User:FalloutOnlineForum

Fallout Online Forum
Fallout Online Forum is the unofficial forums for the upcoming Fallout Online MMORPG.

Fallout Online Forum

The forums were establish in June 2010 as a considerable extension on the official Interplay forums. At the time, there was little in the way of support for guilds, fan artists and role players. The community aims to establish itself as the number one destination for Fallout Online enthuasists to communicate in anticipation of the release of game.

Features
The website and forums are constantly evolving with new features and adaptations to maximize its potential.

Forums
The forums page is a well organized web of many topics that range from Fallout lore and fan art to guild recruitment. There are more things then just a bunch of threads and posts that go into the Fallout Online forum. At the top there is a chatbox that forum members can use to quickly chat to others about anything they desire. At the bottom are some stats that show who is currently online, the greatest amount of people online at one time, and how many threads, posts, and members Animosity's forums have. Between the Chatbox and Stats is the bulk of the Forums page which is, of course, the forums themselves.

The forums are split up into 8 different sections, 38 forums, and 18 sub-forums. They are very well organized and easy to use. To the right of the forum it shows the newest thread in that forum and how many threads and posts are currently in that forum. The main sections are News & Announcements, General Discussion, Newcomers Forum, Fallout Series Discussion, The Vault, Off Topic, Character Discussion, Rumors and Speculation, Guild Hall, Guild Recruitment Threads, Fan Art & Fan Fiction, Role Playing Forum and Forum Feedback & Suggestion. Right now, as Fallout Online is yet to be released, our posts in the division forums are about the game's updates, our expectations, and of course our speculations. When the games are released, the forums will be turned towards optimizing the forum members game performance. Whether that be through class guides, leveling tips, or combat tactics.

Overall, the forums are a very useful and organized place to talk to other Fallout fans about whatever you want. Not every discussion happens in the forums, however. Some happen in Guild section.

Awards
Awards are badges of honor given to members that have displayed something that sets them apart from other people. Most are for positive things that have helped the community, however not all awards are prestigious; some are given to people who have had an especially great moment of embarassing forum comments or the like. There are awards for the highest activity, the most forum posts, a community award for being socially engaging, and custom awards for whatever reason the moderators wants to give recognition to an individual member. You can see someone's awards by going to their profile and looking under their awards tab or simply by taking a quick look at their avatar on one of their forum posts.

Website Experience
There is a system that Animosity is using that very few forums in the genre are utilizing. It is a leveling system that gives experience from making threads or posting in them, creating groups, or simply filling our your profile. You get experience points for almost everything useful you do on the website. It is a unique tool that shows people how committed forums members are to adding content to the website. Points can be manually given or taken away from a member by moderators but such a thing rarely occurs.

The system is the display of the Pipboy 3000 model, which adds to the theme of the forums.

The Earn Points experience guide, Statistics, Ranking, Group Ranking, and Awards are located in the "Quicklinks" drop down menu at the top of the website.

Gallery
The gallery displays all of the official released picture media from Interplay. These images include concept art and in game screenshots.

Media
The media section contains all of the official release videos from Interplay for Fallout Online. In addition, some well made fan made videos are also included with the selection.

Guilds
Every guild has an opportunity to sign up for a Guild Group Page. The pages are customizable and help to ficilitate discussions between guild members. Every guild also has a guild recruitment thread, which can be used as a recruitment tool.

The website also runs a monthly, Guild of the Month, comeptition to highlight guilds within the Fallout Online Forum.