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(Social Media Monitoring Presentation Pt. 1) Avenged Sevenfold and The Stage

Background "It’s pretty much completely aggro. It goes in all sorts of aggressive directions and melodic directions". This was one of the first times that a member of Avenged Sevenfold commented on  The Stage  back in December 2015.  On October 28, 2016, under almost unpredictable circumstances, the band revealed The Stage  to the world. Avenged Sevenfold, also known as A7x, is a Heavy Metal band that started back in 1999 in California.  To this date, A7x has released seven studio albums , with The Stage  being their latest release. Setting up The Stage From a marketing perspective, The Stage  is Avenged Sevenfold's product.  What made this product release stand out was its departure from a traditional album release style . A7x decided to release The Stage   almost unexpectedly , without giving many details prior to its release. "We just really didn't tell anyone, we didn't tell family members, or good friends, we just.

The Sense8 Community Survived Together

Do you have a favorite TV or Netflix show and wish it never ends?  On June 1st, 2017, many Netflix and Sci-Fi fanatics were shattered after Netflix decided to cancel Sense8 . However, 28 days later, it was announced that Sense8 fans would receive a two-hour finale  in 2018. What happened? If you have not heard of Sense8, it is a two-season Sci-Fi show released on Netflix back in 2015. It has generally favorable reviews from critics and users. Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff describe online forums for supporting passions, such as movies or series, as a "form of a powerful, collective, impossible-to-ignore action". This action brought Sense8 back to life. Between June 1st and June 29th, fans from all over the world joined together  through Twitter, Netflix, Change.Org , Buzzfeed, and several fan groups in a distinct unified effort to bring the show back. And it happened. In an official tweet , the production team confirmed that a two-hour finale wou

Fortnite, A New Gaming Hope

Christmas 1997. My father was coming back from an overseas trip. Little did I know I was about to play my first video game: 007 GoldenEye for the Nintendo 64 . There has been a select amount of video games which many of us consider to be personal "life-changers". 41 days into this year, 2018 has given us a new, fresh breath: Fortnite Fortnite is a free, online, third-person shooter released by Epic Games in July 2017. Eight months later, the game, which is still in early access, has turned into one of the most popular video games in the industry with over 45 million players .  What makes Fortnite successful? Responsiveness. Since the game launched, Epic Games has kept us posted throughout different social media platforms such as Twitter , Reddit , Youtube , Facebook , you name it. Not only have they kept us informed, but their developers respond to our suggestions . Cross-Play. PC, Xbox One, and Playstation 4 users can all play in the same servers, at the s