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"Long time no see, everybody!
This is Mumor here, back again for another fun-filled edition of the Sunbreeze Festival!
"Thanks to the tireless support of all our loving fans—that's you, of course—the Mighty Maidens have gone from strength to strength. Uka is always fussing and fretting over how powerful and scary Ullegore is, but with our two powers combined, we've absolutely nothing to fear! Nuh-uh!
"That evil demon king can scheme till he turns to fossil, but Uka and I are always ready for whatever vileness he cares to throw at us. After all, with your hearty cheering to power our Dancing Force, there's no night that we can't change into a sunshiny day! Here we go: Shining Summer Samba!!!"
Find out what's in store for everyone's favorite frolicking fraulein at this year's Sunbreeze Festival!
FFXIclopedia had a chance to hit up the FFXI devs for a couple of questions about Abyssea. Maybe you were wondering what exactly does the Flask of Primeval Brew do anyway? Do you know the status effects of the seven varieties of light? Check out what they had to say over here.
It gives us great pleasure to announce the winners for the 8th Anniversary Fan Art Contest!
With countless masterpieces submitted, our judges from among the development and operations teams were faced with quite a daunting task in selecting winners. All the winning entries were deemed to be masterful portrayals of the 8th Anniversary theme, captivating the judges with their originality and charm. A much-deserved congratulations to all the winners!
Proceed to the gallery of winning entries.
All entries to the art contest will be made available for public viewing in the near future, so keep watching this space!
Ladies and gentlemen! After a random drawing conducted under the strictest supervision, we are pleased to announce the winning numbers for the FINAL FANTASY XI 8th Vana'versary Mog Bonanza event!
Starting today, the winning numbers will be announced via a system message that will appear upon logging into the game. The same message can also be brought up with the /servmes (/smes) command. So what are you waiting for? Log in and check the winning numbers straight away!
Prize money and items will be available for collection between Thursday, June 24 at 1:00 a.m. (PDT), and Thursday, July 8 at the same hour. If you happen to be one of the lucky winners, you need only speak to a Bonanza Moogle at one of the following locations while in possession of the winning marble (or marbles) to claim your prize!
Port San d'Oria (I-9) / Port Bastok (L-8) / Port Windurst (F-6) / Chocobo Circuit (H-8)
Learn more about the Mog Bonanza here.
*Please remember that all prizes won in the Mog Bonanza are virtual goods and cannot be redeemed for real-world money.
N.B.: The results can also be seen on the wiki at Mog Bonanza_2010-2/Winning Numbers
Ah, summer in Vana'diel!
A season for sweltering days, starry nights, and the annual moogle-staged production of a timeless tale of star-crossed lovers that without the assistance of altruistic adventurers like you is doomed to end in disaster and disarray.
Read on to see how you can play your part in the festivities!
*Celestial Nights will twinkle into view at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) on Tuesday, June 29 and fade with dawn's light on Tuesday, July 13 at the same hour.
The June version update is here, marking the arrival of "Vision of Abyssea", the first in the Abyssea series of battle add-ons set to offer epic new challenges to adventurers who would take up arms under the sunless skies of this forbidding realm.
But that's not all! This update will feature the long-awaited lifting of the level cap, accompanied by a host of new weapon skills and job abilities. Adventurers can also venture into the newly unlocked Walk of Echoes and experience the climactic conclusions of the Wings of the Goddess nation quests. There's bound to be something for everyone!
Players are also encouraged to revisit the Vision of Abyssea site, where the latest information on the formidable set of arms known as "Empyrean Weapons" has been revealed.
Full details on the version update may be found here.
Access the official Vision of Abyssea site here.
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History
FFXIclopedia was the brainchild of Ganiman, a Tarutaru Red Mage, resident of the Phoenix Server and Leader of the linkshell Avengers. The leading FFXI information site at the time, Allakazam, was bogged down with slow load times, poor and out of date information, and a constant stream of intrusive advertisements. Similar problems plagued Somepage, a database site that was full of advertisements for Real-Money Transfer (RMT) groups. Ganiman started a wiki project for Final Fantasy XI using the Mediawiki software in November of 2004 with the name FFXIclopedia – a name suggested by Mierin, a fellow member of Avengers.
At its inception, FFXIclopedia had fewer than five articles. From November 2004 until March 2005, FFXIclopedia saw little progress as the site was not only unknown, but empty. In March 2005 a small group of dedicated users decided to populate FFXIclopedia with information and FFXIclopedia saw its first mini explosion of both users and articles. By the middle of March 2005 there were 850 articles posted on the FFXIclopedia wiki, and by the end of that month, more than 1500. The increase in articles and information led to new users and new contributors, and to almost exponential growth. By the middle of May 2005 there were more 3000 articles and by the middle of June more than 6000 articles. While FFXIclopedia had grown tremendously, much of the basic FFXI information was still being added by only a small group of users.
The second explosion occurred in October 2005 when the FFXIclopedia's Adventuring Fellow Guide was created. This soon became the premiere source of information about this new addition to FFXI and the wiki format shined as new information was constantly emerging – alongside rumors – and the guide was able to keep up with the ever evolving ebb and flow of information. The popularity of the adventuring fellow, and of the guide, led to a major influx of users. Unique visitors to FFXIclopedia, which had been rising steadily, doubled from ~8000 to ~16000 in that month alone.
From that point forward the site grew at an almost out of control rate and by January 2006 there were almost 10,000 articles and 25,000 unique visitors using more than 20GB of bandwidth. The FFXIclopedia was too big to be just an extension of the Avengers website and so a donation drive was held on the wiki to expand it to it's current domain, FFXIclopedia.org. Once on its own domain and server, additional improvements were quickly implemented, including the forums and blog system.
The third explosion of users and information for FFXIclopedia occurred in May of 2006, when Allakhazam officially announced that it has been bought by the same company that owns IGE, a well known RMT group. Fans of Allakhazam expressed their outrage and migrated to FFXIclopedia. While FFXIclopedia had been steadily growing during the first quarter of 2006, May 2006 saw an increase of 20,000 unique visitors to 65,000 and increase of almost 30GB of bandwidth to 75GB.
The exponential growth has continued, with the FFXIclopedia having more than 230,000 unique visitors and using more than 600GB per month in January 2007. In 4th quarter of 2007, wikia.com acquired the FFXIclopedia domains, and has been instrumental in stablizing the backend and providing a number of significant enhancements to the user interface. Growth has continued, and for the 30 days from mid-April to mid-May 2008 the wiki has seen more 420,000 unique visitors pass through.
This tremendous growth is not without bumps in the road. The Mediawiki software allows users to edit what another user has written, and at times such changes can be contentious. Users have debated with passion and sometimes with personal attacks. While debate over the information is not only good, but necessary, personal attacks are not tolerated. Dedicated contributors to the FFXIclopedia wiki have unfortunately stopped contributing due to personal attacks from other users. In addition to these difficulties, copyright issues have been raised concerning the source of information and user contributions to the FFXIclopedia wiki. At the inception of the FFXIclopedia wiki, various copyright issues were arguably unclear, and were challenged by certain contributors who felt that their additions to the FFXIclopedia wiki could not be changed without their permission. Such an interpretation defeats the purpose behind the collaborative nature of the FFXIclopedia wiki – which is intended to allow any user to update the information contained on the site. In March 2005 the FFXIclopedia wiki adopted the GNU Free Documentation License with the intention that all non-copyrighted information posted on the wiki is allowed to be edited, copied and distributed.
The Wiki
The main information section of the site. The wiki is where the 33,693 articles about Final Fantasy XI reside. In addition to the FFXI content, we have expanded the wiki to include certain fun activies, such a the never ending quiz, friending, gifting, and receiving awards for various actions in the wiki. We've also implemented an 18 level ranking system in the wiki - which can be seen at Help:User Levels.
The Forums
General forum courtesy must be followed at all times. That's the basic rule. Moderators and administrators are active participants and enforcers of the forum rules.
Forum Ranks:
- The number of posts you have determines your rank.
- 0-49: Too Weak
- 50-249: Easy Prey
- 250-749: Decent Challenge
- 750-1499: Even Match
- 1500-2499: Tough
- 2500-4999: Very Tough
- 5000+: Incredibly Tough
- Moderator: Impossible to Gauge!
The Blog Section
Typically dealing with your life in Final Fantasy XI, each member is permitted to have their own blog. To start your own, please go here.
The Chat Area
Administration
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| Ganiman (talk) | Head Sysop, Wiki Bureaucrat, Forum Administrator |
| Gahoo (talk) | Lead Editor, Wiki Bureaucrat, Forum Administrator |
| Charitwo (talk) | Wiki Administrator, Forum Moderator |
| Chrisjander (talk) | Wiki Administrator, Forum Moderator |
| Karuberu (talk) | Wiki Jr. Administrator |
| Kyrial (talk) | Wiki Jr. Administrator, Forum Moderator |
| Lordshadow (talk) | Wiki Jr. Administrator, Forum Moderator |
| Melios (talk) | Wiki Jr. Administrator |
| Rickshaw (talk) | Wiki Jr. Administrator, Forum Moderator |
| Tahngarthor (talk) | Wiki Jr. Administrator, Forum Moderator |
Retired
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| Mierin | Retired Wiki Bureaucrat |
| Divisortheory | Retired Wiki Jr. Administrator |
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