Just curious, really. What’s everyone going to be playing? Or, if your Spring break is in progress/already over, what did you play? I’m probably going to be playing a lot of Starcraft: Brood War, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty beta, Team Fortress 2, and just a little bit of the Blur multiplayer beta. If you’d like to join me in any of those, (except Blur) instructions for how to do so are in our lovely forums. Anyway, this post is all about you guys. So please, take less than a minute and write up a comment! I really am genuinely interested in every response!

…actually, it has been for eight days now. TAGJ’s very own form, The Astringent Gaming Community, is right here! Or you can just click “Forums” at the top of this very page! We have sections dedicated to BlazBlue, Guilty Gear, Monster Hunter, Starcraft, Starcraft II, Super Smash Brothers, Super Street Fighter IV, and Team Fortress 2 already.

Got a group or clan, but want more people to play with? Just start a thread!

If you play a game we don’t currently have support for, just ask for it!

We’re doing this so everyone can have more fun, so hop on over to the forum and get to posting! The community is small, but we’re all having a great time so far. We look forward to meeting you!

Hello everyone, and welcome to our first Speak Up! This is my way of thanking those of you who keep coming back to the site, keep commenting, and just generally stay involved. Once a week (probably on Fridays) I’m going to make sure I’ve seen all the comments posted this week, and pick a few of the ones that I think are the most insightful, funny, or that I just like personally. At some point we’ll have to develop a picture for these posts. For now, though, hit read more and let’s get this community appreciation feature started!

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Today is a glorious day, my friends. Today shall forever be known as the day The Astringent Gaming Journal reached 11,111 views.

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[Big thanks to Mr. Origami for doing this logo for me! Respekt!]

That’s right! Behind the scenes, slaving away, (but having the time of my life) there’s been me, playing the Starcraft II beta. This is my grand contribution to the 11,111th view celebration. I might even call it an extravasplosion. (crtl + f, extravasplosion)

I beseech you, everyone: hit the jump the read this post in its entirety, and check out both the post from Mr. Wirefly and the post from Mr. Origami. Let’s get started.

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The above (click the picture to see it full-size) is a shot from Friday, January 22nd, during our weekly Friday night TF2 event. This takes place every week on the same server, thanks to our affiliates, the All Originals Server Community! Leading BLU is me, [TAGJ] Origin [AO]. Leading RED is Mr. Wirefly, [TAGJ] Eden [AO]. He and I were the only ones representing TAGJ at that point, though we usually have a much better turnout. Regardless, the screenshot is epic.

Now, to explain the mysterious “TAGC”. It stands for The Astringent Gaming Community, but what is that? Well, let me put it like this…

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