Medessec Organization
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| Medessec Organization | |
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| Homepage | |
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| http://www.medessec.com | |
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| Parent service | Medessec Organization |
| Founder | Trevor Sparks |
| Divisions | Medessec Productions, Medessec Media, Medessec Software Development |
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The Medessec Organization was a structured team of online individuals, managed and maintained by Medessec. The Medessec Organization was an alliance of members, creating a number of different media and software that are completely free to view or use under the Medessec License. It had 3 operating subdivisions, all completely run by Medessec: Medessec Productions, Medessec Media, and Medessec Education.
The Medessec Organization was originally Medessec Gallery (producing text and imagery), Medessec Studios (producing videos and animations) and Medessec Productions (producing Music, software and the RCT2 addons) until being cancelled and combined to form the Medessec Organization, where the Medessec Productions branch was reconstructed and Medessec Gallery and Medessec Studios were merged to form Medessec Media.
The organization became a member of the Ginever Alliance since the founding of the alliance in 2009, and has since then been absorbed into the Alliance. It now only exists as the Medessec brand.
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History
2003 and earlier
Before 2003, the Medessec Organization was not an organization; it was merely a team of 3 individuals. The sole purpose of the team was to make Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 scenarios. The major project the team had was the yearly release of Sparksyworld, the last release was in 2009. Also, Medessec, the leader of the team, had no permanent internet alias. Several names such as Analyzer, Binary Magician, and Sparkman were used. It wasn't until 2004 that Medessec was chosen as the permanent name for online activities. In this period of time from the team's formation in the summer of 2001 and late 2003, the team was not at all popular, and very few were on the recipent list for the Sparksyworld project. There were very little ties between the team members themselves, they did very little between each other except the work on Sparksyworld.
2004
During 2004 after joining a small Roller Coaster Tycoon enthusiasists forum, the team suddenly gained respect, popularity and reputation. After roller coasters were shared with the team people instantly filled the recipent list, and the team began work on Sparksyworld 2005. Also after Medessec registered onto the forum using the name Medessec, it was decided from then that the name Medessec be used as Medessec's internet alias. It was also decided that year that the team be named the Medessec Productions Team, or Med Pro Team for short. Also during this year Medessec grew interested in BYOND, and decided to start a few projects with it. Sparksyworld 2005 was released before the end of the year, and instantly earned the team a place in the community.
2005
After the release of Sparksyworld 2005 the team instantly filled with new members. There were close to 10 team members towards the end of February, and they all wished to assist with future projects. In fact, many had decided to come up with the idea to expand, by producing more than just one scenario. Several projects were started at once, all with Medessec's approval. First was "Trekawn Valley", and a second called Sparksyworld Arizona. A "Forest Frontiers 2" was also produced, all with encouraging feedback. Despite progress, the reality was that Medessec himself was only working on the original project, and he was not assisting with the development of any of the new projects with the exception of Forest Frontiers 2 which he made completely by himself with the input of team members. Although the release of the new scenarios in the summer of 2005 received great encoragement and positive comment, tensions arised in the team, for certain members felt they were being discredited. 3 members decided to leave the team, and one ended up leaving the entire community. As a result of the dilemma, the team saw very little progress after the project releases. In fact, the original Sparksyworld project's development ended up being left to Medessec as the others decided to refrain from team activities for a short period of time. As a result, the project would be delayed. As for BYOND projects, Medessec was coming up with a few small ones, but to the BYOND community, they appeared incomplete, crude and buggy. Medessec would slowly stop all BYOND projects and leave BYOND entirely in 2006.
2006
After about a week of hard effort and testing, Sparksyworld 2006 was released. The release received positive feedback in the community, and Medessec began to question the team in its future as many of the team members were getting wrapped up in schoolwork or going to college. Medessec decided to immediately set work on Sparksyworld 2007 just in case he might end up having to do all of the work himself. Medessec had also announced, to the team's excitement, that he was stopping all work with BYOND projects, and abandoning BYOND completely. Work on Sparksyworld 2007 was progressing so swiftly the team decided to revive Sparksyworld Trekawn Valley, although this slowed progress significantly. The team decided the new project could not be finished before the summer when they had wanted to release it, so work on it was postponed, and work was diverted back on the original project. Sparksyworld 2007 was released before 2007, and Medessec decided to combine the recipent lists from all his team members, in case anyone of them would be leaving soon. 2 more team members had left this year. The resulting recipent list was composed of over 50 emails, so it was decided, the next release would be put up for public download.
2007
Towards the beginning of the year the team eventually decided to form a small organization of sort and called themselves Medessec Productions. The team only consisted of 4 people at this point. The community forum that the team had been members of since 2004 was announcing that it was going to merge with a gaming website, and many of the members were not pleased. The team decided to leave the now defunct RCT2 community at this point, upsetting yet another team member and causing him to leave. Because the team had reduced significantly in size, the team no longer had the capacity to begin multiple projects and therefore began work on the original project early in the year. Although yet another team member decided to leave, reducing the number all the way down to 2. Nevertheless, the team continued work on the project, but the only other team member informed Medessec that he would have to leave soon as well as he was departing for college. Progress in the summer, despite the extra time, was slow, and the two team members got tired of the original project and decided to put it on hold. The team decided to finish the incomplete Sparksyworld Trekawn Valley project and put it up for download, earning the team a fair bit of popularity and support. The team resumed work on the original project once again towards the end of the summer. The project was finished before 2008, and was put up for public download. It would be the last collaborative Sparksyworld ever made.
2008
This year was seen as a revolutionary year for the Medessec Productions Team, as the leader, Medessec decided to start projects with other interests, such as with Virtual Sailor and Google SketchUp, and started making 3D Animations. Soon the Medessec Productions Team got its own website, and Medessec registered with Freewebs and earned the team their very first website. Also, Frogg220, the only other current Medessec Pro Team member, joins the team this year. Medessec also registers with The Ginever Block in the summer of this year, developing relations with the small community. The Sparksyworld project, due to the lack of team members and the new adjustments going underway with the team, was falling far behind in progress, and the only other Pro Team member besides Frogg220, announced he was departing and would not be able to spend anymore time with team efforts. Although the original Sparksyworld project was falling far behind, the Medessec Gallery was formed, as well as Medessec Studios to serve as sort of a media branch. Medessec Productions was the central hub of the team and produced all of the game addons. The website was earning fair popularity but the Freewebs service started to make itself more inconvenient for constant site adjustment, such as the limits of server space, and ads were being put on the site by the service, to Medessec's dismay.
2009
Sparksyworld 2009 was released in February, far later than the expected release date. It was posted for public download on the Medessec website but did not receive much attention despite its past popularity. Medessec now had his sights on improving his service and finding a different output rather than focusing completely on Roller Coaster Tycoon scenarios. In early 2009, the team was made an organization, and called the Medessec Organization as it is today. What was Medessec Productions was split into several sub-divisions and productions branches. The organization was remade so any new members could simply collaborate with others on the same branch of choice rather than with the entire team, hopefully reducing disorder and mistakes. The major branches produced were Medessec Media, Medessec Productions and Medessec Education. Which, in turn, had subdivisions, some being Medessec Software Development and Medessec RCT. The new Medessec Organization required a new website home, for the current one was constantly down, hard to adjust, and was plagued with ads. Tinytimrob, or Robert Dennington of The Ginever Block services and RJD Online, generously offered a subdomained website on The Ginever Block servers for free. The new website was instantly made with the help of Frogg220, and was put up as the new Medessec Organization website. The website offered the now many different free downloads that had recently been produced by the organization, and information on the many latest projects. Medessec was busy with the project Decaspark, or latest Sparksyworld for 2010 that was planned all the way from 2008 to be revolutionary. Although the project would be a great step for the new RCT2 subdivision of the Medessec Organization, Medessec was the only one left working on the project. Towards the end of the year, the Medessec Organization joined the Ginever Alliance and became an offical affiliate of The Ginever Block. The organization then began yet another large project in hopes of earning the Medessec Organization and The Ginever Block services a fair amount of publicity, called the Medessec Travelcade.
2010
The Medessec Organization operates as normally, and towards the beginning of the year has purchased the medessec.com domain, and the site is once again redone to its current state, now made with IP.Content, a feature in The Ginever Block's forum codebase. The organization's efforts are comprised of mostly Medessec's efforts, and focus has been almost completely diverted to the Medessec Media and Medessec Software Development, or MedSoft branches. Huge amounts of effort were put into the making of the Medessec Travelcade, and the games to be included in it. Several MedSoft projects have been started with completion ranging from expected release late in the year to early to mid-2011. Towards the end of the year, the Medessec Travelcade was released, becoming the first full MedSoft PC platform project to be released. The Medessec Travelcade can be found for free download on the Medessec Organization website.
2011
The Medessec Organization's original system of a Medessec Productions Team has been scrapped, and Medessec now simply makes releases through each corresponding branch. The MedSoft branch is considered by far to be the most active, housing several projects under constant development such as GineverPrix, the Medessec Travelcade, Whack A Ginger, and The Game of Inevitable Frustration. Medessec Media was also somewhat active on YouTube.
2012/Present
The Medessec Organization, as an organization has been completely absorbed into the Ginever Alliance. Any games or other media produced by Medessec will simply be released officially under the GSA instead, although branding may still show the Memblem marque used by Medessec. There were no extra team members in the organization besides Medessec himself, but any former members that ever do return will work under the GSA label.
