Community Blog ? December?s Champion Contest Winners
Hello again, Heroes and Allies! As we finish out our first full week of the New Year, I?d like to draw some attention to the efforts for our Champions of the Black Flame. For the month of December we ran a contest in which we asked our Champions to show how they could use social media to communicate with their local players and get them excited about upcoming products and events, or other news. The results were extremely positive!
The winners of this contest (in no particular order):
Austin, TX WoW TCG
Gateway WoW
Tucson WOW
WoWTCG Wetlands
Budapesti WoW TCG
What Makes a Good Community Page Good?
Being a consistent source of accurate information that has regular updates is the best way a community can keep their players coming back to check a social media page, such as Facebook.
Here are some things that the groups noted above have done to keep their local players engaged in World of Warcraft Trading Card Game events in their local area.
Highlight Local Players

Highlighting your local players by name and ?tagging? them in a post is one way to recognize them and their attendance at your events. With a tool like Facebook, tagging them in a post also ties their personal profile with that of your community page.
Tell Players When and Where They Can Play

Updates to a social media page should remind players when and where they can go play. The easier to make it for your local players to find out about upcoming events, the more likely they are to attend.
Update with Relevant News

Keeping your players updated with news that is important to them is another way to get conversations started on the topics that are important to players. Being good about replying to messages on your community page will remind players that they can always come there to get quick and correct answers to the questions or concerns they have in your local area.
Discuss Ways to Expand the Playgroup

One of the goals of the Champion program is to always be working to expand your playgroup, and support new venues where players like to play the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. Creating flyers is great, but using a community page to distribute them to other players so they can post them in their local areas or colleges helps spread the word to players who may not already be on your Facebook page or know where to play.
What Did They Win?

In addition to being featured in this blog, the prize for this contest was being entered into a raffle to receive 2 of the following 10 cards:
Magni, the Mountain King (Japanese version)
Cairne, Earthmother's Chosen (Japanese version)
Ysera the Dreamer (Japanese version)
Alexstrasza the Life-Binder (Japanese version)
Mottled Drake (Japanese version)
Avatar of the Wild (Japanese version)
King Genn Greymane (Japanese version)
Trade Prince Gallywix (Japanese version)
Vigil of the Light (Japanese version)
Troggbane, Axe of the Frostborne King (Japanese version)
Be a Part of the Community
Each area is unique and special in its own way, and while different things work differently for players in each region we?re all part of the global World of Warcraft Trading Card Game community. Social media is just one way in which players communicate with each other, and it?s a great tool to use to share news about upcoming events, or to recognize your players individually and their local accomplishments. Countless Champions of the Black Flame have been great about getting information to their local players and collecting their feedback to share with the Cryptozoic Team so we can improve the quality of our products and the service that we provide to you. As a member of the community, I?m grateful for their support!
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