Announcement: The Future of GuildWarsGuru

[JR]

Hi folks,

We've got some pretty exciting news for you today, regarding the future of GuildWarsGuru and GuildWars2Guru: As of a couple of weeks ago ownership of these sites was transferred to Curse - the largest owner of MMO news and fansites around. We now join the ranks of other top notch fansites like AionSource, WarhammerAlliance, TERA Fans, and many more.

I'll cut right to the question on many of your minds right now: "What does this new authoritarian regime of robot overlords mean for me?"

In the short term we're focusing on organization and planning, so you wont see a huge amount change. Sometime in the near future we will shift over to the Curse servers which should result in more consistent performance (yay). Past that we're looking at a load of software upgrades, expanding our staff, and increasing our coverage and content.

We already have a few new faces here on the forum:

DoranM:
The Director of Content at Curse. Amongst many other responsibilities he manages their fansites, and is quarterbacking the transition process.

Kvinna:
Some of you may recognize Kvinna from AionSource. She is a very welcome addition to the administration team, and a huge fan of the Guild Wars franchise.

Alexia:
Alexia is the resident PHP ninja and server administrator. He will be making sure the technical side of the transition goes without a hiccup, and ultimately in charge of maintaining the site's back end.

Future plans aside, the manpower and experience we gain is going to be of huge benefit to us, particularly with the coming rush on Guild Wars 2. Add to that the stability and scalability provided by the technical stuff behind the curtains, and the future is looking pretty peachy for all of us.

I know there will be lots of questions about the future of the site, and how the new involvement with Curse will affect us. Curse wanted the Guru community for a reason, we've developed something special here and have been proud to call it our home for years, and with their backing and support it's only going to get better.

If you have questions or concerns about any of this feel free to drop me, Inde, Kattar or Kvinna a PM.

- JR

[fenix]

First.

Not sure how I feel about this. Forum capitalism...

[Darcy]

How will this affect the paid memberships? And, hooray for better servers.

[Pleikki]

Yey for better servers!

I like the change, shouldnt change much things, except new staff which is allways good thing,
also this could possibly add some more users for Guildwarsguru sites which is allways a good thing.

Its good as long as i still wont be receiving all those annoying ads, Only good thing at being site contributor :P

[JR]

Originally Posted by Darcy

How will this affect the paid memberships? And, hooray for better servers.

It wont, for the immediate future. We do have plans for transitioning that, but nothing I can talk about quite yet.

[Madeentje]

What about moderator-replacements?

[JR]

Originally Posted by Madeentje

What about moderator-replacements?

Not quite sure what you mean, Madeentje?

[Pleikki]

Originally Posted by JR

Not quite sure what you mean, Madeentje?

Probably means if Curse community brings their own moderators to here replacing old ones?

[TomoSojiro]

Originally Posted by JR

Not quite sure what you mean, Madeentje?

ahai madeen <3

I think he means will moderators be replaced or will the same ppl who are in charge now, stay in charge

[Thierry2]

Originally Posted by TomoSojiro

ahai madeen <3

I think he means will moderators be replaced or will the same ppl who are in charge now, stay in charge

No, that's never the case on Curse fansites. Moderators will most likely stay the same and new ones will be from this community.

(as far as I know anyway)

[Stop The Storm]

Better servers is always a good thing. Unsure about the whole thing though tbh.

So was the sites sold? Do all important decisions go through "curse" now?

If im honest this is the first ive ever heard of the website and ive played MMO's for over a decade.

[Mintha Syl]

Originally Posted by fenix

Not sure how I feel about this. Forum capitalism...

Uhm same here...but yay for better servers

[JR]

Originally Posted by Stop The Storm

So was the sites sold?

Correct.

Originally Posted by Stop The Storm

Do all important decisions go through "curse" now?

Depends what you define as an important decision. Curse might put down some guidelines for content they want to see us produce, for example, but they aren't going to interfere with the community.

Originally Posted by TomoSojiro

ahai madeen <3

I think he means will moderators be replaced or will the same ppl who are in charge now, stay in charge

We (Inde, Kattar, Kvinna and myself) remain in charge of staffing decisions.

[Madeentje]

Originally Posted by JR

Not quite sure what you mean, Madeentje?

Won't moderators be replaced by Curse-people?

Originally Posted by TomoSojiro

ahai madeen <3

I think he means will moderators be replaced or will the same ppl who are in charge now, stay in charge

Hans!!

That's been a while , let me log in and add you on my "new" account...

[Stop The Storm]

Highly doubt it. Would create ALOT of friction which i dont think they want.

This site runs smooth. Im sure if any major problems arrose they might interviene but as its running fine, im sure they are happy with how its being run atm.

[Horace Slughorn]

Thanks admin for putting so much time and effort into this site, we all really appreciate the work you guys do I'm sure ya'll have thought out these upcoming changes and that they are for the best.

[HigherMinion]

What are the hidden benefits of this move, apart from the server change?

[cellardweller]

Here's hoping the feel of guru remains.

[Hells Fury]

I hope that some of you guys got at least some benefits (read: cash)
Seriously , no troll

[I pwnd U]

Glad to hear that Guru's future is secure, even if it means a new owner.