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Sapphire started as a small project on a sandbox game called Minecraft. The original project name was “Redemption” and was a custom Minecraft client designed for personal use. The name evolved to Sapphire as they began a Texture Pack project to go along with the client. Diamonds were changed to Sapphires. Eventually, the second part of the name, “Development”, was adopted to signal that the group will expand into more projects and have “developers”. Sapphire today is composed of the group of friends that met on the Minecraft server in which Project Redemption started on. The main goal currently, is to travel and experiment around games, gaining or losing members. | Sapphire started as a small project on a sandbox game called Minecraft. The original project name was “Redemption” and was a custom Minecraft client designed for personal use. The name evolved to Sapphire as they began a Texture Pack project to go along with the client. Diamonds were changed to Sapphires. Eventually, the second part of the name, “Development”, was adopted to signal that the group will expand into more projects and have “developers”. Sapphire today is composed of the group of friends that met on the Minecraft server in which Project Redemption started on. The main goal currently, is to travel and experiment around games, gaining or losing members. | ||
== Staff of Sapphire == | == Staff of Sapphire == | ||
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*Head of Technology: [[t3sla]] | *Head of Technology: [[t3sla]] | ||
*Head of Community: [[Michael McGloin]] | *Head of Community: [[Michael McGloin]] | ||
=== Moderators/Officers === | === Moderators/Officers === | ||
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*[[Nick Zaslav]] | *[[Nick Zaslav]] | ||
*[[Jimmy Hong]] | *[[Jimmy Hong]] | ||
=== Regular Crew === | === Regular Crew === | ||
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*[[James Lockwood]] | *[[James Lockwood]] | ||
*[[Jack Campbell]] | *[[Jack Campbell]] | ||
=== Retired Members === | === Retired Members === | ||
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*Previous Head of Community: [[Caleb Duke]] | *Previous Head of Community: [[Caleb Duke]] | ||
*Previous Moderator: [[CobraStrike]] | *Previous Moderator: [[CobraStrike]] | ||
=== Mysterious Appearences === | === Mysterious Appearences === | ||
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Availability: Up by request. | Availability: Up by request. | ||
Operator: [[Bryan]] | Operator: [[Bryan]] | ||
=== TeamSpeak3 === | === TeamSpeak3 === | ||
Revision as of 05:04, 1 May 2013
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| Industry | Internet |
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| Genre | Gaming |
| Founded | Davie, FL, United States September 20, 2011 |
| Founder(s) | |
| Headquarters | Davie, FL , United States |
Key people |
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| Products | Media |
| Services | Game Servers |
Number of employees | about 14 |
| Divisions | Dirty Players Gaming (dissolved) |
| Website | http://sapphiredev.org |
Sapphire Development is a group of gamers and content producers. It is a social organization of mainly friends and it is structured and known as the Staff.
Founding of Sapphire
Sapphire started as a small project on a sandbox game called Minecraft. The original project name was “Redemption” and was a custom Minecraft client designed for personal use. The name evolved to Sapphire as they began a Texture Pack project to go along with the client. Diamonds were changed to Sapphires. Eventually, the second part of the name, “Development”, was adopted to signal that the group will expand into more projects and have “developers”. Sapphire today is composed of the group of friends that met on the Minecraft server in which Project Redemption started on. The main goal currently, is to travel and experiment around games, gaining or losing members.
Staff of Sapphire
The Staff of Sapphire is the structure by which the members of Sapphire function.
It goes: Board of directors, officers, regular crew.
Board of Directors
The board of directors hold the highest position in all of Sapphire. They oversee all functions.
- Chairman: Bryan Gregory
- Vice-Chairman: Ole Martin Fiska
- Head of Art & Media: Mohammad Bhatti
- Head of Technology: t3sla
- Head of Community: Michael McGloin
Moderators/Officers
The moderators do what the board tells them to do, and make sure everything is going according to protocol.
Regular Crew
The regular crew is composed of friends or friendly people associating or directly employed at Sapphire.
Retired Members
Retired members have chosen to leave Sapphire, or have been marked to be retired due to inactivity without warning. This is NOT to be confused with people who are expelled from all Sapphire facilities.
- Previous Head of Community: Caleb Duke
- Previous Moderator: CobraStrike
Mysterious Appearences
People whom Sapphire members have encountered and are considered saints.
Game Servers
One of Sapphire's main attractions is its game servers. Currently, all funds are paid by Chairman Bryan, and previously were paid by Vice-Chairman Fiska.
Minecraft
Minecraft is where Sapphire started. There is one Sapphire sponsored server available currently.
Sapphire's Tekkit Server - 174.48.154.154
Availability: Up by request. Operator: Bryan
TeamSpeak3
TeamSpeak3 is a voice communication program that allows members of Sapphire to communicate daily. Customers, window shoppers, and totally random people are invited!
Sapphire's TeamSpeak3 - ta01.gameservers.com:9241
Availability: 24/7. Operator: Bryan Administrators: t3sla, Cydax Sub-Administrators: Mike, Jeremy Channel Mods: Jimmy, Funky. CreasingWolf