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	<span style="color:#00ccff;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px;">The New Media Team</span></strong></span>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/1-roy/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="1" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/1-roy/" rel="">@<span style="color:#FF0000;">Roy</span></a> has always envisioned <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> growing to be as large as it <em>can</em> be. In accordance with this, we have been searching for ways to expand <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> through various mediums.</span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><font color="#f1c40f">After mulling over a base idea that was originally proposed by <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/241-joshy/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="241" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/241-joshy/" rel="">@<span style="color:#1da3c4;">Joshy</span></a>, we have decided to reform the Creative Team into the Media Team. This team bears many similarities with the old Media Team in that it is split between two subsets. One of these is the already existing GFX Team, which will largely remain the same in its structure. The second subset is the Marketing Team, which will be responsible for the act of "marketing" (hence the name) <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> through outside channels. This differs from the previous Media Team in that they—the members—are not solely bound by the social media platforms that <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> has already established. The new focus is to be <em>proactive,</em> rather than <em>reactive.</em> Despite only being established in their own right for a short duration, the event coordinators will also be absorbed into this new subset.</font></span>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><font color="#f1c40f">As the teams currently stand, they are led by <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/396-bae/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="396" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/396-bae/" rel="">@<span style="color:#c73569;">Bae</span></a> (GFX) and <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/4361-duc2000/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="4361" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/4361-duc2000/" rel="">@<span style="color:#45da4a;">Duc2000</span></a> (Marketing). You may contact them with your interests and concerns. <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/4725-darkling/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="4725" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/4725-darkling/" rel="">@<span style="color:#ff7000;">Darkling</span></a> will also remain as the primary Council correspondent for this team.</font></span>
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	<span style="color:#00ccff;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px;">CS:GO &amp; Division Leaders</span></strong></span>
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	<font color="#f1c40f">We realise that some of you have expressed concern for the lack of division leaders for our CS:GO division. This is doubtlessly a valid concern, although you can rest assured that two potential new division leaders are coming through the pipeline. These two are already being put through their paces by showcasing and discussing their plans with the directors.</font>
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	<font color="#f1c40f">In the past, we often carried the tendency to hastily promote people to fill the void left in some of our higher positions. This is something we have recently been trying to stray from in pursuit of a more "quality over quantity" atmosphere, which means that such lapses in present leadership may become more commonplace as a consequence. The intended end benefit is to have trained division leaders with more motivation for the role, rather than individuals who are mediocre and merely have the position for the sake of eliminating vacancies.</font>
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	<span style="color:#f1c40f;">Thank you for your understanding in the matter.</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">44</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 06:25:37 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>GFL Demographics 2017</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/gfl-demographics-2017-r42/</link><description><![CDATA[

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	Hello Everyone!<br><br>
	Once more, there will be <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> Demographics, like the past two years. If you would like to check last years results, go here: <a href="https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/9684-gfl-demographic-2016-results/" rel="">https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/9684-<abbr title="Games For Life">gfl</abbr>-demographic-2016-results/</a>
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	We hope you fill the form and let us know about <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> as  a whole! But.. what is <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> Demographics..? Well, It is a set of <strong><font color="#ff9900">ANONYMOUS</font> </strong>questions that only have a statistical purpose!
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	So hop on the bandwagon and fill the form! 
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	<a href="https://goo.gl/forms/ZfH8sGrylR1W4Q5C3" rel="external nofollow">https://goo.gl/forms/ZfH8sGrylR1W4Q5C3</a>
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	<span style="color:#ff9900;"><u><strong>Info</strong></u></span>
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	The Form will close on the <strong>31st December</strong> and results displayed on <b>the same week</b>.
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	<br>
	Originally posted <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/20-q/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="20" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/20-q/" rel="">@<span style="color:#1da3c4;">-q-</span></a>
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	<a href="https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/22517-gfl-demographic-2017/" rel="">https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/22517-<abbr title="Games For Life">gfl</abbr>-demographic-2017/</a>
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	Thanks!
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">42</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2017 00:07:18 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Event Coordinator Team Released</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/event-coordinator-team-released-r40/</link><description><![CDATA[

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	Hello everyone. You may have noticed that we have a new role on the forums called Event Coordinators. This role was inspired by GCC and their approach towards event management. Currently there are four members of <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> who have been doing amazing work within GCC and pushing them forward with every event they produce. These members are <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/1535-runda/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="1535" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/1535-runda/" rel="">@<span style="color:#1ee9e3;">Runda</span></a> <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:#ffff00;">Pyros</span></a> <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/5288-syntax/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="5288" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/5288-syntax/" rel="">@<span style="color:#ffff00;">Syntax</span></a> and <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/6359-kubnair/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="6359" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/6359-kubnair/" rel="">@<span style="color:#ffff00;">Kubnair</span></a>. The sheer amount of effort each one of them has put into their work within GCC is phenomenal!
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	That is why these members will be the first four to start up our Event Coordinator team!
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	Now for some details about this team and what they can do within there new role.
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<ul>
<li>
		My aim for the team is for one <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> event a month, starting with a Christmas themed event which they are starting to work on now.
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	<li>
		They will continue to work within GCC to provide events. However they can now request usage of <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>'s servers and any other reasonable resource for use within GCC and for <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> events.
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		They will be able to use the Creative team to create GFX for events and for recording/streaming and tweeting the events. 
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		They have access to request the Developer team to edit plugins for usage within events.
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		They are able to work with our Server Managers to be able to create events on our current servers.
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		They have been given permissions to directly post and feature posts within the events sub-forum.
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		Lastly they have been given TeamSpeak permissions to edit and use the Event channel, in order to support using TeamSpeak during events.
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	Now I would like to mention that working within GCC is not required by the role, however the team does need to be involved in the events from GCC. 
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	There will be opportunities for members to apply and help out the Event Coordinators but that will currently be handled through PMs instead of an application form.
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	This new role is something that will give us all something to look forward to and will help provide <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> with some regular, quality events. I have a lot of belief in the current members of the team and look forward to their upcoming work within <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>!
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">40</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2017 04:25:38 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Will you define GFL&#x2019;s future?</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/will-you-define-gfl%E2%80%99s-future-r38/</link><description><![CDATA[
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	<abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> is always striving to improve, and you might be just what we need! So please spare a moment to read this. <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> is actively looking for developers to populate our development team, and you might fit right in! Are you interested in programming whether that might be PHP, Lua, SourcePawn or another language? Do you want to help improve <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>? Are you willing to spend time making <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> awesome? Then you’re more than welcome to shoot an application our way!
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	As a developer, you’ll be working together as a team to improve our servers across all divisions! <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> is an ever-growing community with many projects spread across said divisions. This means that you have a lot of freedom as a <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> developer; it’s up to you if you want to work on the forums, a server, or both! You don’t need to be a master of programming; a high spirit and strong will can get you far, and the rest of the developers will always be there to help! As a developer, you will learn how to cooperate with other developers, effectively use version control, turn an idea into a product, and guide technical discussions in the right direction.
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	<abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> is a non-profit community and relies on volunteers who want to make a change and improve <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> for everyone. This means that a developer position is an unpaid job, however, there are benefits. You will receive a Developer-tag on all <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> game servers, and in the future more benefits will follow. This includes personal VMs for hosting whatever you feel like! We’re looking forward to making that available for all our developers.
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	<br>
	We’re looking forward to receiving your applications which you can send <a href="https://gflclan.com/forms/3-developer-applications/" rel="">here</a>.
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	Thanks,<br><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/" rel="">@<span style="color:#B22222;">Nick</span></a><br>
	On behalf of <strong><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> Development Team</strong><br><img alt="eyd9JWp.png" class="ipsImage" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/eyd9JWp.png"></p>

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">38</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2017 12:55:52 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>GFL and Trello</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/gfl-and-trello-r37/</link><description><![CDATA[

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	We have a lot of work to do in order to get back to where we once were. Many of our users ask us what we are currently working on and until now, we couldn't give them anything to look at besides some text.  We have decided to use <a href="https://trello.com/" rel="external nofollow">Trello</a>. We currently have a <a href="https://trello.com/gflclan" rel="external nofollow">team</a> setup which includes individual boards for specific ideas, projects, teams, and more!
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	Each board is tagged with either <span style="color:#2ecc71;">[Idea]</span>, <span style="color:#c0392b;">[Project]</span>, <span style="color:#3498db;">[Team]</span>, or <span style="color:#f39c12;">[Other]</span>. Here is a list with the definitions of each:
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		<span style="color:#2ecc71;">[Idea]</span> - An idea we are discussing. Once discussed, it will likely be upgraded to a <span style="color:#c0392b;">[Project]</span>.
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		<span style="color:#c0392b;">[Project]</span> - A project we are working on.
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		<span style="color:#3498db;">[Team]</span> - A board dedicated to a team (e.g. Community Advisors).
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		<span style="color:#e67e22;">[Other]</span> - Other boards for <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> and more.
	</li>
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	While most of our boards are public, Higher Ups may also make team-visible boards and private boards (tagged under <span style="color:#f39c12;">[Other]</span>).
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	Feel free to take a look at our boards <a href="https://trello.com/gflclan" rel="external nofollow">here</a>. If you have any suggestions for Trello, feel free to comment on this announcement!
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	Thanks!
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">37</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2017 20:51:03 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>New Technical Administrators</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/new-technical-administrators-r36/</link><description><![CDATA[

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	<abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>'s development state hasn't really been great. We've had no development team for quite some time but things are about to change with the addition of 2 Technical Administrators. Welcome both <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_7753_7" style="" rel="">@<span style="color:#B22222">Nick</span></a> and <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/1623-xy_/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="1623" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/1623-xy_/" id="ips_uid_7753_8" style="" rel="">@<span style="color:#B22222">Xy_</span></a> to the Technical Administrator role. <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_/" style="" rel="">@<span style="color:#B22222">Xy_</span></a> was moved from Community Advisor to Technical Administrator due to his abilities with back end work and <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/" style="" rel="">@<span style="color:#B22222">Nick</span></a>, formally Killer-Banana, is returning back from his absence.
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	We're looking forward to seeing great things from the both of you.
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">36</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2017 18:54:52 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>An Early Christmas Present From The Arma Team</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/an-early-christmas-present-from-the-arma-team-r35/</link><description><![CDATA[
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">35</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:02:23 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Official GFL Public Discord</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/official-gfl-public-discord-r33/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p style="color:#cccccc">
	<span><abbr title="Games For Life"><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr></abbr>'s Official Discord Server!</span>
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<p style="color:#cccccc">
	Hello everyone, as some of you can already see we have opened up an official<span> </span><abbr title="Games For Life"><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr></abbr> Discord server! This is something that was talked about in the past which we didn't think would work alongside our TS3 server. Now that we understand it much more, we can see that TS3 and Discord both have slightly different, but useful, functions.
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	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/5-denros/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="5" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/5-denros/" id="ips_uid_1412_7" rel="" style="color:#d0d0d0">@<span style="color:#ff0000">denros</span></a> has been hard at work making the GFLbot for the server, this comes with a few commands which can be used, such as:
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		!role / !roles which will change your role on discord to match your forum rank.
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	<li>
		!8ball command to ask the bot questions and receive a yes/no or in between answer.
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<p style="color:#cccccc">
	We'll be looking at what we can do to improve the server as well, so if you have any suggestions make sure to let us know.
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<p style="color:#cccccc">
	The discord is going to be moderated by <abbr title="Community Advisor">CA</abbr>'s, <abbr title="Division Leader"><abbr title="Division Leader">DL</abbr></abbr>'s and the Directorate until we decide upon a Discord admin team to help out.
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	<span style="font-size:20px;"><strong>You can join the discord by clicking <a href="https://gfl.gs/discord" rel="external nofollow">here</a></strong></span>
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	Hope you all enjoy and happy chatting!
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">33</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2017 05:24:52 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Expanding the Community Advisorate</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/expanding-the-community-advisorate-r29/</link><description><![CDATA[

<p>
	<span style="color:#f1c40f;">Joke title aside...</span>
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<p>
	<span style="color:#f1c40f;">Please congratulate <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/4725-darkling/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="4725" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/4725-darkling/" rel="">@<span style="color:#fff700">Darkling</span></a> in becoming a community advisor. He has no specific role within the team yet, although <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/425-rickgrimestm/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="425" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/425-rickgrimestm/" id="ips_uid_8519_7" rel="">@<span style="color:#ff0000">RickGrimesTM</span></a> will be setting him up with something in due time. Even before that, please consider Darkling as a new contact for any matter that you would normally associate with community advisors.</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">29</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 21:54:16 +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>
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	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>.
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<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.
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	The purpose of the meeting is also to give everyone a brief status report from our divisions as well as information regarding certain projects.
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	<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>Introducing the Hall of Fame</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/introducing-the-hall-of-fame-r25/</link><description><![CDATA[

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

<p>
	Hello. Today, I am pleased to announce <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>'s Official Hall of Fame. I made it long ago but finally have put it to use. This will be an exclusive badge of honor given to appreciated individuals who have contributed a great deal to <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> in their time within the community. For our first inductees, we will be giving the badge to <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/67-cypher/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="67" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/67-cypher/" rel="">@<span style="color:#D147FF;">Cypher</span></a>, <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/485-x2d/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="485" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/485-x2d/" rel="">@<span style="color:#cbc7ff;">X2D</span></a>, <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/3-kim/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="3" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/3-kim/" rel="">@<span style="color:#D147FF;">Kim</span></a>, and <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/33-nick027nd/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="33" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/33-nick027nd/" rel="">@<span style="color:#D147FF;">nick027nd</span></a>. Each of the individuals met the following guidelines:
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;">
	 
</p>

<ul style="color:#cccccc;">
<li>
		Made extensive contributions to<span> </span><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>
	</li>
	<li>
		Been with<span> </span><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr><span> </span>for a long period of time (1+ years)
	</li>
	<li>
		Retired staff and/or had a major leadership role (i.e. team leader)
	</li>
	<li>
		Generally liked by many within<span> </span><abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>
	</li>
</ul>
<p style="color:#cccccc;">
	 
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;">
	 
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;">
	As an honorable mention, That One Guy would have also been inducted. However, he does not have a forum account. If he does make one, he will then be added.
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;">
	 
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;">
	If anyone who receives the badge does not have permanent VIP already, they will receive it upon being awarded Hall of Fame.
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;">
	 
</p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;">
	<img class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" data-fileid="6194" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" alt="5903c40668392_HallofFame.png.b3f09a8404f3b03609e901c8bac705d4.png" data-ratio="25.52" data-src="//gflusercontent.gflclan.com/file/forums-prod/monthly_2017_04/5903c40668392_HallofFame.png.b3f09a8404f3b03609e901c8bac705d4.png"></p>

<p style="color:#cccccc;">
	 
</p>

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

<p>
	 
</p>

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

<p>
	 
</p>

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">25</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2017 22:49:46 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The end for the TF2 Division</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/the-end-for-the-tf2-division-r23/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">
	Team Fortress 2 has been a very sore and tough topic to talk about. Two years ago, we were flourishing and all of our servers had great population. The majority of our servers were full and we had a very strong team to keep our servers running. Looking to what we have today, our team was still strong but Valve has pretty much destroyed community servers with their updates that focus primarily around getting people to move to their own Valve servers. We struggled, but we barely made it through. Then Valve released the "Meet Your Match" update. This completely killed of what little population we had left on our servers. At this point, we have no population and we haven't had any population for quite some time. 
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">
	With that being said, we are removing the TF2 division from<span> </span><abbr style="box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: 1px dotted;" title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr><span> </span>as it holds no benefit to us anymore. We have no population, no income from these servers and our staff team seem to have lost all interest in the division, so it's only fitting that we go ahead with this. If anyone has any questions about this then please ask away.
</p>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">23</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2017 14:10:04 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>New Community Advisors</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/new-community-advisors-r22/</link><description><![CDATA[

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

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

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

]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">22</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2017 21:16:30 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Overwatch 6v6 Community Extravaganza</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/overwatch-6v6-community-extravaganza-r19/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p style="text-align: center;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><img alt="overwatch_logo_by_feeerieke-da4xuzp.png" class="ipsImage" height="437px" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" width="1000px" data-src="http://img03.deviantart.net/6059/i/2016/155/4/0/overwatch_logo_by_feeerieke-da4xuzp.png"></span>
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

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

<p>
	 
</p>

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

<p>
	 
</p>

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

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

<p>
	 
</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	 
</p>

<ul><li>
		<span style="font-size:16px;">Manager - <strong>Snoopy</strong></span>
	</li>
	<li>
		<span style="font-size:16px;">Team Leader - <strong>Shuruia</strong></span>
		<ul><li>
				<span style="font-size:16px;">Player 1 - <strong>Dano</strong></span>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span style="font-size:16px;">Player 2 - </span>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span style="font-size:16px;">Player 3 -</span>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span style="font-size:16px;">Player 4 -</span>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span style="font-size:16px;">Player 5 -</span>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span style="font-size:16px;">Sub 1 -</span>
			</li>
			<li>
				<span style="font-size:16px;">Sub 2 -</span>
			</li>
		</ul></li>
</ul>
]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">19</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2017 16:41:55 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>New CS:S Division Leader + Updated TS3 Rules</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/new-css-division-leader-updated-ts3-rules-r16/</link><description><![CDATA[
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	<span style="color:#ffd700;">Hello, fetchers. We are henceforth promoting <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/43-mrmanslayerx/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="43" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/43-mrmanslayerx/" id="ips_uid_1951_7" rel="">@MrManslayerX</a> as the second CS:S division leader.</span>
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	<span style="color:#ffd700;">It may seem odd that we would even need a second division leader for CS:S, given the circumstances that the division is under. However, this is not a matter of what we strictly need, but rather a matter of fulfilling untapped potential. <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/11-thomasdavid097/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="11" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/11-thomasdavid097/" id="ips_uid_1951_6" rel="">@Thomasdavid097</a> is sufficient to simply maintain the division, but the addition of a second division leader means that expansion within the division will be a much smoother process.</span>
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	<span style="color:#ffd700;">It would also be prudent of me to note that our TS3 server has a new rule page. <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/504-skittlezexz/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="504" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/504-skittlezexz/" id="ips_uid_1951_9" rel="">@SkittlezExZ</a> wrote a rule page that <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/4-dano/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="4" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/4-dano/" id="ips_uid_1951_8" rel="">@Dano</a> and I edited in order to create a detailed guide to the rules (and the related punishments) that exist within our TS3 server. It also briefly details the purpose of several ranks within <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>, as well as providing some helpful links.</span>
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	<span style="color:#ffd700;">The TS3 rules have always been available in the description of the lobby. <img alt="pfrit54.png" class="ipsImage" src="https://gflclan.com/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" data-src="http://i.imgur.com/pfrit54.png"></span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">16</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2017 06:23:44 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>New CS:GO Division Leaders</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/new-csgo-division-leaders-r15/</link><description><![CDATA[

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	Hello, everyone. I’m happy to announce two new Division Leaders for the CS:GO division, <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/18-deltacommander/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="18" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/18-deltacommander/" id="ips_uid_3951_8" rel="">@Deltacommander</a> and <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/48-hackingpotato/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="48" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/48-hackingpotato/" id="ips_uid_3951_6" rel="">@HackingPotato</a>.
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	First off, many of you may have noticed that I am not as interested in our CS:GO division as I was before; I’m willing to help out with it, but I’d like for someone else to be the main DL. That is why we were searching for a replacement for quite a while now.<br>
	Adding these two new DLs for CS:GO will mean a good amount of changes coming soon and more people to go to if issues arise. They’ll obviously have to get used to everything first, so it may take a few days.<br>
	Regardless, these are very promising additions. They have already presented us some plans for the future that we’ll start working on shortly and most of the higher-ups are looking forward to what they can bring to the table. To assure that both of them have a strong technical side to their already great leadership skills, Ariistuujj, denros, Roy and I are going to train and observe them.<br>
	These additions will not only help the CS:GO side of <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>, but they will also provide us with a new view on lots of things regarding the whole community.<br>
	Deltacommander will still be able to actively manage and watch over our Zombie Escape server since he isn’t the only one in charge of CS:GO, so there’s no need to worry about that.
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	Overall, we believe that the addition of these two will freshen up the CS:GO division and help it become what it used to be.
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	(Little side note: The fact that we were likely going to get one or two new DLs held me back on some promotions, as I wanted to discuss the candidates with the new DL(s) first and to give them an opportunity to train them, as well. These other promotions will be discussed and done soon.)
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">15</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 04:02:50 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Official Merry Christmas from GFL</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/official-merry-christmas-from-gfl-r14/</link><description><![CDATA[
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	<span style="color:#ffd700;">The Christmas VIP giveaway will still be open until 8 AM GMT.</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">14</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2016 01:15:10 +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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	<meta charset="utf-8"></p>

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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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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">10</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2016 05:28:47 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Update on Board of Directors</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/update-on-board-of-directors-r9/</link><description><![CDATA[

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	<span style="color:#ffd700;">Tonight's the night.</span>
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	<span style="color:#ffd700;">As of writing this post, the only members of the Board of Directors are</span> <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/1-roy/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="1" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/1-roy/" id="ips_uid_571_8" rel="">@Roy</a><span style="color:#ffd700;">,</span> <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/67-cypher/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="67" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/67-cypher/" id="ips_uid_571_11" rel="">@Cypher</a> <span style="color:#ffd700;">and I. The emptiness that is currently being experienced within the BoD is attributed towards the recent resignations of </span><a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/225-santahiggle/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="225" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/225-santahiggle/" id="ips_uid_571_6" rel="">@Santahiggle</a> <span style="color:#ffd700;">(Floopy) and</span> <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/3-kim/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="3" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/3-kim/" id="ips_uid_571_7" rel="">@Kim</a><span style="color:#ffd700;">.</span> <span style="color:#ffd700;">This post will not detail these resignations and is rather intended to announce the successors.</span>
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	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/5-denros/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="5" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/5-denros/" rel="">@denros</a> <span style="color:#ffd700;">is the first of these two. He previously rejected an official designation within the BoD, although he came to change his mind on the matter. This should not come as a surprise to people given that he has already been acting in a capacity that one would expect of a <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> director. Such duties include coding for IPS plugins and modules, site maintenance, handling supporter/VIP requests and participating in discussions.</span>
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	<span style="color:#ffd700;">Already esteemed and respected in his position as a CS:GO division leader, the second individual in the spotlight is</span> <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/4-dano/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="4" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/4-dano/" id="ips_uid_571_10" rel="">@Dano</a><span style="color:#ffd700;">.</span> <span style="color:#ffd700;">Although he is younger than the norm, Dano already expends time and effort into areas outside the onus that his current position affords him, such as aiding with server/division/TS3 management and resolving disputes. I am also partial to admit that he is of a similar level of linguistic ability to myself, which is a boon in the discipline of writing such posts as this.</span>
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	<span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#dda0dd;">Brief Q&amp;A:</span></span>
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	<span style="color:#ffffff;">Q:</span> Isn't Dano our sole CS:GO division leader? Isn't removing him from that station detrimental?
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	<span style="color:#afeeee;">A:</span> <span style="color:#ffd700;">This is true on paper, although there are certain circumstances that will allow us to surmount such issues in practice. <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/168-ariistuujj/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="168" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/168-ariistuujj/" id="ips_uid_571_12" rel="">@Ariistuujj</a> and <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/5-denros/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="5" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/5-denros/" id="ips_uid_571_13" rel="">@denros</a> are already on board with the upkeep of CS:GO in the technical sector of its management. The rest of the charge that comes with being a CS:GO division leader (which alone isn't enough to overburden him) will remain with Dano for the time being.</span>
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	<span style="color:#ffffff;">Q:</span> Won't the BoD be dominated by Europeans in a primarily American community?
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	<span style="color:#afeeee;">A:</span> <span style="color:#ffd700;">There have been worse offenders of this in the past where we still managed. We have also taken steps since then to improve communication within the hierarchy of <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr>. For instance, the issues that arise from time zone differences matter little in the Discord server that server managers+ are entitled to use for the purposes of communication, cooperation and requests.</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 07:13:35 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Update on Roy + CS:GO Technical Administrator Promotion + Battle of the Communities</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/update-on-roy-csgo-technical-administrator-promotion-battle-of-the-communities-r8/</link><description><![CDATA[

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	<span style="color:#ffd700;">Some of you may have noticed that <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/1-roy/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="1" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/1-roy/" rel="">@Roy</a> has been absent for the past couple of days. The reason for this is that his PC has fallen under the dreadfully harrowing curse of hardware failure. I can spare no details on when Roy shall return, thus leaving this message as merely a disclosure of Roy's present situation. </span>
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	<span style="color:#ffd700;">Of course, the absence of Roy means that the burden of writing announcement posts for noteworthy events must fall to someone equally as charming and charismatic. I'm not one to shirk the onus of destiny, so without further delay...</span>
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	<span style="color:#ffa07a;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">CS:GO Technical Administrator:</span></span>
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	<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/4-dano/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="4" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/4-dano/" id="ips_uid_2494_8" rel="">@Dano</a> <span style="color:#ffd700;">will remain as the sole CS:GO division leader for the foreseeable future. However, this does not mean that he is doomed to handle the technical affairs of the division by himself. As of today,</span> <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/168-ariistuujj/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="168" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/168-ariistuujj/" id="ips_uid_2494_7" rel="">@Ariistuujj</a><span style="color:#ffd700;"> has been designated as our latest technical administrator. The rank itself was originally introduced in a broader sense, although Arii's focus will be on CS:GO. Please keep in mind that the duties of a technical administrator are (as the name implies) that of the technical aspects of division management; do not bother Arii with communal issues that should rather be addressed to a division leader.</span>
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	<span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#dda0dd;">Battle of the Communities:</span></span>
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	<font color="#ffd700">A representative of <a href="http://www.edge-gamers.com/" ipsnoembed="true" rel="external nofollow">http://www.edge-gamers.com/</a> contacted us on the 4th of August in an effort to introduce <abbr title="Games For Life">GFL</abbr> into a pool of communities for participation in an event they call "Battle of the Communities". If the name isn't enough indication, this is a tournament that promotes friendly competition between various communities. More specifically, the chosen participants will play matches that are held within a 5v5 CS:GO setting. The tournament is typically held at the end of October or the beginning of November. As we have accepted the invitation, we shall promptly need to form a team with which to compete. Please contact <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/4-dano/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="4" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/4-dano/" rel="">@Dano</a> if you are interested in the prospect.</font>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">8</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:19:30 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Rust Survival Server Opening</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/rust-survival-server-opening-r7/</link><description><![CDATA[
<p><img src="https://gflusercontent.gflclan.com/file/forums-prod/monthly_2016_10/48766_rust.jpg.2d79b4f746f1b18d254ad2a3b92699e9.jpg" /></p>


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	<b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#daa520;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">It's here! Rust is finally open to the public (it was before, but not publicized).</span><a href="https://gflclan.com/profile/66-slotter/" rel="" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="text-decoration:none;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(218,165,32);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">@Slotter</span></a> <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#daa520;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">(Otter) has been working very hard over this past weekend, finished the server and switched it over from battlefield to survival.</span></b>
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			<b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#3c78d8;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Kits for Member, Supporter, and VIPs. Perks are listed <a href="https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/5967-rust-supportervip-kits-and-perks/" rel="">here</a>.</span></b>
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			<b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#3c78d8;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">In-game ticket system for reporting players </span></b>
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			<b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#3c78d8;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Levelling system(ZLevels)</span></b>
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	<b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#daa520;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">You can connect to the server by going into Rust, pressing F1, and typing "connect 64.74.97.159:28015" into the console</span></b><b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#daa520;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">.</span></b>
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	<b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#daa520;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Have fun!</span></b>
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	<b style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#daa520;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Contact</span><a href="https://gflclan.com/profile/66-slotter/" rel="" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#daa520;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">@Slotter</span></a><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#daa520;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">if you have any troubles. Report bugs <a href="https://gflclan.com/forums/topic/6023-rust-bug-reports/" rel="">here</a>.</span></b>
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	<span style="color:#ffd700;">The pool of individuals that we were considering for promotion has slowly been thinning out, thus marking this as one of the last posts that I will make on this particular subject. To be more specific, this announcement concerns our Rust server and the individual that has been chosen to manage it for the foreseeable future.</span>
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	<span style="color:#ffd700;">Although it may come as a surprise to some, <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/66-otter/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="66" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/66-otter/" rel="">@Otter</a> is that individual. He has desired a hand in management of our Rust server for a long time and perhaps today is a long time coming. After proving to <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/1-roy/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="1" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/1-roy/" rel="">@Roy</a> that he is more than capable of handling the technical aspects of server management, those within our Trusted group overwhelmingly opted to consign him the position. His past considered, here's to hoping for a valuable prospect. Otter himself will leave a statement shortly after my own.</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2016 19:44:18 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Third in a Series of Promotions</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/the-third-in-a-series-of-promotions-r5/</link><description><![CDATA[
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	<span style="color:#ffd700;">I'm obviously a tad late on the draw for this (that's timezones for you), but I might as well post this for the sake of continuity. Bear in mind that this announcement is only in observance to one individual.</span>
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	<span style="color:#ffd700;">Please congratulate <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/252-syrus/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="252" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/252-syrus/" id="ips_uid_4389_6" rel="">@Syrus</a> on his ascension to the role of community advisor. Outside of his management in CS:GO Minigames and his GFX contributions (such as providing overlays for our eSports team), he has routinely provided Roy with valuable insight. At that point, being promoted to the rank of community advisor is merely a formality given that he has already acted in that sense prior to his ascension.</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:11:04 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Second in a Series of Promotions</title><link>https://gflclan.com/articles.html/announcements/the-second-in-a-series-of-promotions-r4/</link><description><![CDATA[
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	<span style="color:#ffd700;">As I previously alluded, more promotions are on the way. This is the second stage of the series, which will only address the GMod division. Given that our GMod division is smaller than it previously was, we have opted to restrict the number of promoted individuals so as to not mar the division with an overly bureaucratic methodology. The following individuals were chosen by a poll that was distributed to those within our Trusted group.</span>
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	<span style="color:#ffd700;"><a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/134-zebra/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="134" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/134-zebra/" id="ips_uid_7706_10" rel="">@Zebra</a> originally rose to prominence alongside his twin brother <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/261-stud/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="261" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/261-stud/" id="ips_uid_7706_8" rel="">@Stud</a> as admins of our GMod Purge server. Under <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/440-shiny/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="440" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/440-shiny/" id="ips_uid_7706_9" rel="">@Shiny</a>'s management, they quickly ascended to be superadmins. Shiny's resignation promptly left the brothers as the prime candidates for Purge management. Stud resigned shortly after this initial promotion due to life circumstances, leaving Zebra alone to manage the Purge server. He has since been overseeing an overhaul of Purge's plugins and performance.</span>
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	<span style="color:#ffd700;"><a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/16-bigtime388/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="16" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/16-bigtime388/" id="ips_uid_7706_12" rel="">@Bigtime388</a> was the manager of our GMod Murder server from November 2015 to March 2016, along with admin on Deathrun and superadmin on Prop Hunt. He passed off management of Murder to <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/142-dead_soul/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="142" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/142-dead_soul/" id="ips_uid_7706_11" rel="">@Dead_Soul</a> due to uncontrollable circumstances with his Internet connection. He has since rejoined Murder's management as a co-manager. Bigtime is also credited with the creation of our GMod Hide and Seek server. Furthermore, he has aided <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://gflclan.com/profile/256-based_matt/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="256" href="https://gflclan.com/profile/256-based_matt/" id="ips_uid_7706_13" rel="">@Based_Matt</a> with the server files of our late DarkRP server.</span>
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	<span style="color:#ffd700;">Some of you may not agree with these choices and that's okay. Nevertheless, we shan't rue this day and should rather elect to wish these fellows good fortune in their trials.</span>
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	I'd like to announce that the server is launched and is now open. 
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	The password is removed, of course.
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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>
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	Server features:
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		HLStatsX
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		AWP(limited to 2 per team)
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		Free for all
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	Join now! IP: 74.91.122.117:27015
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	I'm bad at this announcement thingy, so if you have any question, reply below.
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