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<img style="margin:8px 8px 8px 8px;" src="http://www.vanguardspheres.com/gallery/files/1/svbanner.gif" border="0" alt="" align="left" width="180px" /> Good morning, everyone! Today, we have a few topics that touch slightly outside the world of MMOG's, and into the lives of the people who play them.

Silky Venom's "How gaming changed my life" series touches on a story about a couple met by seeking out group members 2 years ago, and found that they had more in common then they thought! They are now about to adventure into the future together! Congratulations to Tauh and Ielenya! You can read their story by visiting this article.

Ten Ton Hammer's first of a series of articles A Hopeful Promise: My first MMO (Part 1) tells us the trials and tribulations of the first-time gamer's struggles to find their way into the game. Once he finally makes his way in, will the struggles to understand the basic techniques of gameplay be too much for him to handle? Mogedan Carns shares the roller coaster of thoughts and feelings with us.

Sigil has reported a bug for some users trying to submit their Beta application. According to Ozuri (Zack Karlsson), Online Director Business Development, some e-mails contained the link to the application but no username to log in. Ozuri has confirmed that new e-mails were sent out to all that have reported having this bugged e-mail. If this applies to you, please visit this thread to report the problem.

Forum Debrief:

• Zack "Ozuri" Karlsson says "When it doubt, check it out!" Full thread
• Todd Masten speaks about the flow of the music in game Full thread
• Micheal Butler gives us a heads up on where to find information on a potential email virus Full thread