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Welcome! Also @Tawni your supporter badges are just breaking the post formatting

Ok folks! It's time to announce the winner! Our winner is @Viridian.6015 with: Congrats! It is truly a glorious screenshot! Our runner up is @Purple Blaze with: Congrats to Blaze as well! Additionally, here are some honorable mentions from @Thavie, @Len K, @Wolfie, @Joanna and @Epertyufi! Thanks to everyone who submitted their screenshots! Hopefully you had fun at the events We'll be posting all of these screenshots on our tumblr soon as well :3 (the moment I get the 5 minutes to update it a lil bit ^^)

Hi everyone! So as you've noticed if you're here - we've moved! We wanted to address the move & some basic questions that might arise due to the move. This mail was sent out to all registered members in our community: Q: What happened to my tags on TeamSpeak? A: Due to the nature of the move we were unable to apply the TS database to the new TeamSpeak, which means we have to build it up from scratch. All of the permissions will need to be handed out manually. Q: What about the Supporter badges? A: We will be sending out a new batch of codes for supporter badges as soon as the community is up and running and we can resume doing daily activities. All supporter badges on the forums should be intact. Update: Supporter badge privilege keys have been sent out to supporters via the forum messaging system! For any issues, contact @Lelling Q: When will events be back up? A: Events are planned to start on Saturday, 6th of August, save for any unexpected complications. Q: What happened to the guild channels? A: We are updating our approach to guild functionality. All the guild channel names & descriptions have been saved, but we will be taking the opportunity to also ensure any inactive guilds are no longer listed, restoring each guild's channels individually, so guild leaders / officers should approach the staff. Q: Do I need to register on the forums again? A: No. The forums were recovered fully. Certain images, or any last-minute registrations completed on the night of the server takedown might be gone, but everything else should be intact. Q: Why did you get a new server / domain / TeamSpeak license? A: The short answer is - because we had to. It was not really something of our own choice but hopefully it did not inconvenience our members too much. Right now we are primarily focusing on setting everything up and looking forward, but we do feel like our members deserve an explanation and we will make a post explaining the situation soon. Q: How can I help? A: There are several ways in which you can help! Spread the word about the move - essentially changing the bookmarks from .com to .org should do the trick! Also, keep an eye out for anything that's broken, missing, or malfunctioning and please report it by messaging one of the admins or replying in this thread! We will also be opening more positions in event commanding, community management, and website feature development soon! Stay tuned! Q: Where have my notification emails gone? A: Check your junk mail folder, or look for a mail from "admin@theopencommunity.org". Email sent by the forum was not properly encrypted and authenticated for a moment, so some email services may have flagged it as spam. Q: Is this going to happen again? A: The short answer to that is "no". The longer answer is - not in this manner. There are no plans for us to change the domain of the server for the foreseeable future, but if ever would decide to do it, it would be announced in advance, a redirect would be put in place from the old to the new address, and all data would be transferred, so it wouldn't affect our members at all. This time around we weren't really given the option. The situation was fairly unique.

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There we go, you're all set up!

Hey hey, welcome to the community ^^ And ooh, a GW1 veteran looks like Season 3 is going to feature a lot of GW1 references which is gonna be pretty cool

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Hmmm, Quingaron I can't seem to find you. Make sure to click the following link https://discord.gg/D6ncuBn ^^

Woops! Ye, they linked to a thread that did not exist anymore due to some last minute updates but I forgot to update the links D: Thanks to Slay for fixing it real quick ^^

Hey! Let the Community Weekend Screenshot Contest commence! Rules: Screenshot should be from the Community Weekend You can submit as many screenshots as you want That's it! The contest closes on the 31st of July!

As we grow as a community, we wanted to create different points of access & avenues of communication between the community & players around the world! In addition to adding an array of social media connections, we've also streamlined our donation system to be more user-friendly. Community Discord Social Media Donations Forums New Forums Theme Update Guild Wars 2 Community Weekend LW Season 3 Community In the information age, everyone's trying to be as connected as possible to the rest of the world, with various social media websites dominating the webosphere. To make it easier to get in contact with both our community members as well as players who don't know we exist yet, we're adding a couple more social media websites to our contact list! Discord We are proud to announce the OpenCommunity public Discord server! It's been in its testing phase for a while now but we're confident that we didn't break anything! If you're not familiar with Discord - it's a free communications app which can run in browser, as an app on your PC or on your phone! It's a nice way to stay in touch out of game while not compromising privacy or security, as well as stay in touch with all the community news. We're looking to integrate discord into our community on whatever level feels natural. Click here to read the full post regarding our Discord server, where you can also find info on how to join! Social Media We're also adding the basic array of social media websites. In addition to our Steam Group and Facebook Group, you can also follow us on our Facebook Page Twitter Account tumblr blog Back to top ▲ Donations We wanted to create a friendlier donation system, one which allows users to build up their donations towards shiny prizes over time, rather than having to "purchase" specific badges. These changes retroactively take into account previous donations made by members, who have already been notified of their progress towards the next badge via forum mail. Donations now add up to unlock further rewards rather than those rewards having to be obtained with a single donation. New badges have been added Lucent Supporter Radiant Supporter Ascendant Supporter These new badges will remain available far longer than the 3-month run our previous badge sets included. The donation thresholds for Supporter and Shiny Supporter badges have been updated. Click here to read more about the new Donation system. Back to top ▲ Forums We're continuing to improve our array of subforums and forum features. We'll continue to keep an eye on the forums and see what's needed and what isn't. New Forums Minecraft is happening. We promise. Soon™. Also GW 2 raids. A Minecraft forum has been created in our Community Center for all our (future) Minecraft needs. The Lion's Arch Aerodrome forum has been created in the Guild Wars 2 section of the forum for all our raiding needs. Theme Updated An update for our forum theme has been rolled out. Most of these were background upgrades and bug fixes, but some parts of the forums will look slightly different. Please report any issues by replying to this thread or contacting any admin (@Slaywright is our master of themes). This update should fix a number of issues related to the theme. Back to top ▲ Guild Wars 2 Since the team redesign, our GW2 community has been growing strong, and we've been adding quite a few new events to our schedule. Make sure to check the calendar and see what's being added! Community Weekend The Summer Community Weekend has been scheduled on the 23rd and 24th of July Check the Community Weekend thread to see more info about the event All regular events have been unscheduled for the 23rd and 24th, as the Community Weekend takes place at the same time A Community Weekend channel has been created on TeamSpeak Living World Season 3 - Commander Break After the community weekend, Season 3 is going to hit and our commanders are going to be using it for a short three-day vacation from events in order to allow our commanders to focus on Season 3 content. We've noticed event attendance is usually low for the first few days after a content patch anyway and we don't want to put extra stress on our commanders as well as allow everyone to enjoy new content together. All regular events have been unscheduled for Tuesday-Thursday (26th, 27th & 28th of July) to allow our commanders to focus on Season 3. A Season 3 Hype channel has been created on the TeamSpeak for players to socialize in. As new content is introduced, we'll create additional channels if necessary. ~ Back to top ▲

Hey Declan, I can't find you in the welcome room

Due to popular demand, and also just because it's about time, OpenCommunity is finally launching our Discord server! We will mainly just be using it for text communication as we have TeamSpeak for voice, but it's a great way of keeping in touch with everyone out of game. BASIC QUESTIONS What is Discord? Discord is a free communications app which can be installed on your phone, PC, or from a web browser, making it versatile and super easy to access. It supports text as well as voice communication, which is why it's become very popular with guilds and other communities. Is Discord going to replace TeamSpeak in our community? No. Discord's voice capabilities & features cannot compare well to TeamSpeak, and large-scale events would make for a very loud & rowdy channel. TeamSpeak seems to also be more recognizable amongst players. At least for the purposes of public events in Guild Wars 2 - which is our primary use for TeamSpeak right now, we see TS continuing to be a staple. The OpenCommunity event organization team and staff have been using Discord for a while, as it's a really nice way to communicate out of game without sharing personal information (Skype, Facebook, whatsapp, etc. all require some kind of personal info). What kind of stuff are we going to have on the Discord? Lots of stuff! The Discord has channels for chatting about pretty much anything, as well as event notification channels and announcements from the staff, so you'll be able to keep track of stuff that's happening inside the community! Do I need to download anything? Nope, Discord can be run from your browser with full functionality except for the push-to-talk feature, but since we wont be using voice chat on Discord much it doesn't matter anyway Great! How do I join? Simply click this link! In order to ensure the safety of our members and prevent spambots from taking over our server, members need to be verified - all you need to do is reply to this thread. MORE INFO What kind of channels do we have? We have a number of channels, let's dive right in and go through them! When you first connect you will only be able to see the Welcome Room, which contains the rules of our Discord & information on how to verify your identity in order to get access to the rest of our Discord server. Once verified, you'll be able to see a number of rooms: Announcements The announcements chat will be used by the staff to post updates & announcements pertaining to the community. Keep an eye on that one, as we do occasionally say important stuff! Event Notifications The event-notifications chat will be used by our various teams of event organizers to remind / notify members of upcoming events! As right now most of our events are GW2-based, we only need one such channel. In the future, we'll separate our event notification channels by game, so people can unfollow channels of the games they're not interested in. Forum Thread Links Whenever you post something on the forums, feel free to post it in there & briefly say what the thread is about! That way, people will be able to quickly see if any new threads have appeared that they're interested in, and it's a nice way of making sure more people see that thread you've posted! General Chat Minecraft Chat Pokémon Chat Guild Wars 2 Chat Guild Wars 2 Spoilers For discussing GW2 story updates and future release spoilers Overwatch Chat The "chat" channels are intended for random banter of all sorts! Based on experience, it seems to be that: General chat is for cat pictures Pokémon chat is for complaining we don't have Pokémon Go! in our respective countries Guild Wars 2 chat is for screaming "AAA THE NEXT EXPANSION IS COMING!" Essentially, feel free to talk about anything & everything in those channels ~ If you have any questions related to anything at all, feel free to respond to this topic or message on of our moderators or admins!

Oh dear I studied Japanese for like 5 whole minutes and this is what happens! Also, I've been wanting to play Europa Universalis for AGES but I want it to be an imported game from CK2 and I never seem to finish one So I'm just waiting to finish my current run which is already well into the 1300s so I'll get to play EUIV for the first time ever!

Hey folks! Due to popular demand, we've created the raid subforum! A few tips for what to post here: Discuss raids! Discuss raids - raid tactics, mechanics, etc. Advertise your raid group! Have a raid group or trying to build one? Let everyone know! Look for a raid group! Post your stats & specs and let everyone know you're looking for a raid group! Pretty much anything pertaining to raids is fair game! Get raiding!