Summary: The radiant Syrene joins us for a chat, Takemikazuch assembles more fireworks than is safe, and the announcement of QUALITY AIE Swag! All that and more coming up right now. THIS is the NEW AIE Podcast...AIE NEWSWe have a new guildie of the moment! Thatâs right everyone, give three cheers to Vanflicke! This nomination is unique because it comes from outside AIE. yes folks, you can do that!!Vanflicke (80), guarded me (22) while I looted the trinket from Gurubashi.  Unbeknownst to him, I am one of the co-GMs of UP IN SMOKE on my main.  He represented your guild with excellence exemplary, and I would like to tell one of your officers of his actions.  He has raised my respect for him and his guild.  Remember guys, itâs not only your behavior inside the guild that matters, but how you conduct yourself outside it too! And if you know anyone who should be nominated for GOTM please donât hesitate in sending the officers an email! In case you missed  the forums update, the new section of the forums is really hopping! The âImperium Ludiâ section (http://forum.myextralife.com/forum/52-imperium-ludi/) is where people are hoping to get interest in an AIE Expansion plan for one game or another. So if you are curious about how AIE decides what games to branch out into or if you want to join in on the discussion of a new gameâs likelihood of joining AIE head on over!Takâs Announcement :"The Remembrance Day Fireworks Tribute is coming along nicely! Within the first week and a bit the materials coming in were outrageous, so outrageous I have had to stop accepting materials weeks early than the deadline I had posted. Within that time span, over 5300 fireworks have been crafted, which, divided up among a five an pyro team amounts to between 53 to 54 stacks of fireworks per team member, which is insane!Tak would like to thank those who helped donate material for their time and effort, for it is you people that are helping make this happen! Heâs still seeking volunteers to help him set these off on the evening of August 2nd during the in-game WoW memorial at 10pm server time. Two people have already submitted names and heâs looking for more! Meetings and rehearsal dates for the volunteers will be upcoming. Check out the thread "Request for Help: AIE Remembrance Day Fireworks Tribute (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/46226-request-for-help-aie-remembrance-day-fireworks-tribute/)" for more info!"In Melbourne Austraila? Want to meet your fellow AIEâers? Well AussieBlueMoon has the meetup for you! At least he hopes to. Right now heâs seeing how many AIEâers are in the Melbourne area and are interested in getting together. Details can be found in his post AIE/Frogpants melbourne austraila meetup (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/46323-aiefrogpants-melbourne-australia-meet-up/). And speaking of meetups, the meetup.com site (http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est-Gaming-Community/) has had several meetups posted this week! AIEâer s have been using the website to put up awesome meetups such as Charlotte, NC Dave & Buster's (http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est-Gaming-Community/events/72185522/), GenCon Indianapolis (http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est-Gaming-Community/events/66280362/), and AIE SoCal MeetUp at Strategicon/Gateway 2012 (http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est-Gaming-Community/events/74449372/)! The meetup.com website will even send you an email when a new meetup pops up, so you donât have to check it every day! If you havenât signed up, please do so! You donât want to miss out on a fun local event! Just head over to meetup.com and do a search for Alea Iacta Est!Bumpers, bumpers, and more bumpers! So as you probably have noticed, we like community generated content! We already HAVE a few of course, for like AIE News, Guildie Submissions, etc, but weâre always looking for more!  You can even simply record something like Abovan did like this
