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Unfortunately due to being on vacation I was unable to make any fine tune changes on this newsletter. Data was used just before I left. Have a great new year everyone!

BG Member Of The Week: Ryko

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. I joined BG in 2005 after months of lurking and a year+ of harassing Dragoons on the GameFAQs FFXI forum.

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. This one took some thought but I think the answer is Dungeon Fighter Online. I'm a…

Happy Holidays BG!

BG Member Of The Week: Psion

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. I joined the forum in November 2007, so I guess that means i've been around for about 7 years. I'm pretty sure I lurked for longer than that though, since zilart release in NA.

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. I would probably say FFXI, but not so much because it's the best game ever, despite it being great in story, music, etc. It's because I was quickly picked up b…

So I'm pretty sure you're all noticing the green names floating around on the forums. Some of them used to be mod blue but now they are like well... like mine. Say hello to your BG Content staff! We're mostly focused on driving content on the forums. The newsletter, blogs, or maybe just threads to generate discussion or interest.

BG Member Of The Week: Fievel

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. I joined the forum late 2008, but like many others I read for a while before joining.

Q.…

BG Member Of The Week: Lyall

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. I have officially been a member since January of 2011, but I've been lurking here since before the Great Salvage Ban of '09.

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. I'm definitely a "never forget your first" kind of person, so my favorite game is the original Legend of Zelda on the NES. I've done basically everything there is to do in it barring a three-heart no-sword challenge. I was so stoke…

BG Member Of The Week: TummieGaruda

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. Joined September of 2008

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. This is a difficult answer, but I will have to say Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I was in High School when the game came out and I remember staying up late on school nights with my cousin playing the game without any walkthroughs. I enjoyed the story line and the music so much that every so often I go back and replay i…

BG Member Of The Week: Waraji

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. I've been on BG since about 2006 but finally started posted in 2008.

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. Like most of you, I never have One favorite game, but there are games I keep going back time and time again. I'm mostly an RPG player, so I've done several of playthroughs of Final Fantasy X, Seiken Densetsu 3, and Fallout 3.

Q. Let's face it, while BG is a lot of things, it is pretty…

BG Member Of The Week: Melena

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. I joined in October, 2006. As a lot of others in that time frame, FFXI was the bee's knees and all the great drama was on BG. Being a member of IRON on Bismarck at that time, we found ourselves in a lot of the drama. Everything from the graphical glitch that made it look like one of our Drk/Sam's having a kraken club in the offhand, to everything Tredvolt and even Kiluminati, RustyMetal and crew's unhealthy obsession wit…

Full disclosure, I've been sick all week and wasn't able to really check in on what threads were hot this week. You should definitely look at the Ragns stats for last month though!

BG Member Of The Week: Krandor

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. Since 2005, I believe I specifically made an account to send some PMs to people to learn about the new hotness of PLD/NIN

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. Tie between Castlevania SOTN and Final Fantasy Le…

New Sections Added
Video of the Week: This section will highlight a random video selected from the Best Videos on Youtube section or just a random video found by someone on the site. Ideally want something current/new and something work safe. Additionally if you want to send it to me in a pm or want it to be an anonymous video donation you are free to do so and I won't cite you if …

BG Member Of The Week: Scythiroth

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. I had to look this up in my profile, but 8 years apparently. o.o I was quite obsessed with FF11 (like most people here) and this was pretty much the place to be for amusing drama and endgame info. Even if I was mostly just a lurker back then.

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. Xenogears. Final Fantasy 7 got me into JRPGs, but Xenogears was the game that made me realize how great a st…

BG Member Of The Week: kuronosan

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. About 6-7 years now. I joined before BLU was a thing and before we had to re-register for the forums.

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
20 year old game spoiler inc. Don't you cry about it! XD
A. Chrono Trigger is probably the all-time favorite of mine. I love the closed-loop nature of the story and the idea that the entire existence of the universe was the dying recollection of some e…

BG Member Of The Week: shidobu

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. My account says 2008 but it feels like longer. I use to post on KI thread back in my XI days. Then ended up here some how!

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. It's easy to say FF11 mainly because of the people and friends i've made in my career(ff11 was a full time job), but that may just be nostalgia talking.

Q. Let's face it, while BG is a lot of things, it is pretty well known for Fi…

BG Member Of The Week: Adajer

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. Nov 2006. Joined because it was best forum for FFXI I could find. Lurked until about 2012.

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. I dont have a definitive favorite single game. I really love the Suikoden series. FFXI was awesome, really want to play it again but I just...cant. I think I am the only person who really liked FF Tactics Advance 2. Oh, and Tetris. And..

Q. Let's face it, while B…

We interrupt your newsletter to talk about what happened at TGS last week. Now this is just the briefest of brief glimpses at the things we are hype about on BG!

To get this started... FFXV trailer! http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/102109-Final-Fantasy-XV-HOLY-SHIT-THERE-S-ACTUALLY-NEWS?goto=newpost

Bloodborne gameplay! 30 minutes of it! http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/121521-Bloodborne-(PS4)-February-5th-2015-(Japan)?goto=newpost

And of course the HD Fantas…

Our second week of this newsletter and I am very excited to bring you guys the latest news for this week! I'm going to test new ideas slowly and see how they go over with everyone. If I don't think that people are enjoying the new additions I'll swap them with new ones. Additionally if I feel like they are big hits of course they can stay. Don't worry. If your idea is not immediately used this doesn't mean I didn't read it or I'm not going to try it. For now I am introducing things slowly, may…

Hello BGers! This is a new weekly newsletter for your BG. So what's in store for our newsletter?

- Getting to know a BG member.
This person will be randomly selected based on activity. So if you're around a lot, you will be in the pool to be selected!
- Game releases along with your favorite game news poster's opinion, 6souls.
I can't keep up with all the games that come out all the time--but I know someone who does keep on top of this! Additionally if you are the person selected for the int…