Happy 5th Birthday to us!

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  1. DarkUnderlord

    DarkUnderlord Administrator Staff Member

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    Yes, Terra-Arcanum is officially 5 years old today. We've been through a lot over these years, including being hacked about 6 times - which has meant a lot of fun re-installing database backups. Unfortunately, that's one of the hazards of the jobs. The site has also seen a complete change of the guard, <a href="http://www.terra-arcanum.com/index.php?section=station&content=general&id=staff">originally founded by</a> people such as Calis, Saint_Proverbius, Xerophyte, ratster and Oyarsa and a handful of others, keeping the site going today is mainly down to Jinxed, with myself, Snowmane and Mathboy lending a hand. Despite his "retired" status, Calis still pops in every now and then too just to see how things are going.
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    <br>We've also been through a change of focus. While initially created purely for Arcanum news and content, the release of other RPGs by Troika saw us move to simply covering <a href="http://www.troikagames.com/">Troika Games</a> itself. I like to think we did an all right job. Nothing spectacular, but we've certainly outlasted all the other fan-sites who've tried to do the same thing (whether that's a good thing or not is up to you).
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    <br>Of course, the saddest thing is that we also outlasted <a href="http://www.troikagames.com">Troika Games</a> themselves. As you all know, the company closed its doors when it couldn't find a publisher interested in <a href="http://www.terra-arcanum.com/index.php?section=speculation">Mystary!</a> - their proposed Post-Apocalyptic RPG. This was all after <a href="http://arcanum.sierra.com/us/">Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura</a>, <a href="http://www.atari.com/toee/">Dungeons and Dragons: The Temple of Elemental Evil</a> and <a href="http://www.vampirebloodlines.com/">Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines</a> had hit the shelves. While they had their flaws, 3 generally considered solid RPGs ain't so bad. It's disappointing that Mystary! may never now see the light of day.
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    <br>Now, enough reminiscising about the past. Even though Troika are gone, there's no reason why we shouldn't keep gathering information about them and their games. That's why we've decided to launch <a href="http://www.terra-arcanum.com/troikapedia/">the Troikapedia</a>.
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    <br>the Troikapedia</a></center>
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    <br>The Troikapedia is a wiki. If you don't know what one of those is, it's basically a tool where anyone (yes, that's right, anyone) can add or edit information into it. You don't even need to register, you can just pop-in, find a page that's missing something and add in everything you know. You can even create new pages and add new content about Troika.
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    <br>Keeping in line with Troika's tendency for overly long game names, we've officially called it the <a href="http://www.terra-arcanum.com/troikapedia/">Troikapedia: A Post-Troikan Temple of Vampires, Steamworks and Obscure Information</a>. There's not a lot of information in it yet but we've made a start. Over time we hope many people will be able to add content and that it will eventually become a major resource for all things Troika. So go on over there, have a read and start adding!
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    <br>Happy Birthday!
     
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