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<img src="http://storage.edge-gamers.com/news/misc/ego_breakingnews2.png" width=500> <div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center">As some of you are aware, Google recently blocked our site, as it did over the Christmas holiday, as a malware source. Our ad network found the culprit and has since permanently banned all ads from that network. This was a widespread outage and blockage by Google that even took down ZDNet.com. Our site and the ad network affected have both been cleared by Google as clean. Any residual warning you get can be safely ignored.</div><div style="width: 500px; text-align: right; padding: 5px" align="right">Article By: Spray Edited By: Lilshortstuf Images By: Ill Legend</div>

<div style="width: 510px; text-align: center" align="center"><img src="http://storage.edge-gamers.com/mc/ego_cribs.png" width=100 align=left>The Minecraft Division spoke and we listened. eGO Cribs is back with all new houses and all new videos. If you would like to be featured in our eGO Cribs series and show off your awesome building skill, post here or send a PM to Shiznoe with a screenshot of your house and warp. Here are two of the newest episodes of eGO Cribs: <iframe width="250" height="141" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uZ1U_wCWAfc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="250" height="141" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/b9UXxwHoYKU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> PS: It happens.</div><div...

<img src="http://storage.edge-gamers.com/news/psc/psc_roundtable.png" width=500> <div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center">All Personnel Service Center members are encouraged to attend the first ever PSC Round Table. This is a chance for PSC members to come together and discuss topics of importance with each other and with the PSC leadership. The Round Table will take place in the PSC section of our Ventrilo server. A password will be provided to members in the PSC Discussion Forum prior to the start of the event. Wednesday, February 6 9:00 PM Eastern 8:00 PM Central 7:00 PM Mountain 6:00 PM Pacific 2:00 AM Greenwich</div><div style="width: 500px; text-align: right; padding: 5px" align="right">Article By...

<div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center">Does gaming suck because you can't hear the footsteps of your enemy from halfway across the map? Do you always get yelled at by your friends in Ventrilo because you echo back every conversation through your speakers because your lack of a headset? eGO has the solution to your problem in February. We are giving away TWO SteelSeries Siberia v2 Gaming Headsets to members this month! Read up on how to enter yourself into this months giveaway by heading over to THIS thread in the General Forum.</div><div style="width: 500px; text-align: right; padding: 5px" align="right">Article By: Ill Legend Edited By: Yeti Images By: Ill Legend</div>

<div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center">Advisor Commendation wewo The DoD:S Division has many dedicated members, but one in particular has excelled above the rest. Wewo is a shining example of what eGO looks for in their admins. He has always been helpful when any issue arises, and his calm demeanor makes him extremely approachable. He has given up a lot of his time to the whole community in being the Chief Editor for the eGO Newsletter and a Rotating TA for the DoD:S Realism Campaigns. Due to his outstanding performance within the community, the DoD:S Leadership team would like to present Wewo with the Advisor Commendation Medal. <hr> Titan of Day of Defeat ISURVIVEDLONDONBLITZ London has been a long time...

<div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center">It's a brand new month with a brand new recruiting contest brought to you by your friendly neighborhood Personnel Service Center. Throughout this contest, we are looking for enthusiastic recruiters that are willing to put in the time to help eGO. Every member recruited brings you a step closer to winning one of ten prizes, and the contest is also a great opportunity for you to get a head-start on the Recruiter of the Month Award. <hr> This contest is about recruiting. The person with the most recruits by 11:59 Eastern on Thursday, February 28 will have their choice of any item from the prize pool. The person with the second most recruits will get second pick, and so on down...

NuclearCowboy <div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center">The Day of Defeat: Source division would like to welcome its newest Advisor, NuclearCowboy! Nuke has been a DoD:S member for over two years and recently joined our Admin Training team. In addition, he served as Allied Commander-in-Chief (CinC) in our 8th Realism Campaign, and currently serves as a Realism TA today. We are glad that he has agreed to step up and accept this position, and we look forward to a successful future. Please join us in welcoming him! Congratulations!</div><div style="width: 500px; text-align: right; padding: 5px" align="right">Article By: Jeod66 Image By: Ill Legend</div>

<img src="http://storage.edge-gamers.com/news/spotlight/triplecrown_royalrumble.png" width=500> <div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center">Attention ladies and gentlemen! On Friday, February 1, 2013 at 9:00 PM Eastern, the Counter-Strike, Team Fortress 2, and Day of Defeat Divisions will be hosting a Triple Crown Royal Rumble. A Royal Rumble is a Leadership versus members match. The objective for the members is to dominate a Leadership member, screenshot it, and then post it on the forums for bragging rights. However, if a member is dominated by a Leadership member at anytime during the game, (s)he must leave the server and reconnect. What makes this a Triple Crown Royal Rumble is that three Divisions are involved...

<div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center">Witch Doctor Witch Doctor has been one of our dedicated Admin Trainers within the Minecraft division for some time now. His dedication and drive to ensure success in our admin team is just one of the reasons the MC Division Leaders felt he would thrive at a Leadership position. He has gladly accepted the role as an Advisor in the Minecraft division and he will be taking over the Admin Training team. Congratulations!</div><div style="width: 500px; text-align: right; padding: 5px" align="right">Article By: Ill Legend Image By: Ill Legend</div>

<div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center">Join Council and the rest of the Leadership team January 27th at 6:00 PM (Eastern) for our next Clan Wide Meeting. First, hear from Council about what has been happening from the top of eGO, and then grab updates on our divisions from our Division Leaders and Advisors. Sunday, January 27, 2012 6:00 PM Eastern 5:00 PM Central 4:00 PM Mountain 3:00 PM Pacific Leadership wants to hear from you! As usual, we will dedicate 15 minutes for Q&A at the end of the meeting. We encourage all of you to bring any of your questions as you will have leadership members from each team available to answer them. <hr width=75%> If you can not attend the meeting, you can follow it live on...

<div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center">The vote for the January Giveaway will be ending this weekend. The poll will be closed Sunday, and the top two choices will own a brand new Logitech G500 Programmable Gaming Mouse. We have heard stories about broken mice, potato mice, and no mice, so go see why these members are deserving of that new mouse and cast your vote before it's too late. January Giveaway Vote</div><div style="width: 500px; text-align: right; padding: 5px" align="right">Article By: Ill Legend Edited By: The Yeti Image By: Ill Legend</div>

<div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center">CopperAle CopperAle used to be an Advisor for the PSC back in 2011 but unfortunately had to step down due to his wife giving birth to twins. Since he returned to his position, CopperAle has been active almost everyday helping out any and all PSC members. He provided quality ideas on how to improve the PSC and provides helpful award recommendations to those who deserve it. CopperAle steps up whenever possible and is always there to lend a helping hand. SkylineGTR Ever since SkylineGTR became a trainer for the Personnel Service Center, he has been the driving force in the PSC's training program. He works well with the other trainers and together with them makes sure that all...

<div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center"><table><tr><td></td><td>Oey192 Oey192 is a veteran Admin Trainer who has also been extremely involved in the community, writing scripts and plugins. When something is needed, he is always there, geared and ready to help admins new and old. We in the Minecraft Division feel that Oey192 has gone above and beyond the call of duty, and hereby award him the Advisor Commendation Medal.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Witch_Doctor Witch_Doctor is a newer Admin Trainer, but has excelled at his job and even branched out to help the Event Coordinators Team with their events. Witch_Doctor is the type of guy who, if you say you need something he will go above and beyond the call of duty to...

<img src="http://storage.edge-gamers.com/news/fpsx/opx_comawards.png" width="500px"> <div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center">The Operation: X leaders are proud to present the following members with some prestigious awards for the dedication and hard work to the Op: X division. <hr> Advisor Commendation Dutchboy28 The definition of commendation is "an award involving special praise," and Dutchboy most assuredly deserves special praise. His constant dedication to the OP:X division has not gone unnoticed. He has helped with several aspects of the division, ranging from his recruiting efforts, helping train members for Clan Wars, and taking the initiative as a Field Commander. He does all of this, despite a nine hour...

<div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center">Skagnatti Skagnatti has been a member and constant player on the Battlefield Division's Heavy Metal server for well over a year now. He is a wise and careful admin and makes sure to always keep the peace on what can, at some times, be a very hectic server. When Leadership was considering how to better help the Bad Company 2 servers grow and prosper, promoting Skagnatti to Advisor seemed like the obvious choice. Skagnatti is already putting forth ideas on how to better the Bad Company 2 server experience. Major_Shrapnel Major_Shrapnel has never been one to back down from a challenge or project. He is always one of the first to jump on a server to help fill it and will stick...

<div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center">The Personnel Service Center (PSC) is looking for motivated eG and eGO admins to help process applications. PSC Members are the frontline of the eGO community, and whenever a new member submits an application, the PSC is there to greet them with a friendly welcome and to help them on their way on enjoying eGO for what it is today. Not only is becoming a PSC member about processing applications, it is also about getting to know other members throughout the community, guiding the newest members, as well as answering questions for any of the newest members. Currently, the PSC is only available to eG and eGO level admins, but anyone who is an =(e)= and is currently interested...

<div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center">Dutchoper72 When the term ?dedicated member? is thrown around, the name Dutchoper72 rings a bell. When Dutch switched over to the Operation: X Division, he was involved in nearly every game we supported, and he was willing to help out wherever needed. Since then, he has become a fundamental part of Op:X. Now, with the recent support of PlanetSide 2, the Op:X leadership team has been looking for solid candidates to help out at the advisor level and Dutch has risen to the occasion. On behalf of the leadership team, we would like to congratulate Dutch on becoming an Advisor. Keep up the good work bud. Rapter29 The name Rapter29 is synonymous with MMOs in eGO. When Op:X picked...

<div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center"> Have you ever wondered how exactly your Division came to be? Who started it? Who is responsible for promoting your crazy leadership members? To learn the answers to those questions, we have created this mini news series entitled, Origin of the Divisions. There are three installments which in their entirety will cover the beginnings of all of the current Divisions of eGO. In this first installment we will cover the Day of Defeat and Operation:X Divisions. Day of Defeat - The First Division Back in the golden age of 2006, JohnT and Artimus effectively began eGO with the Day of Defeat Division, by creating our website and starting up a single Avalanche server. After...

<div style="width: 500px; text-align: center" align="center"> We want to see your best kills, longest kill streaks, and most creative frags. Each of these contests will have a particular theme that we are looking for. This month's theme is Melee. The top three submissions will each be featured on the EdgeGamers' Youtube Channel. The top three video-makers will also pick one of these games as their prize: Hitman Blood Money 1x DOTA2 2x Dungeon Defenders 1x Portal Pack 1x The three winners will also receive a week of Dedicated Supporter Lite. Videos may be submitted from any game. Only one submission will be counted toward the prize, so be sure to send in your best. How to submit a video and full contest rules can be found here...