EntropiaPlanets Presents: The Wiki Gurus

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They have been working hard on EntropiaPlanets integrated Wiki, both in the visible spectrum, as well as behind the scenes! Without these two dedicated staff members, the Wiki would never have been what it is today! Of course, I'm talking about our Wiki Gurus, RAZER and Tass.

The Wiki is as 'young' as our forum. In the beginning, when we integrated it, our goal was to have the Wiki tightly connected to the forum and its content - as a dynamic source of information - and at a place, were you only need one single password to access both!

We were looking at the empty Wiki page thinking: "Cool, now what?", and funnily enough, it did not fill itself in. I don't believe we ever imagined the amount of WORK and HOURS and more hours it takes to enter data into a Wiki, to make it as useful as possible.

RAZER and Tass joined EntropiaPlanets and offered their help. And very soon after the Wiki took form and new awesome things were added. Today the Wiki is not as empty as it was, and the guys are still working a lot to fill in what's needed. It is difficult, of course, because new things are also being added to the game all the time - with new planets, new missions, and what not - but with common help, and hopefully a more and more expanding Wiki Wookie Team, they manage in a way which is really amazing!

So, without further ado I present to you EntropiaPlanets Wiki Gurus:

Say hello to Wiki Guru RAZER


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How long you have been playing Entropia Universe?

I started playing at 20 December 2004 right after I saw an news article about Treasure Island being sold to Deathifier. Before this I had never played an MMO so it was a bit of a shock and I had to learn not only the game, but also how to act in a MMO and how to interact with people in a virtual world. I made a few friends and sweated a bit before I realized sweating was way too boring and slow, so I deposited some money in the game. I bought some armour, a weapon, and some mining gear to try it all out and found out that I like hunting the best, so I stuck with that.

After a while (I think it was 2 years) the game got boring to me and I quit playing for about 1,5 years. After that, I started playing again (which might be because I saw Club NEVERDIE being sold, but I'm not sure) and I got the famous 'welcome back' HOF from MindArk (a 6700 PED foul). From the profits, I bought some nice Ghost armour and a weapon (I think it was an Isis LR32) and started to hunt a lot (well not according to some people, but a few hours a day). After a while, my playing started slowing down a bit to the level I am now: Playing a little most of the time, with some periods where I play a lot.

Where are you from in real life?

Rotterdam, Holland.

Any other Real Life info you wish to share?

30 years old, draftsman at an architects office, single

Why do you play?

Unlike some people I play for fun and I don't expect or try to earn money (although it would be nice to get another big HOF someday). I don't mind paying to play the game and I do.

What are you're doing most in-game?

These days I spend a lot of my time gathering info for the Wiki. I also hunt a bit or try to help out newbies at Swamp Camp or Nea's. I've also done some TP runs with ETA in the past and think I need to do some more, because they are fun to do.

Why did you chose to help with the wiki?

That's not as easy to answer as you might think. I was a member of EntropiaPlanets from the very beginning and this wiki thing was something I could do, and, as I found out, I liked to do. I had never done it before so it also gave me an opportunity to learn more about wiki's and about Entropia Universe as well. Then, after a while, I became a wiki guru and was added to the EP staff group, where I got to see the inner workings of a website and all the stuff needed to run one. I also get a sneak peak of all the GREAT stuff that is going to happen in the future ;)

What are you working on now, the challenges, plans for the future etc.

One thing I'm doing at the moment is getting a list of all the rare items in game and get their TIR numbers so we can see how many of them are in game. This is not a 'real' project, just something I do on the side. Other then that I try to get as much items in game as I can. Some other stuff is the EntropiaTracker data in the wiki.

With all the new stuff happening on Calypso and RockTropia and the 2 new planets that are on the way (Next Island and Cyrene) we have a lot of work and this will not be any less for a while either. Therefor I wanna take this opportunity to ask EVERYONE to help us out with filling the wiki. Now we have only a few people actively filling the wiki and we are over our heads in work, so we need more people to fill in all the missing info. If you want to help us and you don't know how, send me a PM and I'll try to help you out. Also know that if you try something and you break anything in the wiki, that everything can be set back to the way it was, so don't be afraid to try, just let us know if anything goes wrong so we can correct it.

Say hello to Wiki Guru Tass
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How long you have been playing Entropia Universe?

I have been playing since August 2008, if I remember correctly. I came to EU while I was doing some research for a university paper about aspects of reality in "virtual" worlds. I didn't finish the paper that term because I was playing EU for too many hours...

Where are you from in real life?

Ahh, Real Life, that's were it becomes tricky... Actually I live at 3 different places of which Frankfurt/Germany is probably the only one to be known.

Any other Real Life info you wish to share?

Even more? Well... my Real Life is rather complicated. I'm just into too many things. These days I study theatre-, film- and media science, politics and psychology. Not to reach any final degree but just out of interest. So that's rather a hobby. I work as a... mh... concepts and project manager would fit best in a somewhat creative area. If you need a basic concept or a creative solution for any problem I am the one to call. ;)

Why do you play?

I've been a gamer ever since. And I play on all platforms. For example I'm preparing a paper chase to happen the coming weekends and I am about to re-establish playing board games with people I was playing with about 10 years ago. Also playing pen and paper RPGs. I mainly play because it's fun and don't get why so many people stop playing when I like EU because of the RCE that adds something real to a "virtual" world.

Now this sounds like I play games all the times but unfortunately I play very seldomly due to all the other stuff I do and have to do (working).

What are you doing mostly in game?

Besides waiting for beacons to be re-implemented it's definitely gathering info for wiki (and forum threads) these days. I'm really an Explorer and...

Why do you help with the wiki?

... a tiny bit of a Socializer makes me sharing the discoveries with 'the community'. I think to a little extent it's also 'our' game and it will become what we make of it.

What I like mostly about the wiki is the aspect of collaborative authoring. We can all work on the same page anytime and make it the most comprehensive and most up-todate source of information about any topic.

Unfortunately there seems to be some kind of reluctance when it comes to wiki editing and people seem to prefer to create x forum threads about the same topic. Although wiki editing is a easy as easy as posting on forums. When it comes to providing information forums are so last century ;)

I also like little projects and teamwork that when using a wiki can lead to pages like CND or Calypso Gateway.

What else are you working on, the challenges, plans for the future etc.?

It's already hard to keep up with all the events and new stuff added to EU. So with my limited time I mainly try to keep things up-to-date.

A kind of long term project is the mission documentation. I would like this opportunity to call for help. Mission pages had 10thousands of page views but only a handful of editors. HELP!

The future is long and the ideas are huge, just a few:

• Better integration of Mission Tracker, TP Tracker and a future Skill Tracker with the wiki
• Integration of auction data and global data, where I hope for EPs very own productions as well as for cooperations with EntropiaTracker and auction data sites
• Dynamic maps, dynamic everything
• Wiki portals for each planet and the major activities (hunting, mining, crafting)
• [Having ALL items, places, shops, etc. on the wiki
• Last but not least the ultimate guide to whole EU that anyone can edit, of course

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Wow, are these Wiki gurus dedicated OR WHAT???
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If you have any questions about how to help out and contribute to the Wiki, do not hesitate to pm either
RAZER or Tass for information - or post in the Wiki Forum Section!

Thanks to RAZER and Tass for telling a little about themselves and about their work in EntropiaPlanets Wiki

 

Oh boy, well, I don't know why the article suddenly became in white text - when I saw it I thought 'hmm, that's ok'. I now changed the color back to default, so try and see if that helped? :)