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The Gaming Community Leader Union is a group dedicated to gaming community managers, coordinators, moderators, and other positions of the likeness. Gaming community leaders come from all sorts of gaming backgrounds and profiles, but we all have one thing in common; we're underappreciated!

If gamers are the body and heart of a gaming community and the leader the head, then we are the rest of the nervous system (like the spine and stomach brain; yes those are part of the nervous system!) We maintain the community's sense of balance, signal off to the brain, and even maintain the biological clock, along with so much more!

Our parent profession 'online community manager' is very much a real office! Gaming community leaders are no different. As with any job it is stressful and tiring, but that doesn't stop us from smiling while doing our job and making the community experience fun!

But when was the last time a guild mate said, "Hey, thanks for staying up and planning that event," or sending a PM thank you note, or even say "thank you" to you at all? The answer is never, and if they do it's once every blue moon! Our communities expect us to be there like magic and clean up after all the trouble and drama. Whenever things go wrong fingers are pointed at us first, when we do right we're snapped at for doing so, and sometimes we are even the shield between an innocent guild mate and a criminal! We have all had our bouts against pedophiles, sociopaths, and other vile characters hiding behind a computer screen! And the worst part is that at times we were even scolded by our own communities for defending them!

It is not fair for us to work for free and be unrepresented in a office that is as real as any other job. Gaming community leader requires it's own skill set and distinct personality. We are not some individual who decided to take on burdens for fun!

We are gaming community leaders, not bots, not Big Brother, not someone to push around! We are humans too. We have our own lives, families, aspirations and every other human trait! It isn't funny to mess with us while we're doing our job and we aren't robots that do every command! All of us at one point have lost our **** before because of the stress and that isn't right!

Right now the GCLU is only me, but I hope to spread the influence of the GCLU and rally others under the banner of the GCLU to spread awareness of this profession that people don't even know exists! Along with that to represent you in your communities if they have taken you down to an unhealthy level and to explain to them your position and how you deserve the respect of a human being and a pillar of the community!

The rally point for the GCLU is a Discord server currently under construction and will be finished within the week. Please leave a comment if you are interested. Thank you for your time.

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