Welcome to our 100th Core Update!
I can’t quite believe we’ve already made it to this huge milestone. It feels like just yesterday when we decided to write a weekly update on the Collective as a way of sharing the latest news, recaps, and the Awards of the Week.
Once Upon a Time…
Firstly, let’s go all the way back to Core Update 1 where we were very excited about getting 1000 new members in just one week, we teased the launch of Liberty 2 Pro, and shared our first ever winners for the Awards of the Week.
It’s amazing to see how much the Collective has grown and progressed since then, but it’s also nice to see some familiar faces in the comments section of that post!
Collective 2.0
In Core Update 52, we announced how we would be upgrading the Collective for its first anniversary. We rearranged the layout, categories, added some new features, and launched the Soundcore podcast! (Who remembers that the first season of the podcast was called Soundcore Sundays?)
Over the past year, we’ve been joined by guests including some of our favorite tech influencers, GRAMMY Award-winning artists, and even members of the Collective! Thanks to everyone who listens and you can check out our latest episode HERE. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to Soundcore Stories on whichever podcast platform you use so you never miss an episode.
100th Core Update Celebration Awards
Thank you all for joining us here on the Collective and making it such a welcoming and friendly place for people to talk about music, tech, and more. We’d also like to take this opportunity to highlight the contributions of some of our long-term members:
Funniest Member: @chiquinho has been entertaining the Collective from the beginning and we love it when you share photos of your little monkey helpers!
Most Helpful: @TheProfessor is well known around the Collective for being very helpful and always offering to share knowledge when people ask questions.
Most Likely to Suggest New Music: @TheSnarkyOne is always championing independent artists and is a long-time supporter of #SoundcoreSessions.
Top Moderator: We’re very lucky to have @Duane_Lester and @TechMan helping us since the early days of the Collective.
Community Photographer: @ktkundy and @Shenoy 
Going back to the days of the Gallery, @Shenoy has consistently shared awesome photos, and more recently @ktkundy has been impressing us in the Photo of the Week threads.
Each of you will receive a Soundcore Mini 3 speaker, so send @william.ward a message with your delivery details so we can get it sent to you ASAP.
Also, a big thank you to everyone who shared their favorite memory of being on the Collective in last week’s Core Update, we found it difficult picking just one so each of the following people will receive 20 points:
@TheSnarkyOne
@Unnamed
@sodojka
@Craig_Paterson
@ktkundy
@Steve976
@VertigoXX
@spydermonkey212
Congratulations to everyone who won! And if you didn’t, don’t worry, there’s going to be plenty of chances to win points and prizes in the future. 
Awards of the Week
This week’s winners are…
Photo of the Week: @ktkundy you get double points for having this week’s best photo!
This Week’s Photo Contest: #NationalDogDay 
Collective Member of the Week: @VertigoXX has been very active recently, thanks for sharing some cool music with the Collective.
Weekly Giveaway Winner: Congratulations to @chiquinho, make sure you share your delivery information with @william.ward.
Thanks again to all of you for being members of the Collective and for joining us to celebrate the 100th Core Update 
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Half a year I was thinking and wondering: “Who is this” Chiquinho “? Is this some character from a fairy tale, a book (I had an association with Quasimodo from the movie” The Hunchback of Notre Dame ") …
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