XBA Community Corner Round-Up - April
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Saturday, April 16, 2016
Good afternoon, one and all, welcome to this very special - and brand-spanking new - lil’ monthly feature on XBA, the aptly named 'XBA Community Corner Round-Up,' where - yes, you guessed it - we round up all the highlights and goings-on from our wonderful community and give you an insight into what's going on on our message boards.
Whether you’re an avid completionist and want to test yourself against the challenges in the Maximum Clubs, interested in writing a guide for a game you loved or just want to take to the boards for a chat amongst like-minded gamers, there’s lots of areas to get involved in on the XBA forums and with our community. If social gaming is your thing, why not take some time out and enjoy a few games with friends and fellow members in our weekly community gaming events or even get competitive in our tournaments. Whatever your poison, there’s always something going on, and this here feature will be the place to go for seeing what is coming up in the forthcoming weeks from a community standpoint.
As this is our debut community round-up, let us take a moment to introduce certain elements of the community, those that will crop up, time and time again, during these monthly “what’s on” style posts.
Events Team Round-Up
Xbox Achievements prides itself on being community-oriented and the community gaming program has been one that has been around in various forms over the last 10 years . “How does it work?” you ask. Well, quite simply, each month we choose a selection of relevant games, whether that be new releases, new backwards compatibility titles, new Games With Gold titles or whatever, and we get the community together and play the heck out of them with one another. Whether we’re talking shooters, racing or sandbox titles, our rotating cast of community representatives stand toe-to-toe with our community for some gaming shenanigans.
The Division (Game of the Month)
Saints Row IV (April 18-24) (Games with Gold!)
Sunset Overdrive (April 25-May 1) (Games with Gold!)
If you’re interested in playing any of these games, just pop into their respective threads above and sign-up - just make sure your gamertag is linked to your post or your profile as it makes it easier for us to arrange such events, of course. That’s not all, there’s also forum awards for participating in the community gaming events (and tournaments) too, which are essentially like achievements for your profile!
Whether you are interested in achievement hunting or just want to have some fun, check out the Community Gaming forum for your fill! Fear not though, every month we’ll bring you news of the latest community gaming sessions, and if that’s not enough, you can get involved with Community Thursdays over on our Twitch channel with Dan, Lee and Rich from 5-8pm, GMT.
Guide Team Round-Up
The achievement guides on XBA have been such an incredible asset to the site and its community for such a long-time, and that’s down to the fact that it’s gamers like yourselves - and us - that write them. Ever see a guide for a game though and thought "I could write a better guide than that!" or “Hey, that person helped me with so and so game, I should help others and create a guide for this game I love!” Well, how about putting that into practice. We welcome all guide writers here at XBA, whether you are a seasoned veteran or just starting out, we’re all in the business of helping one another.
Our friendly team and experienced regular writers are here to give as much support as you want, plus you get loads of snazzy forums awards and recognition for your work; as well as being able to say you have an achievement guide published on XboxAchievements.com, the oldest and the biggest Xbox site on the internet. Want to get involved, check out our handy tips in our forums here.
Plus, you can become a member of the fabled Guide Writers’ Guild, a collection of like-minded people who enjoy helping members of the Xbox community by guiding them to every achievement under the sun… well, or at least attempting to! Every month we’ll be bringing you links to the hottest guides here and bringing you the latest news from the world of guide writing.
Maximum Clubs Round-Up
Last but by no means least, we have the Maximum Clubs. So far we’ve played the games, written the guides, got the achievements, and now, it’s time to bask in your own successes and see your names in light in the fabled Maximum Clubs.
What are the Maximum Clubs and how do you get involved? Simple! The Maximum Clubs are, of course, centered around those lovely achievements. Complete games, finish challenges, sign uo and then soak up the adoration of the achievement chasing community… well, maybe not for Avatar though, eh? What we’ll talk about today though is the community challenges…
Whether you’ve finished a game and want the world to know, or you want to attempt our challenges, our Maximum Clubs board is the place for you, and in these here monthly posts, we’ll be bringing you the latest challenges, while also shining our light on those intrepid and impressive enough to not only tackle them, but conquer them!
If you want to get involved now, the latest of our challenge clubs to go live is 'The Best of 2015' challenge club, incorporating some of the best games from that year, as well as a new tier 4 challenge (i.e. hard as nails) for our racing games club, 'Off to the Races'.
Besides these latest clubs, we have a plethora of other challenge/franchise clubs available for you to attempt, as well as various other site award orientated clubs to get stuck in to. These include staff clubs (clubs made by the staff members of the XBA); subscriber clubs, which are made by the community’s subscribers; and a game-specific club for every game made for the Xbox platform, amongst other things. There will be something there for everyone of every taste in gaming, so go check it out now.
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That about nails everything we wanted to cover in this debut post, do come and play some games with us, get involved on the forums and just generally have fun. Keep an eye out for these monthly features from here on out, where we’ll also be bringing you the latest community news on XBA, plus updates on what’s new on the site.