On January 3rd, I made a blog announcing that the current Tengaged Advisory Council would be removed and replaced with a new version that would primarily be focused on special events. In that blog, we asked Tengaged members to apply to become either Event Coordinators or a member of the Social Media team. Applications closed on the 5th and over the last week or so, the applications were being reviewed. Late applications were not accepted.
I'd like to first start off by announcing that several members of the former Advisory Council will be staying on to help out in various roles. These members are PureEssence, Slice, Washed_Ravioli, and SmoothStalker12. The four of them alongside the moderators were responsible for reviewing the applications.
Let me first start off by saying that most of the applicants were reviewed anonymously (after being run through me). I say most because names were excluded from some, but some identifying factors may have stayed in since I didn't remove content of the application. They were all assembled in a Discord channel and voted on. From there, we assembled the ones who had the most positive reactions to them and those people will make up the team. I personally did not cast a vote on any of the applications to avoid any accusations of bias since I had received them all.
IF YOUR APPLICATION WAS REJECTED, I first would ask you to read the paragraph above (assuming some of you will skip straight to the list below) to fully understand the process that we took. We received plenty of applications, especially for the Events Coordinator positions. In my view, there were many applicants who were more than capable/qualified for the positions, but it was entirely based on the effort they put into their applications. From what I can see from who has been chosen, the more effort that was put into the application, the better the result. All of those chosen had provided plenty of ideas for new games/events and reasons why they felt they were capable. There will be future opportunities to get involved as an Events Coordinator or other roles we establish throughout the time, so stay tuned for those.
With all of that being said, here is the official list of the new Tengaged Advisory Council. Invites to the Discord server will go out soon.
There has not been much that has happened over the last little while in terms of special games and some of you have noted this. For that reason, I have decided to host several today. The next two full rotations will contain special games, starting with the Castings that is filling right now. More information below.
Special Castings
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The next two castings to fill (including the one that is currently filling) will be for an opportunity to win Stars tickets. The winner of each game will receive a Stars ticket. Additionally, once the games have filled, I will use random.org to randomly choose one person from each game to receive 50T$.
Happy Birthday PrincessTeePee!
I intended on blogging this at midnight, but was waiting on a few people’s responses! As I know how much this blog will mean to you, I compiled a few little blurbs from some of your friends on here. Here they are:
"Happy Birthday Alicia! In all the years that I have known you, you have always been one of the nicest people on Tengaged to me. You are an absolute sweetheart, and I know that no matter how long we go without speaking, that you'll always be around! You're an absolute gem and anybody who has you as a friend is lucky! I know how much this blog will mean to you! I hope that you have an amazing day, because you are an amazing person. Love ya!"
- brandonpinzu
"Alicia! My ultimate frenemy, however, we’re moreso friends now than enemies. I think you’re an absolute sweetheart and you always support me in everything I do, so thank you. You’re an absolute force in any game you play and for that I respect you. Have an amazing birthday, I love you queen!"
- Lemjam6
"Alicia, the most crazy Liverpool girl you can meet on Tengaged. Opinionated, honest, but at the same time very kind and understanding. An all-around great person with usually good music taste (though there are some exceptions...). Happy Birthday! Hope to meet you if I come to North West."
- ricktworick1
"Happy birthday Alicia! I hope you have an amazing day! You are a really lovely and kind person and I’m so glad that I have known you and been friends with you for many years! Even if u support Man U :p"
- Blitszims
"happy birthday tp, cant believe how quick time flies, you would have been teenager in the first game we play, the first stars giveaway, stars 28!! hope you have a lovely day, you deserve it, for consistently being such a lovely person. have a piece of chocolate birthday cake for me!"
- bibbles
"Happy birthday Alicia! Can't believe it's been 9 years on TG now, and you haven't changed a bit, hehe ;) thanks for always being a sweet girl, hope you have a good day and H&B finally give you some solid time off! Much love"
- BengalBoy
"Happy birthday Alicia! We’ve been interacting more lately via blogs and I’m so glad we have. I really love how calm and rational you are even in the most dramatic moments and always have the right thing to say. You are a tg legend and contribute a lot to this site and I cannot imagine it in your absence. You’re extremely intelligent, beautiful and kind, I hope I get the opportunity to continue yo get to know you better, hope you have an amazing day to celebrate ❤️💕"
- Anas
"Happy birthday Alicia! Hope you have a wonderful day and that your charity goes well (sorry I missed it).
You're one of the few bright sparks on this website that make it great to be here. Plus you have an awesome taste in music. 😁"
- Yoshitomi
“Hey Alicia,
I am Luca, messy italian. I don't know you a lot, but you have been supportive to me a lot of occasions. It's nice talking with you and playing tsc with you since you give me points a lot :P.
I wish you a happy birthday and may the best things happen to you”
- LiukBB
“Happy Bithdays 80s music lover buddy. I hope you have an amazing day and thank you for all the 0 points you give me in TSC. It's really appreciated. :p Best wishes!”
- Catch_a_falling_star
It's been a while since I've hosted special games, so I've decided to go ahead and do some this afternoon. There's also not many Stars Tickets out there, so I thought I'd give some people an opportunity to play for some. Here's the plan for today:
Special Castings: Stars Tickets + Bonus Prizes
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To get the current Castings to fill, once the game has filled, I will random.org 3 people to receive prizes. Two people will get Stars Tickets and the other will get 50T$. Good luck to those who decide to join!
The winners will be announced in this blog, so pay attention to that later on.
The game will also have some bonus prizes:
1st place: An additional 150T$ + a Stars Ticket
2nd place: An additional 100T$.
3rd place: An additional 75T$.
4th place: An additional 50T$.
Special Frookies: Stars Tickets + Bonus Prizes
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The next two Frookies (the one that fills after the Castings outlined above and the one that fills after the Fastings outlined below) to fill will have additional payouts.
The updated payouts will be as follows:
1st place: An additional 100T$ + a Stars Ticket
2nd place: An additional 75T$
3rd place: An additional 50T$
4th place: An additional 25T$.
5th: An additional 15T$.
Every player starts with 10T$. Winner of each PoV earns an additional 5T$. Anyone is eligible to be nominated, though the only way to gain T$ is to win PoV or stay in an eviction against someone else. Whoever stays in the eviction "steals" the T$ of the evicted player and adds to their T$ balance. Bonus T$ for the finalists:
1st place: An additional 25T$ + a Stars Ticket
2nd place: An additional 15T$.
3rd place: An additional 10T$.
I will update this blog with the information on who's receiving T$, so stay tuned!
