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== Contests ==
===2011===
The 2011 [[Ice Awards]] were held at the fan club forum (at Ning), which has since been taken down.
===2010===
Andy Bond won the 2010 [[Ice Awards|ICE Award]] in June of 2011 for his game design, [[Pyrinoes]].
===2009===
==== The IceWiki goes to school ====
Students in a First Year Foundations class are using the IceWiki to coordinate [[:Template:fyf|their classroom experiments]] in game design! Help collaborate with them, and give them feedback on their designs.
===Summer 2008===
*Winter IGDC Done; Summer IGDC started in June 2008 ===
'''The [[Icehouse Game Design Competition|IGDC Summer 2008]] voting starts in a few months. It will be an open design competition, so start thinking about new games!''' The deadline for submitting designs is June 20.
:<small>Thanks to [[User:Mudlock|Mudlock]] for taking over organizing the contest.</small>
Results are posted for the [[IGDC Winter 2008| Winter 2008 Icehouse Game Design Competition]]. See that page for full details.
:<small>Thanks to [[User:David Artman|David Artman]] for organizing the contest.</small>
==Site Mechanics==
===June 2008 Upgrade, with Semantic Annotations ===
Along with an upgrade to the latest version of MediaWiki (hopefully the image troubles are now sorted), we now support [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki annotations]. [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_Semantic_MediaWiki Instructions and explanations over here.] (Just to forestall any arguments, if you're wondering "which way" to annotate a given property or aspect of something, the officially admin-supported answer is "both, and we'll sort it out later.") - [[User:MiSuBa|misuba]] 02:46, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
===April, 2011 Major Reorganization ===
April 2011: We replaced [[Existing Games]] with two new pages: [[Published Games]] and [[Award-Winning Games]]. All fan-made games, regardless of state of development, are now listed under [[Community Games]]. [[Games Under Development]] no longer lists games directly. If you're a designer, make sure your game didn't get lost in the shuffle. [[What Can I Play?]] was also culled at this time, but new entries are welcome.
===April, 2007 Major System Upgrade ===
In April 2007, both the system hardware and software were upgraded. This seems to have fixed the longstanding difficulties in [[Special:Preferences|setting user preferences]] and [[Special:Upload|uploading files]], but speak up if you notice anything still broken. <small><span style="color:grey">(Thanks, [[User:MiSuBa|MiSuBa]]!)</span></small>
=== Anti-Spam Brigade ===
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Spammer and vandal attacks are far rarer than they used to be, but we should still remain vigilant. Thanks for all our volunteer anti-spam policemen for their efforts.
As of April 2007, we also have some [[Special:Listusers|bogus user accounts]], but they aren't doing much damage.
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