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The main MZXer hub, DigitalMZX is home to an archive of [[MegaZeux]] games as well as a message board; until late 2002, it was a fully-realized webpage but a hosting snafu caused all of the page information to vanish. It was first known as "The Untitled MegaZeux Page" from its birth in 1999 to 2000 and ran by [[joshdw1]] and [[Maverick]]. At first, it was a minor community page, but with the all-but-certain death of [[mWorld]] in late 2000 it quickly became '''the''' MegaZeux community hub. The two main draws of DMZX are its huge, searchable archive of MegaZeux items and its long-established forums; since its ascendance in late 2000, only [[Zeuxworld (website)|Zeuxworld]] (and possibly the [[Anti-Archive]] on the archive front alone) had come close to matching its scope. A few [[ZZTers]] will deal with DMZX's forums for various reasons; past examples include [[craNKGod]] and [[Knightt]], while present examples include [[Dr. Dos]], [[Nadir]], [[Ando]] and [[burstroc]]. | The main MZXer hub, DigitalMZX is home to an archive of [[MegaZeux]] games as well as a message board; until late 2002, it was a fully-realized webpage but a hosting snafu caused all of the page information to vanish. It was first known as "The Untitled MegaZeux Page" from its birth in 1999 to 2000 and ran by [[joshdw1]] and [[Maverick]]. At first, it was a minor community page, but with the all-but-certain death of [[mWorld]] in late 2000 it quickly became '''the''' MegaZeux community hub. The two main draws of DMZX are its huge, searchable archive of MegaZeux items and its long-established forums; since its ascendance in late 2000, only [[Zeuxworld (website)|Zeuxworld]] (and possibly the [[Anti-Archive]] on the archive front alone) had come close to matching its scope. A few [[ZZTers]] will deal with DMZX's forums for various reasons; past examples include [[craNKGod]] and [[Knightt]], while present examples include [[Dr. Dos]], [[Nadir]], [[Ando]] and [[burstroc]]. | ||
The adminship at DMZX first consisted of [[Tixus|Mz_Weird]], [[Diamond|Sei Mamoruno]], [[Esdemo1]], joshdw1, Maverick, [[Hercules]], and [[Micah Lee|flucknugget]] - most had been members of the freshly-killed [[Square of MegaZeux]]. Many of the admins were replaced or have outright left the community | The adminship at DMZX first consisted of [[Tixus|Mz_Weird]] (more well known now as Tixus), [[Diamond|Sei Mamoruno]], [[Esdemo1]], joshdw1, Maverick, [[Hercules]], and [[Micah Lee|flucknugget]] - most had been members of the freshly-killed [[Square of MegaZeux]]. Many of the admins were replaced or have outright left the community. The current effective admin list consists of Tixus, Esdemo1, [[Wervyn]], [[Terryn]], [[Kurushimi|Kuddy]] and [[Exophase]], with recent guest appearances by Maverick. There are also a couple category specific moderators, [[RoSS]] (MZX General) and [[WildWeasel]] (Community). [[Lancer-X]] was until recently also an administrator, but has been on a self-imposed sabbatical since October 2007. Moderation styles per admin/mod vary. | ||
In November of 2007, thanks to problems with lack of hosting space and nagging from Maverick (who maintained the server), DMZX migrated to inMotion hosting and took a more collective approach to hosting payments. (Previously josh and mav had been managing all hosting costs, even though they had very little to do with the site anymore). This move brought with it a wealth of available storage space and bandwidth, and reignited a drive to develop infrastructure and services for the site. After expressing great interest in developing the site and starting several projects to that end, [[MZXGiant]] was brought on as a site admin and PHP developer in December. | |||
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Revision as of 14:39, 2 January 2008
The main MZXer hub, DigitalMZX is home to an archive of MegaZeux games as well as a message board; until late 2002, it was a fully-realized webpage but a hosting snafu caused all of the page information to vanish. It was first known as "The Untitled MegaZeux Page" from its birth in 1999 to 2000 and ran by joshdw1 and Maverick. At first, it was a minor community page, but with the all-but-certain death of mWorld in late 2000 it quickly became the MegaZeux community hub. The two main draws of DMZX are its huge, searchable archive of MegaZeux items and its long-established forums; since its ascendance in late 2000, only Zeuxworld (and possibly the Anti-Archive on the archive front alone) had come close to matching its scope. A few ZZTers will deal with DMZX's forums for various reasons; past examples include craNKGod and Knightt, while present examples include Dr. Dos, Nadir, Ando and burstroc.
The adminship at DMZX first consisted of Mz_Weird (more well known now as Tixus), Sei Mamoruno, Esdemo1, joshdw1, Maverick, Hercules, and flucknugget - most had been members of the freshly-killed Square of MegaZeux. Many of the admins were replaced or have outright left the community. The current effective admin list consists of Tixus, Esdemo1, Wervyn, Terryn, Kuddy and Exophase, with recent guest appearances by Maverick. There are also a couple category specific moderators, RoSS (MZX General) and WildWeasel (Community). Lancer-X was until recently also an administrator, but has been on a self-imposed sabbatical since October 2007. Moderation styles per admin/mod vary.
In November of 2007, thanks to problems with lack of hosting space and nagging from Maverick (who maintained the server), DMZX migrated to inMotion hosting and took a more collective approach to hosting payments. (Previously josh and mav had been managing all hosting costs, even though they had very little to do with the site anymore). This move brought with it a wealth of available storage space and bandwidth, and reignited a drive to develop infrastructure and services for the site. After expressing great interest in developing the site and starting several projects to that end, MZXGiant was brought on as a site admin and PHP developer in December.