service, as there's already a lot of cool stuff here for nix!) and donations will always be an option. But at the end of the day, ausMMO is currently 100% free and that won't change by much, if at all.
Eventually, it is likely that ausMMO will charge guilds some nominal fee to host as a 'once per year' fee, something along the lines of $50.00 or whatever.

For a player, simply register at the forums, then start reading the forums, chatting in game forums, browse the links, read the news or whatever. Dead simple. For guilds, you simply contact Spanka on the forums to chat about hosting your guild there. There will be some questions to ensure that your guild won't be 'gone in 3 months' and that your guild will be a valuable addition to the community. If accepted, your forums will be built, officers/admins/moderators appointed and if desired, a Joomla site built for you on your own subdomain for news and updates. All in all, its pretty damn quick.

Provided that your guild is 'predominately aussie' (say, better than 50% aussie/NZ player base) then most likely, yes, you can host here.

Of course. Just bear in mind that this site is by aussies for aussies & NZ'ers. That won't change.

Really really simple. Don't be a dick. Do not flame, troll or otherwise be a wanker to anyone else here. At all times, be a mature, functioning adult. The administrators here will have no problem banning wankers and in fact, will probably take a little pleasure from it.

None. Anyone may register, join, participate, share, chat and whatever else. But no one has the RIGHT to do so; it is a privilege. That means that the administrators do not have to provide reasons/explanations as to any action they take. Its a bit draconian, but hey - if you're not a wanker, its not a problem.

Absolutely. However, I will only advertise services and items that I feel are of value; I don't believe in advertising things just because I get a phat commission (Google Ads are the exception for now *sigh*). I believe in referring mates to quality goods and services, because the end customer gets a GOOD referral to something they're happy with. Everyone is happier in the end. At this stage, any advertising will be done without charge to you (because you're offering a GOOD thing, right?) with no fixed/guaranteed air time. Sometime around March 2009, I will be taking stock of the advertising power of ausMMO and look at a pay-per-banner or other listing mechanism to advertise here.

All your MMORPG news & comics in one place. A continually growing community for the Australian MMORPG crowd, with several strong guilds and a multitude of links\resources. I'm hoping to introduce blogs for any member that wants it, more guilds hosted here and a much more functional character listing database so you can list as many characters as you want. A guild recruitment section. Whatever else I can think of.

Crap, the last FAQ, better make it a good one! Without players, the MMO community doesn't work. Without players, guilds dont work. Our entire community requires one invaluable raw resource: players. Like it or lump it, our genre of gaming requires massive amounts of resources: warm bodies at computers. We need to realise that active players are the ONE THING that makes EVERYONE's mmo gaming alive and enjoyable. If we all need the same resource to thrive, then it only makes sense to pool our resources, keep in contact and help ourselves and others make our MMO gaming more fun. So why should YOU bother with ausMMO? Because every warm body at ausMMO has a 5% crit chance* to make your gaming life better in some way. [all figures vary +/- 200% depending upon mob level, guild level, player gear, RNG and Spanka's arbitrary bullshit value]