As of today, Infinity is finally ready for alpha! It will be short as hell and is invite-only. For those of you who remember when this project first started, its been a really, really long time since then. So old most people either forgot or dont care. Lots of things got in the way and such, and it's really hard to complete a big project like this one, and keep everyone motivated and such. I'm pretty sure it's one of the biggest projects ever on EZ. But our core team did not give up, and now here we are.
Im tired from coding all day, so this post will probably be horribly formatted, but it's going to tell you how you can join the alpha test, what project infinity is, and who made it. I will also be posting updates here, and possibly screenshots and stuff in the future.
Project infinity is the project name for infinity-forum.org (Just so you know, if you go there now you wont see anything. Alpha is located at a special password protected URL and isnt even up on the server yet.). It's a website idea I came up with around 2 years ago. I started the project immediately with some folks from evilzone. We all learned a ton and became really great friends. Well, those who stayed. Basically, infinity-forum is a website where people turn ideas into reality: Launch projects, work on them, learn from others on the site, and so on. It's a social network based around creativity and productivity. In short. Also, the site and logo and everything now looks and works very differently from the last time anyone on EZ has seen it.
The people responsible for bringing this site to you: Me, Relax, Jeremy78. Thats it. So you better be damn impressed when you see what we cooked up. Although most of their work is no longer active on the site, there were a few people who helped out a while ago a tad bit, but had to leave for varying reasons. So, a thanks to Wabi, Lucid, and Arty. The friendships I developed through this project are priceless. Sometime ill post the full story on the site, cause IMO its kind of interesting.
If you want to get into the alpha, and I havent talked to you personally yet, please post a request here, and I will send you a PM with the credentials required to participate. Note that this is the technical phase of release, so only a few trusted and skilled people will be allowed in (that or I just like you). You guys can criticize, test, and hack the site all you want. In about two weeks we will transition into a closed beta, and almost everyone from evilzone will be allowed in. Please dont share your credentials with anyone because we log them and you'll get kicked from the test if you abuse our trust. Alpha testers will be rewarded with ranking and reputation on the site, and also by getting a chance to test their skills.
Also, although Infinity is now ready for alpha, we will need a few days to get it setup on the actual server and running properly. We will let you guys know when it is actually open, and that will also be the same time people receive their access codes. Should be before this Monday, unless something horrible happens.
If you want some technical information: Infinity is built from scratch, kind of like EZ alpha, with a php server side, and no frameworks other than jQuery on the client side. Anything that doesnt cost us to provide will be free, and we have or will open source a lot of the unique code on the site.
Thanks for all your support evilzone! I'm super excited and hope you guys like the site when it's revealed! Even if you're not part of the alpha we will keep you guys updated here.
