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Director of Operations and Community Management Promotions The Community Management team held an emergency Community Meeting on Friday, October 29 to release a handful of exciting announcements. If you weren't able to attend there's a lot of news to get you caught up on. FirezFury, Director of Operations Our longest tenured Community Manager who has been with the community since 2008, Firez has contributed in many areas. Starting in Minecraft as a Community Manager in 2016, Firez led the charge in the world of blocks for a little under four years. From there, he operated mostly in a supportive capacity assisting in Member Services, World of Warcraft and many other projects along the way. He has been a reliable member of our Community...

Halloween Movie Night | October 31st, 2021 Event Date: October 31st, 2021 Event Time (ET): 7 PM - 9 PM Additional Instructions: Make sure that you're in our discord (discord.gg/edgegamers) a little before the time displayed below. Get your popcorn ready and enjoy! Gather round the campfire as we settle and watch Monster House! This classic movie sets place in a neighborhood as three kids investigate a sentient haunted house. The movie runs for about 90 minutes. @Karma & @Moyye will be coordinating this event. Please forward any questions you may have to them. We hope to see you there! _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________...

Community Management Newsletter | October 29th, 2021 Welcome to the very first Community Management Newsletter! The goal of these newsletters is to inform our player base what the Community Management team is working on and to help better communication. Most of the work done by the Community Management team is behind the scenes, however every month our goal is to bring some of these projects to light! - What is the Community Management Team? - The Community Management team oversees the day-to-day operations for EdgeGamers' on a global scale. Each Community Manager oversees and represents a certain aspect of our community, providing guidance and direction to meet the necessary goals for EdgeGamer's success and are entrusted with...

Emergency Community Meeting On Friday, October 29th, 2021 at 8PM ET the Community Management team will be holding an Emergency Community Meeting. We have a few major topics to discuss and announce so please join us on Discord in the Community Auditorium. This meeting is estimated to last roughly 30 minutes and there will not be a Q&A section. We'll see you there! Credits Writer: @Andrew | Artist: @heidi ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Check EdgeGamers out on Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube

Thank You Arbiter Today, we say thank you to the efforts of Arbiter. After being promoted in early 2019 he came in full steam ahead with an energy and attitude that would propel him into a Director of Operations position. Many members and leaders had the opportunity to interact with Arbiter and experience his charisma first hand. Whether it be leading an EdgeGamers initiative or just gaming, he would always come with a unique excitement that many enjoyed being around. We certainly wouldn't be the organization we are today, supporting the games we currently are, without his drive. Arbiter has departed from his responsibilities on the Community Management team and his post as Director of Operations. We appreciate everything he's...

Member Services Community Manager - October 17th, 2021 We are pleased to announce the promotion of @Divine to Community Manager for Member Services! Over the last three years Divine has poured his heart and soul into our community. He has been an integral part of building Member Services to what it is today by handling countless applications, helping to build up the event coordinator team, and so much more that words can not do justice for. On top of all this, he has extended his reach out to Destiny 2 and other parts of our community always willing to lend a helping hand wherever he can. Anyone who has gotten a chance to work with Divine can agree he is motivated and passionate in whatever project he has set his mind to. We are...

Overwatch Spooky 1v1 Tournament Saturday, October 30th at 4 PM EST The Event Coordinator team will be hosting a 1v1 tournament! This tournament's format will be 1v1 limited duel with a double-elimination bracket. The tournament will be held in the EdgeGamers Overwatch Discord Signups will close on the 27th of October (10/27/21) Signup eligibility -Must be in the EdgeGamers Overwatch Discord -Must be in good standing with the community -Must have a forum account APPLY HERE Prizes Prize pool: $50 1st Place: $25 Amazon gift card 2nd Place: $15 Amazon gift card 3rd Place: $10 Amazon gift card Tournament Format Once you have signed up for the tournament you will be manually seeded into the bracket. The style of the bracket is double...

🕸️ Overwatch Spooktober Community Meeting - October 23rd, 2021 ☠️ Grab your ghouls and ghosts! Overwatch would like to invite you all to this month's Community Meeting, which will be held on October 23rd at 5:00 PM EST in the Overwatch Discord! At this meeting, we will have some very spooky announcements and awards to give out! Don't miss out on the fun, hope to see you there! Credits Writer: @EDisch222 | Art: @Buster _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Check EdgeGamers out on Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube

Member Relations Public Meeting - October 16th, 2021 Hello Everyone! Member Relations back here again to say our next meeting is this Saturday, October 16th! Before we continue, however, I'd like to share the goal of the Member Relations team in order for all of you to properly understand why we are doing these meetings. The goal of the Member Relations team is to ensure all members within EdgeGamers are able to have a voice within the community as well as to lessen the gap between management and members/admins of the community. They will do this by reaching out to members through meetings, messages, and private conversations to ensure issues and suggestions are being noticed and dealt with appropriately. Basically, our goal is to...

PUG's | October 14th 2021 Join the Overwatch LE team on Thursday, October 14th for PUG's! Event Date: Thursday, October 14th 2021 Event Time (ET): 6:00 Event Discord: Overwatch Discord PUGs are pick up games in Overwatch, with two captains, 6v6 teams, and a whole lotta fun. We will be switching up teams after each game. Pull up and show off your skills. We'll make sure its balanced for even the newest player to have some fun and time to shine! Bring your friends and bring your all! Overwatch LE will be coordinating this event. Please forward any questions you may have to them. We hope to see you there! Credits: Art: @heidi | Writing: @EDisch222...

Member Relations Information Center What is Member Relations? Member Relations is a group under the Member Services Team that is all about bridging the gap between LE to Admins and Members, fostering transparency and accountability, and working towards a better future for eGO Member Relations Roster The Member Relations Team Consists of the following members: Karma - MS (CS:GO) What Does Member Relations Do? Member Relations focuses on building communication between the Members, Admins, and Leadership of the community, we do this through multiple different things such as: Why was Member Relations Created? This is probably the biggest question in regards to Member Relations. Why was such a team...

[TF2] Dodgeball Wednesday | October 13th, 2021 Hello to you all! It's been a while since we've done one of these, but a new EC wants to make it his first, so Dodgeball Wednesday will be October 13th, 2021! Event Date: Wednesday, October 13th, 2021 Event Time (ET): 8:00 PM Event Server IP: 74.91.113.112:27015 Hello there! We have a new EC joining our ranks! An admin wanting some new things to do, welcome ShadowRocks2! It's his first event, so come out and see him shine, show him you want to do stuffs, have a good time! ShadowRocks2 will be coordinating this event! Please forward your questions to him or any of your TF2 Leadership! We hope to see you there, supporting the new onset of shadows in the EC ranks...

Media Leadership Promotions!!! Media has got some promotions of their own this spooky season... Two individuals in Media have been observed (👀) going beyond what they were asked of, and continuously putting in the work and effort to make Media a better place for everyone, and more successful. Please give a big congratulations to both @Erk and @OogaBooga for moving into Media Manager positions! On another note, another individual has shown great dedication and passion for the community within Media, and has proven time and time again that he has what it takes to be the next avatar. Congratulations @Jynx on stepping into a Sr. Manager position in Media! If you guys are wanting to figure out how YOU can help out around the community by...

Gabby Overwatch Manager Promotion Gabby has been an integral part of Overwatch since December of 2020, during her time with us she has been a shining star amongst our admin team. She has brought light into everyone's day and has put in immense effort into making our server a fun place where gamers of all walks of life can relax and make friends. Gabby never fails to puts a smile on everyone's face. Not only has she put hours upon hours upon time into Overwatch, she has also helped out in Media, Member Relations, and is an active member of our Counterstrike Surf servers. With great joy, the Overwatch leadership team would like to promote her to the rank of manager! Credits Art: @Wish | Writing: @Wish @Star...

Halloween Themed Art! With Halloween just around the corner, it's time to make your tricker-treating plans. As October begins, Media Team wants to set the mood for the beginning of the spookiest month. What better way to set the mood other than some Halloween themed images!? We hope you can appreciate the time and creativity these artists put into their images. Enjoy! @Bluelava101 "when you want when when you when you you when when when you when WANT CANDY WHEN CANDY?" @DeerFat @december We hope you enjoyed the images provided by our Artists. If you would like to participate in any future themed image articles, apply to be an Artist for Media Team! Credits: Article Image: @heidi | Writing: @heidi | Contributors: @december...

Tech October Newsletter What the heck is this? The Tech newsletter is going to be a monthly update that will be sent out the first week of every month providing updates about a variety of topics. It will usually contain a reflection and status report of the previous month’s work and what we were able to accomplish since last month’s newsletter. This will also serve as a sort of public roadmap showing what we are planning on working on for the following month. Recent Structure Changes Tech is going to be doing some structure changes and updates. We have already seen Logic brought up as a Community Manager to serve the position of project manager. This is the first step. There are a lot more changes that are currently being staged, but...

EdgeGamers x Genshin Impact! Weebs, in. Attention gamers! EdgeGamers has decided to dip their feet in the water of Genshin Impact to see what all the hype is about! Do you play Genshin? Do you want to play Genshin? No idea what Genshin is, but want to learn more about it? Hate Gacha & everything it stands for but still want to hang out with cool people? Join the Discord! Genshin Impact is a new project for EdgeGamers that will be undergoing a trial phase for the time being. If you'd like to take part in this project, or just hang out with people and game, feel free to join the EdgeGamers Genshin Impact Discord by CLICKING HERE! This project will be lead by @kyle?? & @Katsabriii ~ with the backing of a couple LE members. Come join...

September Member Community Spotlight Winner! This edition of Community Spotlight showcases one of our most dedicated users within our community. This individual has been referred to as one of the best admins in eGO. Here are some quotes from our members; "Nonya is a nice guy, I've enjoyed talking to him a lot past few months" "He's done so much in the past 3 months, I never saw or heard of him before I took a break. But when I came back I got to know him and he's done a lot of good stuff like becoming head server specialist and his recent event week was a lot of fun." "Great personality and brings positive vibes to EVERYTHING!" "Has been very helpful on Jailbreak and has put together really fun events that I feel benefited both the...

September Leadership Community Spotlight Winner! This individual has been referred to as one of the most fun Leadership members in eGO. Here are some quotes from our members; "DDZ the best and its always fun when he's on." "Always a great help when needed by anyone for anything." "DDZ has had a constant bright attitude towards helping people and doing whatever he can wherever he can to assist the community with anything that it may need." "Best manager. He does a lot for the community and everyone loves him." "He is a really good manager and does his job by banning the requested bans etc" Please join us in congratulating @DDZ ZioNeX on being the September Leadership Community Spotlight Winner! Credits: Art: @heidi | Writing...

Security and You! Howdy Folks! It's your local leadership team here with some new important information about the security breach. Recently a very popular video game live-streaming site (known as Twitch) had a breach of their security, with this breach all passwords have been compromised and released to the public. That means if you commonly utilize your password on multiple websites, there may be an attempt to gain access to your other accounts. In an attempt to keep all of your property and games safe, we HIGHLY recommend that you start changing your passwords for any site that was shared with Twitch. Multiple websites offer programs that will assist with this process and automatically generate complex passwords for you to utilize...