Mine uses my actual initials with vaguely Punic names (I'm JubalBarca on a lot of sites). I was going through a Carthaginian phase when I was about 13/14 and it kind of stuck.
So, I guess we have a fairly broad remit for "support cool geeky creative stuff, especially of an indie/hobbyist/unusual nature". Originally Exilian was mainly a game modding site, which then expanded to include sections for writing etc etc, and then shifted more into indie game dev stuff as the scene for the sorts of total conversion mods we made shrank in recent years. It's also generally expanded beyond the site in various ways, particularly in that we have our social media accounts which we use to plug/support people's projects, and we've run some conventions in the past though those have sadly stopped since I moved out of the UK. Our formal mission statement is found in clause 1a of the
Constitution, which stipulates all the various details about how Exilian is run etc (it's collectively owned by the site's voting members):
a) Exilian exists to:
- Promote and support independent and hobbyist creative and academic projects of all kinds, especially those created by its members and citizens
- Provide resources and support to help individuals, especially its members and citizens, with independent and hobbyist creative endeavours
- Inform and inspire both members of Exilian and members of the public about creative and academic topics, especially those that are less well explored or known
- Promote a friendly atmosphere among all its citizens and members
- Give its members and citizens a place to talk about things of their choosing
These days, the main things we're doing are providing the forum space/keeping that running, helping to plug indie & hobbyist creative projects, and providing/writing/hosting interesting articles to give inspiration and ideas to people doing any sort of interesting creative things. We occasionally also run on-site competitions, do charity fundraising, bits of advocacy for the sorts of creators we work with (when there was a big fiasco over Patreon making a really messy set of changes to its terms of service, we helped organise a petition against them & compiled a rapid article on patreon alternatives to help people who wanted those, for example). I guess we also have quite a lot of useful tutorials and guides and suchlike across the site which it'd be good to expand on and promote better.