Hi everyone,

I have been away, I know. This time however, I might have been away from blogging but closer to gaming.

I have mentioned some times that the lack of free of time is a constant in my life so, I have to choose my activities. At the moment, there is one that is taking away all of my free time (and I am doing it with a lot of pleasure) and it is playing Soul Calibur IV.

You probably already know that I am loving that game, but what you may not know is that we are starting a PMS|H2O Soul Calibur IV Division and after sending my application and being interviewed, I was chosen as the division's Co-Leader. Man! I couldn't be happier than that.

Needless to say that I am keeping myself busy with it.

I finally made up my mind about the character I will be working on and it is Amy. It is not an easy task if compared to Talim, for example, but I am enjoying the challenge. ^_^

If you would like to join our Division, please visit the PMS Clan forums and let us know about your interest. We have practices at different times of the day to welcome gamers from all over the globe.

Have a great time!

Every month, on the PMS Clan site, there are members who are interviewed for the Spotlight Gamer session of the site.

This month, PMS EU has its 3 leaders featured.

I really recommend you reading what Krystal PMS, Uteena PMS and Armaggedon H2O have to say. They are great players and amazing people.

*game on*

MIAMI, Jul 16, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- A mainstay in the computer gaming industry for more than a decade, Alienware - the leading manufacturer of high-performance notebook, desktop and entertainment systems - has partnered with PMS Clan in the company's first-ever sponsorship of a competitive gaming team.

PMS Clan formed in 2002 as a way to provide women gamers with a fun and positive gaming environment. Today, they've spread their message worldwide with members on five continents. With Alienware as the clan's official PC sponsor, PMS Clan members will now train and compete on Alienware Area-51(R) m9750 notebooks.

Look to find PMS Clan on the Dell(R) Intel(R) Extreme Gaming Tour showing off their skills on Alienware rigs. They will also help represent Alienware at events including Quakecon, BlizzCon and Penny Arcade Expo, where you can step up and play against PMS clan members. Alienware fans can find more information on PMS Clan by visiting a dedicated Web page, hosted on Alienware.com, which will include an event schedule, news announcements, player profiles and more.

"Aside from being a group of phenomenally talented and dedicated gamers," says Claudina Lopez, Marketing Manager at Alienware, "PMS Clan members are committed to furthering the reach and appeal of PC gaming. Not only do they represent the ever-growing base of hardcore gamers, but they also serve as an example of how gaming can transcend entertainment to become a source of community and positive change."

"PMS Clan is thrilled to be sponsored by Alienware," explains PMS Clan co-founder Amber Dalton. "Competitive gamers know how important the right hardware is to your game, and Alienware has a long reputation of building some of the most powerful gaming machines in the world."

For more information about Alienware's sponsorship of PMS Clan and a full listing of PMS Clan appearances, please visit: http://www.alienware.com/PMS .

About Alienware
Alienware offers unique and award-winning technology products that incorporate state-of-the-art components, innovative engineering and design, and unprecedented customer service. Alienware has been recognized by INC 500, won the Shoppers' Choice Award as the Best Performance Desktop by Computer Shopper's reader survey, had its Alienware Area-51 ranked among "The 25 Greatest PCs of All Time" by PC World and also received PC Magazine's Reader's Choice Award in its 18th Annual Reader Survey. Alienware systems are available direct within the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. For more information, please visit www.alienware.com or call 1-800-ALIENWARE (254-3692).

About the PMS Clan
PMS, short of Pandora's Mighty Soldiers, is the world's largest multi-player, online female gaming clan. Formed in 2002, their mission is to provide a fun, competitive and positive environment for female gamers. With over 1,000 members across multiple platforms and five continents, PMS Clan and its male counterpart clan, H2O, work hard to promote the idea of a more diversified gaming landscape, competing alongside some of the industry's most skilled pros and placing in the top 8 at events including CPL, WSVG and CGS.

SOURCE: Alienware
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Alienware: PMS Clan - Play Like A Girl

Vote for PMS Clan's own Amber "Athena Twin" Dalton!

Hi everyone!

I have just read this interview and I would love to share it with you all.

Here is a piece of it:

"How would you compare the treatment of competitive female gamers today in comparison to when PMS first started?
It has changed greatly, and in a positive direction. PMS Clan has been around now for almost five years, and we earned our respect through hard work, dedication to gaming and maintaining our professionalism. To date, we have 9 top 8 placements in PRO events, mostly in our console divisions. We had to prove we were serious gamers; serious competitors... and we are continually working to grow and maintain the respect we have earned." 

Awesome, isn't it?

If you want to read the whole interview, please go to GameDaily.

*game on everyone*

Angel 

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Tomorrow, April 21st, 2007, it will be one year since I joined the PMS Clan as a member and I would like to share with you my experience so far.

I joined the PMS Clan forums in January 2006 because I wanted to get to know other female gamers. I had just started my shooters adventure and god forbid that I would join some hardcore guy online not only to squash me like a cockroach, but to make me feel even worse than that. Don't worry guys. It is not the image I have from male gamers anymore, but it was my point of view back then.

The largest all-female clan in the world! Just trying to picture it was already a hard work. "How many female gamers were there to start with?" The answer was: way more than I used to think. And man, they are that damn good!

I have incredible memories from that time. One of the first members (if not The first one) who came to talk to me was PMS GibGirl. How can I describe her? Amazing!!! Then, there were PMS Herbgoddess (now Kahlo PMS) and PMS Geekess. These girls changed my world!

Later on, I discovered that there was an international division on PMS formed by non-American girls. That was the chance I was looking for. I had tried by then to join some practices with the American girls, but the time difference didn't help. Or I had to spend the whole night awake or I had to wake up really early. Unfortunately, after a practice or two, I noticed it wouldn't work and I had to give it up. When GRAW came up, an international coed division was created and I started playing under the leadership of Cherish PMS and Jaded Goose H2O.

I can't say I ruled then, but I had lots and lots of fun. There were members from UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Sweden and they were all amazing people. I have learned a lot from them!

As the clan's rules go, one has to go through one month Recruitment and if the attitude is right (attitude is the key on PMS Clan), after this period one is invited to become a member of the group.

When Cherish contacted me on Messenger to tell me the news, I had only three words to say: "Oh My God!" I just kept sending her OMGs for I don't know how long. I knew it was going to happen one or the other, but still, the honor was huge. There was nothing I could say to sound cool that get even close to the immense happiness inside of me. It was then, on April 21st, 2006, that PMS Love Angel was born.

Unfortunately, reality hit me and I found a job (not really unfortunately for having a job itself because it meant money, but because of the lack of free time). In the beginning, I did overtime almost every day. Or I arrived home too late for practice (yeah! I used to get home that late) or I was so tired that all I did was fell asleep on the couch. I missed months of practice and that was really a pity to me.

Then, the Xbox Elite Team came. Even though I didn't have that much time in my hands, I started missing the clan way too much. The professionalism of those girls simply surprises me and makes me really proud to be part of them.

When Gears of War was released, Frantic PMS suggested the creation of a division for the game and I was in.

On November 5th, 2006, I was invited by Athena Twin PMS to take part of PMS's staff. I still have the Private Message I sent to her and it went like this:

"Me drolls, me jumps, me rolls, me spins, me has tears in the eyes...
OMG!!!! YES! YES! YES!
The honor is all mine. You are my idols and I would do anything to help you out.
Just tell me what I have to do and I will be there for you girls.

*hugs*"

I am glad I didn't scare her, but I simply couldn't hold it on. A few days later, it was the turn of Love Angel PMS to come to life. I started contributing to the clan as iPMS Recruitment Manager.

Not long ago, iPMS faced the stepping down of our leader and I decided applying for the vacancy. You know those things that you feel you are ready and qualified for. Besides, my constant sticking my nose all over the place, wanting to help as much as I could, trying to get as many girls involved as possible and so on; gave me courage to take this step.

Since March 27th, 2007, I have been granted with the honor to represent iPMS, as iPMS General. I am really thankful and proud for the trust from the PMS Leaders and for the amazing support I have received from the other iPMS staff and members.

In this one year retrospective of mine, I can only thank each and every member and staff for the fantastic opportunities and great experiences. For the future, I do have many dreams (how could iPMS not be included in my crazyness???) and I hope I will be able to make at least a few of them come true. For me and for the incredible ladies (and gentlemen) I met thanks to PMS Clan.

Thank you all so much from the bottom of heart!

*with love*

Angel

P.S.: If you would like to learn more about the PMS Clan, please visit us at http://www.pmsclan.com/.

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I read the news yesterday, but I wanted to leave the topic for today.

It is really exciting for me to be able to share with you that ViXen PMS has won the G4TechTV WRT TJ contest. Yeah! A girl and a PMS Clan member. It is really something to be proud of. She was the only female participant choosen for the last round and yet, she wins! Simply awesome!!!

Congratulations, baby girl! And a lot of success on your way!

*much love*

Angel

Link to WRT TJ Search Winner Announcement.

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