Ginever Alliance

The Ginever Alliance (Nov 2009 - Present) is an unincorporated association (voluntary association) based in the United Kingdom which was founded by Robert Dennington and Trevor Sparks at the end of November 2009. It operates as an international open membership alliance, primarily through the community forum Ginever.net, and does not have any specific agenda - instead it adjusts its day-to-day operations in order to best serve the needs of the Ginever.net community.

The alliance initially operated as the Ginever Service Alliance (GSA) through the community forum The Ginever Block.com, and was jointly controlled by RJD Enterprise Solutions and the Medessec Organization. As a result of the success of the Ginever Service Alliance Tour of California, the alliance began a community-driven attempt to redefine and refocus its identity - the name of the community forum was changed to Ginever.net on 9 August 2011, and the word 'Service' was dropped from the Alliance's name on 23 January 2012. During the re-branding effort, it was realised that the operations of the two controlling organizations had been almost entirely transferred to the Alliance. The organizations therefore agreed to become completely absorbed into the Ginever Alliance as of January 2012.

Key services and systems operated by the Alliance

• Ginever.net, community forum and hub (previously operated by RJD Enterprise Solutions as The Ginever Block.com)
  • Creative Challenges, simple challenges operated infrequently through Ginever.net which allow the community to express their creativity
• GineverAccount 4.0, user authentication system which integrates with Ginever.net
• GineverWiki, article-based archive of past and present Ginever Alliance activities
• GSA1, shared web server responsible for hosting Ginever.net and most other web pages
• Asterion, primary dedicated server of the Ginever Alliance
  • Asterion Minecraft, public Minecraft server powered by CraftBukkit
  • Ginever-WoW, public World of Warcraft server powered by Trinity Core (rarely used, currently not moderated or maintained)
  • Ginever Radio, a community radio station powered by Shoutcast which is mainly automated
  • hg.ginever.net, which hosts Mercurial repositories for most projects
• GinENGINE, a software development framework written in C++
• Ginever Computer Systems, computer construction and repair service
• Ginever Multimedia, responsible for all video development and publishing within the Ginever Alliance
  • The Squeal Show, puppet show created by Martin Commins
• The Ginever Clan, a gaming clan which operates using a Hamachi network and plays games several times a week
  • Ginever Alliance CLEMENTINE, the aforementioned Hamachi network
  • The Age of Empires III Community Clan Patch, a patch written by the clan for Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties which fixes a number of annoying issues
  • The Worms Armageddon Clan User Content, a collection of custom content for Worms Armageddon including unique Ginever related soundpacks

Notable software developed by the Alliance (in whole or in part)

Current projects

• The Game of Inevitable Frustration, side-scrolling platformer released in 2010 which received positive reception (a sequel is currently planned)
• Spellmaster and Spellmaster II, which help people play Magic: the Gathering over the internet without using Magic Online
• Tinytimrob's OpenTTD Patchpack, a modified version of OpenTTD which implements a day-length modifier, colour-coded town names and a few other minor improvements
• Numerous plug-ins for CraftBukkit that are used on Asterion Minecraft, most notably PlotHelper and UltraChat

Projects currently on hold

• GineverPrix, 2D racing game
• Paulipede, basic clone of Atari's Centipede which is used to test the deployment of GinENGINE
• Athena, light-weight media player

Former RJD Enterprise Solutions projects

• Chopper, side-scrolling shooter released in 2003
• B-Cool Breakout, breakout game developed by B-Cool and RJD Enterprise Solutions between 2006 and 2007

Former Medessec Organization projects

• The Medessec Travelcade, a set of three portable games developed by Medessec in 2009:
  • MedMaze
  • MedMouse
  • MedShaft

Discontinued projects

• ADI OS, portable memory-stick version of Windows XP used by Ginever Computer Systems to help repair broken computers
• Pokémon Crimson, abandoned Pokémon fan-game developed between 2007 and 2011 which was heavily influential during the development of GinENGINE
• Friendships and Troubles, video game based on roleplays that operated on Legend Killer Productions
• FASIN (Futuristic Assault, Strategy and Infiltration Network), a futuristic real-time strategy game that was cancelled for being too ambitious

Future projects currently in planning stage

• What the Kart?, 3D racing game being considered as an alternative to GineverPrix
• The Game of Inevitable Frustration II, sequel to the original GIF
• B-Cool Breakout II, proposed sequel to the original B-Cool Breakout

Directors of the Ginever Alliance

Robert Dennington

Position: Executive President

Robert Dennington, also known as Tinytimrob, is the Executive President. He is also the primary technical director and webmaster of the Alliance. As a direct result of this, he is responsible for overseeing the technical and administrative needs and demands of Ginever.net.

Trevor Sparks

Position: Executive Vice President

Trevor Sparks, also known as Medessec, is the Executive Vice President of the Alliance. Prior to this, he was the director of the Medessec Organization. He currently owns of the rights to the Medessec brand. As a director of the alliance, he helps to oversee administration of Ginever.net.

Jesse Allen

Position: Director (on leave), Moderator

Jesse Allen, also known as Jesan Fafon, is currently on leave from his directing duties. As a result, he is presently a board moderator of Ginever.net. He previously ran a computer building operation known as Fugen Tech.

Former Directors

Martin Commins

Martin Commins, also known as either TheOriginalTitch or MDC, was formerly an administrator of Ginever.net and executive director of Legend Killer Productions.

Contacting the Alliance

The primary method of contacting the alliance is via Ginever.net. Alternate methods are as follows:

• E-mail: service@ginever.net, tinytimrob@gmail.com, medessec@gmail.com
• Skype: tinytimrob, medessec
• Phone (UK): +44 (0)121 288 3253
• Phone (USA): +1 (916) 525-7547
• SMS: +44 (0)7968 636509