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    <h1 class="site-section__heading">Community</h1>
    <p class="text--large">OpenRA is a game created <strong>by the community, for the community</strong>. You can contribute in a variety of ways, from giving help to the development team, to finding and reporting bugs, to just playing the game!</p>
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      <div class="dark-panel__header"><strong class="text--caps">Join the Discussion</strong></div>
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          If you've got questions or you just feel like chatting, come on down to our <a href="https://discord.openra.net/">community Discord</a> or <a href="ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/openra">#openra on Libera Chat</a>.
          <p>Join our <a href="https://forum.openra.net">Community Forum</a> for longer form discussions about events, maps, balance, or anything else! Your OpenRA forum account can be linked with your in-game player profile to display badges and join private servers.</p>
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          Discord
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          #openra
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          Forum
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      <div class="dark-panel__header"><strong class="text--caps">Help Build OpenRA</strong></div>
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          OpenRA is built by a team of volunteers and we're <strong>always</strong> looking for help. If you run into trouble, check out the <a href="https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/wiki/FAQ">FAQ</a> — if you find a bug, make sure to report it with the <a href="https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/issues/">OpenRA bug tracker</a>. If you're looking to contribute code, feel free to take a look at the <a href="https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/wiki#development-topics">Development Topics article in our wiki</a>, or reach out to the team on Discord, IRC, or the forums. 
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          GitHub
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      <div class="dark-panel__header"><strong class="text--caps">Create or Download Maps for OpenRA</strong></div>
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          No real time strategy game would be complete without its maps. OpenRA has its own resource website where you can find <em>over 9,000</em> maps to add all sorts of variety to the game. You can even <strong>create and upload your own maps</strong> for other people to play!
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          OpenRA Resource
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      <div class="dark-panel__header"><strong class="text--caps">Connect With Us on Social Media</strong></div>
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          We're active on <a href="https://reddit.com/r/openra">Reddit</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/openra">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://facebook.com/openra">Facebook</a>. Follow us there to get the latest news on features and releases!
          <p>Subscribe to our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRoiPL1J4K1-EhQeNazrYig">YouTube channel</a> for all sorts of video content, including previews of upcoming features.</p>
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          Reddit
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          Twitter
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          Facebook
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          YouTube
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      <div class="dark-panel__header"><strong class="text--caps">Join us in the Gaming Community</strong></div>
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          OpenRA is involved in gaming communities as well! Support the mod by following and rating OpenRA on <a href="https://openra.itch.io/openra">itch.io</a> and <a href="https://www.moddb.com/games/openra">ModDb</a>.
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          Itch.io
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          ModDB
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