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So since there seemed to be a lot of interest in this per Jazzy's post I wanted to gather info. I would like suggestions for possible candidates for FOTM games. Pretty much something we could setup and have for a month or two as little events. All opinions and suggestions are appreciated as this will probably determine what I do. This is what I have so far: Minecraft Rust Gmod Ark Terraria TF2 Can really be any game or idea, just want input.

i am retyping this for the third time, i hate my life I will comment on what I think, my opinions don't stand for BDs or higherups, just me I don't think money is an issue at all, but I do agree with the optics. One thing to think about is that RPG servers in general are not doing great right now. Most communities are either struggling to keep pop up or closing their servers. Overall TTT and JB are in a tough spot on CSGO as it keeps leaning towards competitive. I know we have talked about changing things up (adding/removing servers), not sure where that would lead as to what servers, CS2 has kinda delayed that a little tho. I don't think we would ever have someone pay to run their own server, it sounds decent on paper, but like you said; we don't want to turn this into a job. We want AOs to have fun and just manage a server they play on, it takes a lot of fun out of it if they are paying for it, also if it does not do well then they are just throwing their own money into the abyss. Not saying if we were going to get rid of a server and someone wanted to pay to keep it up we wouldn't, just won't make them. Not sure how I feel about this TBH, it could work and do well or could do nothing and lose a few people who used to know us as SG. Making a decision like this is pretty large, also we are by no means at the lowest pop SG has ever been, this community tends to go up and down a lot, would hate to do this and just go down. Not against it at all, just not sure how others would feel or if it even benefits us. You make some good points but also our community has to major search words as a title "Steam" and "Game". I'm really glad you suggested this as it is something I was brainstorming and going to gather insight on soon. I was just talking the other day about how every time we open a Minecraft server it explodes for about a month and then falls off afterwards. Definitely will look into this more, seems like a great way to maximize a player base and get some fun gamin in with the fellas. Either way I agree and will be reaching in this direction soon personally. In terms of internal discussions; if I'm being honest we don't really have them. There is not all this shit happening behind the scenes that you guys don't know about, which is partly an issue on its own. I just had everyone get together for the first "higher up meeting" we have had in quite a long time, and there wasn't any large plans created, more of a way to get everyone together and talking and see if there was anything wanting to be talked about. I'll give ya'll the consensus: Simplify and work on growing the community threw events and other small gatherings, we are small and should focus on building threw our current regs/players as we are probably not going to have a massive breakthrough in popularity randomly. I do agree that we should bring the regulars into decisions and brainstorming for most/all things we do here, it is actually something that I brought up and encouraged AOs/Server managers to do for their server. But ya to clarify we are not hiding anything we have planned, just with the uninformative release of CS2 we are in limbo as for CSGO servers. We have no clue how it will effect plugins or anything to do with community servers and don't want to make any big plans we have to abandon b/c CS2 did not go our way. As for the community aspect I agree and think Hawks' point was good too. We should be focusing on the community itself before we try to release things that we don't or are unsure if we have a backing for. I have actually been planning to run a community game night/discord event and hopefully just get everyone together to play some games and have some fun, maybe a few drinking games for those that choose to participate. Sadly it has been minorly pushed back due to this hurricane trying to bend me over but once I have free time soon it will be a priority for me. I would also like to continue to do these events. In terms of admins a agree and believe most of higherups do as well. We would love to gather more admins as these are also people to get involved and events and just hang out in the community. This kinda goes with the "simplifying" I mentioned before, but we are trying to be more discord oriented as forums in general are sadly dying, they are by no means going anywhere but we have moved things like admin apps over and hopefully a few more. As for perming im not sure about, the "console" or anticheat will autoperm someone for cheating, not that it couldn't be changed. I will say in terms of surf or bhop this will probably never be changed; it is already very hard to catch cheaters in these gamemodes and cheating goes back years in these communities, we also have to go threw and clear each record when this happens. I do think perms themselves can be more lenient tho, there will always be exceptions to this as there are people with a large history that have been given chances that they choose to ignore, appeals act as a way to figure out if someone is acting different/cares about how they acted before. It is hard to comment on this without seeming like I am butt hurt but do note that I care about SG as a community way more then my role as BD and this is by no means just because I am BD. I'm sure this has been talked about before but it is very hard to get rid of this role. BD acts as the "this needs done" at the top end of the community for community driven things (for exp, giving perms to new admins, giving rewards to contest winners, fixing issues with individuals logins/ranks/bans, and a lot more small things). At this point the BDs act as less of decision makers, AOs are brought into almost every discussion including ban appeals and have the power to make their own decisions most of the time (obviously together not as an individual). With all that said they do not have access to do everything in SG (it would be a shit show to change all the information every time an AO steps down), BDs act as a person for AOs to reach out to when little things need done. Getting rid of them would make it all fall on the P and VP and TM, which I can tell you this would slow a lot down and lessen certain things getting done. All of this is just my 2 cents with a little bit of info from higher up discussions or knowledge, just wanted to voice my input. Also I realized that some of it might sound negative or rude, truly didn't mean it; I have typed this 3 times now, one because my power went out and one because my google crashed, so was just pissed I had to type it again.

Bhop Monthly Map Contest If you don't know the monthly map contest is where we pick a singular map each month (soon to be chose by you) to be our contest map. The top 3 records will be chosen to receive prizes. Note: you MUST submit times HERE to be eligible to win. After last month I will be making a few changes, hopefully for the better. We will be changing from 3 to 2 styles to increase the competitiveness and longevity Map of 8/25/23 - 9/25/23 -------------------------------------------------------------- bhop_atom WR - 19.70 Gamebanana Page bhop_atom is a smaller map with more opportunities for skips and time saves, with a record or 19.70 this map should be playable and competitive no matter your skill. Styles and Prizes -------------------------------------------------------- Normal: 1st - 3 Months of Supporter + 5000 Store Credits 2nd - 2 Months of Supporter + 3000 Store Credits 3rd - 1 Months of Supporter + 1500 Store Credits -------------------------------------------------------- Scroll: 1st - 3 Months of Supporter + 5000 Store Credits 2nd - 2 Months of Supporter + 3000 Store Credits 3rd - 1 Months of Supporter + 1500 Store Credits -------------------------------------------------------- A player may only win in one category, if a player wins two, we will let the player pick one and the other will go to the next person in line. If you are unreachable for whatever reason or do not claim your prize after winning we will go to the next person in line. Note: Rewards were changed due to community/player interest, if you would like to see new/different rewards please suggest them below. Submitting Times -------------------------------------------------------- Times will need to be submitted HERE. Please use the template given to submit records. <<Submit Times>> Note: All times must be submitted on the forums to win a prize. This is to make it easier to contact the player and give them their rewards.

A little late on this post but either way the contest did close on the 14th. Anyway the winners are listed below, I will work on getting prizes out ASAP (probably later today or tomorrow). For the categories that were not submitted for (exp 3rd place) the prizes will be recycled into the next bhop competition which will be announced shortly Winners: Normal: - 1st @Sully - 2nd @0̴͔̪͕̫̺̃̈́̆͝͠ Low Gravity: - 1st @Sully - 2nd @0̴͔̪͕̫̺̃̈́̆͝͠ Slow Motion: - 1st @J4 - 2nd @0̴͔̪͕̫̺̃̈́̆͝͠ Thanks to everyone who competed. Note: IF YOU WON IN MORE THEN ONE PLACE/CATEGORY PLEASE MESSAGE ME ON THE FORUMS OR DISCORD WITH WHICH PRIZE YOU WOULD PREFER. YOU ONLY GET ONE>

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Is what it is, he ruined the platform before the name change, people are just mad by a name and a logo. Just rich people doing weird shit you can't control anyway.

So now that I am home I have done a bit of research and talked to some of my fiends in the "building world" and this is what I came up with: You seem to have two "categories"; more affordable and lower quality, not very affordable but the best or the best. On the lower end you have companies like Cyperpower, Ironside, Digital Storm, ext. The main gripe I have with these companies is there lack of pc and building knowledge/experience and their customer service. They do a lot more volume and just don't care as much about the work they are doing. You may get something great and worthwhile, you may have major issues and a very difficult time getting them solved. On the other hand you have the "higher end", these are going to start at $1000 and easily reach upwards of 4-5k or more. This means they will have a better CC and much better customer support as they care to make the best PC and not deal in volume as much. Downside is you need to cut off an arm just for them to do it for you, upside is most of these will come with a warranty, which means if you are not pc savvy at all they can fix and handle everything for you (yes I HIGHLY recommend getting the warrantee even if it costs more). My number one recommendation is to drive to a couple local PC shops that do custom work and see if they could build one for you, will get you the best service, easiest fix if something breaks (you don't have to ship it back), and will be the cheapest option. If you would like me to put a part list together for this option just let me know and give me: a budget, what you want to do (game/render/ext.) and how much you want out of your pc (exp. 4k 124hz on Starfield or SD 244hz on CSGO). Best of luck with your journeys Also, hello old friend

I’m at work currently so I can’t give you as much info as I would like. Main issue with most prebuilt companies is that they charge a ridiculous amount for mid tier parts and put most of the cost into “the work required” which is really none. For exp. The current best build (gaming focused) without spending money on semi useless things would cost about 3k to do yourself, this would be closer to 5k prebuilt. Not saying that you can’t do prebuilt, just keep I. Mind you are going to waste a lot of money. Main thing DO NOT USE STARFORGE, they have had major issues in the past that you can’t find pretty easily as they used to sponsor a lot of streamers and they screwed over their customers on multiple occasions. I can link some “okay” companies when I get home and do a little looking into it. TBH if you live in a decent sized city your best and most efficient route would be finding a local shop that will build it for you if you buy the parts. If you are willing to do a little more work yourself, and have a Microtech near you, you can schedule a pc building time where someone can build it with you and test it.

Ya I do have a specific taste when it comes to rap, This is why only certain Travis Song's stick out to me. But everyone has a different music choice, I know a lot of people who like Travis and have really enjoyed this album. If he did a lot of production for this album that means he is releasing what he likes making which I think every music artist should do, or have the freedom to do. This is nice to see as a lot of music artists are doing the opposite. Over all the album wasn't a complete dogpile for me, there are some songs that I enjoy and I do think the album is very put together from doing a start to finish listen. Very well made for its specific album type. As I did mention it does have resemblance to other popular artist, but I was being very generic as to just describe the album, not bad mouth it. I do enjoy those album types a little (The Life of Pablo, Ye, Days before Rodeo, ext.), there are certain songs I enjoy and might listen to again, overall not my music type though. Still the album production and flow was A+

I'm not a big Travis fan in the first place so take this with a grain of salt. I tend to prefer lyrical artists over ones that focus on the "flow" of the drums, think (Biggie, J Cole, Cordae, Kendrick, Logic, ext. This whole album felt like he was trying to be Kanye but have the beat hit like Denzel. For someone who previously was really good at fitting a verse wherever he could the whole album just seems like it was made to appeal to the "newest rap/hiphop scene". Was a lot of me waiting for a hook or reason to keep listening imo. Don't get me wrong, some tracks stood out for there ability to immerse you into the track (Sirens and Circus Maximus) as stated above, but I still dont think any are something I would add to my playlist for daily driving... in the best way to put it, they hit, once, and then I'm good. Maybe I'm just hating and not seeing anything, but it seems like the producer was more worried about what would hit the hardest and didn't care about the rest of the song. There are many times where the leadup brings us a minute into the song before we get anything, which is fine for 1 song, not 5. After Birds in the Trap and Days Before Rodeo saw major success on there "slow/unimpressive" beats from a longevity pov I was expecting more. Just feels like AstroWorld with more drums. Feel like I was very negative which I hate, b/c there are some Travis songs on my playlist which rank very highly over all for me and I think he can be very lyrical with some of his work. Just seemed like a show for the producer with little input from Travis. More worried about features then just creating a nice flowing rap song.

Newest range build and newest CCW: Posted massive for some reason, Top is my P10F (Apex trigger, apex mag and slide release, talon grips, primary machining precision threaded barrel and comp), planned on getting a new slide when they come in stock and an SRO on top. Bottom is my G48 custom, haven't done much too it but the cerakote is a glock factory coat. Will be customizing it soon

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Bhop Monthly Map Contest A popular event from the past is returning to Bhop with some new changes and styles. If you don't know the monthly map contest is where we pick a singular map each month (soon to be chose by you) to be our contest map. We reset the records for the map and the top 3 records will be chosen to receive prizes. This time we are doing it a bit differently. We will be having 3 total styles; normal, and two that will change every month. This will give a total of 9 people a chance to win. Map of 7/14/23 - 8/14/23 -------------------------------------------------------------- bhop_zyper WR - 53.495 Gamebanana Page bhop_zyper should be a good way to reintroduce the contest; consisting of easy jumps with plenty of opportunity for skips and time saves. Styles and Prizes -------------------------------------------------------- Normal: 1st - AK-47 | Point Disarray (Field-Tested) + 1 Month of Supporter + 3000 Store Credits 2nd - 2 Months of Supporter + 3000 Store Credits 3rd - 1 Months of Supporter + 1500 Store Credits -------------------------------------------------------- Low Gravity: 1st - PP-Bizon | Judgement of Anubis (Minimal Wear) + 1 Month of Supporter + 3000 Store Credits 2nd - 2 Months of Supporter + 3000 Store Credits 3rd - 1 Months of Supporter + 1500 Store Credits -------------------------------------------------------- Slow Mo: 1st -Desert Eagle | Mecha Industries (Minimal Wear) + 1 Month of Supporter + 3000 Store Credits 2nd - 2 Months of Supporter + 3000 Store Credits 3rd - 1 Months of Supporter + 1500 Store Credits -------------------------------------------------------- A player may only win in one category, if a player wins two, we will let the player pick one and the other will go to the next person in line. If you are unreachable for whatever reason or do not claim your prize after winning we will go to the next person in line. Submitting Times -------------------------------------------------------- Times will need to be submitted HERE. Please use the template given to submit records. <<Submit Times>> Note: All times must be submitted on the forums to win a prize. This is to make it easier to contact the player and give them their rewards.

Ya why are you using the forums on 4:3?

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What's your favorite current piece of media? (ie. book, movie, show, ext.) For me I have been really enjoying the new Star Wars releases (Mando and soon Asoka are my favorite atm), I also really enjoyed The Last Of Us show aswell. Looking forward to this new Fallout show, hope it isn't ass.

Poll has been rigged. My $50 will go to charity tho.

How old were you when you joined SG? I was 13-14 I think.

What’s your favorite hobby currently? Mine is probably 2/3 gun or track days.

What game do you have the most hours in? Tracked hours mine is CSGO with around 6k, untracked is probably Minecraft, I have put a generation into that game.