Colony of Gamers

Infobox Website
name = Colony of Gamers
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url = http://www.colonyofgamers.com/
commercial = no
type = Video game community
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author = Community-written
launch date = September 2008
current status = Active
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Colony of Gamers (CoG) is a video game community and the hub of the CoG affiliate network. Founded September 2008 [http://www.co-optimus.com/article/597/Introducing_Colony_of_Gamers_Website.html] by former Evil Avatar staff and members, Colony of Gamers was created solely with "the community" at its epicenter. The CoG affiliate network is comprised of distinguished websites dedicated to the contirbution of community content which compliment other CoG network content.

Content

Colony of Gamers is setup in 4 major sections: User blogs, user forums, gaming news, and featured original content. The front page of Colony of Gamers content is managed by the CoG staff. Original articles and news are submitted to the CoG staff for editing and review prior to being published to the front page feed. Game reviews are written by the CoG staff and submitted as featured original content to the front page and user forums. Registered users that post more than 25 posts are promoted from a "Junior Member" to a "Member" status allowing them to post personal blogs on the site. User forums serve as a stomping ground for members to discuss issues, to sharing retail deals, trading games, and meeting up with other members to co-ordinate gaming outings and events.

The Community

The founders of Colony of Gamers stress the importance of its backbone, the community. CoGs, or colonists are valued as the sites most valuable asset. The community organizes and supports guilds, groups, discussions, meet-ups, and much more.

= Staff [http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=105] =

James "JaYoung" Young - "Managing Editor and founder"
Nicholas "bapenguin" Puleo - "Community Relations Manager and founder"
Scott "Psykoboy2" Benton - "In-Game Chat Producer and founder"
Mike "Pheriannath" Katsufrakis - "Art Director and founder"
Andrew "Siraris" Soep - "Senior Site Editor and founder"
Michael "Dr. Finger" Chauvet - "Senior News Editor and founder"
Loren "AgtFox" Halek - "Senior Features Editor and founder"
Andrew "TrackZero" Hodder - "Associate Features Editor"

The CoG Network

One of the most unique aspects of Colony of Gamers is the inclusion of the CoG affiliate network. The CoG network is comprised of websites which feature content that compliments our community's various interests:

Colony of Gamers - "The best gaming community on the Internet."
Co-Optimus - "Features game reviews, original articles, and game library centered solely around Co-op gaming."
In-Game Chat - "The voice of the CoG Community. Produces a radio show and podcast directed towards the CoG community."
Play It Review It - "Features community game reviews. You think you can write a better review? This is the place to do it."
Immortal Machines - "Home of the magic PC and asylum of PC performance gamers alike."
Johnny Gigawatt and the Tiger Men from Mars - "The official Comics podcast of the CoG network. Interviews, reviews and news all around the comic fan life-style ."

Affiliates of the CoG network host an aggregated "Network" feed of all sites in the network. There are talks of furthering the integration of the sites in the network.

References

External links

* [http://www.colonyofgamers.com Colony of Gamers] website
* [http://www.co-optimus.com Co-Optimus] website
* [http://www.ingamechat.net/ In Game Chat] website - Formerly Evil Avatar Radio
* [http://www.playitreviewit.com Play It. Review It.] website
* [http://www.immortalmachines.com Immortal Machintes] website
* [http://www.johnnygigawatt.com Johnny Gigawatt and the Tiger Men from Mars] website
* [http://www.evilavatar.com Evil Avatar] website