3 h2. Official Xonotic Media Channels for PR
6 * Blog - http://www.xonotic.org/team/blog/
7 * Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/xonotic
8 * Identica - http://identi.ca/xonotic
9 * Desura - http://www.desura.com/games/xonotic
10 * Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/xonotic
13 * YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/xonotic
16 * Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xonotic
20 Our first announcement of this project is coming sometime after Illfonic first unveils their Nexuiz game at GDC http://www.gdconf.com
21 which is held March 9th - 13th.
23 h2. Some supporting requirements before we make this announcement:
27 * Prepare website with at least
28 ** a simple frontpage placeholder
29 ** and a forum for answering questions
30 * Setup twitter and facebook pages
31 * An FAQ page focused on the fork
32 ** we'll add entries to it as we go
33 ** we'll refer people to this whenever we can
35 h2. This announcement will be pushed out through the following channels:
37 * Through the "HELP" system on popular Nexuiz servers, like Simba in Europe and HOCTF/HODM in US
38 * Slashdot, digg, reddit and other social news sites
39 * Nexuiz IRC channels and private messaging
41 * Email or PM to key individuals who left Nexuiz long ago (Perhaps using AT or NN forum private messaging)
43 While our official project announcement is going to be very neutral, the Slashdot/digg/reddit posts will reflect more of the community's overall impression of the Illfonic issue.
47 The main goal for this introductory announcement is to state *1) our reasons* and *2) our plans*, but we will focus more on our plans. This announcement should not focus on finger-pointing. Rather, it should focus on our own values and the goals that we plan to accomplish with this new game. We will have to touch upon the *broken trust* that stemmed from decisions made behind closed doors. But our main goal for this announcement is to make our intentions clear, and, of course, to unveil the new name. We want to begin filling up our IRC channels and our website.
49 h2. Words we will try to not use, or use limitedly:
58 # A new game formed from the major contributors of Nexuiz GPL
59 # The name of the game is Xonotic
60 # The website is xonotic.org
61 # IRC channel is #xonotic on quakenet
62 # Development IRC channel is #xonotic @ freenode
72 # Restructure project leadership for more balance
73 # Improved project organization
74 # More focus on the community
75 # Better management of marketing and public relations
76 # A more defined artistic direction
77 # More emphasis on recruiting and communicating with new contributors to the project
79 h2. What will change in the game?
81 # New set of player models
82 # New player animations
84 # Default maps will get a makeover and new ones will be introduced
85 # New names for some weapons and game modes
86 # Improved bot AI system
87 # Increased quality and detail of textures
91 # We can't give a timeline at this moment, but we will try to produce our first release as soon as we can
92 # Instead, we will invite people to our IRC channels and to our website to keep updated
97 # Most voted by the team
98 # Other reasons about why we chose the name
102 # We appreciate everyone's support
103 # We will try to be open and supportive with new potential contributors (as opposed to an "I'm too 1337 for you" attitude)
104 # We want to keep an active flow of information among the team members
105 # We look forward to creating a game that everyone will enjoy
107 h2. Details or topics we will not mention in our announcement
109 (better to spread them out for future announcements)
110 # Central user system
112 # Details about roles