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	Hello!
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<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>
	These are the rules to vote.
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<ul><li>
		You must be a Member or above
	</li>
	<li>
		Your account must be at least 2 months old.
	</li>
	<li>
		You may cast 2 votes. Each vote must go to a different person.
	</li>
	<li>
		Once you have cast a vote, you cannot remove the vote and recast it for a different person.
	</li>
	<li>
		If you're a candidate you may vote (even for yourself), but please remember to act with integrity throughout the process.
	</li>
</ul><p>
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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>Community Representative Elections for April 2021</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/community-representative-elections-for-april-2021-r130/</link><description><![CDATA[
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	Hello!
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<p>
	We are nearing the end of the current set of Community Representatives' terms, which means it is time to begin the next election cycle! Since the last cycle was a bit drawn out, we'd like to have voting concluded and the winners promoted by May 8th.
</p>

<p>
	<br>
	As a quick refresher to the unacquainted, a Community Representative is a member of the Council who is not a high-level staff member. Even non-staff members, such as VIPs/Members can be elected. The purpose of the Community Representative role is to guarantee to the community gets a say in <abbr title="Games For Life"><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr></abbr> Council decisions.<br><abbr>Community Representatives are elected</abbr> for a term of 6 months and may serve up to two consecutive terms. The current community representatives are <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_7211_32" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(178,34,34)">Liloz01</span></a> and <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/" id="ips_uid_1782_4" rel="">@<span style="color:#f97594">Salad</span></a>, they will lose their seat in council shortly after the election has concluded.
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<p>
	<br>
	In order to become one of the two CRs, you must win a spot in the upcoming election. The election is public and members of the community will get to vote. To be considered, you must fulfill a few requirements:
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		<p>
			You must be a member or above.
		</p>
	</li>
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		<p>
			You must not have any outstanding punishments. Controversial individuals or individuals with an extensive punishment history may also be excluded from running at the option of the current council.
		</p>
	</li>
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		<p>
			You must get at least two current Council members to sponsor your application.
		</p>
	</li>
	<li>
		<p>
			Please do not apply if you do not intend to serve the entirety of the 6 month term.
		</p>
	</li>
</ul><p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	The following are not required, but are strongly recommended:
</p>

<ul><li>
		<p>
			Be well known throughout <abbr title="Games For Life"><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr></abbr>. Having been present for a long time, having a high amount of Forum / Discord activity, and generally being helpful to new users are generally great ways to accomplish this.
		</p>
	</li>
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		<p>
			Be prepared to deal with drama. There is always plenty!
		</p>
	</li>
	<li>
		<p>
			Try to have sufficient free time to attend council meetings.
		</p>
	</li>
</ul><p>
	 
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<p>
	For purposes of obtaining a sponsorship, the current council consists of the following members:
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<p>
	<span><span><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_5377_8" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Nick</span></a></span></span>
</p>

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	<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/" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">FrenZy</span></a>
</p>

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	<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/" rel="">@<span style="color:#ff0000">Aurora</span></a>
</p>

<p>
	<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/" id="ips_uid_7211_31" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Ben</span></a>
</p>

<p>
	<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>
</p>

<p>
	<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_7211_30" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(178,34,34)">Liloz01</span></a>
</p>

<p>
	<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/" id="ips_uid_7211_29" rel="">@<span style="color:#f97594">Salad</span></a>
</p>

<p>
	<i>If you do not get sponsored, there is always a next time. Please do not beg or bother if the answer is no.</i>
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</p>

<p>
	The current community representatives <strong>may not</strong> sponsor themselves should they wish to run again.
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</p>

<p>
	Once you have obtained your sponsor, you can submit an application using this <a href="https://forms.gle/meqATENcKkXeZCSP7" rel="external nofollow">Google Form</a>. You will receive an email from Google containing your responses indicating that we have received your application. Council will then review applications. If Council approves your application, you will be allowed to participate in the election and you will be contacted by a member of the council containing directions for the second stage of the application process. Applications should be submitted by April 14th and the election will begin shortly thereafter.
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<p>
	Thanks <span><span><img alt=":furretlove:" data-emoticon="true" src="//gflusercontent.gflclan.com/file/forums-prod/emoticons/furretlove32.png" title=":furretlove:"></span></span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">130</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2021 05:07:36 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Community Representative Elections - Round 2</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/community-representative-elections-round-2-r135/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p>
	Hello!
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Recently, the Council has decided to rearrange the layout of the Council and to add 2 new permanent council positions (in order to get to 9 members as intended). We have decided that the two current community representatives, Salad and Infra, should fill these positions for now. In order to replace the community representatives we have just re-designated, we will be running another election with candidates from the last community representative election. The election will run until May 30, 2021 and the terms of the new community representatives will begin on that date.
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<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	The rules are the same as the last voting period:
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<p>
	 
</p>

<ul><li>
		You must be a Member or above
	</li>
	<li>
		Your account must be at least 2 months old.
	</li>
	<li>
		You may cast 2 votes. Each vote must go to a different person.
	</li>
	<li>
		Once you have cast a vote, you cannot remove the vote and recast it for a different person.
	</li>
	<li>
		If you're a candidate you may vote (even for yourself), but please remember to act with integrity throughout the process.
	</li>
</ul><p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	You may vote <a href="https://gflclan.com/crvoting/" rel="">here</a>.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Thank you and good luck!
</p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">135</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2021 03:53:50 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Community Representative Election Results (Round 2)</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/community-representative-election-results-round-2-r137/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p>
	Hello!
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<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	The re-run of the community representative election has concluded. Thank you to everybody who participated. The results are as follows:
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<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<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_6732_10" rel="">@<span style="color: rgb(114,137,218);">Shuruia</span></a> - 73 votes. Shuruia shall occupy one of the two empty community representative slots.
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/28360-blazingarson/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="28360" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/28360-blazingarson/" rel="">@<span style="color:#f97594">BlazingArson</span></a> - 59 votes. BlazingArson shall take the other empty community representative slot.
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/53006-flamie-alexis/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="53006" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/53006-flamie-alexis/" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(178,34,34)">flamie Alexis</span></a> - 50 votes
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/50660-alexis/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="50660" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/50660-alexis/" rel="">@<span style="color: rgb(114,137,218);">Alexis</span></a> - 39 votes
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/68132-k1p_/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="68132" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/68132-k1p_/" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(69,218,74)">K1P_</span></a> - 13 votes.
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<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Shuruia and Arson's term shall begin today, May 30, and will expire on November 30.
</p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">137</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2021 05:01:42 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Community Representative Election Results (November, 2021)</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/community-representative-election-results-november-2021-r154/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p>
	Hello, everyone!
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	The Community Representative election has concluded. Thank you to everybody who participated!
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<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	The results are as follows:
</p>

<ol>
	<li>
		<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: rgb(114,137,218);">Shuruia</span></a> - 90 votes.
	</li>
	<li>
		<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/5834-flying4ssassin/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="5834" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/5834-flying4ssassin/" id="ips_uid_5381_8" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(30,233,227)">flying4ssassin</span></a> - 71 votes.
	</li>
	<li>
		<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/50660-alexis/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="50660" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/50660-alexis/" rel="">@<span style="color: rgb(114,137,218);">Alexis</span></a> - 48 votes.
	</li>
	<li>
		<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/15181-dapainwayne/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="15181" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/15181-dapainwayne/" id="ips_uid_5381_7" rel="">@<span style="color:#45da4a">DaPainWayne</span></a> - 41 votes.
	</li>
</ol>

<p>
	Upon request:
</p>

<ul>
	<li>
		<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/21078-ilovenapalm/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="21078" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/21078-ilovenapalm/" id="ips_uid_5381_6" rel="">@<span style="color:#1da3c4">iLoveNapalm</span></a> - 60 votes. (At time of disqualification)
	</li>
</ul>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Shuruia and Flying's term shall begin today, December 4, and will expire on June 4.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Once again, thank you all for participating, and congratulations to the two newly elected Community Representatives!
</p>

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">154</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2021 04:36:14 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Community Representative Election - June 2022 - Voting is Open</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/community-representative-election-june-2022-voting-is-open-r172/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p>
	Hello!
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	As per the <a href="https://gflclan.com/topic/80602-announcement-community-representative-election-june-2022/" rel="">announcement yesterday</a>, voting for the community representative election has been opened.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	You can access the voting page using the following link: <a href="https://gflclan.com/crvoting/" ipsnoembed="true" rel="">https://gflclan.com/crvoting/</a>
</p>

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<p style="background-color:#2a2a2a; color:#cccccc; font-size:16px; text-align:start">
	In order to be eligible to vote, you must meet the following requirements:
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<ul style="background-color:#2a2a2a; color:#cccccc; font-size:16px; text-align:start">
	<li>
		You must be a Member or above.
	</li>
	<li>
		Your account must be at least 2 months old.
	</li>
	<li>
		You may cast 2 votes, each of which must go to a different person.
	</li>
	<li>
		Once you cast your vote, you may not change your vote.
	</li>
	<li>
		Candidates may vote for themselves.
	</li>
</ul>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Voting will remain open until June 26, at which point the new community representatives will be selected.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Good luck! <img alt=":pikajoy:" data-emoticon="true" loading="lazy" src="//gflusercontent.gflclan.com/file/forums-prod/emoticons/pikajoy.png" title=":pikajoy:">
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">172</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2022 04:07:25 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Community Representative Election - June 2022 - Results</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/community-representative-election-june-2022-results-r174/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p>
	Hello,
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Voting for the community representative election has concluded and the results are as follows:
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<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/13623-baconator/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="13623" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/13623-baconator/" id="ips_uid_9435_6" rel="">@<span style="color:#1da3c4">Baconator</span></a> - 37
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/44051-scott/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="44051" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/44051-scott/" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(30,233,227)">Scott</span></a> - 30
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/15181-dapainwayne/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="15181" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/15181-dapainwayne/" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(30,233,227)">DaPainWayne</span></a> - 26
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/77696-vextrium/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="77696" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/77696-vextrium/" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(30,233,227)">Vextrium</span></a> - 13
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Please join us in welcoming our new community representatives, <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/13623-baconator/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="13623" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/13623-baconator/" rel="">@<span style="color:#1da3c4">Baconator</span></a> and <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/44051-scott/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="44051" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/44051-scott/" id="ips_uid_9435_7" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(30,233,227)">Scott</span></a>. We will be reaching out to the winners shortly to begin the process of bringing the new community representatives on. They will serve on the Council until 6 months after the date they are brought on as council. 
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<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	If you didn't win this time or you didn't get a chance to run, we encourage you to try running next election.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span><span><span><img alt=":furretlove:" data-emoticon="true" loading="lazy" src="//gflusercontent.gflclan.com/file/forums-prod/emoticons/furretlove32.png" title=":furretlove:"></span></span></span>
</p>

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">174</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2022 23:49:43 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Community Representative Election - June 2022</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/community-representative-election-june-2022-r171/</link><description><![CDATA[
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	Hello!
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	I'm happy to announce that we've concluded the candidate selection part of the community representative election process and we will be beginning voting shortly. If you haven't been following this, we recommend that you see our <a href="https://gflclan.com/topic/80281-announcement-june-community-representative-election/" rel="">previous announcement</a> on this.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	This cycle, members will be able to choose from 4 applicants. We encourage you to check out their campaign posts prior to the beginning of the election:
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/44051-scott/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="44051" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/44051-scott/" id="ips_uid_2291_11" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(30,233,227)">Scott</span></a> - <a href="https://gflclan.com/crcampaignsballs/scotts-cr-attempt-1-r23/" rel="">Campaign Post</a>
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/13623-baconator/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="13623" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/13623-baconator/" id="ips_uid_2291_12" rel="">@<span style="color:#1da3c4">Baconator</span></a> - <a href="https://gflclan.com/crcampaignsballs/baconators-community-representative-campaign-r22/" rel="">Campaign Post</a>
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/15181-dapainwayne/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="15181" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/15181-dapainwayne/" id="ips_uid_2291_15" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(30,233,227)">DaPainWayne</span></a> - <a href="https://gflclan.com/crcampaignsballs/waynes-cr-campaign-2-r24/" rel="">Campaign Post</a>
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/77696-vextrium/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="77696" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/77696-vextrium/" id="ips_uid_2291_16" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(30,233,227)">Vextrium</span></a> - <a href="https://gflclan.com/crcampaignsballs/vextriums-community-representative-campaign-post-r25/" rel="">Campaign Post</a>
</p>

<p>
	 
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<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Voting will begin tomorrow, <strong>June 20</strong>, approximately when I get home from work. In order to be eligible to vote, you must meet the following requirements:
</p>

<ul>
	<li>
		You must be a Member or above.
	</li>
	<li>
		Your account must be at least 2 months old.
	</li>
	<li>
		You may cast 2 votes, each of which must go to a different person.
	</li>
	<li>
		Once you cast your vote, you may not change your vote.
	</li>
	<li>
		Candidates may vote for themselves.
	</li>
</ul>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Due to some issues that occurred during the last cycle, we'd also like to make it explicitly clear that <strong>candidates are expected to adhere to the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EHb4lCYNi4ZQvk92qUpULJG5beZu-kgJbr-7geSKZ_4/edit#heading=h.z3yu44ohsbef" rel="external nofollow"><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> Staff Code of Conduct</a></strong> and otherwise act with integrity throughout the election process as they are running for a role that is essentially a staff role. 
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Thanks and good luck! <span><span><img alt=":pikajoy:" data-emoticon="true" loading="lazy" src="//gflusercontent.gflclan.com/file/forums-prod/emoticons/pikajoy.png" title=":pikajoy:"></span></span>
</p>

<ul>
</ul>

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">171</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2022 03:08:29 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Community Representative Election</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/community-representative-election-r108/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p>
	The Community Representative Election phase has begun!
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span style="font-size:22px;"><a href="https://gflclan.com/crvoting" rel="">Click here to see an overview of the candidates and to vote.</a></span>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	As you may recall, we are looking to expand the Council with two Community Representatives. These will get a vote in major decisions in <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>, so make sure to take your time to consider the candidates and vote accordingly.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<strong>Who are the candidates?</strong><br>
	You can see the candidates on the voting page which can be found <a href="https://gflclan.com/crvoting" rel="">here</a>. Remember to click the “Read more about…” links to see what the candidate’s have to tell about themselves, and feel free to ask them questions on their pages.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<strong>How will voting work?</strong><br>
	To be able to vote you must be a Member+, and your forum account must be at least 2 months old. Two positions are open, so you will be able to vote twice, but you cannot vote for the same person. Voting will be open for two weeks which means until October 11 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time, so take your time and get to know the candidates. Be aware, that you cannot undo your votes.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	To summarize:
</p>

<ul><li>
		You vote <a href="https://gflclan.com/crvoting" rel="">here</a>.
	</li>
	<li>
		You must be a Member+.
	</li>
	<li>
		Your account must be older than 2 months.
	</li>
	<li>
		You have two votes in total.
	</li>
	<li>
		You cannot vote for the same person twice.
	</li>
	<li>
		Voting will close <strong>October 11 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time</strong>.
	</li>
</ul><p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	When the voting phase is over, the two winners will be announced with the amount of votes they received. Moreover, the total amount of votes will be made publicly available. The vote count of the remaining candidates will not be made publicly available.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<em>If you have any issues with voting, questions or concerns, then please reach out to me or another Council member! </em>
</p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">108</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2020 17:02:57 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Closing the Rust Division</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/closing-the-rust-division-r140/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	Hello all,
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that we have decided to close our Rust division. A few months ago, our servers were doing very well, but after continued performance issues, high turnover, drama, and just a lack of community support for the division, we unfortunately believe that it is for the better that we close the division for the time being . Thank you to all the staff, former and current, and players for making the division successful for as long as it was.
</p>

<p>
	<br>
	We may try to bring the division back at some point, but for now we want to focus on improving our infrastructure and existing divisions.
</p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">140</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2021 01:47:15 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Changes to the forums</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/changes-to-the-forums-r52/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p>
	Hello users, as many might have seen, we made several changes to the forums. Here is the list of all of them:
</p>

<ul>
<li>
		Created a Sub-Forum where you can give your feedback to our Staff team, only you and TA+ will be able to see the full post;
	</li>
	<li>
		Added Clubs back;
	</li>
	<li>
		Separated the Art Interest subforum and the Media team subforum;
	</li>
	<li>
		Cleaned up forums in general;
	</li>
	<li>
		Removed Supporter category and migrated its contents to knowledge (everything in there was solely related to problems with donations);
	</li>
	<li>
		Moved events to Announcements and Event Suggestions to suggestions;
	</li>
	<li>
		Moved General and Divisions to the top of the forums;
	</li>
	<li>
		Moved all interest subforums to clubs;
	</li>
	<li>
		Merged Software and Hardware into Technical Support;
	</li>
	<li>
		Moved the Supporter Knowledgebase to Support;
	</li>
	<li>
		Moved Perk Issues under General Support and renamed it to Donation issues;
	</li>
</ul>
<p>
	<br>
	If you find any issues, please report them.
</p>

<p>
	Cheers! 
</p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">52</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2018 04:57:16 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Changes to staff structure</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/changes-to-staff-structure-r55/</link><description><![CDATA[

<p>
	Many of you have probably noticed the introduction of a couple of ranks, noticeably: Moderation, Event Management, and Public Relations. Essentially, these are the result of the council being split up into separate teams with a former council member as their leader (These former council members have the same level of access as the council did). We hope that this new structure will allow more people to get involved with the administration of the community as a whole and will address issues that we previously had with the council rank itself.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	The following teams were created as a result of the split:
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Moderation
</p>

<ul>
<li>
		Moderates the <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> Discord, TS3 Server, and Forums
	</li>
	<li>
		Assists in the selection of new moderators
	</li>
	<li>
		Application: <a href="https://gflclan.com/forms/6-moderation-application/" ipsnoembed="false" rel="">https://gflclan.com/forms/6-moderation-application/</a>
	</li>
	<li>
		Currently lead by <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_6385_6" rel="">@<span style="color: rgb(114,137,218);">Ben Roy</span></a>
	</li>
</ul>
<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Public Relations
</p>

<ul>
<li>
		Helps maintain good relations between <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> and its community
	</li>
	<li>
		Advertises <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> in a respectful manner (i.e. not getting on other servers and spamming ‘JOIN <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>!’)
	</li>
	<li>
		Assists managers in making sure that bans are consistent with community policy.
	</li>
	<li>
		Application: <a href="https://gflclan.com/forms/13-public-relations-application/" ipsnoembed="false" rel="">https://gflclan.com/forms/13-public-relations-application/</a>
	</li>
	<li>
		Lead by <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/4691-unknown/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="4691" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/4691-unknown/" rel="">@<span style="color:#CD853F">Unknown</span></a>
	</li>
</ul>
<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Event Management
</p>

<ul>
<li>
		Involved in the planning and execution community events, as well as reaching out to other communities for event related purposes.
	</li>
	<li>
		Assists managers in putting on events for their server.
	</li>
	<li>
		Application: <a href="https://gflclan.com/forms/12-event-management-application/" ipsnoembed="false" rel="">https://gflclan.com/forms/12-event-management-application/</a>
	</li>
	<li>
		Lead by <span><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: #2E8B57">Pyros</span></a> </span>(Might be reassigned to somewhere else, tbd)
	</li>
</ul>
<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Currently, none of the new teams have strict requirements with the exception of Moderation (due to its nature).
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	PFAQ (Probably Frequently Asked Questions)
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Q: Why was I/[INSERT FORMER MODS NAME HERE] removed from TS3 Admin/ Discord Moderator?
</p>

<p>
	A: Due to the expansion of the role to include all platforms, trusted did a vote on all current communications staff. If &gt;= 50% voted Yes, the staff member was retained, but if they didn’t get enough yes votes, then they were removed from the position. If you were removed from the position, you are free to re-apply at any time using the link above.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Q: What happened to Crusty and Flyingjoe?
</p>

<p>
	A: Crusty is now the manager of the upcoming Arma 3 server and flyingjoe is now overseeing the media team alongside SadBandit (who is still the primary leader).
</p>

<p>
	<br><br>
	 
</p>

<p>
	That's all for now &lt;3
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">55</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2018 19:14:54 +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[
<p>
	Hello everyone,
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	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.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	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. 
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	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.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

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<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	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.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	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.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<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>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span style="font-size:24px;"><strong>Why are you only sharing this now and not when it happened?</strong></span>
</p>

<p>
	Apart from the reasoning above, we did not want to publish any of this before now for the following reasons:
</p>

<ul>
	<li>
		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).
	</li>
	<li>
		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.
	</li>
</ul>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">
	<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>
	 
</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">
	With all of that said, we will begin with the early stages of Roy's transfer of ownership to Aurora.
</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">
	 
</p>

<p>
	<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.
</p>

<p>
	<br>
	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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	</div>
</div>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<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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		</p>

		<p>
			Roy's groups were adjusted to reflect his new rank as Developer.
		</p>
	</div>
</div>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<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.
</p>

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		</p>

		<p>
			Roy's groups were again updated to reflect his new role.
		</p>
	</div>
</div>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<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.  
</p>

<p>
	<br>
	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>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<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.
</p>

<p>
	<br>
	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. 
</p>

<p>
	<br>
	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.”
</p>

<p>
	<br>
	<em>Screenshots of the conversation:</em>
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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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	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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	<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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	<em>Screenshots of the conversations:</em>
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	<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>
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<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. 
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<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>
	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>
	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.
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<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>
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<p>
	There are a few points in this letter that I would like to address:
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		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>. 
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		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. 
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		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.”
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	<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.
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<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:
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		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.
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	For Black Friday and Cyber Monday, rank packages, items from the Physion Unturned store, and Surf Private Servers will be on sale <strong>until Monday, November 29 at 11:59 PM</strong>.
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	Supporter: <strong>$4.24 / mo</strong> (-15%) (<a href="https://gflclan.com/donate" rel="">Donate</a>).
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	VIP: <strong>$6.70 / mo</strong> (-15%) (<a href="https://gflclan.com/donate" rel="">Donate</a>).
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	Surf Private Servers: <strong>$20.99 (-30%) for the first month</strong>, then $29.99 for every month thereafter. There are limited numbers of slots available for Surf Private Servers and orders will be accepted on a first-come-first-serve basis. Apply <a href="https://forms.gle/pPX66x9Uq81NB8MC6" rel="external nofollow">here</a>.
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	Unturned: <strong>30% off</strong> eligible items in the <a href="https://store.physion.gg/" rel="external nofollow">Physion Unturned store</a> with promo code <strong>BLACKFRIDAY22</strong>.
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">182</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2022 03:30:21 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Battle of the Communities (CS:GO Tournament)</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/battle-of-the-communities-csgo-tournament-r10/</link><description><![CDATA[

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	<b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hello, everyone.</span></b>
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	<b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As you might’ve read before <a href="https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/6431-update-on-roy-csgo-technical-administrator-promotion-battle-of-the-communities/" rel="">here</a>, EdgeGamers have invited us to their third annual Battle of the Communities. It is a CS:GO tournament which every community attends with a respective team to represent them.</span></b>
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	<b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The tournament will take place on the 5th and 6th of November, it will start at 1 PM EST. </span></b>
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	<b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The rules can be found <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/17EPv_WiG4K-saH-7xB6hrFuELkk7qrs-Wk78fKpPVR0/edit" rel="external nofollow">here</a>. It will be hosted in North America. Please take that into consideration if you aren’t located anywhere close to the United States.</span></b>
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	<b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To organise everything appropriately, we have to reach our roster in until the end of this weekend. We didn’t expect to have an issue with this, but as I’ve already said, not many people have contacted me after our last post pertaining the topic.</span></b>
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	<b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are interested in participating for us, quickly message me on the forums. (<a href="https://gflclan.com/messenger/compose/?to=4" ipsnoembed="true" rel="">https://gflclan.com/messenger/compose/?to=4</a>)</span></b><br><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I will need your Steam profile and your MM rank (previous ones are also important; there is no requirement).</span></b>
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	<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.
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	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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	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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	Hello,
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<p>
	On December 9 between 21:00 - 00:00, I will be completing the migration of any of the services that remain on our web 4 machine to the new web server that we've purchased to replace it. These services are:
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		GameSQL
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		CSGO Stats
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		VPN Daemon
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		Donations API
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	Any servers or services that depend on the aforementioned services may be unavailable or not function correctly until these services are restored at the end of the maintenance period. Specifically:
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		SourceMod servers - Will be offline during the maintenance period
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		Physion Unturned - Will be offline during the maintenance period
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		Forums - Will be unavailable during maintenance
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		Garry's Mod servers - Donation ranks will be unavailable during the maintenance period
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		Discord Bots - Some discord bots may not function during the maintenance period
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	Thanks. <img alt=":furretlove:" data-emoticon="true" loading="lazy" src="//gflusercontent.gflclan.com/file/forums-prod/emoticons/furretlove32.png" title=":furretlove:">
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> has had a long, long history for a gaming community. It's been through thick and thin, and highs and lows. To put it simply, none of it could have happened without the community at large. Every single one of you are responsible for <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>’s continued success as we cross this important milestone, our 10-year anniversary.</span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;">To celebrate this achievement with all of you, we are happy to present the...</span>
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	<span style="font-size:36px;"><span style="color:#0b5fb5;"><strong>10th Anniversary Event Week</strong></span></span>
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<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://gflclan.com/calendar/event/127-best-gfl-meme-contest/" rel="">Best <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> Meme Contest</a></span>
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Directed by <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/62307-serenity/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="62307" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/62307-serenity/" rel="">@<span style="color:#f97594;">Serenity</span></a></span>
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: 01/25-31/2021.</span>
</p>

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</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://gflclan.com/calendar/event/126-karaoke-event/" rel="">Karaoke Night</a></span>
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Directed by <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/56470-queeen/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="56470" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/56470-queeen/" rel="">@<span style="color:#45da4a;">Queeen</span></a></span>
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: 01/26/2021 8pm EST.</span>
</p>

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</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://gflclan.com/calendar/event/128-jackbox-tv-event/" rel="">Jackbox TV</a></span>
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Directed by <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/28360-blazingarson/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="28360" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/28360-blazingarson/" rel="">@<span style="color:#9866cc;">BlazingArson</span></a></span>
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: 01/27/2021 8pm EST.</span>
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	 
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://gflclan.com/calendar/event/125-movie-night/" rel="">Movie Night</a></span>
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Directed by <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/22664-dragoon/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="22664" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/22664-dragoon/" rel="">@<span style="color:#45da4a;">Dragoon</span></a></span>
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: 01/28/2021 8pm EST.</span>
</p>

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<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://gflclan.com/calendar/event/130-among-us-event/" rel="">Among Us</a></span>
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Directed by <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/28298-kaitsedd/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="28298" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/28298-kaitsedd/" rel="">@<span style="color:#45da4a;">Kaitsedd</span></a></span>
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: 01/29/2021 7PM EST.</span>
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	 
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://gflclan.com/calendar/event/129-gfl-trivia-night/" rel=""><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> Trivia Night</a></span>
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Directed by <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/56368-drakohd/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="56368" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/56368-drakohd/" rel="">@<span style="color:#45da4a;">DrakoHD</span></a> &amp; <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/62307-serenity/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="62307" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/62307-serenity/" rel="">@<span style="color:#f97594;">Serenity</span></a></span>
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: 01/30/2021 8pm EST.</span>
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	 
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">All of the events listed above besides the <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> Meme Contest, will take place in the Main Discord. If you haven't already joined you can by clicking <a href="https://discord.com/invite/TjPsbzx" rel="external nofollow">here!</a></span>
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">More details for the events will be coming soon. Message myself or an Event Coordinator if you have any questions!</span>
</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">We hope you enjoy this week of celebration! <img alt=":furretlove:" data-emoticon="" src="//gflusercontent.gflclan.com/file/forums-prod/emoticons/furretlove32.png" style="width:25px;height:auto;" title=":furretlove:"></span>
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	<b><span style="color:#000000;font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="border:none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/3YkgBH8olILtQltufTF_9a20Ut3O4TvNLAb27SXkmnIJgYOqqwF4tqkJs0KRU9VWbEKPHKW7wkdsv34Bo_zZdy_2bPm6R6JYGY_QM7aYAhvTPIg8y866jVNV87LD23I2zuJksa5Z" rel="external nofollow" style="color:#d0d0d0;" title="Enlarge image"><img alt="3YkgBH8olILtQltufTF_9a20Ut3O4TvNLAb27SXkmnIJgYOqqwF4tqkJs0KRU9VWbEKPHKW7wkdsv34Bo_zZdy_2bPm6R6JYGY_QM7aYAhvTPIg8y866jVNV87LD23I2zuJksa5Z" data-ratio="15.65" height="90" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;height:auto;" width="575" data-src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/3YkgBH8olILtQltufTF_9a20Ut3O4TvNLAb27SXkmnIJgYOqqwF4tqkJs0KRU9VWbEKPHKW7wkdsv34Bo_zZdy_2bPm6R6JYGY_QM7aYAhvTPIg8y866jVNV87LD23I2zuJksa5Z" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></a></span></span></b>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><abbr style="border-bottom:none;" title="Games For Life"><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr></abbr><span> </span>has had a long, long history for a gaming community. It's been through thick and thin, and highs and lows. To put it simply, none of it could have happened without the community at large. Every single one of you are responsible for<span> </span><abbr style="border-bottom:none;" title="Games For Life"><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr></abbr>’s continued success as we cross this important milestone, our 10-year anniversary.</span>
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<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">To celebrate this achievement with all of you, we are happy to present the...</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:36px;"><span style="color:#0b5fb5;"><strong>10th Anniversary <em>Server </em>Events</strong></span></span>
</p>

<p style="font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:36px;"><font color="#0b5fb5"><b>CS:GO</b></font></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:18px;"><u>Zombie Escape</u></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Prizes: 3x Perma VIP, 5x 3 Months of VIP, 10x 1 Month of VIP</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: Jan 25th, 6pm EST till Jan 25th, 10pm EST </span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Announcement/Information: </span><a href="https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/69154-zombie-escape-event-54/" rel="">https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/69154-zombie-escape-event-54/</a>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	 
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<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:18px;"><u>AWP 24/7</u></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Prizes: 1x Perma VIP, 2x 3 Months of VIP, 2x 1 Month of VIP, $20 Gift Card</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: Jan 25th 1pm EST till Feb 9th 1am EST</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Find announcements in the CS:GO Discord: </span><a href="https://discord.gg/23aPdBj" rel="external nofollow" style="border:0px;font-size:16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;" title="https://discord.gg/23aPdBj">https://discord.gg/23aPdBj</a><span style="color:#dcddde;font-size:16px;"> </span>
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<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	 
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<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:18px;"><u>Surf Timer</u></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Prizes: 5x Perma VIP, 5x 3 Months of VIP, 10x 1 Month of VIP</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: Jan 25th 6pm EST till Feb 22th 6pm EST</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Announcement/Information: <a href="https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/69252-gflclans-10th-anniversary-surf-timer-competition-extravaganza/" rel="">https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/69252-gflclans-10th-anniversary-surf-timer-competition-extravaganza/</a></span>
</p>

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<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:18px;"><u>KZ</u></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Prizes: 2x Perma VIP, 6x 3 Months of VIP, 6x 1 Month of VIP</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: Jan 25th 9pm EST till Feb 1st 9pm EST</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Find Announcements in the KZ Discord: <a href="https://discord.gg/Hj2Q54H" rel="external nofollow">https://discord.gg/Hj2Q54H</a></span>
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<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:36px;"><font color="#0b5fb5"><b>CS:S</b></font></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:18px;"><u>24/7 Dust</u></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Prizes: 2x Perma VIP, 2x 3 Months of VIP, 4x 1 Month of VIP</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: Jan 25th 9pm EST till Feb 1st 9pm EST</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Announcement/Information: <a href="https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/69099-10th-anniversary-event/" rel="">https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/69099-10th-anniversary-event/</a></span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	 
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:18px;"><u>Zombie Escape</u></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Prizes: 3x Perma VIP, 7x 3 Months of VIP, 5x 1 Month of VIP</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: Jan 29th 5pm EST, Jan 30th 4pm EST, Jan 31st 4pm EST</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Announcement: <a href="https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/69347-event-214-gfls-10th-anniversary-evolution-of-ze-edition/" rel="">https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/69347-event-214-gfls-10th-anniversary-evolution-of-ze-edition/</a></span>
</p>

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<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	 
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<p>
	 
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:36px;"><font color="#0b5fb5"><b>GMod</b></font></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:18px;"><u>Among Us</u></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Prizes: 1x Perma VIP, 1x 3 Months of VIP, 1x 1 Month of VIP</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: January 29th 7PM EST</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Announcement/Information: -</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	 
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:18px;"><u>CW:RP</u></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Prizes: 2x Perma VIP, 5x 3 Months of VIP, 8x 1 Month of VIP</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: Jan 26th 3pm EST till Jan 28th 3pm EST</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Find Announcements in the CW:RP Discord: <a href="https://discord.gg/3u4qu78" rel="external nofollow">https://discord.gg/3u4qu7</a></span>
</p>

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<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:18px;"><u>Hide and Seek</u></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Prizes: 2x Perma VIP, 2x 3 Months of VIP, 4x 1 Month of VIP + Gift Cards (amount not released yet)!</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: Jan 25th 9pm EST till Feb 1st 9pm EST</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Find Announcements in the HnS Discord: <a href="https://discord.gg/xae2y9" rel="external nofollow">https://discord.gg/xae2y9</a></span>
</p>

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			<a class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image" data-fileext="png" data-fileid="31710" href="//gflusercontent.gflclan.com/file/forums-prod/monthly_2021_01/image.png.5dd88bdd2e6d01cb07374639236df8db.png" rel=""><img alt="image.png" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" data-fileid="31710" data-ratio="36.10" style="height:auto;" width="1000" data-src="//gflusercontent.gflclan.com/file/forums-prod/monthly_2021_01/image.thumb.png.a7e76675c6deab26fb8b7b3d4592e654.png" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></a>
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<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:18px;"><u>Prop Hunt</u></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Prizes: 3x Perma VIP, 3x 3 Months of VIP, 4x 1 Month of VIP</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: Jan 30th 12am EST till Jan 31st 11:59pm EST</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Announcement/Information: <a href="https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/69203-prop-hunt-gfl-10th-anniversary-event/" rel="">https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/69203-prop-hunt-<abbr title="Games For Life"><abbr title="Games For Life">gfl</abbr></abbr>-10th-anniversary-event/</a></span>
</p>

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<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:18px;"><u>TTT MC</u></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Prizes: 1x Perma VIP, 1x 6 Months of VIP, 1x 1 Month of VIP</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: Jan 29th 8pm EST till Jan 29th 10pm EST</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Announcement/Information: <a href="https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/69392-ttt-247-mc-anniversary-event/?tab=comments#comment-328349" rel="">https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/69392-ttt-247-mc-anniversary-event/</a></span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	 
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:18px;"><u>TTT Modded</u></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Prizes: 1x Perma VIP, 1x 6 Months of VIP, 1x 1 Month of VIP, $15 Gift Card, $10 Gift Card, $5 Gift Card</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: Jan 28th 7pm EST till Jan 28th 9pm EST</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Find Announcements in the GMod Discord: <a href="https://discord.gg/cdPNUk" rel="external nofollow">https://discord.gg/cdPNUk</a></span>
</p>

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	<div class="ipsSpoiler_header">
		<span>Spoiler</span>
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	</div>
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<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	 
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:18px;"><u>TTT Vanilla</u></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Prizes: 1x Perma VIP, 2x, 3 Months of VIP, 2x 1 Month of VIP</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: Jan 26th 10pm EST till Jan 26th 11pm EST</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Find Announcements in the GMod Discord: <a href="https://discord.gg/cdPNUk" rel="external nofollow">https://discord.gg/cdPNUk</a></span>
</p>

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	</div>
</div>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	 
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<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	 
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:36px;"><font color="#0b5fb5"><b>Rust</b></font></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:18px;"><u>Every Server!</u></span>
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Prizes (shared): 5x Perma VIP, 10x 3 Months of VIP, 10x 1 Month of VIP</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">When: Wipe day(s) till the boxes are found, or 3 days</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">Find Announcements in the Rust Discord: <a href="https://discord.gg/Tka6pGR" rel="external nofollow">https://discord.gg/Tka6pGR</a></span>
</p>

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<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	 
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<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	 
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<p>
	 
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:36px;"><font color="#0b5fb5"><b>TF2</b></font></span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<u><span style="font-size:18px;">2Fort</span></u>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">It's a surprise. Be in the TF2 Discord to find out: <a href="https://discord.gg/ZhJqnfy" rel="external nofollow">https://discord.gg/ZhJqnfy</a>!</span><br>
	 
</p>

<p style="color:rgb(204,204,204);text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">I will be keeping this thread updated as more information is released.</span>
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;font-size:14px;text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;">We hope you enjoy this week of celebration!</span>
</p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">126</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 03:20:10 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>[CS:GO] FFA DeathMatch Dust2 opens</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/csgo-ffa-deathmatch-dust2-opens-r3/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p><img src="https://gflusercontent.gflclan.com/file/forums-prod/monthly_2016_08/0cbab0dc421f05dfbc7714c7d88bc6fa.png.05a6f88fe8b1111203e1768e50e7743f.png" /></p>


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	I'd like to announce that the server is launched and is now open. 
</p>

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	The password is removed, of course.
</p>

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	If you have any suggestions, please go to this<span> </span><a href="https://gflclan.com/forums/forum/61-dust2-ffa-dm-247/" rel="" style="color:rgb(208,208,208);text-decoration:underline;background-color:transparent;">section</a>
</p>

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	Server features:
</p>

<ul style="color:rgb(204,204,204);font-family:Montserrat, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:22.4px;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(42,42,42);">
<li>
		HLStatsX
	</li>
	<li>
		AWP(limited to 2 per team)
	</li>
	<li>
		Free for all
	</li>
</ul>
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	Join now! IP: 74.91.122.117:27015
</p>

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	I'm bad at this announcement thingy, so if you have any question, reply below.
</p>

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">3</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2016 18:00:07 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>[Announcement] GMod Expansion --TTT3 and TTT4</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/announcement-gmod-expansion-ttt3-and-ttt4-r101/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p>
	Welcome!
</p>

<p>
	We have launched two new TTT servers for our Garry's Mod Division. First up is TTT Vanilla, which is the good ol’ classic Trouble in Terrorist Town. This server will be managed by <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/46168-waylon-smithers/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="46168" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/46168-waylon-smithers/" rel="">@<span style="color:#1ee9e3;">Waylon Smithers</span></a> and <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/43491-yogpod/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="43491" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/43491-yogpod/" rel="">@<span style="color:#1ee9e3;">Yogpod</span></a>. To easily connect, open Console and type "connect 92.119.148.99" (without ") or simply click <a rel="">here.</a>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	After that is TTT Anarchy, which is a different take on the gamemode where the rules are next to none. This will server will be managed by <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/" rel="">@<span style="color:#ff0000;">Xy</span></a>. To easily connect, open Console and type "connect 92.119.148.100" (without ") or simply click <a rel="">here.</a>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	If you’re interested or want to learn more, then please visit the links below.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<a href="https://gflclan.com/forums/forum/1350-ttt-vanilla/" rel="">https://gflclan.com/forums/forum/1350-ttt-vanilla/</a><br><a href="https://gflclan.com/forums/forum/1311-ttt-anarchy/" rel="">https://gflclan.com/forums/forum/1311-ttt-anarchy/</a><br><a href="https://discord.gg/cdPNUkz" rel="external nofollow">https://discord.gg/cdPNUkz</a>
</p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">101</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2020 19:51:10 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>[Announcement] GFL Community Meetings</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/announcement-gfl-community-meetings-r26/</link><description><![CDATA[

<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="color:#00ffff;"><strong><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> COMMUNITY MEETINGS</strong></span></span>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	As you may already know, <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> is growing stronger each day. Our staff is working hard to make sure everyone has an enjoyable gaming experience while playing on our server. But it is not only the staff of <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> that makes <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> what it is today. All of our dedicated members and players, who actually take their time to play on our servers, is utterly important for the success of <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>. Therefore it is vital for the general players and members to have the opportunity to speak their mind directly to the management of <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	I am sure many of you have things to say. So, <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/722-vidmar/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="722" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/722-vidmar/" rel="">@<span style="color:#1ee9e3;">Vidmar</span></a> and I have stepped up to set up Community Meetings for you to attend and give your opinion on <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> related topics, while listening to others. Our goal with the meetings is to strengthen the bonds between the management of <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> and the members of said <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>. We hope to create a bonding that will allow <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> to better know what our community should strive for.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	The purpose of the meeting is also to give everyone a brief status report from our divisions as well as information regarding certain projects.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span><strong>CURRENT COORDINATORS:</strong></span></span>
</p>

<p>
	- <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/" rel="">@<span style="color:#fff700;">CrusTi</span></a>
</p>

<p>
	- <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/722-vidmar/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="722" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/722-vidmar/" rel="">@<span style="color:#1ee9e3;">Vidmar</span></a>
</p>

<p>
	- <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/" rel="">@<span style="color:#ff0000;">RickGrimesTM</span></a>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>DATE: </strong></span><span style="color:#00ccff;"><strong>Saturday, May 13</strong></span></span>
</p>

<ul>
<li>
		<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#00ff00;"><strong>1 PM (PST)</strong></span></span>
	</li>
	<li>
		<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#00ff00;"><strong>4 PM (EST)</strong></span></span>
	</li>
	<li>
		<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#00ff00;"><strong>9 PM (UK)</strong></span></span>
	</li>
</ul>
<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span><strong><span style="color:#f1c40f;">HOW WILL THESE MEETINGS BE HANDLED?:</span></strong></span>
</p>

<p>
	These meeting will take place within TeamSpeak. We will be going over topics related to <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> that you request to talk about. We will have to limit the time we discuss the topic to be able to get to everyone who would like to speak their mind. During discussion we will have people recording and taking notes that will be used to make a Post Meeting Thread along with a short survey for users who missed the meeting.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>HOW CAN I HELP?:</strong></span>
</p>

<p>
	Although the idea and execution simple, Community Meetings can be difficult to run on just 2 people who have life's outside of <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>. For starters, the best way you can help is by participating in the first meeting. This will let us see who is interested and can be a valuable person to help out on the back end. If you are still seriously interested and want to get involved now, feel free to message <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/722-vidmar/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="722" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/722-vidmar/" rel="">@<span style="color:#1ee9e3;">Vidmar</span></a> and I about why you would like to help and why you would be a valuable to helping with the meetings. <br>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span style="color:#f1c40f;"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFO:</strong></span>
</p>

<p>
	We'd appreciate to gather some information regarding how many members are interested in taking part in said meeting, so if you could fil just fill this survey out for us:<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1x5zxJ1QGt5FsfuqZopKSp9pURndk6LXiomJXnkWIyRA" rel="external nofollow"><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> Community Meeting Survey</a>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<span style="color:#e74c3c;">Any other Question you may have you can ask in the comments. Thank you everyone for your interest in Community Meetings!</span>
</p>

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">26</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2017 22:04:04 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>[Announcement] CS:GO Expansion -- EU Surf Timer VIP/Top100</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/announcement-csgo-expansion-eu-surf-timer-viptop100-r144/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	Hey everyone!
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	After player feedback on our expansion into the EU region, I am happy to announce that we have opened a Surf Timer server exclusive to Expert and VIP players! This server will be a mirror of the VIP/Top100 exclusive server in NA and will host every map currently in the cycle.
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Thank you all for continuing to support us, and we hope you enjoy the new server! Be sure to add the server to your favorites: <span style="color:#2ecc71;">145.239.136.255:27016</span>
</p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">144</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2021 03:03:34 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>(New GMOD DL) wElCoMe baCk bUtTer</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/new-gmod-dl-welcome-back-butter-r53/</link><description><![CDATA[

<p>
	Hello Again!
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/95-butterking5000/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="95" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/95-butterking5000/" id="ips_uid_6293_6" rel="">@<span style="color:rgb(255,201,31)">ButterKing5000</span></a> has decided to return to his post as GMOD Division Leader after a short break, and will be helping with the expansion and maintenance of the division. We're looking forward to working with you once again!
</p>

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">53</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 04:46:32 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
