Gavist Announces Launch of /gg FTW!

[NoeJeko]

Gavist is pleased to announce the public beta launch of /gg FTW! /gg FTW (pronounced "gee gee for the win"), is a new social bookmarking site dedicated to games, gamers, and game-related links. Members post their favorite game-related links, images, walkthroughs, guides, reviews, and news. Other members can vote and comment on these links. The top rated links are highlighted through "popular" filtering. Please remember the site is still in beta! If you find a bug or want to suggest a feature please use the contact links on the site!

Site URL: /gg FTW! - The Web's Best Gaming Links

Signup is free and takes only moments. Once your account is activated you can begin posting and rating links!

We also have a feed of our newest links going to Twitter, for those that follow it. If you want to follow updates on Twitter, please add @gglinks

We also have a Facebook page where you can see the latest updates on the beta development process: /gg FTW! on Facebook

The official press release can be found here: Gavist Launchs /gg FTW - a Gaming Social Bookmarking Site

Though we feel it's pretty intuitive, we've provided a quick "how to use" guide below. These are only a few of the major features, there are other features that I'm sure everyone can figure out on their own =] The site relies heavily upon JavaScript! If you don't have scripts on you can still browse /gg FTW but will be unable to login, rate links, etc.



Site "chrome".

1. Login/Logout/Submit/About (depending upon login status)
2. Search bar
3. Category navigation
4. Time filter
5. Sort filter

Link entry

1. Link title (short URL converted)
2. "ggs", vote up/down
3. Report link - we only remove links that are in violation of our Terms of Service
4. Tags (clickable to see all links with a certain tag)
5. Category, comments, age, and member who posted

Interacting

Add tags and comments. User comments can be rated "pro" or "noob". If a comment falls below a rating of "0" it will no longer display by default.



Adding a new URL

If you enter the URL and click "Lookup Info", most of the information will be auto-populated for you. You still have the chance to change this information before you click "Submit". The category is optional but allows people to better find your link.

[Strikegundam]

YAY...cool
*check it out*

[AnnabelleMarie]

/goes to look

o3o

[buta]

It's pretty cool. :O

Though I'm still not understanding the point. :X

[Milkshakes]

FIRST SIGN UP GET ^____^
Was I the first one who signed up when open beta started? :3

[Vindicta™]

Yay for the launch.

/takes a peek.

[Dib]

yesh, successfully one of the first members. I hope there aren't post counts or whatever, there's no way i could catch up to my post counts here, lol. I'm so confused with the content current;y on the site, it seems like a lot for just 6 minutes into the release.

[NoeJeko]

It's not a forum lol..

[Jojo]

s'cool & all, but tbh i don't really see the point. 8D;
i'd just browse around in the random section for a bit if i'm bored (just like what i do on 4chan 8D) but then there's stumbleupon for me. :v

anyway, i've signed up. c:

[Strikegundam]

Originally Posted by Jojo

s'cool & all, but tbh i don't really see the point. 8D;
i'd just browse around in the random section for a bit if i'm bored (just like what i do on 4chan 8D) but then there's stumbleupon for me. :v

anyway, i've signed up. c:

same here..
i don't really see the point...
oh well i signed up..

[NoeJeko]

Well, it'll have value to some and no value to others. We never have the illusion that we're going to please everyone - the MMOG community is the hardest bunch of people to please I've ever met.

[Vindicta™]

Browsed through it, looked up the press release, studied the tutorial on post #1,

Looks to me like a public blog for the games industry, is it?

Those who are thinking "what's the point?", I'd say this website's sorta like a channel for the current industry news. It's a convenient gathering point of articles from many many websites.

(You save the trouble of searching for multiple sites)

Unless you:

I. Don't care what happens to the industry
II. Just play the games (heck, it's fun)
III. Don't like/prefer to read news

Then the site is pretty handy.

Of course, posters must know their sources very well.

[Miyuki]

What's more, spread the news to your friends as well!

[NoeJeko]

@Vindicta, kinda... lol.

Right now all links are user submitted, so people have to go out, find stuff they think is cool, and post it. MMOG has been enabled to post directly from MMOG (the things at the bottom), but it'll be a while before we can get other sites onboard.

It's a place to find the most interesting things currently going on - rated by users and not by the industry. While APIs may come in the future that allow limited auto-submission, nothing will ever be offered to allow a company to alter the ratings.

But you're spot on about content aggregation. It's a place to find the best content from many websites without spending hours waiting through all the junk to get to the good stuff.

[Milkshakes]

Think of it as digg, but focused on gaming.

[Vith]

This is awesome, excellent work to everybody who was involved.

[TMM]

Upvotes should bump items like on reddit. (With an exponential increase in the negative value of age when calculating rank.)

[Vindicta™]

When I log in, the page doesn't refreshes itself.

I'm able to see the "Account, Logout, Submit" bar.

But the "Online Now" at the footer doesn't update itself. My name doesn't appear unless I do a page refresh manually.

Bug?

[Globalastro]

im a bit confused with it.. but omg.. that itty bitty site hurts my eyes, i will never play pong again lol

[Tamiki]

i willl check it out next mornin. @_@