Do you play Xbox online? Are you looking for others to play with, perhaps a group that’s competitive, likes to win, but is also about having fun and building friendships? If so, let me tell you Black List Gaming, or BLG for short.
About a year ago we got rid of our TV service and got an Xbox with a Kinect, thinking it would be a fun way to spend time together as a family since we wouldn’t be watching much TV. We enjoyed playing the Kinect-based games because it really feels like you’re participating, but we started getting bored with them after awhile. About that time Matt started researching the internet for other types of games and quickly learned that Call of Duty Black Ops was the must have game.
We bought a copy and don’t think we’ve played any Kinect games since. We started playing online but would end up in random matches with players who wouldn’t play as a team and wouldn’t play the objectives. This got very frustrating, and I started talking with a local friend who said I should join a clan, which is a group of players that regularly play together online.
I did some research and found a clan called Death Bringers (DB) that looked promising. I filled out an application and was accepted but quickly learned that many of the members were from overseas, which made it difficult to play together because of the time difference. A short while later, some of the leaders branched off, and Black List Gaming (BLG) was formed.
This is when things got really fun and interesting. BLG was founded and is run by three guys, each with their own duties. Thorskid oversees operations, Recon handles membership, teams and things like that, and Hex is head of security. Each of the leaders have others (regular clan members) who work with them, so there are always plenty of people around to make sure things run smoothly.
When new members join, the first thing they’ll notice is a professional looking website where clan members gather to talk about everything from online games, movies, music to personal things. This is the “home” of BLG.
When a new member plays online, they’ll notice the team-oriented style of play that BLG is known for. It’s rare that a BLG member will get online and find themselves having to play alone. Generally, as soon as someone gets online, they get invited to join a party with other BLG members or friends of BLG. When a group gets together online and forms a party, they use in-game chat to communicate and help each other by calling in enemy positions and coming up with in-game strategies.
BLG hosts “special” matches, which are private game modes that have unique rules, guns and requirements. For instance tomorrow night there’s a Modern Warfare 3 event, where players will only use their secondary weapon. It will be a blast.
After someone has been a member for awhile, they’ll start to notice the “deeper” side of the clan, the friendships that are formed, the actual, real life concerns that members have for each other and the desire to grow tighter as a group. All in all, BLG is a great group to be a part of. I encourage anyone thinking about joining a clan to consider BLG.
To answer some questions that might come up:
- There is no required Kill/Death ratio to join BLG.
- Members must be 16 years old, but exceptions can be made with the approval of one of the leaders.
- There are some rules that members must follow, but they are pretty basic and straight forward, be mature acting and things like that.
I hope you give BLG a look.
