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	<span style="font-size:14px;">I'd like to add a little clarity to the rumours spreading about CS:S ZE/RU community returning.</span>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;">I'll refer to GFLclan.ru as RU and GFLclan.com as <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> to make this easier.</span>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;">Juky (whom some of you may remember) had got into contact with <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/1-roy/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="1" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/1-roy/" id="ips_uid_6223_6" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Roy</span></a> as he had some concerns with keeping the server hosted on their end. They then discussed the possible return to us, and before that decision was finalised, there were some terms from both ends.</span>
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		<span style="font-size:14px;">Juky, Shinigami and Botox will, at this moment in time, remain banned</span>
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		<span style="font-size:14px;">The server will be moved to our OVH server and the plugins will be recompiled to ensure the servers safety</span>
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		<span style="font-size:14px;">Current permanent VIPs within RU will transfer over to <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr></span>
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		<span style="font-size:14px;">The server will be having 2 server managers (<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/1107-dogan/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="1107" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/1107-dogan/" id="ips_uid_5567_6" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(29,163,196)">Dogan</span></a> and <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/189-backy/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="189" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/189-backy/" id="ips_uid_5567_7" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(203,199,255)">Backy</span></a>) from within the RU community—Soft Serve and Vanya’s official ranks are still under discussion</span>
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		<span style="font-size:14px;">The current server rules and admin team of CS:S ZE will remain as they currently are</span>
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		<span style="font-size:14px;">As is currently the norm, global admins (Council/<abbr title="Division Leader">DL</abbr>/TA) will also respect the rules within that server and will ensure that if they are to join the server that they familiarise themselves with said rules</span>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;">There are also a couple of points I will mention. For instance, due to the current issues within RU, the donations from RU will not be transferring over to <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>; this is in relation to the issue above about hosting the server. There are also discussions happening to unban Juky (he would not be given a rank), as thanks for bringing both communities together and to enable him to continue playing on CS:S ZE. Feel free to comment your opinion as well.</span>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;">These are the majority of terms which were discussed and are relatively simple. We would like to ensure that CS:S ZE isn't altered as much as possible, as we don't want to alienate the current players.</span>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;">Overall, we believe this is a good step for both communities in burying the hatchet and moving on. I would also like to thank the RU members who have been involved within these discussions, especially Juky, who initially brought this to us and helped find common ground between the communities.</span>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;">This means that we will start seeing people from RU getting involved within <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> over the next few weeks, I'd love if we could make them feel welcome and get to know each other as one big community bound by a common interest!</span>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;">If you'd like to read over RU's post on this topic it is here: <a href="https://forum.gflclan.ru/d/935-a-tale-of-two-turfs-community-merge-backstory" rel="external nofollow">https://forum.gflclan.ru/d/935-a-tale-of-two-turfs-community-merge-backstory</a> They do cover some points which I haven't within this post.</span>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;">I am also going to link the CS:S ZE Discord for anyone who is interested in getting to know some of the RU members before this move is fully completed: <a href="https://discordapp.com/invite/JyAxA7K" rel="external nofollow">https://discordapp.com/invite/JyAxA7K</a></span>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;">Finally, I’d also like to personally welcome everyone from RU and I hope to get to know as many of you as possible in the near future!</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">54</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2018 05:56:13 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>(Mostly) Shutting Down GFL</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/mostly-shutting-down-gfl-r191/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	Hello. I’ve made the difficult decision to begin the process of winding down (most of) GFL. This has been caused by a variety of circumstances, including:
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		<em>A decline in popularity of our servers.</em> Our main divisions have been slowly diminishing since GFL’s earlier days, but up until recently this wasn’t as big of a deal as CS:GO could more than make up for it. Unfortunately, with Valve releasing CS2 and hurting the CS:GO division, our revenue dropped substantially.
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		<em>Failure to pivot.</em> Despite our revenue falling substantially, our expenses didn’t. In fact, some providers even increased prices citing inflation. While we have been aware that there was a problem for some time, due to a combination of optimism regarding CS2’s ability to pick up where CS:GO left off and a failure to implement measures to reduce our expenses quickly enough, our bank account’s balance has deteriorated over the last few months. While we did indeed take some cost cutting measures earlier this year, they did not end up being sufficient. More substantial changes were needed and key individuals capable of planning and implementing them were unavailable due to outside obligations.
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		<em>Inability to find a new owner. </em>I’ve had the idea of passing on ownership of the community and departing floating around in my head for some time as I have had neither the time nor motivation to work on GFL. I asked a few individuals who I trust whether they’d be willing to take on the community. Due to the substantial amount of work involved in bringing GFL back to being sustainable (among other factors), none of the individuals I spoke with were willing to take the community in its entirety due to risk that entails. As I really do not want to be doing this any longer, I am left with the option of either partially or entirely shutting down the community.
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	In line with this, the majority of GFL’s servers and services will stop operating on or before July 21. I’m sorry I cannot offer a more specific timeline, but I will try to keep things operational until cancellation dates make doing so no longer feasible. That said, some servers will continue to operate under new ownership.
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	<strong>CS2 Zombie Escape</strong>
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	Despite the overall decline of the community, Zombie Escape has remained strong thanks to the continued efforts of @Vauff, @Snowy, the server’s staff team, and the community. I think it’d be unfortunate for ZE to go down with the ship, so I’ve spoken with Vauff and will be handing off ownership of CS2 Zombie Escape server, the gflclan.com web domain, and most of the community’s remaining funds to Vauff (the rest of the money will be used to settle any obligations I have incurred on GFL’s behalf, such as outstanding invoices from service providers). This change will be happening over the next week or two and there may be some downtime associated with moving things over. Vauff will be releasing his own announcement with further details.
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	<strong>CS:GO Surf and Surf Private Servers</strong>
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	While the public CS:GO Surf servers have been hurt substantially by CS2, @Infra is interested in potentially spinning the subdivision off into its own entity, so GFL Surf will continue to operate in some form and private server services will continue. I will give Infra some money that would have otherwise been paid out to private server clients as a refund for early termination of the service. I will also give Infra ownership of the Surf Discord.
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	<strong>Physion Unturned</strong>
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	A while ago GFL purchased another community, Physion. Since purchasing it, Salad has acted as the community manager of Physion. Salad is interested in continuing to run Physion independently. To facilitate this, I will be giving Salad the physion.gg domain name and the Physion Discord.
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	<strong>Other Divisions</strong>
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	Various staff members have expressed that they would be interested in continuing to run their servers at their own expense. I am happy to facilitate this by giving them access to any server files they may need (excluding anything with restrictive licenses, e.g. GMODStore addons). I am also willing to consider on a case by case basis transferring ownership of divisional Discords to interested staff members. Any staff members interested may contact me on Discord to discuss.
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	<strong>Acknowledgement</strong>
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	Throughout GFL’s history, it’s been somewhat of a tradition to tag a bunch of members who had a significant impact on your time in the community in resignation / departure threads. While I was initially tempted to do the same in this post, the reality is that there are simply too many people who played in a role in building GFL and I don’t want to run the risk of leaving anybody out (that said, if you have anybody you feel had a positive influence on your time in the community, give them a shout out in the replies!). So instead I’d like to thank all of the staff and community members who played a role in making GFL special to myself and so many others. I’d also like to thank Christian (Roy). Despite the admittedly rough break-up, literally none of this would’ve been possible without him and I wish him the best.
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">191</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2024 00:00:24 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change to the Directorate & a Statement Regarding GFL's Previous Owner]]></title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/change-to-the-directorate-a-statement-regarding-gfls-previous-owner-r179/</link><description><![CDATA[
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	Hello everyone,
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	Yesterday afternoon, it came to our attention that a private string of messages was leaked from GFL’s Council chat to an outside party. These messages were sent by me mentioning that I would be creating a thread to outline and document all of Roy and related parties’ actions towards GFL, that being this thread. Benroy, former Director of Teams and Moderation Team Leader, came forward and admitted that it was him, taking full responsibility for his actions and has apologised. With that, Council has collectively decided to remove him from all of his positions in GFL, as well as blacklist him from regaining staff positions in the future due to his breach of the GFL Staff Code of Conduct.
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	I had sent these messages in the heat of the moment and thus they were not the most carefully worded. Honestly, I was very upset that these issues kept popping up every month and that it has always been us that have to explain ourselves in situations that we did not bring about. These messages were an over-exaggeration, my intention was to simply clear the air and document exactly what happened with receipts. However, I understand what I said was uncalled for and highly inappropriate, and for that I am sorry. 
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	With that, this thread will still perform its intended purpose; that of documenting Roy and related parties’ actions towards GFL in detail. Please do not hesitate to comment on the thread or reach out to any of us if you have any questions about any part of this, we would be more than happy to clarify anything.
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	As of late (and ever since it happened), Council and myself have been receiving a lot of messages from people about what happened with Christian Deacon (Roy). Particularly, this has started happening a lot more as he has been pushing the "Ex-Owner/Founder of GFL, join me!" message quite a lot more to get people to join his initiatives. We've realized that people are not getting the full picture of what actually has happened when it's asked about, and while I can try to individually explain every detail of what happened, it is best that we have a public thread about everything that happened, so here goes.
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	This thread is divided into a few parts to address common questions and portions of the situation. We have pretty much nothing to hide, so just about everything we can share will be published without editing - <strong>any part of this that does have edits or missing information will be mentioned and clarified</strong>. Each section will be highlighted with a heading briefly describing the event in detail, as well as giving a date that it occurred on or around.<br>
	Salad and I wrote this post in coordination, with the assistance of Aurora after recalling as much as we collectively could, with as many examples and as much "proof" as we were able to add.
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	<span style="color:#2ecc71;"><b>Also, we would like to make it clear that the only people who have been banned by us that relate to this situation are those that have done something to earn themselves a ban. We are not handing out bans solely for the fact people are moving to a new community. We don't do that. When you try to wreck shit on your way out, or come back only to stir up trouble, we will.</b></span>
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	<span style="font-size:24px;"><strong>Why are you only sharing this now and not when it happened?</strong></span>
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	Apart from the reasoning above, we did not want to publish any of this before now for the following reasons:
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		When this happened, Roy was still part owner of GFL. While we worked on separating him from the community, we remained silent as we did not need him retaliating. (More on this later).
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		I ultimately made the decision not to publish it unless absolutely necessary because I did not want to be engaging in a fight between GFL and Roy, regardless of his feelings towards us (More on this later). I felt it would be better for everyone involved on both sides to move on and focus on more productive things rather than continue to be emotionally affected by what happened.
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	<span style="font-size:12px;"><strong><em>Note: Any mentions of Roy’s new community have been redacted from some of this post. We do not want anyone stirring up trouble for either community, so please don't do that.</em></strong></span><br>
	 
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	With all of that said, we will begin with the early stages of Roy's transfer of ownership to Aurora.
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	<span style="font-size:24px;"><strong>Roy Transfers Ownership to Aurora - </strong></span><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong><em>July 13, 2021</em></strong></span><br>
	On July 13th, 2021, Roy decided to depart from GFL by his own choice, transferring the majority of ownership to Aurora at this time. There were issues regarding the Paypal account we used for GFL’s donations/finances, as well as other residual things such as ownership of the web domains, IP block, ASN, and Cloudflare, meaning that Roy still retained a large amount of access to key aspects of the community.
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	With this transfer of ownership, Aurora made the decision to dismantle our preexisting Anycast system (created and maintained solely by Roy for its lifetime, causing many issues during the time it was in use). This was done after <a href="https://gflclan.com/topic/74366-dismantling-gfls-anycast-network/" rel="">consulting with Council previously about concerns with the network</a> and <a href="https://gflclan.com/topic/76136-announcement-network-maintainence-going-forward/" rel="">was followed through on</a> after ownership was transferred to Aurora.<br>
	 
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			<span style="font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border:none">Roy's group was adjusted from his administrator position to only Founder.</span></span><br>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:24px;">Roy Returns to GFL as a Developer - </span><em><span style="font-size:18px;">September 8, 2021</span></em></strong><br>
	On September 5th of 2021, Roy decided he wanted to become a Developer for GFL. On his application he notes that it would be a reduced amount of responsibility for him, and he still had a drive to help. His application was swiftly accepted on the 7th of September, and he joined the team. From that point on his contributions to GFL were limited and mostly included participating in a few helpful discussions within our GFL Teams Discord.<br>
	 
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			Roy's groups were adjusted to reflect his new rank as Developer.
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	<span style="font-size:24px;"><strong>Roy Becomes a Technical Administrator for GFL - </strong></span><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong><em>December 19, 2021</em></strong></span><br>
	Aurora and Roy had been discussing the potential for Roy to return as a Tech Admin . This was due to his vast experience with the backend of GFL, as well as to help alleviate the load for Aurora. This position would be majority backend work, meaning he would still not need to deal with any of the front end drama and staff of GFL at large. He was promoted on December 19th, 2021.
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			Roy's groups were again updated to reflect his new role.
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	<span style="font-size:24px;"><strong>Roy Announces the Formation of his New Community - </strong></span><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong><em>December 2021 onward from the 19th</em></strong></span><br>
	On December 17th 2021, Roy began to formally vocalize his opinions as he was not happy with the state of GFL. He created <a href="https://gflclan.com/topic/78146-my-thoughts-on-gfl-more-informal/" rel="">a thread</a> highlighting his concerns and some suggestions on how to address them for the betterment of GFL. The thread was mostly well received, however, many of the suggestions were not acted on due to concerns shared by the community – especially with regards to changes in the staff structure. However, there have been many discussions since this post, attempting to address Council's issues, which we all can agree, there are some.  
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	On the 20th of December, Roy announced the start of his new community with the goal of being a simpler, more “relaxed” experience compared to GFL. We felt this to be completely fine and our relations with Roy and his community remained positive for quite some time after this.<br>
	 
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	<span style="font-size:24px;"><strong>Salad and Roy’s Discord DM Discussion - </strong></span><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong><em>March 22, 2022</em></strong></span><br>
	Salad reached out to Roy via Discord DMs to inquire about two GFL staff members (TheThirdReaper and Muse, both managed GFL Prop Hunt at the time). This was of course when Roy and Salad were still on good terms with each other. Both managers had shown interest in working with Roy in his new community, specifically on their Prop Hunt server. Roy proceeded to inform Salad that he was unsure of what their plans were as he had been “out of it” during their discussion the previous night. He then continued on, noting that he does not think that a good relationship between GFL and his community is possible. He finishes his initial message Stating that we can ban him and others from GFL if we felt that they were acting maliciously, and that he would not be hurt by it, nor would it affect his personal relationship with Salad and the others who could make that call, but would understand if the other side felt differently.
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	Salad explained that there were no plans to ban anyone unless things got out of hand, and that he was speaking with TheThirdReaper to get her side of things, and would be speaking to Muse afterwards. Roy went on to restate his thoughts from his previous message, adding that he felt he did not do well in GFL and wanted to make up for his personal shortcomings with his new community. He then confirmed that he was still proceeding with his community, regardless of GFL’s decisions. 
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	Salad concluded the conversation by reiterating his message saying that there is “no malice towards you unless things go south and things get worse from here on out. I still value our friendship a ton and wouldn't want either of us to do anything to damage that, but I along with several others like Infra hold GFL pretty close and we don't want to see any attacks on our community in terms of poaching staff and whatnot, which I don't think happened here, but I would hate to see that happen again, especially from your new community. I trust that you won't do anything insane, and I know that this new community is important to you.”
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	<span style="font-size:24px;"><strong>The Beginning of the Prop Hunt Incident Involving TheThirdReaper - </strong></span><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong><em>March 28, 2022</em></strong></span>
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	On the 28th of March, TheThirdReaper, former GFL Prop Hunt Manager, left GFL to move to Roy’s new community. Her reasoning for the move was our lack of A2S_info caching (ping spoofing) and more specifically a lack of population on GFL’s Prop Hunt server. Due to Roy’s aggression towards us at the time, we gave her the choice of either remaining in GFL or having to leave if she wanted to be a part of both communities. We also did not believe that she could effectively manage both of the servers simultaneously, as one of the two would obviously get neglected. While we dislike having to give our staff such ultimatums, we were effectively forced to with Roy’s growing aggression towards us. (This was before Roy eventually threatened us.) After a few days, she decided that she would be joining the new community and leaving GFL, to which Infra thanked her and wished her well in her future endeavors.
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	We will circle back to this situation and develop it more later on in this post.<br>
	 
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	<em>Screenshots of the conversations:</em>
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	<span style="font-size:24px;"><strong>Roy is Banned from GFL for Threatening GFL’s Solvency - </strong></span><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong><em>April 5, 2022</em></strong></span><br>
	On April 5th, 2022, Roy proceeded to have a meltdown over the growing state of affairs between GFL. This alcohol and weed induced meltdown happened mainly on the GFL forums as well as in Roy's new community's Discord server. The frustration of GFL Management stemming from having members of our staff teams show up within his new community, as well as other issues had created a bit of tension between both sides, however Infra, Salad, and Aurora were still on good terms with Roy until this. At the start of the video linked below, Roy mentions something about a voice call, which we are confident is referring to a call within Roy's new community that Infra and Salad joined to speak with him in (with no malice intended, literally just to talk and say hey) a day or so earlier. We feel this is important to include because it seemed to be part of the frustration Roy was having, despite being friendly and normal during said voice chat.<br>
	<br>
	We would like to touch a little bit more on the aforementioned public scene Roy caused as well. Roy spammed our chatbox (Which was previously on our homepage) as well as an old forum thread of his. This extended into his new community's Discord server as well, where he begins to ask to be banned from GFL, among other things.
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	<em>Forums Spam:</em>
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			The thread linked above is the thread he decided to spam.
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	<em>Discord Stuff:</em>
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			<b id="docs-internal-guid-3c2acfc0-7fff-0fe1-5c81-7b1deee70d7a"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:#000000; font-size:11pt; vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none"><img alt="XCHriJSStGrlh2KrW7VJkmV1zkkwlxgTWBrc-8NO" data-ratio="91.50" height="472" style="height: auto;" width="515" data-src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/XCHriJSStGrlh2KrW7VJkmV1zkkwlxgTWBrc-8NOLz4Se08ALQsy1Blm2FjfLZLlPNlTltTg02QC8K2Q1Gcnl4fgdQmxpsf9P7bXCl95y-eK_EXHGtwmASaUnIY551947UoKQglFuaUyM-Ma8eDV3S4ps6sg5Q1Mso9PkOu_5miICnzLpFtEdrrHjw" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></span></span></b><img alt="unknown.png" data-ratio="66.40" style="height: auto;" width="1000" data-src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/699234983566376991/1017509148566499429/unknown.png" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"><img alt="unknown.png" data-ratio="106.09" style="height: auto;" width="657" data-src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/699234983566376991/1017509219987116153/unknown.png" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png">
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	Following this, Aurora, Infra, and Roy all got into a private Discord call to discuss the situation. We will be linking a recording of the call below.
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	Below is a rough set of timestamps noting key parts of the video linked. These timestamps are also available on the YouTube video itself, so feel free to open it in a new window and click through. A few important things we would like to note are as follows:
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		While Roy was incredibly high and drunk during this call, <strong>he has since admitted that he stands by what he said during this call</strong>.
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		Infra’s microphone was not captured by the recording software, however he did not speak very much, and what he did say is noted and paraphrased below based on his memory of the call. All of his replies are responded to accurately by Roy, leaving little room for any errors in Infra’s recollection. 
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	<strong>00:30</strong> - Roy reinforces that he wants to be banned. Infra said “Why” immediately following this.<br>
	<strong>00:55</strong> - Roy states that he wants to be banned as well as says that he will transfer the PayPal account to Aurora if we fulfill his request, citing that his ban will kickstart his new community.<br>
	<strong>01:25</strong> - Roy says that the things he did in GFL were “nothing” and that we can delete all of his stuff on our website as it “does not mean shit” to him.<br>
	<strong>02:13</strong> - <strong>Roy says that he has no malicious intent</strong> and that he will be relieved to be banned.<br>
	<strong>03:13</strong> - Roy repeats his sentiment on wanting to be banned and the motivation it will give him.<br>
	<strong>04:15</strong> - Roy kicks it into high gear with his tirade, repeating “Ban me” multiple times. <br>
	<strong>04:24</strong> - Infra says “Christian” to which Roy replies “Yeah?”. Infra says “Christian…” again to which he replies “Shut the fuck up.” Infra then replies with something along the lines of “I am not going to ban you.” To which Roy continues repeating “Ban me” multiple times.<br>
	For the next little bit, Roy proceeds to be hypocritical on the way GFL is currently run compared to how he ran it.<br>
	<strong>06:10 </strong>- Roy mentions issues in regards to paying GFL’s taxes as well as his own expenses, to which <strong>Aurora replies that he can take the amount of money he needs to pay those taxes</strong>. He then continues on his “ban me” tirade.<br>
	<strong>06:50</strong> - Roy declares that he and Infra are not friends anymore, and he has seen “chat logs” of Infra “talk-shitting” him, which we finally learned some of the details of in his apology document that we will touch on later. He follows up by loudly restating “BAN ME!” and that his new community will “BE TOP!”. After this he proceeds to discuss his new community and how it is superior to GFL, incorrectly noting the time it took us to release one of our servers, likely due to his sustained absence in GFL during that time.<br>
	<strong>09:54</strong> - <strong>Roy restates that he has no malicious intent</strong>, and is not going to do anything to harm GFL beyond spamming our website.<br>
	<strong>12:35</strong> - Infra says something along the lines of “Christian, can we just talk about this?” to which Roy replies “Go ahead.” Infra then says “We’re not banning you.” and Roy replies “Why not?” and proceeds to question why he is not getting banned.<br>
	<strong>13:16</strong> - Infra replies something to the effect of “Even if you were new, I wouldn’t ban you.” Roy replies “I don’t care, ban me.” and Infra repeats his sentiment of not wanting to ban him, to which Roy replies asking why he won’t ban him.<br>
	<strong>13:52</strong> - Infra says “Roy.” Roy says “Yeah?” Then Infra says that this is no reason to ban him, to which Roy replies “Ban me, I don’t care, It is.”<br>
	<strong>14:31</strong> - Infra says “Roy, we aren’t going to ban you, I know you think we hate you, but we don’t want to do it” Roy replies that Infra is fake.<br>
	<strong>14:45</strong> - Roy tells Aurora to give him the permissions he would need to ban himself.<br>
	<strong>14:56</strong> -<strong> He reiterates that he will ban himself and that it’s “his” community. He then proceeds to say that he can “go into the database I can shut the PayPal off right now, just give me fucking permissions to ban myself! I will right fucking now.”</strong><br>
	<strong>15:30</strong> Aurora begins to try to level with Roy, however he is deep into his tirade and will not let her speak, proceeding to yell about how GFL isn’t even really his anymore.<br>
	<strong>16:07</strong> Aurora tries to speak again, only to be met with Roy screaming “STOP!” numerous times, begs for permissions, and then quickly shifts his tone to address Aurora’s concerns.<br>
	<strong>16:23</strong> Aurora offers to ban Roy, to which he replies “Just do it. In the database, I don’t give a shit.” to which Aurora finally replies “It is done.”<br>
	 
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	We would like to emphasize that <strong>this decision was only made to protect the safety of GFL</strong>, including it's finances. When presented with threats such as these, our hands became tied and we had very little choice not knowing what Roy was going to do with all of this unbridled anger he was holding, and the ability to do what he threatened us with. <strong>Without these threats, we would not have banned him.</strong>
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	After the confrontation, Aurora worked on moving most of GFL’s savings from Roy’s PayPal (We say “most” because Aurora delegated the funds required for Roy to pay GFL related taxes) to a separate business account to help ensure Roy will not be able to act on his threats at any point. Infra, Salad, and Aurora spent a few hours ensuring that our new PayPal account was functioning properly and that we adjusted our donation system to reflect those changes.
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><em><strong>Note: All of this was done with the explicit consent of Roy</strong></em></span>
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	Over the course of the next month, a lot of effort was spent by Aurora, Infra, and Salad to remove any remaining access Roy had to GFL. <strong>Roy is now no longer involved with GFL in any capacity and is permanently banned.</strong>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:24px;">Roy’s Initial Apology to Salad in Discord DMs and Follow Up Messages - </span><span style="font-size:18px;"><em>June 7, 2022 and June 8, 2022</em></span></strong><br>
	On June 7th, 2022, Roy messaged Salad with an apology for the things he has said to and about him. Roy acknowledges his shitty behavior and his entire attitude towards Salad and many of the others, however he admits that he does not regret what he said about/did towards Infra and GFL as a whole. Salad proceeded to question what Infra did to deserve this, to which Roy explains as he did during the voice call on April 5th. His message echoes most of what he said during that call. He acknowledges what he said and did during that call, and refers to himself as a “huge threat” to GFL. Knowing that his future responses may elicit a negative response, Salad regains the last bit of access that Roy still retained, that being the GFL YouTube account two factor authentication. After doing that, Salad proceeded to shut down Roy’s incorrect and evidently baseless claims, as well as shut down and rejected the apology completely.
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	Roy, clearly not expecting the reply he received, proceeded to revert back to his attitude he had during the voice call with Aurora and Infra, continuing the idea that we are trying to compete with his brand new community. Salad quickly shut down the idea that there is a “rivalry” between the two communities, stating that it’s just something Roy came up with to make him feel better about his past behavior towards GFL and its management. The rest of that day’s messages are just a loop of “We’re competing now” and Salad shutting it down.
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<p>
	Hi guys, Salad here. Decided to write this part entirely from my perspective instead of having it from a top down view like the rest of this. The night of the apology that we just touched on, Infra and I met with our CS:S BHop manager, as we saw that he had somehow gained an interest in helping out in Roy’s new community. We quickly informed him of Roy’s behavior during the past few months, and he had no idea the extent of what Roy had done.
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	He decided to distance himself from Roy’s new community, which I imagine is what caused Roy to return to my DMs. In these new messages, he mostly repeated his same arguments of competition and how GFL sucks yada yada yada. I decided it wasn’t worth feeding into his rants that night, and have not spoken to him since the first apology on the 7th of June.
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<p>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><em>Note: This was one of the key moments, along with TheThirdReaper incident that led us to fully understand that there was indeed poaching being attempted, and in some cases succeeding.</em></span>
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<p>
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	<em>Screenshots of the conversations:</em>
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</p>

<p>
	<span style="font-size:24px"><strong>The Conclusion of the Prop Hunt Incident Involving TheThirdReaper - </strong></span><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong><em>July 8, 2022</em></strong></span>
</p>

<p>
	On the 8th of July, TheThirdReaper made an essential Steam Workshop collection private. This collection was being actively used on our GFL Prop Hunt server, and the move caused the server to break for several hours. When reached out to about the issue, Infra was completely ignored by TheThirdReaper for 48 hours, when she was then contacted again to no avail. 
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Due to her purposefully ignoring attempts at contact when approached about the issue, she was permanently community banned for attempting to sabotage the server, a direct breach of the GFL Staff Code of Conduct - ironically, she responded to Infra mere seconds after the ban was placed.<br>
	 
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<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	TheThirdReaper choosing to respond to Infra only after the ban was placed, instead of the contact attempts made 48 hours prior, is further evidence that her intention was to not communicate with us. While we definitely should have replaced the Steam Workshop collection upon her departure, it was decided that there was no need as she had been a member of the community for several years and had quite a high level of trust, as well as the fact that we were still in the process of revamping the Prop Hunt staff team and server. Furthermore, Steam Workshop collections are a pain to manage with no form of separate access control, making it rather difficult to have shared collections that are secure in terms of access without being highly inconvenient for developers and managers.
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<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Additionally, while this issue was being investigated, it was discovered by Salad that Toxic, another former Prop Hunt Server Manager, had been hosting the in-game loading screen on a host completely separate from any GFL operated host. You can read more on this issue <a href="https://gflclan.com/topic/80925-recent-incident/" rel="">here</a> as it is not relevant to the main points of this thread.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span style="font-size:24px;"><strong>Infra’s Response to Roy’s Apology Letter - </strong></span><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong><em>July 18, 2022</em></strong></span><br>
	On the 18th of July, after the events highlighted above, Roy drafted an apology letter directed at a few people in GFL. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A7PQjiRq2RhW1prgDcAi07rveCoH7alVEsn7jXnSYYk/edit?usp=sharing" rel="external nofollow">You may read it here.</a>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	There are a few points in this letter that I would like to address:
</p>

<ul>
	<li>
		He mentions that he felt GFL was viewing him as poaching which accelerated a lot of the tensions being faced at the time. I would like to clarify that this is not us simply “viewing” it as poaching,<strong> it is poaching</strong>. There have been several accounts of Roy personally contacting several members of our staff (As well as those who have gone from GFL to his new community) with the sole intention of convincing them to join his initiatives. I would also like to note that GFL does not often care about staff helping/contributing to other communities - personally, I believe doing so is a great way to meet more people with common interests and learn more about the things they’re interested in. <strong>However, there is a difference when people are heavily involved with those that have, on several accounts, attacked us at any given opportunity</strong>. 
	</li>
	<li>
		As mentioned earlier about Roy being shit-talked by myself, he clarifies in this letter that my “shit-talking” was from my grievances with our previous Anycast network. It is worth mentioning that I was far from the only person frustrated with this, and as Roy himself states in his letter, I <strong>always </strong>followed my grievances with a side of understanding. 
	</li>
	<li>
		While Roy has accounted for him being heavily intoxicated when doing the things he did, he has noted on several occasions while sober that he stands by everything he did and does not regret anything, invalidating just about everything he apologised for in this letter. In fact, he invalidates his apology quite heavily with this quote from his letter: “I don’t regret having my account banned because I did truly want that and I still stand by that to this day as the last part of the “burnt bridges” process.”
	</li>
</ul>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span style="font-size:24px;"><strong>Salad’s Response to Roy’s Apology Letter - </strong></span><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong><em>July 18, 2022</em></strong></span><br>
	Infra already touched on the majority of what I think in his first point, however, I just want to reiterate that I still do not accept any of these apologies. The things that Roy did up until these apologies combined with what has transpired after both leave me with zero confidence that he was ever truly sincere.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span style="font-size:24px;"><strong>Final Message to Roy from Infra and Salad</strong></span><br>
	We know you’re going to read this, and we just want to make some things explicitly clear as we know you’ll be motivated to respond to this by contacting us, directly or indirectly:
</p>

<ul>
	<li>
		We do not care for a response from you on this. Please do not bother contacting any of us or trying to reply to this thread by evading your ban. 
	</li>
	<li>
		Please do not bother Aurora, Council, or ANY member of GFL to try to get a response through to us. 
	</li>
	<li>
		There is nothing you can say to change our minds about the things you did. At the end of the day, nothing will reverse the things you have done, please leave it at that and move on.
	</li>
</ul>

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">179</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2022 03:20:40 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Introducing the Hall of Fame</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/introducing-the-hall-of-fame-r25/</link><description><![CDATA[

<p>
	<span style="font-size:20px;"><strong>Hall of Fame:</strong></span>
</p>

<p>
	Hello. Today, I am pleased to announce <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>'s Official Hall of Fame. I made it long ago but finally have put it to use. This will be an exclusive badge of honor given to appreciated individuals who have contributed a great deal to <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> in their time within the community. For our first inductees, we will be giving the badge to <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/67-cypher/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="67" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/67-cypher/" rel="">@<span style="color:#D147FF;">Cypher</span></a>, <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/485-x2d/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="485" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/485-x2d/" rel="">@<span style="color:#cbc7ff;">X2D</span></a>, <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/3-kim/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="3" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/3-kim/" rel="">@<span style="color:#D147FF;">Kim</span></a>, and <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/33-nick027nd/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="33" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/33-nick027nd/" rel="">@<span style="color:#D147FF;">nick027nd</span></a>. Each of the individuals met the following guidelines:
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<li>
		Made extensive contributions to<span> </span><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>
	</li>
	<li>
		Been with<span> </span><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr><span> </span>for a long period of time (1+ years)
	</li>
	<li>
		Retired staff and/or had a major leadership role (i.e. team leader)
	</li>
	<li>
		Generally liked by many within<span> </span><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>
	</li>
</ul>
<p style="color:#cccccc;">
	 
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;">
	 
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;">
	As an honorable mention, That One Guy would have also been inducted. However, he does not have a forum account. If he does make one, he will then be added.
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<p style="color:#cccccc;">
	 
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<p style="color:#cccccc;">
	If anyone who receives the badge does not have permanent VIP already, they will receive it upon being awarded Hall of Fame.
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<p style="color:#cccccc;">
	 
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	<img class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" data-fileid="6194" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" alt="5903c40668392_HallofFame.png.b3f09a8404f3b03609e901c8bac705d4.png" data-ratio="25.52" data-src="//gflusercontent.gflclan.com/file/forums-prod/monthly_2017_04/5903c40668392_HallofFame.png.b3f09a8404f3b03609e901c8bac705d4.png"></p>

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<p style="color:#cccccc;">
	Since this was the first batch of people, we added four people at once but it is planned for the future to only add one or two people at a time between large time intervals since it is supposed to be a very rare badge to have. If you have anyone else who meets the above requirements (still open to change), comment below or contact a staff member. There is a possibility we could add them the next time we plan on inducting a new member.
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<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<strong><a href="https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/14129-hall-of-fame/" rel="">HALL OF FAME LIST</a></strong>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">25</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2017 22:49:46 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Regarding the Moderation Team</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/regarding-the-moderation-team-r116/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	Hello Everyone. 
</p>

<p>
	After a long council meeting and time-consuming discussions regarding the Discord Moderation team, we have finally come to a final decision. The current team has been dissolved, in favor of the new team we're creating, leaving an exception to our specific CWRP Discord Moderators only. @Salad, @FrenZy, @Skittlez, @Bue, and @Ben will serve as the *temporary* global Discord Moderation Team.
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<p>
	This will remain until we appoint the new members of the team, in which has already begun. We are also actively reworking the current ruleset as well as punishment guidelines.
</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">116</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2020 23:05:55 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Overwatch 6v6 Community Extravaganza</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/overwatch-6v6-community-extravaganza-r19/</link><description><![CDATA[
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><img alt="overwatch_logo_by_feeerieke-da4xuzp.png" class="ipsImage" height="437px" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" width="1000px" data-src="http://img03.deviantart.net/6059/i/2016/155/4/0/overwatch_logo_by_feeerieke-da4xuzp.png"></span>
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<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Our community, Games For Life, has been invited to participate in a cross-community Overwatch Extravaganza where we'll be playing against 7 other communities in intense 6v6 matches to prove who is the best community at Overwatch. Did we accept the challenge? Of course we did. We can't possibly let a challenge like that go. Prizes, you ask? For those that win: Women, glory and honor. For those that lose: They become the winners' servants.</span>
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<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span style="font-size:16px;">If you're looking to watch or participate in some intense, fun and enjoyable Overwatch tournaments, then this is your chance. The tournament will consist of an upper and a lower bracket where the communities will fight it out in a double elimination style tournament and it is being hosted by <a href="http://hellsgamers.com" rel="external nofollow">HellsGamers</a>. We'll be facing 7 other communities who also wish to win, so this tournament isn't going to be easy. The event will be streamed, a link to that can be found below. The communities participating are:</span>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<ul><li>
		<span style="font-size:16px;">Games For Life (<abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>)</span>
	</li>
	<li>
		<span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://www.edge-gamers.com/" rel="external nofollow">EdgeGamers</a></span>
	</li>
	<li>
		<span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="http://hellsgamers.com" rel="external nofollow">HellsGamers</a></span>
	</li>
	<li>
		<span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://www.prestige-gaming.org/forums/" rel="external nofollow">Prestige Gaming</a></span>
	</li>
	<li>
		<span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="http://www.seriousgmod.com/" rel="external nofollow">SeriousGMod</a></span>
	</li>
	<li>
		<span style="font-size:16px;">pZ Community</span>
	</li>
	<li>
		<span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="http://skynetgaming.net/" rel="external nofollow">Skynet Gaming</a></span>
	</li>
	<li>
		<span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://tangoworldwide.net/" rel="external nofollow">TangoWorldWide</a></span>
	</li>
</ul><p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span style="font-size:16px;">We hope that you'll come along to support <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> and its team as we could do with all the support that we can get. If you have any interest in participating in this tournament, please drop a message below and the team will be picked accordingly. </span>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Date: <span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>4th and 5th of March</strong></span></span>
</p>

<p>
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Time: <span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>1pm EST</strong></span></span>
</p>

<p>
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Location: <span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>US Servers</strong></span></span>
</p>

<p>
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Maps: <span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>Undecided</strong></span></span>
</p>

<p>
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Team Rosters: <a href="http://hellsgamers.com/topic/128419-brackets-and-players/#entry734337" rel="external nofollow"><span style="color:#ffffff;">CLICK</span></a></span>
</p>

<p>
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Brackets: <a href="http://challonge.com/CCOverwatch" rel="external nofollow"><span style="color:#ffffff;">CLICK</span></a></span>
</p>

<p>
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Streamer: <strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/ongames" rel="external nofollow"><span style="color:#ffffff;">CLICK</span></a></strong></span>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<ul><li>
		<span style="font-size:16px;">Manager - <strong>Snoopy</strong></span>
	</li>
	<li>
		<span style="font-size:16px;">Team Leader - <strong>Shuruia</strong></span>
		<ul><li>
				<span style="font-size:16px;">Player 1 - <strong>Dano</strong></span>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span style="font-size:16px;">Player 2 - </span>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span style="font-size:16px;">Player 3 -</span>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span style="font-size:16px;">Player 4 -</span>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span style="font-size:16px;">Player 5 -</span>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span style="font-size:16px;">Sub 1 -</span>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span style="font-size:16px;">Sub 2 -</span>
			</li>
		</ul></li>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">19</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2017 16:41:55 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Future Leadership of GFL</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/the-future-leadership-of-gfl-r100/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p>
	Hi everyone, this announcement will be the first of many discussing changes to our community’s top-level leadership. We believe these changes will have a positive impact on how quickly and effectively higher-ups work with staff and the community. The changes are as follows:
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	We are introducing a new top-level authority which we have chosen to call Council. This group of people will set the agenda and direction of <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>. The distinction from the old Director role is that Council members will not inherently be responsible for the day-to-day operations of <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>, and only the Council as a whole can make decisions, i.e. individual Council members cannot make decisions on their own. The Council, as of right now, consists of the Board of Directors and representatives from our larger divisions.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Let’s talk about the “new” Board of Directors. The Board of Directors will be responsible for <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> on a daily basis and can make decisions that do not go against the Council's direction. However, there are some things only the Council can decide on. The Executive Director is the chairman of the board and has the overall responsibility for <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> on a daily basis. The rest of the Directors are each responsible for an area of their own.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Without further ado let’s introduce the initial roster for the Board of Directors:
</p>

<ul><li>
		Executive Director: <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/6-nick/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="6" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/6-nick/" id="ips_uid_4471_7" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Nick</span></a>
	</li>
	<li>
		Director of Communication: <span><a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/8-shuruia/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="8" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/8-shuruia/" id="ips_uid_4471_9" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Shuruia</span></a></span>
	</li>
	<li>
		Director of Divisions: <span><a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/120-frenzy/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="120" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/120-frenzy/" id="ips_uid_4471_6" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">FrenZy</span></a></span>
	</li>
	<li>
		Director of Teams: <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/13-ben/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="13" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/13-ben/" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Ben</span></a>
	</li>
	<li>
		Director of Tech: <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/1623-xy/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="1623" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/1623-xy/" id="ips_uid_4471_11" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Xy</span></a>
	</li>
</ul><p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	The Directors will be joined by the following two division representatives to form the first Council roster:
</p>

<ul><li>
		Representative of Rust: <span><a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/504-skittlez/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="504" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/504-skittlez/" id="ips_uid_4471_10" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,201,31)">Skittlez</span></a></span>
	</li>
	<li>
		Representative of GMOD: <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/636-pyros/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="636" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/636-pyros/" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,201,31)">Pyros</span></a>
	</li>
</ul><p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	If you would like to learn more about the roles mentioned above, you can read about them <a href="https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/59730-council-the-board-of-directors/" rel="">here</a>.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	With the Council introduced, we will soon release a schedule for meetings which anyone from the community can attend. We will be looking for members of the community to join the council in the coming weeks. More information about this will come in future announcements.
</p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">100</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2020 18:27:53 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Promotion part II: New Garry's Mod Division Leader</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/the-promotion-part-ii-new-garrys-mod-division-leader-r71/</link><description><![CDATA[

<p>
	Hello, we are back with another announcement - new Division Leader for Garry's Mod. 
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Please join me to welcome <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/8856-fafy/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="8856" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/8856-fafy/" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,201,31)">Fafy</span></a> for his promotion as he is more experience with GMod technical and development side. 
</p>

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">71</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:25:12 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Shifting our Focus, new director, purge, and more</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/shifting-our-focus-new-director-purge-and-more-r65/</link><description><![CDATA[

<p>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">A change in our direction</span></strong>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	A few of you might have noticed that the Council role was removed. This is the result of some internal changes that occurred earlier today. It has become clear to us that we have become increasingly focused on our teams and the council rather than the servers. We have decided this combined with the drama caused by it does not serve our mission of providing a high quality gaming experience to our players, so we have decided that it would be best if we cut down and simplified. We believe that in order to best accomplish this, we needed to remove council. We also have a few other changes to the structure of teams that will be dropping after appropriate internal discussion has taking place. The specifics are TBD and TBA, though we hope to simplify the structure significantly. The last thing we have changed internally so far is trusted. We have removed some members of trusted who we felt were not very active or otherwise didn't really fit with the team. Trusted will now be chosen by directors from members who are interested in helping <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> move forward. We're looking for people that we can trust, give constructive feedback, and active within the community. There will not be any applications for this role however.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	I would however like to take a moment and thank the following individuals for their time and dedication:
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/1506-worgee/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="1506" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/1506-worgee/" id="ips_uid_4752_9" rel="">@<span style="color:#CD853F">Worgee</span></a>
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/257-joel/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="257" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/257-joel/" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(199,53,105)">Joel</span></a>
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/13883-kite9867/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="13883" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/13883-kite9867/" id="ips_uid_4752_6" rel="">@<span style="color: rgb(114,137,218);">Kite9867</span></a>
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/11776-virusking/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="11776" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/11776-virusking/" id="ips_uid_4752_7" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(29,163,196)">VirusKing</span></a>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Kite9867 will be staying as co-leader of moderation along with Benroy. I am uncertain of the plans of the other three.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<strong>Promotions</strong>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Speaking of <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/13-ben-roy/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="13" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/13-ben-roy/" id="ips_uid_4752_8" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Ben Roy</span></a>, I'd like everybody to welcome him to Director. He has remained dedicated to <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> for a long time now and has done some excellent work with discord. We hope he continues his good work as director!
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<strong>Transparency </strong>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	In addition to the other changes we have acted on, we would like to work on improving transparency. I would like to advocate that all staff begin using trello again so that we can communicate the current projects that are being worked on to the public.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Currently we only really have a trello for the directors, which has not been updated for quite some time, but I am going to push for this to change soon.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span ipsnoautolink="true">Directors: <a href="https://trello.com/b/890AW0QM/team-directors" rel="external nofollow">https://trello.com/b/890AW0QM/team-directors</a></span><span style="display: none;"> </span>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Do take into consideration that some things will naturally be kept private regardless.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<strong>Concerning Team Members</strong>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	This bit really only concerns team members, but in interest of transparency, I'm going to write this here rather than make another post. We have decided to remove Team Members from the staff discord. So you have not been kicked in error. Communication will be done through the public discord and the PR discord.
</p>

<p>
	You can join the public discord by clicking this link: <a href="https://discord.gg/qqpM47e" ipsnoembed="true" rel="external nofollow">https://discord.gg/qqpM47e</a>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	If you are a team member and need a link to the PR discord, message me for an invite. As of now, nobody has been demoted from teams nor has any team been dissolved.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<strong>Conclusion</strong>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	If you have questions, comments, or concerns. please comment on this thread. I will be doing my best to address concerns and questions as they arise. However, we would like to avoid arguments or fights, so please do not do that.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Thanks!
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">65</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 02:26:21 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Expanding the Community Advisorate</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/expanding-the-community-advisorate-r29/</link><description><![CDATA[

<p>
	<span style="color:#f1c40f;">Joke title aside...</span>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span style="color:#f1c40f;">Please congratulate <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/4725-darkling/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="4725" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/4725-darkling/" rel="">@<span style="color:#fff700">Darkling</span></a> in becoming a community advisor. He has no specific role within the team yet, although <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/425-rickgrimestm/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="425" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/425-rickgrimestm/" id="ips_uid_8519_7" rel="">@<span style="color:#ff0000">RickGrimesTM</span></a> will be setting him up with something in due time. Even before that, please consider Darkling as a new contact for any matter that you would normally associate with community advisors.</span>
</p>

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">29</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 21:54:16 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>New Community Advisors</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/new-community-advisors-r22/</link><description><![CDATA[

<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">
	With the recent loss of two of our community advisors, we've been on the look out for members who have proven themselves to be trustworthy. These individuals have great work ethics that are beyond the call of duty to work alongside the staff team, and provide valuable insight and suggestions that will improve<span> </span><abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: 1px dotted;" title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>. After people demonstrated their interest prior to a week-long interview, the Directorate have chosen four individuals that have shown excellence in their conduct, knowledge and advice.
</p>

<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">
	 
</p>

<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">
	I would like to congratulate the following on their promotion to community advisor:
</p>

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</p>

<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">
		<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/425-rickgrimestm/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="425" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/425-rickgrimestm/" id="ips_uid_368_8" rel="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: underline; background: rgb(9, 90, 173); transition: 0.8s; outline: 0px; display: inline-block; border-radius: 2px; padding: 0px 5px; font-size: 12.6px;">@RickGrimesTM</a>
	</li>
	<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">
		<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/990-pb-n-j/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="990" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/990-pb-n-j/" id="ips_uid_6207_9" rel="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: underline; background: rgb(9, 90, 173); transition: 0.8s; display: inline-block; border-radius: 2px; padding: 0px 5px; font-size: 12.6px;">@PB-n-J</a>
	</li>
	<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">
		<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/87-crusti/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="87" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/87-crusti/" id="ips_uid_6207_10" rel="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: underline; background: rgb(9, 90, 173); transition: 0.8s; display: inline-block; border-radius: 2px; padding: 0px 5px; font-size: 12.6px;">@CrusTi</a>
	</li>
	<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">
		<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/504-skittlezexz/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="504" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/504-skittlezexz/" id="ips_uid_6207_8" rel="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: underline; background: rgb(9, 90, 173); transition: 0.8s; display: inline-block; border-radius: 2px; padding: 0px 5px; font-size: 12.6px;">@SkittlezExZ</a> 
	</li>
</ul>
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	Well done, guys. We expect to see good things in the future.
</p>

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">22</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2017 21:16:30 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Promotions: New CS:GO Division Leaders and Directors</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/the-promotions-new-csgo-division-leaders-and-directors-r70/</link><description><![CDATA[

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Hello, I would like to announce the new Board of Director members and new Division Leaders for CS:GO. Please welcome <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/1028-liloz01/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="1028" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/1028-liloz01/" id="ips_uid_3498_7" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Liloz01</span></a> and <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/20700-wigglesworth/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="20700" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/20700-wigglesworth/" id="ips_uid_3498_6" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">WigglesWorth</span></a> as the newest member of the Board of Directorate, given with the work they've done within <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> as a leadership role under <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> teams.
</p>

<p>
	<br>
	Now for the new CS:GO Division Leaders, please welcome <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/1111-leks/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="1111" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/1111-leks/" id="ips_uid_3498_8" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,201,31)">Leks</span></a> and <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/2887-cobra/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="2887" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/2887-cobra/" id="ips_uid_3498_9" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,201,31)">Cobra</span></a>, for their management experience with the servers. <br><br>
	I'm very excited about <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> in general, I'm looking forward to working with Wiggles and Oscar(Liloz01), and to see CS:GO Division to improve as it goes on.
</p>

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">70</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2019 02:59:09 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Monthly Game Giveaway</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/monthly-game-giveaway-r73/</link><description><![CDATA[

<p>
	Hello! We've decided that we're going to try to give games away every month as a way to give back to the community. I cannot promise that we will run a giveaway each month, but I will certainly try to. With that being said, we're going to start by giving away a copy of <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/322330/Dont_Starve_Together/" rel="external nofollow">Don't Starve Together</a> this month.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	To enter, reply to this thread. Members get 1 entry and Donators/VIPs get 2 entries (It does not matter when you purchased supporter/vip, as long as you are a current donator when I go and compile the list of entries).
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<strong>Rules:</strong>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	 - Must not already own the game
</p>

<p>
	 - Must be member to enter.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	If you have a suggestion for next month, let me know!
</p>

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">73</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2019 02:45:46 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Update on Board of Directors</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/update-on-board-of-directors-r9/</link><description><![CDATA[

<p>
	<span style="color:#ffd700;">Tonight's the night.</span>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span style="color:#ffd700;">As of writing this post, the only members of the Board of Directors are</span> <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/1-roy/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="1" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/1-roy/" id="ips_uid_571_8" rel="">@Roy</a><span style="color:#ffd700;">,</span> <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/67-cypher/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="67" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/67-cypher/" id="ips_uid_571_11" rel="">@Cypher</a> <span style="color:#ffd700;">and I. The emptiness that is currently being experienced within the BoD is attributed towards the recent resignations of </span><a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/225-santahiggle/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="225" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/225-santahiggle/" id="ips_uid_571_6" rel="">@Santahiggle</a> <span style="color:#ffd700;">(Floopy) and</span> <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/3-kim/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="3" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/3-kim/" id="ips_uid_571_7" rel="">@Kim</a><span style="color:#ffd700;">.</span> <span style="color:#ffd700;">This post will not detail these resignations and is rather intended to announce the successors.</span>
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<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/5-denros/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="5" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/5-denros/" rel="">@denros</a> <span style="color:#ffd700;">is the first of these two. He previously rejected an official designation within the BoD, although he came to change his mind on the matter. This should not come as a surprise to people given that he has already been acting in a capacity that one would expect of a <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> director. Such duties include coding for IPS plugins and modules, site maintenance, handling supporter/VIP requests and participating in discussions.</span>
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<p>
	<span style="color:#ffd700;">Already esteemed and respected in his position as a CS:GO division leader, the second individual in the spotlight is</span> <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/4-dano/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="4" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/4-dano/" id="ips_uid_571_10" rel="">@Dano</a><span style="color:#ffd700;">.</span> <span style="color:#ffd700;">Although he is younger than the norm, Dano already expends time and effort into areas outside the onus that his current position affords him, such as aiding with server/division/TS3 management and resolving disputes. I am also partial to admit that he is of a similar level of linguistic ability to myself, which is a boon in the discipline of writing such posts as this.</span>
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<p>
	<span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#dda0dd;">Brief Q&amp;A:</span></span>
</p>

<p>
	<span style="color:#ffffff;">Q:</span> Isn't Dano our sole CS:GO division leader? Isn't removing him from that station detrimental?
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<p>
	<span style="color:#afeeee;">A:</span> <span style="color:#ffd700;">This is true on paper, although there are certain circumstances that will allow us to surmount such issues in practice. <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/168-ariistuujj/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="168" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/168-ariistuujj/" id="ips_uid_571_12" rel="">@Ariistuujj</a> and <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/5-denros/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="5" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/5-denros/" id="ips_uid_571_13" rel="">@denros</a> are already on board with the upkeep of CS:GO in the technical sector of its management. The rest of the charge that comes with being a CS:GO division leader (which alone isn't enough to overburden him) will remain with Dano for the time being.</span>
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<p>
	<span style="color:#ffffff;">Q:</span> Won't the BoD be dominated by Europeans in a primarily American community?
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<p>
	<span style="color:#afeeee;">A:</span> <span style="color:#ffd700;">There have been worse offenders of this in the past where we still managed. We have also taken steps since then to improve communication within the hierarchy of <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>. For instance, the issues that arise from time zone differences matter little in the Discord server that server managers+ are entitled to use for the purposes of communication, cooperation and requests.</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 07:13:35 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>New GMod Division Leader</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/new-gmod-division-leader-r93/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p>
	Hello folks! I am here to announce a new GMod Division Leader, <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/636-pyros/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="636" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/636-pyros/" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,201,31)">Pyros</span></a>! He is noted for his communication and leadership, I'm hoping that he will lead GMod in the right direction.
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</p>

<p>
	Please join me to welcome him as a new Division Leader for GMod. 
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">93</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:55:22 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Community Representative Elections for April 2021 - Voting</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/community-representative-elections-for-april-2021-voting-r131/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p>
	Hello!
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<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	The community representative applicants have completed their campaign posts, which means that we can begin voting! While council gave the OK for all 10 applicants, unfortunately, 3 of them decided to drop out due to various reasons, such as school, personal issues, etc. Voting will last for two weeks (until May 8th) and we hope to get the new CRs in council on that same day.
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</p>

<p>
	These are the rules to vote.
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<ul><li>
		You must be a Member or above
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		Your account must be at least 2 months old.
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		You may cast 2 votes. Each vote must go to a different person.
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		Once you have cast a vote, you cannot remove the vote and recast it for a different person.
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		If you're a candidate you may vote (even for yourself), but please remember to act with integrity throughout the process.
	</li>
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<p>
	You can vote <a href="https://gflclan.com/crvoting" rel="">here</a>.<br>
	 <br>
	Thank you and good luck to all! <img alt=":furretlove:" data-emoticon="true" src="//gflusercontent.gflclan.com/file/forums-prod/emoticons/furretlove32.png" title=":furretlove:"></p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">131</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:20:59 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>New CS:GO Division Leaders</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/new-csgo-division-leaders-r15/</link><description><![CDATA[

<p>
	Hello, everyone. I’m happy to announce two new Division Leaders for the CS:GO division, <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/18-deltacommander/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="18" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/18-deltacommander/" id="ips_uid_3951_8" rel="">@Deltacommander</a> and <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/48-hackingpotato/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="48" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/48-hackingpotato/" id="ips_uid_3951_6" rel="">@HackingPotato</a>.
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<p>
	First off, many of you may have noticed that I am not as interested in our CS:GO division as I was before; I’m willing to help out with it, but I’d like for someone else to be the main DL. That is why we were searching for a replacement for quite a while now.<br>
	Adding these two new DLs for CS:GO will mean a good amount of changes coming soon and more people to go to if issues arise. They’ll obviously have to get used to everything first, so it may take a few days.<br>
	Regardless, these are very promising additions. They have already presented us some plans for the future that we’ll start working on shortly and most of the higher-ups are looking forward to what they can bring to the table. To assure that both of them have a strong technical side to their already great leadership skills, Ariistuujj, denros, Roy and I are going to train and observe them.<br>
	These additions will not only help the CS:GO side of <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>, but they will also provide us with a new view on lots of things regarding the whole community.<br>
	Deltacommander will still be able to actively manage and watch over our Zombie Escape server since he isn’t the only one in charge of CS:GO, so there’s no need to worry about that.
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<p>
	Overall, we believe that the addition of these two will freshen up the CS:GO division and help it become what it used to be.
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<p>
	(Little side note: The fact that we were likely going to get one or two new DLs held me back on some promotions, as I wanted to discuss the candidates with the new DL(s) first and to give them an opportunity to train them, as well. These other promotions will be discussed and done soon.)
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">15</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 04:02:50 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>An Update to the Directorate</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/an-update-to-the-directorate-r161/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p>
	Hello everyone,
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/1623-aurora/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="1623" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/1623-aurora/" id="ips_uid_2368_8" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(178,34,34)">Aurora</span></a> has decided to resign from her position as Director of Technology, including her Council seat. She will maintain her role as <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>'s Systems Administrator, as well as her general role of maintaining various technical and monetary aspects of the community. All Technical Administrators will still be under her leadership with this change. This move has also led to some other decisions which will be touched on below.
</p>

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<p>
	The Council has come to the decision to revive the Executive Director role within the Council with <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/45876-infra/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="45876" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/45876-infra/" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Infra</span></a> (myself) filling the position, therefore leaving my current position as Director of Divisions vacant. With that in mind, <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/421-salad/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="421" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/421-salad/" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Salad</span></a> has been selected to fill in as the Director of Divisions and will oversee the game server divisions of <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>.
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<p>
	There is one position left to fill, that being the SCM (Staff Council Member) role that Salad previously held. Council will be internally selecting a new SCM within the next few days, and an announcement will be posted once a selection is made from the interested candidates.
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">161</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2022 01:44:59 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Update on Roy + CS:GO Technical Administrator Promotion + Battle of the Communities</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/update-on-roy-csgo-technical-administrator-promotion-battle-of-the-communities-r8/</link><description><![CDATA[

<p>
	<span style="color:#ffd700;">Some of you may have noticed that <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/1-roy/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="1" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/1-roy/" rel="">@Roy</a> has been absent for the past couple of days. The reason for this is that his PC has fallen under the dreadfully harrowing curse of hardware failure. I can spare no details on when Roy shall return, thus leaving this message as merely a disclosure of Roy's present situation. </span>
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<p>
	<span style="color:#ffd700;">Of course, the absence of Roy means that the burden of writing announcement posts for noteworthy events must fall to someone equally as charming and charismatic. I'm not one to shirk the onus of destiny, so without further delay...</span>
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<p>
	<span style="color:#ffa07a;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">CS:GO Technical Administrator:</span></span>
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/4-dano/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="4" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/4-dano/" id="ips_uid_2494_8" rel="">@Dano</a> <span style="color:#ffd700;">will remain as the sole CS:GO division leader for the foreseeable future. However, this does not mean that he is doomed to handle the technical affairs of the division by himself. As of today,</span> <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/168-ariistuujj/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="168" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/168-ariistuujj/" id="ips_uid_2494_7" rel="">@Ariistuujj</a><span style="color:#ffd700;"> has been designated as our latest technical administrator. The rank itself was originally introduced in a broader sense, although Arii's focus will be on CS:GO. Please keep in mind that the duties of a technical administrator are (as the name implies) that of the technical aspects of division management; do not bother Arii with communal issues that should rather be addressed to a division leader.</span>
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<p>
	<span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#dda0dd;">Battle of the Communities:</span></span>
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<p>
	<font color="#ffd700">A representative of <a href="http://www.edge-gamers.com/" ipsnoembed="true" rel="external nofollow">http://www.edge-gamers.com/</a> contacted us on the 4th of August in an effort to introduce <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> into a pool of communities for participation in an event they call "Battle of the Communities". If the name isn't enough indication, this is a tournament that promotes friendly competition between various communities. More specifically, the chosen participants will play matches that are held within a 5v5 CS:GO setting. The tournament is typically held at the end of October or the beginning of November. As we have accepted the invitation, we shall promptly need to form a team with which to compete. Please contact <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/4-dano/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="4" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/4-dano/" rel="">@Dano</a> if you are interested in the prospect.</font>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">8</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:19:30 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Fourth in a Series of Promotions</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/the-fourth-in-a-series-of-promotions-r6/</link><description><![CDATA[

<p>
	<span style="color:#ffd700;">The pool of individuals that we were considering for promotion has slowly been thinning out, thus marking this as one of the last posts that I will make on this particular subject. To be more specific, this announcement concerns our Rust server and the individual that has been chosen to manage it for the foreseeable future.</span>
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<p>
	<span style="color:#ffd700;">Although it may come as a surprise to some, <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/66-otter/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="66" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/66-otter/" rel="">@Otter</a> is that individual. He has desired a hand in management of our Rust server for a long time and perhaps today is a long time coming. After proving to <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/1-roy/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="1" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/1-roy/" rel="">@Roy</a> that he is more than capable of handling the technical aspects of server management, those within our Trusted group overwhelmingly opted to consign him the position. His past considered, here's to hoping for a valuable prospect. Otter himself will leave a statement shortly after my own.</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2016 19:44:18 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>OFFICIAL GFL MERCH STORE</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/official-gfl-merch-store-r123/</link><description><![CDATA[
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	<img alt="MERCH.png.463096381a5328700161957a3abe02d0.png" data-fileid="31694" data-ratio="16.75" style="height:auto;width:800px;" width="1000" data-src="//gflusercontent.gflclan.com/file/forums-prod/monthly_2021_01/MERCH.png.463096381a5328700161957a3abe02d0.png" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:18px;">Hello everyone! To celebrate <abbr title="Games For Life"><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr></abbr>'s 10 year anniversary we are excited to announce our official <span style="color:#0b5fb5;"><strong><abbr title="Games For Life"><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr></abbr> RedBubble Merch Store</strong></span>!</span>
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<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:18px;">The <abbr title="Games For Life"><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr></abbr> logo as well as a few new designs are now available on many products such as shirts, stickers, pin buttons, and more, all with worldwide shipping!</span>
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	<span style="font-size:22px;"><strong>The <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/68679948" rel="external nofollow">anniversary design</a> is only available until January 31st! Get it before it's gone forever!</strong></span>
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	The current designs we have are shown below, click an image to go to the product page or click the links to view each design on all products!
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	<a href="https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/GFL-Logo-by-GFLClan/68586477.EJUG5" rel="external nofollow"><img alt="GFL Logo Sticker" data-ratio="100.00" style="height:auto;width:200px;" width="867" data-src="https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.2048454263.6477/tsss,small,product_square,1000x1000.jpg" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></a><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/i/acrylic-block/GFL-Logo-by-GFLClan/68586477.P5BX3" rel="external nofollow"><img alt="GFL Logo Acrylic Block" data-ratio="100.00" style="height:auto;width:200px;" width="1000" data-src="https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.2054179789.6477/abp,4x4,x1000-bg,f8f8f8.jpg" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></a>
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<p style="text-align:center;">
	<em><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/68586477" rel="external nofollow">Click here to view and purchase from the <abbr title="Games For Life"><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr></abbr> Logo Collection</a></em>
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	<a href="https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/GFL-Logo-10-Year-Anniversary-by-GFLClan/68679948.IJ6L0" rel="external nofollow"><img alt="10 Year Shirt" data-ratio="100.00" style="height:auto;width:200px;" width="600" data-src="https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.2065968881.9948/ssrco,slim_fit_t_shirt,mens,101010:01c5ca27c6,front,square_product,600x600.jpg" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></a><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/i/pin/GFL-Logo-10-Year-Anniversary-by-GFLClan/68679948.NP9QY" rel="external nofollow"><img alt="10 Year Button" data-ratio="100.00" style="height:auto;width:200px;" width="1000" data-src="https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.2051531130.9948/ur,pin_small_front,square,1000x1000.jpg" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></a>
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	<em><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/68679948" rel="external nofollow">Click here to view and purchase from the Anniversary Logo Collection</a></em>
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	<a href="https://www.redbubble.com/i/throw-pillow/GFL-Logo-Trans-by-GFLClan/68583497.5X2YF" rel="external nofollow"><img alt="GFL Logo - Trans Throw Pillow" data-ratio="100.00" style="height:auto;width:200px;" width="999" data-src="https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.2048359139.3497/throwpillow,small,1000x-bg,f8f8f8-c,0,200,1000,1000.jpg" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></a><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/i/tote-bag/GFL-Logo-Trans-by-GFLClan/68583497.PJQVX" rel="external nofollow"><img alt="Trans Pillow" data-ratio="100.00" style="height:auto;width:200px;" width="1000" data-src="https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.2048359139.3497/tb,1000x1000,small-pad,1000x1000,f8f8f8.jpg" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></a>
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<p style="text-align:center;">
	<em><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/68583497" rel="external nofollow">Click here to view and purchase from the Trans Logo Collection</a></em>
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	<a href="https://www.redbubble.com/i/pin/GFL-Logo-Bi-by-GFLClan/69164846.NP9QY" rel="external nofollow"><img alt="ur,pin_small_front,square,1000x1000.jpg" data-ratio="100.00" style="width:200px;height:auto;" width="1000" data-src="https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.2067688367.4846/ur,pin_small_front,square,1000x1000.jpg" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></a><img alt="GFL Logo - Bi Sticker" data-ratio="100.00" style="width:200px;height:auto;" width="867" data-src="https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.2067688164.4846/sss,small,product_square,1000x1000.jpg" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></p>

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	<em><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/gflclan/works/69164846-gfl-logo-bi?asc=u" rel="external nofollow">Click here to view and purchase from the Bi Logo Collection</a></em>
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	Hey everyone!
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	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/1623-annoying-furry/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="1623" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/1623-annoying-furry/" id="ips_uid_8090_6" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(178,34,34)">annoying furry</span></a>, <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/421-salad/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="421" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/421-salad/" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Salad</span></a> and I are happy to announce that <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/241-joshy/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="241" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/241-joshy/" id="ips_uid_8090_7" rel="">@<span style="color:#f97594">Joshy</span></a> will be joining the Directorate as Director of Teams! Joshy has shown great leadership skills during his recent time as our Moderation Team Leader, as well as his past roles within the community.
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	With this, we are also happy to announce that <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/8-shuruia/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="8" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/8-shuruia/" rel="">@<span style="color:#f97594">Shuruia</span></a> will be joining Joshy as co-Team Leader of our Moderation Team. Shuruia has spent the last two years as Senior Moderator, not to mention his numerous other positions within the community. Please join me in welcoming them both into their new roles!
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	Please yell your grievances at them. Thanks!
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">181</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2022 02:07:22 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Promotion V - New CS:GO Division Leader</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/the-promotion-v-new-csgo-division-leader-r85/</link><description><![CDATA[

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	Hello, everyone! I am proud to announce a new CS:GO Division Leader, <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/120-frenzy/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="120" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/120-frenzy/" id="ips_uid_3373_7" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,201,31)">FrenZy</span></a>! He was a Division Leader back in 2015. He is noted for his management, motivation, and technical knowledge towards to CS:GO servers. 
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	Please join me to welcome him as a new Division Leader.
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">85</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 19:07:17 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Passing the torch - New Garry's Mod Division Leader</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/passing-the-torch-new-garrys-mod-division-leader-r77/</link><description><![CDATA[

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	Hello, I would like to announce the new GMod Division Leader, <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/15658-zero/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="15658" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/15658-zero/" id="ips_uid_2684_7" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,201,31)">Zero</span></a>! <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/134-zebra/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="134" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/134-zebra/" id="ips_uid_2684_6" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,201,31)">Zebra</span></a> has decided to pass the torch to Zero essentially because he will be too busy with his life and hasn't been able to actively help the community as he usually does. Zebra will be sticking around for the next few weeks to help Zero get settled in with his new role in the community, and then he will be set down to Community Advisor after that time has passed. 
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	Zero is noted for his technical knowledge, development, and server management. 
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	Please join me to welcome and congratulate Zero, and to give thanks to Zebra for the work he did with Garry's Mod Divison. 
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">77</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2019 18:08:42 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Promotion - New TF2 Division Leader</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/the-promotion-new-tf2-division-leader-r88/</link><description><![CDATA[

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	Hi, folks! I am proud to announce a new TF2 Division Leader, <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/34436-mejilla/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="34436" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/34436-mejilla/" id="ips_uid_124_6" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,201,31)">Mejilla</span></a>! She is noted for her management and leadership knowledge towards to TF2 Servers. She will lead the division into the right direction.
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	Please join me to welcome her as a new Division Leader. 
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