Comicvine: Have you met our sister sites
By Final Arrow 37 Comments
Just adding this here as I added it on Animevice just for new users so they know we have just as cool site else where!
Well as some of you know we have sisters sites that are also made by whiskey media, so I decide that I would make a quick run down of each site so any new users will be aware of their presence. So lets start with the one site that started it all off.
Comicvine
Comicvine: Has now been around for a little over three years and was the brain child of G-Man , Red L.A.M.P and Captain Cascader the site soon became one of the top comic book encyclopedia source for comics on the web. But the site was more then that and now has interviews with the likes of Stan lee under their belt, over the last year comic vine has popped up more articles and news about comics then another site I know, there is not a day that goes by where Babs or G-man have not brought something new to the table. Comicvine is more of a large community then just an encyclopedia for comics. Later it also produced a large RPG community and a very large battle forum both of which are highly popular between the users on that site. In general comicvine is much as it sound, the perfect home for comic users, sometimes it is a bit unfriendly towards anime users but this is mainly due to the massive divide between the two groups and the makers of comic vine soon came up with a home for all the anime fans that found there way to Comicvine but im getting a head of myself.
Giant Bomb
Giant Bomb: The little sister to comicvine, it has been going for about two years where comicvine focused on comics this site focused on Gamers. Once again Giantbomb is an encyclopedia site but purely just for computer games. If you have an Xbox, PS3 or even a wii this is the site for you, the hottest news and reviews for games is up almost every week. This site is very focused on games and helping in anyway they can with your gamer needs, Looking to start a clan for cod then this is the place to head, they have users who rank for noobs to gods and you can link your achievements accounts to your Giantbomb user name to show off and find out how rare some of the achievements you have actually are. Unlike its other two sister sites giant bomb does not have an RPG community or a battle forum and for good reason they don’t need it, the forums speak for themselves. This is a must for any gamer looking for information on any game. Sadly as I don’t spend much time over on the site I can’t tell you what staff members are really active over there but wait till the end of the blog to read over the THINGS YOU MUST DO WHEN GOING ONTO A NEW SITE.
AnimeVice
Animevice: The youngest of the three sites at a mere one year old, But still just as fun as any of its bigger sisters. Animevice is a fun and more chilled out site then the two above, its forums don’t move as fast as the other two and this maybe because of its age, but you will soon get to know most of the regular users over there. Now almost every day you will meet an article by one of the Staff members gia or John_Martone each one is worth a read and is far as I know Animevice is the only site that gives a full update on what’s happening within the whiskey world once a week. The site has already started to pick up with more users then what comic vine started with and it wont be long before the younger sister is just as popular as its older ones. Now with that said Animevice is much like comicvine but for Anime fans and does everything comicvine does but for anime/manga based fans. Again Animevice is a encyclopedia site with a growing RPG community and a very lively battles section but it is still young and finding it’s feet but still one of the best Anime / Manga sites around.
Behind the curtain
Now I have mentioned a few staff members in this blog but I don’t want you to forget the ones that work behind the scenes to make sure these sites keep running they way they do, so if you visit the sites just remember the pain staking coding that goes into these to make them the way they are. Also let’s not forget the Mods on each site who work for free to keep the site running smoothly from a users point of view.
Okay now for THINGS YOU MUST DO WHEN GOING ONTO A NEW SITE.
Its actually very simple on the whiskey sites as a few of the mods on each site have made a thread on the forums that outline the rules of the site and things that may help you around the forums. My strongest suggestion is not to just jump on the forums if you are new but check out each of the links below on the rules for each site and say hi in their hi/good bye threads that are pinned at the top of the forums on each site.
AnimeVice FAQ thread : Guides, FAQs, & Your Mod Squad - The Compounded Thread
Comicvines FAQ Thread: Site Rules and FAQ's
Giantbomb Faq Thread: Site Rules & FAQs