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STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING!!! Unless you’re in the middle of a match, then you can stop between matches….we’re not that heartless.

Part of the thing we love about being in Shop is always being able to bring TAW members as much savings as possible, and this coming promo, we’re doing it again.  And if you can’t figure out exactly what you want, just be like Joey here.

PROMO: 15% Off EVERYTHING IN SHOP

DATE: FEB 20 - 24

Please remember to fill in the Shop Verification Form so we can issue you the Swagster Tab for your dossier.

Join us for a fun night of laughs and games where we draw, write and guess each other's in may different games !

cracklez and Magnus will host this event on the day of:

→ February  22 at 3pm CT / 9pm GMT in MMD

change the phone or the ipad  bring your thinking hat on  and lets have so fun 

Please contact cracklez with any questions. 

We hope to see you all there!

  [MMD] Multimedia Division

Frag grenades, artillery shells, and spells aren’t the only thing in the air this February.  Love is in the air & so our promotions. Cupid’s arrows are sometimes a hit or miss, but one thing that’s never is miss is the deals the Shop has available for TAW members.  We ALWAYS aim to please.

Show that special someone in your life (even if it’s yourself), how much you love them with the TAW Valentine’s apparel.  Live all of our products in the TAW Shop, you can customize this on to any product our supplier has just by clicking on the logo, then choosing the pencil icon and changing the position/placing of logo,  product or color. You can even add additional text if you’d like.

We’re gonna sweetin this holiday sale even more with an amazing promo.  So prepare to have your mind blown as we show our love to you.

PROMO: 20% OFF EVERYTHING IN SHOP

WHEN: Feb 12-14th

Now we understand the product won’t make it to you in time for Valentine’s, but you can tell that person that their custom gift is on the way.  

Friendly reminder to everyone that there is a surge of malicious actors attempting to hijack Steam accounts through the method used below. Recently, I received a few reports of accounts belonging fellow TAW members having been hijacked. They have been notified appropriately. 

If you experience this type of engagement, the attacker will have compromised your friend's account and is reaching out to everyone on their friends list in the same way. The attacker gains access to your account by claiming they're a "Steam Admin" and tricking you into providing your password and Steamguard code, if enabled. 

A Steam/Valve administrator/employee/moderator will never add you as a friend to talk about any of the following things. If Valve needs to talk to you about something they will contact you through an account alert. 

A Valve employee will always have a Valve Employee Steam profile badge and a Steam moderator will always have a Steam Community Moderator Steam profile badge.

• There's no such thing as appealing a pending or false report or ban.
• There's no such thing as a pending ban.
• There's no such thing as a pending report.
• There's no such thing as a false report.
• There's no such thing as item verification or item scanning.
• There's no such thing as a Certificate of Eligibility.
• There's no such thing as an accidental report, and if someone truly did accidentally report you, Valve will see that the report is not valid and nothing will happen.

Someone representing Valve or Steam will never ask you for your items or account credentials, this includes your log-in name and authenticator codes. Do not share them with anyone.

What to do if your or your friend's account has been hijacked: 

• If you see this message being sent from one of your friend's account, try and get hold of them through a different channel, i.e. the TAW message centre for any fellow TAW members Let them know that their account has been compromised and share the steps below
• Run a full antivirus scan on your machine. We recommend Avast Free 2020 for those that don't have any antivirus installed. 
• Wait for the the AV scan to finish and confirm that no threats have been found or all threats have been removed. 
• Recover your Steam account, Change your Steam password immediately and set up Steam Guard
• Deauthorize all other computers through Steam Guard
• We also highly recommend for you to change your email password, along with any other accounts that share the same credentials (username and password) and those you used with steam when your account got hacked. 
• Verify that your account & profile settings and info are still the same as before; if not, change this back
• Check your Steam Inventory for any missing items
• Check if any of your friends have been blocked/removed, if this is the case you can now add them back again
• Be aware that your friends may ask you about this if they have received the phishing message, tell them that 

How to keep your Steam account (and any other account) safe:

• Verify your contact email address with Steam
• Enable Steam Guard (either email or mobile) | Steam Guard Knowledge Base
• Do not share your password or authentication code with anyone 
• If you believe your password may have been stolen, change it ASAP
• Never add people you don't recognise/trust
• Never click unknown links from untrusted sources on your friends list.
• Valve employees will never contact you through chat for official business, if anyone claims to be an "admin", report that profile
• Be vigilant for any further scam attempts, some common examples can be found in this Reddit post

PS: A "Middleman" isn't a real thing either, if anyone suggests one for trade, you're most likely about to be scammed. Once you've traded away your items, they're gone. 

Stay safe out there! 

MGN. Arianni

Digital Security Division Commander

It's not often that the Shop undergoes a huge face lift, but when there's discombobulation and finding that perfect product you want is hard, The Shop Team does what's best for our customers, we close the doors and hit the renovations hard.

(No kittens were harmed in the making of this gif)

Now that the Shop has completed it's renovations, we are happy to announce that our doors are once again open.  We apologize for any inconvience this may have caused over our 2 days closure.  

So what did we change?  

• OVERALL APPEARANCE:  The old Shop was out of date and looked as bad as my divorce settlement with my ex-wife, disorganized & messy.  The new Shop is clean & organized with everything easy to find.
• PRODUCTS DISPLAYED:  The old Shop had 4+ products per logo, making it take longer to filter though and find that logo/item you wanted.  We've dropped each logo down to the Premium Men's & Premium Women's T-Shirts.  See next point for more details.
• CUSTOMIZATION IMPROVED:  We've turned on customization for our products.  So if you see a logo you like but want it on a Hoodie, a mug, pillow, cell phone case, or underwear (yes, underwear)...go for.  Your should also be able to change the colors or products & MOST logos.  Click on the logo you like and then click on Customize.  It's like a Harvey's hamburger, "Have It Your Way".  And before I forget, you can add your callsign to any items for a minimal cost by adding Text via the Customize option.
• BOTH NA & EU Shops should look EXACTLY the same.  While there are some product choices that are different when customizing (sorry, our supplier controls this, not us), both Shops have an overall appearance that mirrors each other.  If you spot any Logos that are missing from one side but are listed on the other, please let Shop staff know right away so we can fix this.
• Shop is pleased to welcome PsychicChimp to our team as the Division Officer.  MrChimp has held roles as DI, HDI, SO in a few different Divisions since joining TAW and we look forward to working with him.  Please feel free to give him the congratulatory "kick" when you see him.

So now with a clean new store, products easier to find & make the way you want, and another sale coming up on the 12th (details to follow in a different blog post), Shop cordially invites you to come buy that Swag you want and fill in the Shop Verification Form so we can issue you a Swagster Tab for your Dossier.

Attention all TAW members, 

The TAW Shop is going to be going under some construction during the next week.  During this time, we regret to inform that the Shop will be closing down each Shop for a couple days while we do some much needed renovations.

The goal in this is to make the Shop easier for our members to find products. and items.  We ask that you please have patience as each Shop should only take a couple days to complete.

Thank you for your continued support. 

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS 02-03-2020

We will be ready to go for our next promotion coming up on the 12th.