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Here are just a few facts and maybe some answers to any questions you have about this site. If you can't find what you were looking for, or need to contact me for some reason, you can email me. History and Current Status Zoid Empire, the main site, formed after I made a forum of the same name and a Zoids personality quiz for Zoids: New Century Zero and decided to combine the two with other information into a site about Zoids in general. The coding base originally came from the webmaster of Kenshin.it . Back then I couldn't make tables of my own, so with their permission; Zoid Empire's base is my modification of their table coding :) At first I'd planned for Zoid Empire to contain information on all Zoids series, but at that time, only Zoids: Chaotic Century, Guardian Force and New Century Zero were released. I have limited interest in the more recent Zoids series and so will have limited or no information, screen captures, etc on them. I do plan on having a relatively unbiased database on general Zoid models appearing in all series eventually, but am unlikely to ever focus on the human characters and storyline of any animated series other than Zoids: Chaotic Century, Guardian Force and New Century. Legal disclaimer Firstly, this is a totally non profit site, I'm not making any money from it. I don't own the rights to Zoids, or any of the other TV series, games, etc, mentioned on this site. They all belong to their respective companies. This is a fan site, made by me, for other fans of Zoids, for informational purposes, and to further enjoy Zoids (and the few other things on the site). Companies of Zoids etc, may look upon my site as free advertising for their products if they want :P I in no way mean to infringe on any copyrights of those companies, or any such thing, I'm just a fan who likes Zoids. What's the forum? The forum is Zoid Empire's main way for you to communicate to other Zoid fans, maybe join a RPG featuring Zoids, or just chat! This forum is also where the site gets it's name from, me having made the Zoid Empire Forum well over a year before this site appeared (possibly close to two years, I'm not sure) and liking the name. There are rules for the forum, and RPG, and how to behave in it and them, but these are posted on the forum itself. Ok, so what's a RPG? RPG stands for Role-Playing Game. It's kind of like acting in a play. In most of the ones on this site, you can be a Zoids character :) Remember though, to keep it in perspective and keep you character's feeling separate from your own. Romeo and Juliet might die in the play, but their actors don't, so if your character dies, you will not be dead (and character deaths do not occur frequently or without your permission anyway). Similarly, if your character is hated by another character, that doesn't mean the person who plays that character hates you, only that their character hates your character. So keep IC (In Character, that is, when you are playing your character) separate from OOC (Out Of Character, that is, when you are being yourself). Just read the rules for the RPG you want to join, and if you want to know more about RPGs and those on my site in particular, there is more information about them on the Zoid Empire Forum (under Rules). Pictures, fan fiction, and fan art? I went to a lot of trouble to make this site. All the video captures I did myself and didn't take from other sites (and if other sites have similar, then it's probably because we're all taking captures from the same episodes). It is illegal to take content from someone else's site without permission (and that includes taking it from this one) If you really want a picture or something (provided it isn't one I made myself, like the site title) then email me and ask! I'll probably say yes, and I might even have a better quality picture to send you. If you want them displayed on your site, I'd appreciate it if I got a mention, and possibly a link back... But, ask first!. The little running Organoids gifs on the test I didn't make, or capture, but got off a site which said it was alright to do so, so those you can have if you want without asking, just make sure you save them and put them on your own webspace, don't link directly to the image. Fan art is pictures drawn, painted, or whatever, by fans of Zoids, Fan Fiction (fanfics for short), are stories written by Zoids fans. All fanart, and fanfics, are the intellectual property of their owners, (who incidentally aren't making any money from them, or being payed to draw/write them). It's not ok to take these, for use on your site or whatever. If you want to print them out for personal use (It would be fine, lets say, to print the picture of Raven and Shadow and stick it on your bedroom door, that's personal use, but DON'T claim they're your work, stick them on your site without asking, or anything like that). If you get permission to put the fanfics or fanarts on your site, the author's names must be mentioned, but you're not to do anything of the sort unless you email me (or them) and ask FIRST! If you would like to submit your Zoids Fan Art or Fan Fiction and have it displayed on this site, please email me! but remember that it must be PG rated. With the RPG Archives section, I have pictures by people I don't know, and stuff gleaned from sites that no longer exist. But this information was at the time made for a large amount of people to view/save/copy if they so wanted (providing they don't claim it as their own etc). It was made so that the players of the RPG could involve themselves more in the roleplaying, know what someone looked like, etc, so, for personal use. I'm only putting it on this site because the sites where it was, no longer exist, and it's kind of a memorial/tribute to them and the RPGs. Personality tests and Quizzes? These are for fun, they aren't very accurate but at best they'll tell you a little bit about yourself (like who you'd be if you were an organoid, or which character you're most like in Zoids:New Century) but they're not to be taken seriously. They aren't super mind reading academic tests of greatness, just a bit of fun. Treat them as such, and don't sweat it if you don't get your favourite character, or the result you wanted. Oh, the Organoid and "Which Zoids character are you?" tests are done by myself, the other two have been done by my good friend CelticZoid, so thank you for letting me link to them CelticZoid :) If you want me to make more Zoids tests (like, a 'What type of Zoid are you?' one, or a character one for Zoids:Chaotic Century/Guardian Force) then please let me know! If enough people email me about it then I'll consider making them :) You can have the coding from both the Organoid and 'Which Zoids character are you?' Quizzes to make your own personality test (as long as it isn't a copy of mine!), but not the pictures (except the running organoids), the text, or the questions. These I made! It's both stealing, and illegal to take them. What's this, 'Amusing Pictures' thing? There are parts in the Zoids show that are really funny! I've captured some of these and put them up on the site so that those of you who've seen the show can remember the funny things that happened, and those of you who haven't seen the show will know that it isn't all serious ;) Do you sell Zoids videos/toys/etc? No I don't. Sorry. I write reviews about the toys because I have some of them, and so that other fans may know if they want to buy them or not. But I don't sell them. Where can I get Zoids videos/toys/etc then? You might like to try Amazon.com or your local department store :) Anything else? Some things haven't been mentioned here, though they should be pretty self-explanatory :) and if you have any further questions, you can email me by clicking here. |