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RadioSEGA - Address of 2010

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Hello guys and girls. Gavvie here, with the second ever RadioSEGA Address. Don't try finding the first one though, the forum wipe from earlier on in the year got rid of it unfortunately.

Anyway, let's get this right off the bat - Project 7. Yes, I said a year ago that it would be released this year. At least, I vaguely recall saying something along those lines. As it stands, Project 7 has no set release date. All being well, it'll be around next year, but I do need to talk to Mark about it. Be patient, it's still going to be worth the wait.

That's not to say 2010 didn't see the release of a couple of Project 7 features to make up for the lack of new website, one bigger than the other. We'll get to those in a few, but let's start from the beginning, shall we?

March 11th saw the launch of the RadioSEGA Blog, a vessel for the latest site news. Originally a feature of RadioSEGA "6.5", the delay in P7 brought this feature out of the scrapyard so we could keep you all up to date in the latest happenings. There was another reason, however...

One day later (that's March 12th), ResidentSD officially launched RadioSEGA LiVE! with SEGA AGES. Yeah, that's one of the P7 features. 2010 saw the first ever live broadcasts aired on the radio stream. Other shows followed suit as well. March 13 saw the first episode of Saturday Night SEGA, hosted by me. April 18 saw FastFeet debut the second season of his podcast, now titled FastFeet's FoneMix, exclusively on RadioSEGA.

There were a couple of other shows as well. SJ hosted The SEGA Jukebox from June 8th, and we also hosted AAUK's Radio Redux alongside SEGA:Sonic Radio, making RR not only the first Sonic podcast, but the first to be aired on two different radio stations. It wasn't the last, however. Let's not forget ForeverSonic's Random Hour, which only settled into a recurring timeslot not too long ago.

Everything seemed to be going from strength to strength, but the RadioSEGA community were saddened ever so slightly on July 13th with the announcement that SegaMark was stepping down. I say ever so slightly, because on the same day, I announced that I was taking over ^_^ Anyway, let's continue onwards.

Less than a week later (July 19th), RadioSEGA made the pretty big announcement that we'd be DJing Summer of Sonic. Another six days later (July 25th), the second big SoS announcement popped up - We'd be broadcasting the event alongside SSR. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we were unable to do that in the end, but still, it was going to happen.

August 17th saw the second, smaller Project 7 announcement, as we started to make tracks towards creating a Review Team, and might I say that we've got an amazing team. Many thanks to Alientropy, CapnCloudchaser, Reknoc, Cobra!, and Page for their contributions.

October 29th saw the first video uploaded to our YouTube channel, and the first video review went up on December 23rd. In between those, however, RadioSEGA's Random Hour was the first ever guest show on SSR's Project 24.

Let's just quickly go through some stats before I outline what's happening in 2011. This year has seen 1037 new registrations, although most of those are more than likely ghost accounts for the purposes of spamming on the forums, or requesting music on the stream. December 23rd was the biggest posting day of the year, with 213 made, whilst May 19th was the quietest, with only 10 being made. Aand finally, June 27th was the biggest day for creating new threads, with 18 being made. Quietest? Too many to list, with a huge total of ZERO.

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OK, so 2011. What's coming up? Well, here's some announcements for you - Game of the Month is coming back. Expect the first title to be announced next week. I'm even going to see if we can edit the Game of the Month page on the website. The games will be chosen from either a member of the Review Team, or the Forum Staff. Whisper this, but we'll also be updating monthly, as you should do with something of that ilk. Oh yeah, and this was to be a feature that returned with Project 7, but you're getting it early.

On the RadioSEGA LiVE! front, there's a couple of things I'm working on that should hopefully see fruition sometime soon. Can't say too much about them, obviously, but you'll be happy with what's going on. Trust me.

We're also getting a new t-shirt! After that limited run job that happened back in time for Summer of Sonic 2009, I've taken it upon myself to fund a new design. Honestly, it's probably going to cost upwards of £150. Anyway, the commission has been paid for, and we're hoping to have those ready in time for Summer of Sonic 2011.

Speaking of Summer of Sonic 2011, I should be DJing it again, so please come say hi. Not many people did last year, although we did end up having Foreversonic sat in the booth with us, taking up all the space with his guitar!

In closing, 2010 has been a progression for us, but possibly not as much as it looked like it was going to be. However, we'll be pulling out the stops to make 2011 a whole lot better. As always however, we'd be nothing without you guys.

Have a Happy New Year everybody!
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Nice write up! I'm glad I finally joined RadioSEGA this year, although I probably wouldn't have discovered it if it wasn't for foreversonic and Dartanian. I've really enjoyed being part of the community, as the staff are dedicated and the members are awesome :P

Can't wait to get more involved next year! I'll make sure I come harass you guys at the DJ booth at SoS11 ^_^

Thanks to AAUK and FastFeet for their awesome shows as well, they always made Sunday afternoons more enjoyable.
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Awesome address, Gavvie! :biggrin: You're right about Project 7; it just takes time for everything to come together and by giving bits of it through 2010, it not only preview what the new RadioSEGA will become, but also gave new life to the station! :)

What more is that I'm so proud of myself for being part of this site and you all for making this site what it is today. I mean c'mon:
-SEGA themselves aknowledged the station!
-The introduction of RadioSEGA Live! was well worth coming.
-The opportunity of being part of the Summer of Sonic 2010, regardless of the screwups.
-Being part of the SEGASonic Radio's Project 24 celebrations.
-Radio Redux dual-streaming for THE FIRST TIME EVER! (and in higher quality ^^)
-Known people in the SEGA world part of your shows (Richard Jacques on SEGA AGES= MEGA WIN)

Wow so much can happen in a year, huh? Keep going strong! :guitar:
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I am really happy that I have joined RadioSEGA. I am finally part of a SEGA community. Even if it's not the Official SEGA or the Sonic Stadium which is the most knows Sonic Fan Made website. But than again, I never really wanted to join something which was already the best known. That's why probably I never really like Mario that much and he was already the king of gaming and really had no challenge in it. But Sonic is good because he always has a challenge in front of him to become better, just like any other gaming franchise because they have the goal to become better. That would be the same with RadioSEGA here. Since it's not the most well known, it does try to become the best. Not that TSS don't try to Keep becoming the best but still.
I love being here, even though I don't seem to be much of good member and maybe the Blue Sheep of the Community but I try to get myself to become more and better friends with the forums.

I am quite excited about the new stuff that are about to come.
There is just 2 things I do not understand what they are:
Projeect 24 and Project 7. What are they if you don't mind?
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Project 24 is The Sonic Stadium's 24 hour live show, where each DJ has an hour to play whatever they want. We were the first DJs outside of TSS to do a show on it.

Project 7 is the codename of our new website, named as such because it's the seventh version. It was originally due in October 2009.
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Happy new year to everyone in RadioSEGA! Even though I've been here for almost a month it's been fun, especially as 99% of the time I've been revising for mock GCSEs (which starts tomorrow). Project 7 sounds good (many apologizes as I am unable to donate) and can't wait 'til the next project 24
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What do you get for being in the review team?
Tic Tac, sir?
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