Hey everyone, just wanted to let you all know OS now has an official Discord that you can join right now. We’ve kicked around Discords for individual games in the past, but it felt like the right time to make it more of an official thing.
Steve and I have wanted to get this going for a bit because we obviously still hear from y’all who are unhappy with some stuff on the forums, plus when there are forum outages we still want to have a place for everyone to hang. My overarching goal for the longer term is to have both Discord and the forums ultimately work together. There are some logistical issues with the vBulletin forums that don’t allow things to sync right with Discord so there will be a little maneuvering as we try to get mods and forum members any proper roles/tags they need on the Discord, but we can work through that stuff easily enough as people join.
Our general goal is to give people more options to interact with OS community members, whether that’s Discord, the forums, this newsletter, or improved apps. If people want to stick more to the forums, that’s cool. If people want to stick more to the Discord, that’s also cool. In my perfect world, we do a lot of BSing and day-to-day chatting on the Discord about games and sports, and then more of the “in-depth” discussions or hefty things like long slider breakdowns or analysis of gameplay end up on the forums so that can act as a sort of “best of” area for anything OS community related. That said, you all will ultimately shape how the ecosystem shakes out, I just want to give you spaces you like so you can have a good time with other folks in the community.
The same general rules will apply on the Discord as they do on the forums, and we’ve brought most of the forum categories to the Discord as well so there should not be too much confusion as you navigate around.
With the Operation Sports and Discord announcement now out there, it’s also worth mentioning our OS premium newsletter, which quietly launched a couple of weeks ago. Built off the Not Just Another Roster Update newsletter, it offers a mix of retrospectives, guides, interviews and deeper dives into the sports gaming world—covering both current and classic titles.
The 2019 Atlanta Braves have wrapped up the month of April on a high note leading the National League Eastern Division. The teams focus going forward is to stay on top of the Eastern Division by getting on base more often by putting more balls into play and taking more walks. Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker was heard saying in an interview that "Luckily a lot of situations have worked out in our favor up until this point. April was a good month for the long ball and while we enjoy pleasing the fans with electrifying moments, our goal is to score runs and win games by any means possible. The pitching staff has exceeded our expectations and looks good going forward into the rest of the season. We've had a few injuries early in the season but our teams trainers and medical staff professionals are doing everything they can to keep the team healthy. It's a shame that starting pitcher Mike Foltynewicz has been put on the DL this early in the season as he is an integral part of our starting rotation. LRP Sean Newcomb has been full filling his role in the starting rotation and after talking with Foltynewicz he's in good spirits and is looking forward to returning to the team later this year. Unfortunately, one of our utility men Charlie "Clutch" Culberson, was injured playing AAA ball just as he was expecting to be called back up and is also recovering nicely. There is a lot of baseball left this year and all we can do is take it one day and one game at a time. We are a team of fighters, the boys never give up and always play their hearts out. We've got a few kinks to iron out as the season progresses but I have total confidence that we will see you in the post season as we try to reclaim our long overdue World Series Championship title."
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