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I've recently started trying digital art, as opposed to the typical paper & pencil I've used since my pre-elementary school days. I've recently changed up what style I use, going from an airbrush set at 70 to the marker tool. This is all in FireAlpaca btw, with a Wacom Intuos. To be honest, I'm content with how it turned out. I hope you all like it just as much as I do. It's not the best. The shape of the left eye (or goggle), is a bit off, and I probably should have used a stencil for the more rounded shapes.

We've got Mr. Observant over here. He donated, made the message, thumbs up in the picture. He should be set honestly.

The oath has been fulfilled. This man's debt to Xeno Gamers' society has been paid.

I'll unban once I'm home

Honestly, i don't see why you couldn't just lower the requirements to like 2 +1s and not 7 plus an admin (at least for TF2). I honestly don't see how getting 2 members to +1 it is hard. A few times, i have seen people join not even be that much of a conversationalist and still get the vouches because they are active on the server and they see them a lot. Even two vouches seems to be fair because if you wish to join xG, it should take some part on the other person's end to get to know the community. a bunch of new members is fine, but what happens when people try to join the clan under a different name then what is recognized on the servers? For example. Say User A, was is a little bit of a jerk to the point where you can justify a -1, he can theoretically get in because some people just don't pay attention to the member submission, since it's lower down on the website. another concern of mine is that it makes it much harder to tell who is and who isn't in xG with the large amount of member requests that will theoretically be made. I don't know, i think it's just a very dramatic change, could it work? Sure, but i guess my concerns are about what could happen. I'm not sure what the community in CS:GO is like but there are a lot of silly people in TF2. Also i'm just a little concerned about dividing members between Juniors and Seniors. It makes me feel that there is gonna be a sense of superiority over people who haven't been here or who aren't that active on forums. I honestly think that we are all xG members, and just adding junior and senior might be a bit confusing or breed some unforeseen shit-posting. Trust me, I've been on other forums who have had problems like that where people fought over post count and other similar things. (Muthead.com being one of the worst offenders despite being a very informative website) EDIT: also why don't we move the membership forum up on the website? As i mentioned before member submissions are at the bottom of the website, if you wanna push member applications, why not make an advertisement on the website AND move the members section up more and move some of the lesser used forms lower? @Aegean

Also, just for reference in case anyone isn't familiar (source: Want To Get Unbanned? ):

I <3 Xenogamers is what it says

+1 i like the thumbs up cool jb dude even though jb is ded. We unbanned amy so why not unban this guy, people chane.

whenever i look at it i always see the mouth as a heart and the nose as a shoe, send help

I've been following this for awhile now, and I think I'll share my opinions. :nailbiting: I think switching over to this new system is a good idea. Speaking from my own experience, if you can't distinguish yourself as easily as others (especially if you don't own a mic, or if it is broken like mine was until a few weeks ago), you didn't have a chance of being accepted as a member of xG no matter how much you played the servers, or how much you enjoyed your time on them. This new system doesn't require users to distinguish themselves per se, which does show a con of the new system. Others have correctly pointed out that getting into xG now doesn't feel like anything special anymore. Any applicant now has a high chance of being accepted, and we will end up with members who are like strangers to us. But is that really a bad thing in the long run? I think this switch of how applications are accepted is a sign of xG's growth, and I'm pleased to see an increase in numbers even if it means sacrificing part of the blissful feeling of being part of a tight-knit community. In addition, Aegean wants to incorporate a system of 'member ranks' where you could progress on a junior-senior level somehow (by posts, time in-game?) which does help compensate for a rise in membership. This way, members of higher tier represent "family" part of this growing community, and the lower tier members represent the "friends" part of xG. I guess the question comes down to what counts most in being a member of xG, playtime/appreciation or being distinguished/knowing people. Both are valuable, but which counts the most? So, after two months of my first application I am inspired to reapply soon. Plus, I have some friends who I can ask to vouch for me for good measure, and I can have some confidence that I'll actually be accepted! :eek: In the end, I believe this new system will work out for the better. Even if it doesn't, there are checks in it so that no "bag-eggs" can join as members, and also checks in it should it completely fail.

I'll be honest I shouldn't have gone on to mod the server that late at night while my brain was fried and tired from doing other things earlier in the day. So yes I should've given him a warning before banning him. But like what @TheSupremePatriot said you still shouldn't go around claiming you're an admin. So @virr if you are going to unban or shorten it please also do it for "Still not a festive scorpion" as it was the same for him. If you need more of the story of what happened @Bombor was there before me. He told me they were going to ddos and ban him so i got on there's that.

I just want to clarify a few things that people seem to misunderstand from my previous posts. Member tags will not change from [xG] or xG | or however you put xG in your name, the junior - senior example is something that will be automated via forums, and it will just give people a sense of accomplishment upon several hurdles that we set (i.e. amount of posts + time registered on forums). We will discuss this in detail once it's fleshed out. Getting membership was much harder and more of an accomplishment in the past, that is of course true. We made it like this because as I reiterate, the higherups do not like the idea of someone joining our servers, wanting to be a member, not being vocal enough or standing out by being funny or really good, and then not getting accepted into the community. We obviously can not force people to vouch for others, nor can we assume they will remember every member who goes on the servers. Letting members in and following alongside our competitors in this aspect is a net gain because we gain a population growth while the newer players feel like they have a place they can call home in xG. Member protests exist! We can always get rid of members who do not deserve to be a member, this should not be an issue. IF all hell breaks loose, and we truly did make a mistake, we can always change the rules around submissions. Nothing is set in stone.

most advertisements are based on your search history whether you have deleted it or not! what have you been doing you little 8 year old rascal?

Why not dump all my drawings here? I can never get hair or eyes right and also weeb.