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Posted on January 8, 2009 at 11:45 PM.

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Talk about a crazy first week back at work here at EA Canada. As a first blog post here in OS, I wanted to share a little of what I do in my day-to-day as a Community Manager. I really do think I have one of the sweetest gigs around and I consider myself pretty lucky to work with the talented people that I do.

Fight Night Round 4 - I'm in the midst of putting together our Community Day event near the end of February and putting out invites to EA Fight Night fans. I'm a huge fan of the game myself and really excited about having some of the community come on in and check out what's in store.

If you haven't yet chimed in on the Ali vs Tyson debate, check it out on the official website: Fight Night Round 4 and talk about it in our forums (as well as on the OS ones of course). I'm looking for an OS representative as well (non-editor) so if anyone is interested have one of the OS editors here send me your info.

NBA LIVE - I've been working with the NBA LIVE team who I know are present on these boards quite a bit. I think it's great that they are out in the community talking and listening to the fans and from what I can tell from their planning, the game is going to, once again, make some huge strides.

We've just launched our NBA LIVE Staff Group Page where, along with here, I've asked them to talk about their behind the scenes look at the game as well as talk about who they are in general. Check out Gameplay Producer Jeff Antwi's look at some of the talent from a recent Motion Capture session, Gameplay Designer Ryan Santos' Sneak Peek at some of the new kicks that will be in the game, Game Producer Marcus Stephenson with another Dynamic DNA - Live 365 article, and Gameplay Designer Mike Wang talks about his recent thoughts during his holiday break.

NHL - On behalf of the team, I'm excited that OS has recognized the hard work that the team has done over the past year(s), and thank the editors for this honor. Being recognized by the gang here for the SPOY is some huge recognition and I know the team will be pleased to hear that they're the recipients of this year's award.

For those of you that are interested, there were also a couple of Q&A's on the upcoming 3 on 3 NHL Arcade game soon-to-be released. Check out my Q&A with Matt Mahar and ESPN's Jon Robinson's Q&A with Matt and David Littman.

I've also began to Simulate NHL Games of the Week and you can check out our first round of sims to see if you agree with what NHL 09 predicts.

NCAA Basketball - Looks like the voting is just about all counted up for the EA SPORTS Toughest Places to Play contest and if you haven't had a chance to vote yet, I'm told they'll be shutting it down this weekend. I've also been told that I may have a chance to visit a couple of the schools to write about it so I'm personally really excited about that! Take me to UCLA!!!

Make sure you also check out Producer Novel Thomas' handy work in his Hoops 101 videos that give you the edge in the game. I'm working with them as well to get their Staff Group page up, though I know that the team has a lot of presence on these boards as well and I know they've had a lot of interaction with you folks already.

I'll come back from time to time to share my thoughts & rants with you as I know that the hardest core fans are here at Operation Sports and I wanted to acknowledge that and share a little of what goes on here at EAC. Feel free to message me directly or leave me comments and I'll do my best to respond to them. In the meantime, I'm prepping for a trip to Orlando next week to meet up with my fellow Community Managers from around the world and plan our ideas for the upcoming quarter.

I can't wait to get out of the snow and into some warm Florida sun!!!

Comments

# 1 ChaseB @ Jan 9

Here at OS there are three OS-selected Fight Night community leaders. They are: Complex, Money99, and JayBee74. So one of those guys would be your best bet I would think.

# 2 sk88z @ Jan 9

Thanks Chase. Appreciate the feedback. That makes for a tough choice. We should have them do some online battles using FN3 and see who comes out on top

# 3 ChaseB @ Jan 9

Ha, yea I mean we decided to have the community pick 2-3 people for each game just so if someone was busy or couldn't make it another could fill in. For other community events the community leaders have been very fair and democratic about the whole process, so I hope this will go that way as well.

# 4 Steve_OS @ Jan 9

Great blog, good info. Looking forward to more. Happy New Year.

# 5 sk88z @ Jan 9

Thanks guys. Happy New Year to you as well, Steve.

Chase, love your comment on the SPOY post. I'd make sweet love to NHL 09 as well but I'm a married man. She already feels I'm cheating on her with my mistresses named Golf, Gaming, and Sports.