Good Afternoon,

The last week of February kicks off this week! Below is an upcoming look at this week's events.

This past week we held some fun Minecraft achievement challenges, as well as Rocket League community games! Thank you to all who participated! We'd love to hear any feedback you might have or suggestions for upcoming events! You can email any feedback or thoughts to noah@gyoscore.com

Note: We have new game titles that are making their debut this week! There are also multiple events that take place on several evenings this week, so please check the calendar and ensure you're attending the events you'd like to play in! You can play in one or all of the events if you'd like!

Below is a brief look at the following dates, times, and events for February 22nd - 28th 2021:

Each event will last 120 minutes.

2/22 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST

Minecraft Dungeons: Dungeon Crawling

Join your friends and Martin, our Gamer Guide, to grind some loot in Minecraft Dungeons! Minecraft Dungeons is a co-op game set in the minecraft universe. It is a completely separate game from Minecraft, so please note that when you're looking it up.

Rooks and Knights Night

Join Anthony on Monday night and participate in chess matches, tips, and tricks! You can download chess.com on your iPhone or Android for free, as well as access it from any computer. Make sure to make an account and share your username with Anthony in the chat rooms!

2/24 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST

FIFA Fun Night

Players will be playing some fun FIFA modes for the night. Here are the modes that players will be playing: Random Rumble, International Teams Only, Position Mix-Up. This will provide some exciting and fun matchups with players!

Slay the Dragon

We fight to beat the Ender Dragon! Join us as we set to build our bases, mine, explore, and ultimately take down the Ender Dragon. We'll work together and communicate how we're going to do it and have a great time in the process!

2/25 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST

Madden Friendlies

NBA2k Friendlies

We will have friendly matches open for Madden/NBA2k players.

Skribbl.io (drawing/guessing game):

Join Martin and let's find out how good you are at guessing and drawing as we play skribbl.io!

This game can be played from your computer, tablet, or any mobile device.

2/26 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST

Rocket League 1v1 Tournament:

This will be a Rocket League 1v1 tournament! Standard rules of play! Best two out of three until the finals which will be best three out of five! Come test your skills! The finals will have the opportunity to be streamed on Twitch and commentated over! We will have prizes for the winners of the event! 

2/27 | 12pm EST, 11am CST, 10am MST, 9am PST

Minecraft Achieved!

Join Martin and the rest of the players on the quest to get all 111 achievements in Minecraft! This will be a weekly event, so if you miss one day, you can hop back in the following week!

Have a great week,

Noah Hankinson

noah@gyoscore.com

Good Afternoon,

Week 3 of February begins today! Below is an upcoming look at this week's events.

This past week we wrapped up the "Here Be Dragons" event! Thank you to all who participated! We'd love to hear any feedback you might have or suggestions for upcoming events! If you'd like to provide us feedback for our Minecraft events, which would be extremely helpful to us, please fill out this google survey.

Below is a brief look at the following dates, times, and events for February 16th - 21st 2021:

2/16 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST

FIFA 21 Tournament Preseason: Preseason matches will continue this week. Remember, this is set for a specific ruleset to get you prepared for upcoming leagues/tournaments. We'll try and get every player at least 2 matches and maybe a 3rd if there is time.

2/17 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST

Minecraft: On a Rail: Join other players and our gamer guide (Martin) to get the achievement "On a rail" in survival mode, can we do it in just 2 hours?

2/18 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST

Rock the League: Join our gamer guide, Chris, on Rocket League to play 3v3's and/or 2v2's in the casual playlists. The ultimate goals of this event are to build connections with others, work together to take down enemy teams online, and have lots of fun!

2/19 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST

Minecraft: Community Days

The GYO realms are open! Join us to hang out and play Minecraft on our own realm servers!

We will have chat support in our game lobbies each night of the event, so we'll be able to answer any questions you may have or troubleshoot any issues that may arise. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me via my email below and I'll be happy to assist you!

Have a great week,

Noah Hankinson

noah@gyoscore.com

You can play live with our GG's and light up the Twitch screen!

Have you ever watched Twitch videos and thought, "I could do better than that." Now is your chance to prove it! For special events, our Gamer Guides (GGs) will now be going live on Twitch to show off their own gameplay, challenge our players, or stream the matches of our competitors!

Stream Info for Players Stream Info for Parents

Tonight's Event: GG Smitty's Redemption

In tonight's event, GG Smitty seeks redemption after his poor performance last week.

In last week's fun, GG Smitty got pulled into the fray and the results were.... not pretty. GG Smitty was a bit rusty and the players scored on him left, right, and center (looking at you, Prince....). This week, he has his pro controller back and he's ready to rumble.

Players will form up in squads of 3s tonight, and we'll try to balance each team so they are all competitive. Then - it's Game On as we complete a series of matches and maybe even a fun micro-tournament.

If you're an opponent of GG Smitty, watch out! He's planning on handing out L's like candy. (.....maybe)

Join Tonight's Event

Minecraft Build Challenge - Tour and Destroy Event!

Two weeks ago, our Minecrafters set out to become the first Golden Dragons of the season with a special build challenge. In that challenge, we asked them to build a Dragon's Lair to tame their dragon!

On Saturday at 12pm EST, GG MagickPanda will be touring everyone's builds live on screen and showcasing everyone's hard work. After the tours, he will reveal the Final Judges Scores and declare our winners of the first Golden Dragons Build Challenge!

And after? Well, we saved a backup of everyone's work, so we're going to turn on the destruction permissions and see what happens when the dragons decide to escape their new homes and rain down destruction! It will be a blast. Literally!

Join The Minecraft Event

February | Week 2 

Below is a brief look at the following dates, times, and events for February 8th - 14th 2021:

2/8 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST 

Minecraft Community Night: Players are encouraged to gather, make friends, and play Minecraft mini-games together on private servers that GYO is hosting. All players should be in the chat lobby at 7pm EST. 

2/9 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST 

FIFA 21 Tournament Preseason: Preseason matches will continue this week. Remember, this is set for a specific ruleset to get you prepared for upcoming leagues/tournaments. We’ll try and get every player at least 2 matches and maybe a 3rd if there is time. 

2/10 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST 

FIFA Community Night: 

Join our gamer guide, Anthony, as he has created some fun and unique game modes for players to try out on FIFA. This is just a casual night to hang out and play some FIFA with friends! 

2/11 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST 

Super Smash Bros: Ultimate Friendlies: 

Join our gamer guide, Chris and let's play some Super Smash Bros: Ultimate. Players are encouraged to join the chat lobby at 7pm EST and share nintendo friend codes. 

2/12 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST 

Madden Friendlies, NBA2k Friendlies, Rocket League Friendlies

Join us Friday night for some casual matches in Rocket League, Madden, and NBA2k. 

2/13 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST 

Minecraft Survival: Community Days

Join us on Saturday to see the awards ceremony from our “Here Be Dragons” build off event. If you didn’t participate, please feel free to join anyways! We’ll have many more similar build off events with potential prizing in the future, so it’s worth checking out other players' creations.

We will have chat support in our game lobbies each night of the event, so we'll be able to answer any questions you may have or troubleshoot any issues that may arise. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me via my email below and I'll be happy to assist you!

Have a great week,

Noah Hankinson

noah@gyoscore.com

February Update

I hope everyone had a relaxing and safe weekend! Thanks to you all for participation in the January events. We'll be highlighting some of our favorite memories and listing upcoming events for February so you can take a look at what is coming up.

Those of you that have been looking forward to competitive events will be excited to see what we have planned. I hope all the FIFA players had some time to warm up in January because we're kicking off February with the Preseason of the FIFA 21 Tournament. The preseason allows players to get used to the formatting and competition. We do not count your overall record and performance during the preseason. In March, season 1 will begin and that's when it counts, so get ready!

Visit FIFA Competitions

Rocket League players, we've designed February to initiate some friendly matches to prepare you for the Rocket League Preseason, which kicks off in March. We'll get you more details with that later in the month.

NBA2k, Madden, and some new titles all have multiple friendly community nights this month. Come hang out, meet new people, and play some friendly matches together!

New Challenger Approaching!

You asked and we heard you loud and clear - it's time for Smash. We are introducing Super Smash Bros: Ultimate this month! Join our upcoming community nights to play some friendly games of Super Smash Bros and find your new crew for online gameplay!

Minecraft Update

This past weekend, we had several awesome builders join us for our first Build Contest where they created some great Dragon's Dens. With all the creativity we saw, we're excited to put together a special reveal event where we allow the entire community to view the hard work of our players, and we'll reveal our grand prize winners. Stay tuned for more details on the date of this event!

We'll also be continuing our Minecraft Community Nights. We've received a ton of positive feedback from players and we'd love to hear any suggestions for mini-games, challenges, etc. that you'd be interested in participating in.

Upcoming Events

See Full Calendar

2/2 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST
FIFA 21 Tournament Preseason: Players are encouraged to gather, make friends, and play Minecraft mini-games together on private servers that GYO is hosting. All players should be in the chat lobby at 7pm EST.

2/3 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST
Minecraft Community Night: Players are encouraged to gather, make friends, and play Minecraft mini-games together on private servers that GYO is hosting. All players should be in the chat lobby at 7pm EST.

2/4 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST
Madden 21 Friendlies: Players should be in the lobby at 7pm EST to play some friendly matches of Madden 21 or Madden 20. If you don't own Madden 21, no worries!

NBA2k21 Friendlies: Players should be in the lobby at 7pm EST to play some friendly matches of NBA2k20 or NBA2k21.

Rocket League Friendlies: Rocket League Players, this is your opportunity to get games in prior to the preseason tournament, which starts in March.

2/5 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST
Super Smash Bros: Ultimate Friendlies - Pull out your Switch's and let's play some Super Smash Bros: Ultimate. Players are encouraged to join the chat lobby at 7pm EST and share nintendo friend codes.

2/8 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST
Minecraft Community Night

2/9 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST
FIFA 21 Tournament Preseason

2/11 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST
Super Smash Bros: Ultimate Friendlies

We will have chat support in our game lobbies each night of the event, so we'll be able to answer any questions you may have or troubleshoot any issues that may arise. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me via my email below and I'll be happy to assist you! We'll be sending these emails out monthly to showcase what's upcoming for the following month, so expect a February email towards the end of the month!

Have a great night!

Noah Hankinson
Gamer Guide (GG) noah@gyoscore.com

A Preview of Our Dragon World - Where You Will Build!

Minecraft Build Contest - Win Prizes!

Our first official competition kicks off this weekend with the classic favorite MINECRAFT! Join us in our Dragon World as we kick off the Golden Dragon program with a Build Contest. This is a great way to meet other players and have a fun time exploring a new world. Play sessions run from noon-8pm EST both Saturday and Sunday, so plenty of time to join!

Top winners will receive Gift Cards, Minecraft coins, and a Golden Dragon Jersey!

Sports Game Saturday & Sunday

Sports Games Ladder Matches - Saturday & Sunday

If Minecraft isn't your thing, don't worry - we have more for you too! Many of our sports game players (FIFA/Madden/NBA2k) have had trouble finding competition because of console compatibility, so let's do a meet up this weekend for players to officially setup their profiles, find other opponents, and complete some ladder matches.

For all sports games, we are defaulting to the '20 version of the title, but if both players have '21 they can play the updated version!

Can't make it Saturday or Sunday but want to find other players? Message support - we will help connect you to other players looking for matches!

Visit Your Group Calendar Contact Support

A quick highlight reel from the pre-season week action!

The Competition Picks Up

Thank you to all our players who joined us in our pre-season testing week for Minecraft and Rocket League. It was fun getting to know everyone and we know a couple of formidable Rocket League squads are forming, so watch out everyone else! This week, the competition heats up as we open our Ladder competition.

Going forward, each Monday we will give you highlights from the past week and things to look forward to, so let's jump right in!

Who will climb to the top?

Competitive Ladders

These matches count! When you join a Ladder, you are saying "You Mean Business" and you're ready to compete for fame, glory, and of course prizes. Ladders are very simple - each game you play helps you climb up or down the ladder. At the end of the season, the top competitors will receive prizes and earn points towards the Golden Dragon program!

How Do Ladders Work?

Upcoming Events

Sports Night Sports games for all! Ready to play FIFA, Madden, or NBA2k? Come meet other sports fans! FIFA Friendlies Madden Friendlies NBA2k Friendlies

Community Grab Bag Play new games, play old games, play your favorite games or play fresh discoveries. Anything goes in Community Game Night! Community Night

Minecraft Build Challenge Time to turn on your creative mode and crack your knuckles for a Build Challenge! All players will receive the theme and the Realm skin pack will be revealed when they arrive. What will you build? Manage Games

Good Afternoon, 

I hope everyone had a restful and healthy holiday break. The new year has kicked off and we have a lot of new and exciting events in January. I'll be listing all the events in the email so you can take a look. You can also view these on the calendar here. Once you've found the calendar, please click on the event to get more details.

As an introductory, we've structured January to be community focused in order to emphasize players building friendships through the games they already enjoy playing. If you or your child was looking forward to competing, don't worry, we have plenty of tournaments coming in February. 

Below are the following dates, times, and events for January 2021. You can click the event name and it will take you directly to the event page with more information. 

1/13 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST 

Minecraft Community Night: Players are encouraged to gather, make friends, and play Minecraft mini-games together on private servers that GYO is hosting. All players should be in the chat lobby at 7pm EST. 

1/14 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST 

Minecraft Community Night: Players are encouraged to gather, make friends, and play Minecraft mini-games together on private servers that GYO is hosting. All players should be in the chat lobby at 7pm EST. 

1/19 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST 

Rocket League Hoops 2v2: Players will join up to play some friendly 2v2 Rocket League Hoops! This event is created so players can connect and have some fun! All players should be in the chat lobby at 7pm EST. 

1/21  | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST 

Minecraft Community Night: Players are encouraged to gather, make friends, and play Minecraft mini-games together on private servers that GYO is hosting. All players should be in the chat lobby at 7pm EST. 

Rocket League: Rumble night is a casual community night where players can get together and play games of the Rumble mode in Rocket League. Players are also welcome to play other modes of Rocket League if they would like. 

1/26 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST 

FIFA 21 1v1 Friendlies: Players will join up to play some friendly 1v1 FIFA 21 to get used to the new game for this year's competitive season. All players should be in the chat lobby at 7pm EST. 

1/28 | 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST - 9:00PM EST 

Community Gaming Night: Join your friends for community gaming night! This event is created for all gamers to make friends and play games together that they enjoy. We will not be playing any one specific game, so players are encouraged to find out what others are playing and play together. 

We will have chat support in our game lobbies each night of the event, so we'll be able to answer any questions you may have or troubleshoot any issues that may arise. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me via my email below and I'll be happy to assist you! We'll be sending these emails out monthly to showcase what's upcoming for the following month, so expect a February email towards the end of the month! 

Have a great night,

Noah Hankinson

noah@gyoscore.com