I had the great honor of taking over and redesigning/coding AO-Basher... many current players may have never heard of it, but back in the day (pre-release to 2003) we had a fair following; in fact, I see AO-U as a tremendously great successor to what I was trying to do (no advertisements except community groups and stuff).
So thanks to
Solarax, who I've had the pleasure of spending some time with personally,
Mousii, and
Ainur. RIP to
AO Arcanum, the first major guides site we integrated with, along with
Faunlore and several other sites.
Auno, as well, who had the will to keep his site alive despite no personal investment, and who pioneered parts of AO's community. During my time at AO-B, FC community operators
Dai-Galean (who is still a good friend) and
Cz were very helpful with relations and sharing information on updates.
And to the
IRC operators, good stuff.
If i could suggest one thing for AO-U, add in a dynamic update include from
GSP's now playing
It worked well on our site, and GSP deserves all the linkage in the world.