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#1 hendrix29
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I envision turning this into an editorial itself, but for right now, I want you guys to have your input on it. For all the talk about unions being in decline, there has been an impressive class of unions made this year, many contributive to the gamespot community, or gaming community in one way or another. I want you guys to help me out here, what unions have you joined, or seen from this year that get the nod. I'll list quite a few that I think have made a difference, sort of by release:

1) Portable System Wars

2) Elder Scrolls Fan Union

3) Consoles Debate Union

4) Game Designers Universe (Now dead, but good while it lasted)

5) Union Leader Council

6) Gamespot Community

7) Club Whatever

8 ) Thinking Outside the Box Union

9) Sector 7

10) Rapture

11) Graphic Studio

12) Nintendo Revolution

13) Mafia

What are some I've missed, and I know there's plenty to note, please fill me in. I'd love to highlight the unions made this year, but obviously everyone is limited to not knowing every single one. If you think there's a union that has been strong, and made a difference, feel free to post it!

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#2 Lazdude
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Wow thats alot of quality unions, right there - amazing that they were all founded this year.
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I have about three i'd like to mention.
Club Whatever
Union Leader Councel
And The Gaming Universe.
All are pretty good unions.
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#4 hendrix29
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I have about three i'd like to mention.
Club Whatever
Union Leader Councel
And The Gaming Universe.
All are pretty good unions.siberian142

I want to see some you can add for this list, if you've got any.

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[QUOTE="siberian142"]I have about three i'd like to mention.
Club Whatever
Union Leader Councel
And The Gaming Universe.
All are pretty good unions.hendrix29

I want to see some you can add for this list, if you've got any.

What do you mean:??
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#6 hendrix29
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those are all unions on the list already..
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Graphic Studio was formed this year, 20000 posts, 330 members and 150k views. I think it deserves to be there.
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#8 hendrix29
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oh, I didn't realize that was this year, I thought it was formed last year.
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Must agree with most of the list mentioned
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#10 hendrix29
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anyone have anything else to add?
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#11 siberian142
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those are all unions on the list already.. hendrix29
Gaming Universe isn't on the list yet.
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oh, I thought you meant Game Designers Universe, ok, I'll check that out.
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from my blog:

My Hand-Picked Best Unions of 2007

The ****of 2007 is here, meaning any union made this year could have a chance to win my best unions award. Of course, it's only that top unions that do however, and I'd like to give those unions their recognition that they deserve for being among the best made this year. I am not giving any union a certain award, just the top unions is the order in which they were made. So, the most recent unions are last on the list.

1) Portable System Wars

Date Created: Jan. 13th

# of Members: 1392

# of Views: 128289

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Description: The first union to grace this list is a popular one. Portable System Wars boomed to huge activity, and popularity in its first four months, with plenty of contests, discussions and such to make it still popular (though not nearly as active) today. Looking to discuss or debate portable systems, this is the place to go.

2) The Elder Scrolls Fan Union

Date Created: Jan. 31st

# of Members: 1992

# of Views:244923

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Description: It helps that I lead this union, but anyway, TESFU is second in views among unions made this year, slightly behind the next entry on the list, the Consoles Debate Union. It also holds the highest amount of members for any union this year. Also, it boasts weekly features such as Weekly Dungeons, Mods of the Week, and Elder Scrolls Literature among much more for the ultimate archive experience. It has been nominated for union that should be gamespot endorsed at the union awards.

3) Consoles Debate Union

Date Created: Feb. 10th

# of Members: 498

# of Views: 251671

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Description: The most viewed union made this year, the Consoles Debate Union has an excellent core of posters throughout. Not a system wars or fanboy union, CDU imposes strict rules on its members to prevent fanboyism. They contain debate and discussion threads, officer roles and more.

4) Graphic Studio

Date Created: Mar. 4th

# of Members:332

# of Views: 151050

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Description: Perhaps the prettiest union made this year, Graphic Studio is a designers universe, sharing sigs of the week. They also hold a colosseum, tutorials, and requests. It has been nominated for best presentation at the union awards.

5) Club Whatever

Date Created: Jun. 12th

# of Members: 1255

# of Views: 143605

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Description: Already the top all-topic union on GameSpot, Club Whatever boasts tons and tons of posting, as well as a deep community of members. There are plenty of competitions, member profiles, and more. Both leaders, now and previous ones have been extremely helpful with the union's growth. It has been nominated for best off-topic/discussion union.

6) Union Leader Council

Date Created: Jun. 23rd

# of Members: 153

# of Views: 30284

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Description: A bit more of an exclusive union, only for union leaders, the ULC had a period of growth, decline, and is now in a renaissance under lazdude. It boasts assistance applicants that will help you with your union, elections, and union reviews. It's been nominated for best off-topic/discussion union at the GameSpot union awards.

7) Nintendo Revolution

Date Created: Jul. 12th

# of Members: 366

# of Views: 138119

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Description: A very active new Nintendo Union, with in-game tournaments, a hall of fame, a hurt'n'heal and much more. One of the most active and informative console unions this year.

8 ) Thinking Outside the Box Union

Date Created: Oct. 6th

# of Members:602

# of Views: 30757

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Description: Perhaps the most helpful union out there for writers, the very new TOTB has some excellent features. It's editorial central here, with even a tutorial video for new members, a magazine, and feature of the week. Already at 600 members in under two months, TOB has a lot of growing to still do.

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What do you guys want me to add/subtract?

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Couldn't have done a better job myself, hendrix.
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#15 hendrix29
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Before I post this on the homepage, I'd like to see if anyone wants to give honorable mentions, or additions to the list.
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That was a well described summary.
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The Toonami Union. Formed March 14th,610 members, 18500 posts and140000 views.
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I'm not gonna bring up my union, cos it's not doing very well...
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#21 serbsta69
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Very nicely done, thanks for the mention for Graphic Studio.
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#22 hendrix29
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The Toonami Union. Formed March 14th,610 members, 18500 posts and140000 views.asvicj

wow, can't believe I completely missed that one. I will add it to the homepage article.

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#23 bloodbore8
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What about my union, the Xbox Gamer Magazine (link's in my sig)? We create a free monthly 360 magazine, we have a chat room, and a board filled with over 200 active members with dozens of posts a day there. The magazine contains some of the most written articles around the Gamespot comunity over various new Xbox and Xbox 360 releases as well as previews for unreleased ones. We also have many voting polls that go into the mag like our Game of the Year 2007 poll up on the union now (we had like 20 posts in that thread in just a couple hours, by the way, all by different people). We're the first free and democratic magazine as many of you all know that we're not run by professionals; our mag's run by the people. And we just got formed in mid-September and we already have over 200 members and 10,000 views, although we're still sorta fresh and new. We offer the best buying information and are Gamespot's #1 and only union that create a magazine in mag format with over 100 pages per issue that's run by the people. I created this union so that we could stand out on Gamespot from all of those hundreds of just plain Xbox 360 unions and create something new as well as giving the best buying information to the Xbox 360 gamer. Is that good enough to go on the list? Sorry, I probably went on and on and on...I can't help it, lol.
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Food Wars-This may be my union, but it deserves to be up there. We have a new idea that nobody else came up with. We have over 60 members and over 2000 p-osts in less than 2 weeks. I think that's impressive.

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#25 theeman2000
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thanks for the rec on club whatever, hendrix. :)
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#26 hendrix29
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Food Wars-This may be my union, but it deserves to be up there. We have a new idea that nobody else came up with. We have over 60 members and over 2000 p-osts in less than 2 weeks. I think that's impressive.

blizzvalve

talk to me in two months, and tell me what the union has done, and I will see if it deserves an add. The same thing goes with Sector 7 which I am a part of. Should the union stayed on the right track after a couple of months it will garner consideration.

theeman, you are welcome, CW is a very deserving union.

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#27 asvicj
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Thanx for adding the Toonami Union. I really appreciate it.
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#28 hendrix29
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if there are no more unions to be added, then I will add this article to the main page.
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My union could have been considered for this but my lack of leadership lately has caused it to decline a little. The board is still fairly active but my updates on the homepage have gone way downhill.
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My union could have been considered for this but my lack of leadership lately has caused it to decline a little. The board is still fairly active but my updates on the homepage have gone way downhill.Ghost_Warrior

your union was not made during 2007...

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[QUOTE="Ghost_Warrior"]My union could have been considered for this but my lack of leadership lately has caused it to decline a little. The board is still fairly active but my updates on the homepage have gone way downhill.hendrix29

your union was not made during 2007...

OH! haha, sorry man what was I thinking? :P