|
The History of Blue Eagle Company
On August 20, 2003, a new site emerged onto
the internet. A small, humble site named TTC
or Three Track Club was born into the fan
site world amidst RCT or RollerCoaster Tycoon; a
tycoon video game consisting of amusement
park building. We served dozens a day,
giving visitors access to a slew of media
coverage about RollerCoaster Tycoon and
supplying new and fresh game downloads such
as amusement park packs. Three Track Club
existed for 5 months before the name was
dropped and a new more familiar name was
adopted- rctmonster.
In literal terms, rctmonster stands for
"rollercoaster tycoon monster" and given the
fact that in 2004 rctmonster was still a
RollerCoaster Tycoon fan site, it was a fitting name. January
1st, 2004 marked the beginning of a new era
in our fan site- rctmonster was a promising
new title with a promising loyal fan base.
For two consecutive years, rctmonster ruled
the RCT fan scene devoting all of its
resources to new files and chatty forums. By
the second quarter of 2006, rctmonster had
exploded into a wonder among giants.
It was time to grow larger.
In May of 2006, rctmonster became the
rctmonster Company and it's own fan site was
closed in order to accommodate the changing
course that would ultimately alter rctmonster's web goals. Our plan was simple-
change to adapt; change to become bigger. It
became known as the three step plan. On June 26, 2006 rctmonster reopened to the public as it's
first yet still humble new site pertaining
to the hit game franchise Kingdom Hearts.
Our switch to such a different fan base was
due in part to our own interest in the
cultural phenomenon that is Kingdom Hearts
but also because this game was a big hit,
well known and loved by millions. This
allowed us to tap into a massive fan base we
had yet to see.
Step one of the new plan was to use various marketing strategies
to put the new site under the public eye. Our biggest of
these was at Gamespot. rctmonster
opened an account on Gamespot and quickly
made friends with the Kingdom Hearts gaming
community. Then, we asked them for a favor.'.
This was the one favor that would
drive up rctmonster's visitor count ten
fold. We asked all of the Gamespot groups
pertaining to Kingdom Hearts to advertise
rctmonster on their homepage and in
exchange, their group would be listed on
rctmonster and be viewable to thousands.
None refused, and all gratefully embraced
it. For the next month and a half,
rctmonster coveted steady growth until late
that July. On July 24, 2006 rctmonster went
through its second phase of it's three step
plan. rctmonster spun off Kingdom Hearts
into its own fan site named rctmKH which
incorporated many new and attractive
features. The rctmonster Company became known as
rctmKH's parent site and the only site
rctmonster had that was networked. rctmKH
went on to thrive.
By the time step three of the plan was reached,
rctmKH had grown massively, ranking in
thousands of visitors per day. It had gone
through three layouts since its first inception
in July and was now well on its way to its
fourth installment. Meanwhile, rctmonster Company had
finally reached its time to make step three a
reality. rctmonster spun off its own
development site: Cerone Annsomics
Incorporated. This new site was dedicated to
only building any of rctmonster's new sites
so that operations could run more smoothly
by keeping operations and development
seperate. Cerone Annsomics was
born and following suit was yet another new
site added to the lineup- The Halo
Underground, or THU, for short.
The Halo Underground was obtained on January
15, 2007 as a project that would truly test
rctmonster's ability to reach a new
audience- the Halo franchise consumers. With
its popular title, The Halo Underground was
almost a total shoe-in for success but
everything takes hard work, and Cerone
Annsomics answered the call to build a site
on a massive scale with a catchy layout.
"Dress to impress."
Between the work being done at The Halo
Underground and the accomplishments
at rctmKH, rctmonster and Cerone Annsomics,
which was now dubbed a shorter name "C.a.",
had their hands full- logged countless hours
making ideas reality. By April 1, 2007,
rctmKH had reached its sixth design and the rctmonster Corporate home had undergone
four
changes as well. Moreover, Cerone Annsomics
released a developers site dubbed .design
which allowed web developers to download new
graphics for their sites.
As the 2007 summer approached we dug in for
our most ambitious project yet- rctmKH
"Spitfire" referring to the
project's codename.
rctmKH "Spitfire" was destine to make it big
on the scene because it had incorporated
things that we have never done or were still
in beta form before. Now, with every new
feature released into one site, rctmKH
"Spitfire" touted its own online player: XPlayer
and it's own online media service plus over
500 new or existing media files with new
forums amongst the biggest changes not to mention the
sleek new layout.
Late July marked the renaissance of rctmKH,
because on July 24, 2007, 1 full year after
rctmKH was born, rctmKH became the capital
of the Kingdom Hearts fan site world and
debuting with "Spitfire" was ZuneCaster. ZuneCaster
was a new service that allowed those with a
Zune or iPod to download ZuneCasts right
from the net. ZuneCaster is the first online
ZuneCasting service ever created and began
by servicing rctmKH with new mobile
downloadable content.
After much dispute, The rctmonster Company,
the name we have carried for years had been
changed into Blue Eagle Co. in an effort to
maintain a youthful presence on the
competitive web stage and to better cope
with our services with a more neutral name. rctmonster's heart
and soul still exists but the name finally
made the full switch to The Blue Eagle
Company on August 11, 2007.
From there, the Blue Eagle Company, or Beco
for short, has continued to broaden its
horizons with new projects. Since its
inception, Beco has launched many new sites
and services that cater to everyone from
developers to music junkies. Sites
like DJ DCer showcase independent music
while Cerone Annsomics Media Network, a
spin-off of Cerone Annsomics, focused its
efforts on just the application aspect of
sites instead of the architecture. The
Blue Eagle Developers Network, or BLDN,
gives developers free graphics to mold their
projects around and offers custom material
ranging from backgrounds to buttons.
Besides these, there are many more
independent sites like Night Star 2 that
have passed through our hands and slipped
into our ever-growing network.
Our story is dynamic, and our passion is
unique, powerful and just. After years in
the making, Blue Eagle Co. has developed and
matured in the most amazing ways that could
have never been conceived. Now, more than
ever, we are proud to present our
brainchild, The Blue Eagle Company. Live.
Out. Loud. |
