EA SPORTS Game Changers Program Mission Statement
The Game Changer Award
recognizes exceptional community leaders from around the world who use their
knowledge of EA SPORTS games to improve the experience and overall growth of
the EA SPORTS Community.
Game Changers are
independent community members who are offered a close connection with people at
EA SPORTS. To acknowledge Game Changers' leadership and provide a platform to
help support their efforts, EA SPORTS often gives Game Changers early access to
EA SPORTS games, as well as the opportunity to pass on their highly targeted
feedback and recommendations about product design, development, and support.
EA
SPORTS Game Changers Bios
In preparation for the
official launch of the EA SPORTS Game Changers' program, we selected 9 members
from the EA SPORTS Community for the initial group of EA SPORTS Game Changers.
Anton Bland is one of the
most active members of the EA SPORTS Community. Anton competes weekly in Local
and National Madden tournaments, and has won more than his fair share of the
events that he has participated in. Anton also serves as a Moderator on the EA
SPORTS forums and can be found under his forum name Anton B. For those of you
on Twitter, you can follow and interact with Anton under his Twitter name:
@Anton32
Jake Stein is a 25 year old
from Tampa, Fl. He is a relatively new member to the EA SPORTS Community but
has quickly become one of the most active members with his interaction on
Twitter. Jake enjoys playing Madden mostly online and can normally be found on
the top 100 leaderboards. He also has visited Tiburon in person many times
providing feedback and ideas in playtest of new games or features before they
are released to the public. If you would like to follow Jake on twitter, he is
@Jstein2469.
Kevin Harley is one of the
most active members of the EA SPORTS Community. Kevin runs The Sports Game Guy
with Damon Peterson. Kevin also serves as a Moderator on the EA SPORTS forums
and can be found under his forum name Kev5890. For those of you on Twitter, you
can follow and interact with Kevin under his Twitter name: @Kev5890
Fred Parrow is a longtime
gamer and self-confessed Tiger Woods golf fanatic. His daily appetite for video
golf has helped him win many online tournaments including qualification for the
Gillette Champions of Gaming. Fred has also attended Tiger Woods Community Day
events at Tiburon Studios in Florida. When not golfing he serves as a moderator
for the EA SPORTS forums under the name Oblong. He loves to hear your gaming
thoughts and help those in need so come visit the Tiger Woods forums and say
"hi" or follow him on Twitter: @xOblongx
Chris Jacobs is an active
participant in the gaming community. An admin at ncaaStrategies.com, he is also
a member of numerous gaming websites under his screen name 'cdj.' A huge
college sports fan, he spends a lot of time playing NCAA Football and NCAA
Basketball, but also enjoys all types of video games. To keep up with cdj, follow
him at twitter.com/ncaaStrategies
Jeremy Bennett has been a
sports gamer nearly all of his life starting with 10 Yard Fight in the arcades
up to being actively involved with nearly all of the EA Sports titles this
year. He is the owner and administrator for the Back Nine Blog, the blog
dedicated to Tiger gaming, and he is also a contributor for ncaaStrategies. He
has been involved directly with EA Sports for almost a year now with his
participation in the 2009 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and NCAA Football 10
community days, along with being a moderator for the EA Sports Forums. You can
follow Jeremy on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/JBHuskers.
Damon Peterson is a veteran
of the sports gaming community. He loves any sport in the virtual world and
also the real thing. He has been active in the online community for many years
and currently works on TheSportsGameGuy
bringing up to date sports gaming news and thoughts to the community. Along
with being involved with the active EA community Damon has also been awarded an
Xbox MVP award the last three years and you can find him with the Gamertag MPDamon. Follow Damon on Twitter MPDamon
Joseph Akinbode is a long
time member of the EA SPORTS Community and serves as a moderator on the EA
Forums under his forum name Joborule. As a football and hockey fan, Joseph
spends much of his gaming time playing NHL and Madden NFL online on the PS3 as
the PSN ID Joborule. Follow Joseph on Twitter @Joborule.
Eric Lamontagne is in the
top 5 for most active Members of the EA Community. He is A moderator for the
NHL Series, Grand Slam Tennis, And EA's Newest title EA Sports MMA. You can
find him on the forums under the name oilersguru, or on XBOX live under the
gamertag IIx GURU xII. Eric can be found
playing all and any Sports and Racing titles, and is always up for a challenge.
He has also been known for writing game
of the week blogs for EA, CBC, and The Score.
Becoming an EA SPORTS Game Changer
Potential Game Changers are
nominated by other community members, current Game Changers, and EA SPORTS
personnel who have noted their leadership and their willingness and ability to
help others make the most of their EA SPORTS experience.
Game Changers are
independent of EA SPORTS, with separate opinions and perspectives, and are able
to represent the views of the community members with whom they engage every
day.
For those of you who are
interested in becoming an EA SPORTS Game Changer, send your responses to the following
questions to the gamechangers@ea.com
for immediate consideration.
1. Why do you want to be an EA SPORTS
Game Changer?
2. What would the EA SPORTS Game
Changers program gain from having you as a member?
3. What would the EA SPORTS Community
gain from having you as a member of the EA SPORTS Game Changers program?
4. What EA SPORTS games do you
currently play?
5. Is there anything else that you'd
like us to consider when reviewing your application?
Upcoming EA SPORTS Game Changers' Blogs
One of the many benefits that members
of the EA SPORTS Game Changers' program have been given is the opportunity to
blog here on the Inside EA SPORTS blog. Check back here every day of the week
beginning Monday for a new blog from one of the EA SPORTS Game Changers featuring many of the current EA SPORTS titles.