Warhammer Online
Warhammer Online Guild Roster API
We are launching a new method for our API today targeting Warhammer Online guilds. Ask yourself these questions:
- Are you playing Warhammer Online?
- Are you a guild leader or a member of a guild?
- Are you a developer that knows how to weild XML?
If the answer to those questions is yes, or you know someone that applies, check out the new Warhammer Guild Roster web service! You supply:
name – The name of the Guild
server – Server the Guild is on
apikey – User’s GamerDNA Apikey (learn how you find yours)
The request will look like this:
http://helix.gamerdna.com/warhammer_guild.php?name=<guild name>&server=<guild server>&apikey=<yourkey>
We will provide back information about the guild (name, side, server, rank, etc) and a full roster list, all in XML. Check out the full documentation of this API method for more information.
What can you do with it?
This is something I whipped up in a few minutes for the House of GamerDNA using the service. I am sure any of you can do better 
Let’s see it!
Don’t forget to check out our Warhammer Online Character Data API that we launched a few weeks ago!
gamerDNA Spotlight – Recruitment Reels
Everyone knows that the backbone of any good group, clan, or guild is the recruitment process. Without a steady flow of new applicants, your group may be missing out!
One of the most inventive ways to invite recruitment is to create a video! Like the great propoganda videos of yester-year today’s modern artists use moving pictures to motivate, inspire, and recruit.
Up first we have a video from gamerDNA clan Blackwater ArmA, a clan that plays the highly realistic military shooter, ArmA (Armed Assault):
Sometimes, people want to use a show of their skills a simple, but effective recruitment strategy – just as the Call of Duty 4 clan, TCAA, has done with this video (it really is just 9 minutes of gameplay):
Got something that you think should spotlighted? Let us know!
Slashdotted!
Sanya’s most recent article about the launch of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning recently hit the popular news site, Slashdot.com in their posting about the status of the Warhammer Community.
I just want to take this opportunity to welcome the Slashdot community and I invite you all to take a look at gamerDNA, the source of the data that you read in Sanya’s article. Why not join up and be part of the action? We just launched some exciting new features that will allow you to discover games played and enjoyed by people like you – right now.
You can even take part in some of our gamer personality quizzes, which will allow you to see how your gamer personality relates to those from gamers around the world (you might even learn something new about yourself!)
So, once again, welcome! Have a look around, and enjoy the site!
The Winners of gamerDNA’s week of Warhammer
Did you think we would forget about you? Nope! The results are in and the winners of gamerDNA’s week of Warhammer has been chosen. Five randomly selected Warhammer Online players were selected based off of the entry criteria that we outlined in our earlier blog post. So, without further ado, here are our winners:
Congratulations, guys! The winners have already been contacted, but if you have any questions feel free to PM me! If you didn’t make the cut, you can still feel like a winner by giving yourself a Warhammer Online Signature or trying your hand at our Warhammer Character API!
Thanks again to everyone who participated and keep an eye on the gamerDNA blog for more contests coming soon!
The Ripple Effects of WAR’s Launch
Every time a new MMO launches, it’s an event like, say, a really big meteor creating the Gulf of Mexico. It takes a few weeks for the dust to precipitate from the air before anyone can see what the new landscape looks like. And because no one’s really sat down and compared the numbers (not in public, anyway), it’s hard to predict future performance with any accuracy. We want to change that.
Warhammer Online Character Data API
Just moments ago gamerDNA launched our Warhammer Online API service, one of the first services that is a part of our gamerDNA Helix Platform. The Warhammer Online web service gives community developers access to character data information from Electronic Arts’ RealmWAR website. This is the same API that gamerDNA used to create our Warhammer Online signature generator that we launched last week.
The character data API gives developers access to every character that has be inputted into the gamerDNA system through our Warhammer Signature generator page on our website. A player’s character name and server name, along with your unique gamerDNA API Key, gives you access to the Warhammer Online API web service.
Today we have also opened up a new section of our forums called "Helix Developers/API", which will become a central hub for all discussions about the gamerDNA APIs we currently provide and all APIs we roll out in the future. Community developers are encouraged to use this forum to collaborate on projects, ask questions, and give feedback on our APIs.
How to get your gamerDNA API Key
gamerDNA Warhammer Online character API web service information and documentation
If you are a community developer and you have built something exciting for the Warhammer Online community, please email us at community@gamerDNA.com for a possible feature on gamerDNA.com
Warhammer Online Signature Generator
Today we are excited to launch our Warhammer Online signature generator. Warhammer Online players now have the ability to create dynamic signatures that display live up to date character data based on the North American Warhammer Online RealmWAR character page.
Here are examples of our two signatures, one for Order and one for Destruction.
How you can get your own free Warhammer Online Signature:
- Sign up for gamerDNA.com (if you do not already have an account)
- Sign in to gamerDNA and go to the following link Warhammer Online Signature Generator
- Put in your character name and server name for that character and click submit.
- Now you have your signature with the provided HTML and BB Code so that you can instantly use it as a signature anywhere!
*Note* We currently do not support European Warhammer Online servers due to the fact that a European RealmWAR website has not be created by Electronic Arts/GOA. If/When a website is created by the publisher that publishes this data we will support European players ASAP *Note*
Edit: We now support European Servers!
All our Warhammer Online signatures display your character name, your class, rank, reknown rank, server name and guild name (if applicable). This is all done for free for all members of gamerDNA without the need to download any client that watches your gaming. Just plug in your character name and server name and you’re ready to go!
Finally, don’t forget that you can win one of five 60-day free game time cards for Warhammer Online if you take part in our Warhammer Online contest that ends this Sunday. All you have to do to win is add Warhammer Online to your profile or play WAR via Xfire, add a screenshot or experience to your profile. For all the details check out our Warhammer Online contest announcement.
Check back in the near future for some more very exciting announcements for Warhammer Online players as well as more contests. Make sure you subscribe to our RSS feed or our email notifcation so you can know as soon as anyone else does!
Week of WARhammer at gamerDNA (Contest)
Today marks the release of the highly anticipated Warhammer Online, and everyone here at gamerDNA is ready to celebrate! Part of that celebration is bringing the party to you with gamerDNA.com’s WAR week. From Friday, September 19 to midnight Eastern Daylight Time on September 27 we will be giving you the opportunity to win one of five 60 day Warhammer Online prepaid time cards.
This is available to all gamerDNA members, so if you haven’t joined the gamerDNA community make sure you sign up for gamerDNA right away!
You may ask, "How do I win?" Well, it’s easy, all you have to do is perform up to two of the following tasks between 12:01 AM EDT on Friday, September 19 and 11:59 PM on Sunday, September 28:
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Add Warhammer Online to your gamerDNA
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Add a Warhammer Online related Image to your profile (make sure to associate the image with Warhammer Online)
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Add a Warhammer Online related experience post (make sure to associate the experience with Warhammer Online)
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Play Warhammer Online on Xfire during WAR week (make sure you have your Xfire ID listed as an AKA in your gamerDNA panel)
At the end of the week, we’ll go through the data and randomly pick five winners. Remember, you can do as many of the tasks that you want – but only two will count as entries in the random drawing. We’ll announce the winners on Wednesday, October 1st.
