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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.
Liverpool's summer signing of Sadio Mané proved profitable early in his Reds career, as he beat Petr Čech as well to give the lead back at 2-1 in the 34'. However, again, a resiliant Arsenal--which is something that has been lacking in years past under former boss Arsene Wenger, would find an equalizer from a Theo Walcott pass into an overlaping Héctor Bellerín, notting the game at 2-2 just before the break.
Arsenal brought on Alexis Sánchez at the hour mark--and it would take him just 17' before a Bellerín cross found the pacey winger turned striker, as he smashed it home past Karius--giving the Gunners a 3-2 lead, that they would not relenquish. Sánchez, who had been cleared by team physios to play was not selected by Hedges in the starting XI for precautionary mesasures, but did advise prematch that the Chilean superstar may see the pitch if need be.
Arsenal head to Leicester next Saturday for the Foxes' home opener at the King Power Stadium.
LONDON – The two giants of Group A in Arsenal and PSG would face off in North London on Matchday 3 of the Champions League Group Stage. The scoring would begin in the 22’ with a goal from Alexis Sánchez. It would take him just 4 more minutes before he found the back of the net again, putting the Gunners up 2-0, just 26 minutes into the match.
PSG increased their attacking intensity at the close of the first half, with Edinson Cavani firing a rocket past Petr Cech, to bring the Parisians back to just one goal down, 2-1 at the break. Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin was in superb form in the first half, completing 12 tackles—as he was all over the pitch making tackles and intercepting passes.
The 2nd half was tightly contested, with both teams barely missing goals at both ends, but Sánchez finally broke through in the 77th minute with a brilliant header from Gabriel, which appeared to put the game on ice—with the hosts up 3-1. However, a mere 2 minutes later, Italy International Marco Veratti sliced through the Arsenal defense to bring it back to 3-2. The closing moments were shaky at The Emirates, but The Gunners were able to hold on to earn the highly valuable 3 points.
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