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Day 1 Community Profiles

Maximus (Neverwinter Vault)

Maximus is the tireless site administrator of Neverwinter Vault and we figure he never really sleeps anymore which can be bad for your health (are you listening Max? J). The NW Vault has risen to be a leader among websites devoted to the NWN community. Maximus took over the NW Vault from Valen in April of 2001 and, I believe, has not left his desk since that time. We try to get him to do other things like see the sun and eat but he just waves us away, via email, and gets back to work. We are hoping that he blacks out from exhaustion at some point so that his family can spend quality time with him by surgically removing the keyboard from his clawed hands.

BioWare has had the great pleasure to work with, and sometimes for, Maximus to further enhance the NWN community as a whole. It is impossible to list all the work he has done for RPG gamers everywhere and BioWare is proud to work with him on a daily basis. He has conducted interviews with most of us, kept us informed when we get distracted by the day-to-day work required, spearheaded getting the viewlette tutorials created on helping NWN users become acquainted with various aspects of NWN and he was the first website we had direct links to bring the best modules to the community and has been invaluable for his contributions to the success of NWN as a whole. Maximus is the man, and I have told him so.

"Maximus, that pain in the tookus! He's so darn persistent and yet curiously pleasant that you don't really notice that he's finagled yet another interview or content request from you. Then, when you do see it up on nwvault.ign.com, you know that he had the best interest of the community in mind, and was doing what needed to be done to complete the job. All hail Maximus! Well done!"

-Brad Grier, BioWare Communication Manager

"Maximus is tireless in his drive to inform and inspire the community. I am always amazed at the amount of info he provides everyone, and all the ideas he has for improving the community. Great job!"

-Robin Mayne, BioWare Web Developer

As recognition for Maximus' heroic efforts in the fan community throughout Neverwinter Nights' development cycle, we're pleased to present him with this very fine Intel Pentium 4 computer system. Well done Maximus!

Urthpaw (Forum Moderator) - One of the original Moderators for Neverwinter Nights and an invaluable resource for ideas, advice and keeping the Live Team in touch and aware. BioWare thanks Urthpaw for his amazing patience, endless help, thoughful insights and diligence in supervising our community.

For his leadership role in the community, and for his unparalleled ability to remain calm under fire, Urthpaw receives this very cool Creative Audigy/Inspire sound system

Urza (Forum Moderator) - The very first Moderator to join Urthpaw in the long stretch before Neverwinter Nights became available. He as well has been a longtime source of council, ideas and our take-no-crap-man-of-action in the field. BioWare thanks Urza for his work in keeping us sane and supervising our vast community.

As recognition for his long time efforts managing the incredible Neverwinter Nights community, Urza receives this great collection of games from Atari.

Archaegeo Neosophy (Hard Core Ruleset) - The man responsible for creating the single most used Neverwinter Nights modification to date- The Hard Core Ruleset (HCR). This modification has changed the face of NWN in a sweeping and foundamental way that will effect the course and evolution of this community in the future. He has received advice and help from the community to support this enormously ambitious project but is considered the man in charge at setting the standard for quality modifications.

For his vision and leadership in this daunting task, Archaegeo recieves this swank Nvidia Jacket and Portfolio set