The beautiful weather is upon us, and despite the global pandemic which is still going on, it means it’s time to shed off those pesky winter clothes and slip into something a little more comfortable.
That’s right, I’m talking about shorts.
And over at the TAW Shop, we have you covered. Our Cranium store has 2 pairs of shorts available for you to show off your pride in your gaming community. So whether it’s just a stroll around town, a hike through the woods, or heading to the grocery store, we have the sorts for you. Click on either image below to head on over to the Shop. If you forget to use our link, please use coupon code TAW.
Please remember to fill out our Verification Form to receive a tab for your purchase.
A flag can represent many things, from Hope to Freedom, Honor to Respect, an Idea, or even directions from deck crews. Shop has mad respect for all the front line workers, military personnel, and those who work in essential services keeping our countries running in these hard times.
But our mad respect and pride doesn’t stop there, it continues on for our Community. We’re proud of the accomplishments other divisions have, whether it’s winning a tournament, to someone getting promoted, a commendation being issued, a division launching, or even just something simple as knowing this is a safe place for people to come together and enjoy playing games with each other and have fun. We take pride in our community.
With that being said, we’d like to now help you all show off your pride in our gaming community, The TAW FLAG!!! That’s right, it’s finally here! Head on over to our Team Store and get yours today. If your forget to use the link we just gave you, use the coupon code TAW.
Please remember, average production times are 3-6 weeks. Shop staff does not know the stages of production is in or when it will be shipped, for that you’ll have to contact Cranium Support at support@craniumapparel.co.
Howdy howdy everyone!
For the 2021 Fundraiser we broke yet another record in amount raised.
We raised……
This effort put forward is a push in the right direction to get our website completed and ensure that The Art of Warfare continues on into the new year. This also highlights the generosity of our community in coming together when it’s needed. You all also guarantee that TAW can continue to provide you all with a place to game, talk, and hangout.
This effort wouldn’t have been possible without all of those that helped behind the scenes, more so to the tremendous help from the following divisions.
MID - The streaming events that crackles’s team put together helped raise about a quarter of the donation contributions this year. It also helped greatly with marketing the fundraiser to TAW while the event was running.
ER - The events that MrHazz’s team put together during the 20th TAW anniversary was a fantastic launching pad for the fundraiser and helped immensely with marketing it.
SHOP - With the awesome effort from Baron and his team, we saw a new shop get released with new merchandise. The commission we made from this new shop was a great addition to money made for the fundraiser.
Finally, a HUGE thank you to all that donated/subscribed/purchased during the 2021 Fundraiser. Treasury will be working diligently to hand out the awards to everyone that filled out the survey form by this coming weekend. Remember, thanks to our anonymous donor where all donations are considered doubled.
If you filled out the form and didn’t receive your earned commendations or if you didn’t fill out the survey form and would like to be awarded for participating in the fundraiser, just send us an email at treas@taw.net or find us in TeamSpeak.
Thank you all again and have a fantastic rest of your day.
We are excited to announce the new name of our Division ...*Drum Roll Please*.... Let's give a warm welcome to the Media Integration Division (MID)! Our corps is dedicated to being a proactive and productive center of resources for all TAW members by supporting each division with relevant and timely services. We wish to promote our services to the members as a whole and rebrand our corps to reflect the change.
Media Integration Division (MID)! will remain the same in focusing on nurturing relationships between Army and Operations. Their goal is to create a community where everyone feels welcome with TAW wide event, encouraging members to stream, and getting your Division's content on TAW's social platforms.
Social Battalion provide several social media and marketing resources, as well as being the central hub for all PIAs. Having a trained PIA is a prime way to get your divisions name out their on all of TAW's social media platforms, as well as communicating with other divisions to bring the community closer together.
Social Media
They will be able to help divisions get information about updates and upcoming events
Their main focus is on
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/the_art_of_warfare_taw/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/TAWgaming
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/TAWgamingChannel
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TAWOfficialGaming/
Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/TheArtofWarfare/
Steam - https://steamcommunity.com/groups/TAW
Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@tawcommunity
Platoon - marketing Team
They will be able to help the division try and work out way to market themselves on social media and better ways to start streaming
Platoon - Newsletter Team
The newsletter team will be able to centralize all of the divisions newsletters in one place and also focus on writing a TAW wide newsletter
Platoon - PIA Support
central hub for the PIA to help get the information out and have monthly PIA meeting ( when we staff)
Video Battalion Will provide all of the video support.as well as communicating with other divisions to bring the community closer together. Streaming your events on TAWTV can bring in a new audience and create an archive of great moments.
Platoon - Moderation Office
This division will be all about Moderation of all live and written media
Platoon - Podcasts
This division will focus on making all the podcasts that will be made with in tawtv
Platoon - Streaming
You can stream any of the following:
Training Sessions
Internal and external tournaments
Podcast
Casual Gameplays
Let’s plays
Co-op Gameplay
Game Tests
TAWTV News
Live Interviews
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zI02nDdD5oR-7RFLVohFlHMaYOphpPrukmeKo8xmdDk/edit?usp=sharing
ALL NEW FORMS
PIA REMOVAL FORM
PIA REQUEST FORM
PIA Details Inquiry
TSO Streaming Workshop
Social Media Request
We hope to see you pop in to our Division and spend some time with our amazing group of TAW members! They are knowledgeable about the TAW community and what it takes to bring your Division to the next level!
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or want to learn more about each of our Platoon.
Session sign ups are finished! Have fun playing!
Incase you missed our first post, we here at the Events Resources division are running a Dungeons and Dragons One-shot event with the help of the Tabletop Roleplay division. We’ve finally assembled our team of eager Dungeon Masters and are ready to open up player sign ups!
Since we’ve had a lot of interest and aren't sure if we can accommodate everyone we’re doing sign ups on a come first come served basis. You can find the Session descriptions and times here and we’ll be opening sign ups on the 25th April at 20:00 GMT . We ask that you try your best to sign up to a session that both appeals to you and that you as a player fit.
The session sign ups once released at 20:00 GMT will stay live until all slots for that session are filled (or it gets too close to the start time to accept new players). You are only allowed to sign up to one session but can sign up another TAW member with their permission if they are unable to do themselves (Please choose the “Sign up for me plus a friend” option and precede your name with how many people including yourself you are signing up for. E.g (2) Lilgreyshark for me and 1 other member.
Please take note of how many people have already signed up and how many player slots are available for that session. If you sign up to a session that is already full by accident or due to server lags we will do our best to find space to accommodate you in a different session but cannot guarantee we’ll be able to. It is best to check your slot is confirmed by refreshing the page or reopening the link in a separate window or tab.
The links when the sign ups go live will be edited into this post for your convenience. If you would like a reminder of when the links go live our player mailing list is still active here.
You can find the session descriptions here. Once you have signed up your Dungeon Master and myself will be in contact via your TAW email. You as a player MUST BE READY TO RESPOND TO THE DM. No Dungeon master is going to be badgering you but the game does require some prep work. If you are a new player or don't have the time to prepare your character myself and the lovely RP Division are on standby with help and some premade characters.
In your intrepid adventures on the internet it's likely you've stumbled upon, always wanted to play, or have adventured in the TableTop role-play game that is Dungeons and Dragons, but did you know we have our own Tabletop Roleplay Game Division here in TAW, who not only play D&D but also TTRPGs every week? Well if you didn't (and even if you did) the Roleplay Division wants you to know that they are always welcoming new players or guests to their games! They even have a whole discord server.
What's even more exciting is the RP division is teaming up with us in the Event Resources Division to bring you a day of D&D one-shots to play in.
The event will take place on the 1st May 2021 with sessions running throughout the day, so no matter what time zone you're in you have a chance to take part!
Firstly MAY DAY IS PLAY DAY - The games will be held on 1st May 2021, and the start time of each game will vary depending on the Dungeon Master's time-zone. However, all games will run for roughly 3-4 hours each, starting between 15:00 - 01:00 GMT. Our Dungeon Masters come from all over the world so no matter your time-zone there should be a game for you to join.
The sessions themselves will all vary as the best D&D sessions do, but all will roughly comprise of 1 DM and 4 Players with a story that can come to a satisfying end within the 3-4 hour time frame.
Lastly, signing up as a Dungeon Master or a player will be done differently to reflect the difference in prep needed for play day. Dungeon masters will need to fill a sign-up form here and players will get a chance to sign up later. Once we have the DM numbers and how many sessions we can run organized, we will open up player sign-up, details of which can be found here. DM SIGN UPS ARE CLOSED
Since we can’t explain it all in a single blog post head over here for the full details and the FAQ!
Last call!
This is the last week that TAW members will be able to order from our spread shirt NA & EU Shops. Once the fundraiser closes, so will the spread shirt shops so if there is something you still want to purchase this is the last week to do so.
PROMO
NA & EU SHOP
PROMO: 15% off everything
WHEN: April 14 - April 18
This is the last week to purchase the 20th Anniversary hoodie. TAW only turns 20 once so you won’t want to miss out on getting this celebration logo hoodie! If you're wondering how awesome it looks, here’s the SHOP PIA modeling it!
Don’t delay, shop today!
Please remember to fill out our Verification Form to receive a tab for your purchase. This will make sure you get your swagster tab and qualify as if you donated for the fundraiser.
By now, many of you have seen our new Cranium Shop. Our new shop is home to some amazing looking apparel (as shown below).
Please remember when buying from Cranium Shop, use the provided link or coupon code TAW. Then head on over to our Shop Verification Form and fill it out for us to issue you a Swagster Tab.
So, the apparel shown above, is our Pro Gear Line Up. They are Dye Sublimated, so there is no worries of the images cracking/peeling because it is not an iron on graphic. People have already been coming to Shop staff and asking if they can get the pro gear in different colors (it really didn’t take long for people to start asking us). So Shop staff has decided that we want to hear from you, the members of TAW, on what you want to see as an alternate color set up. We will be looking into and considering the most requested color patterns. So if you want to see the alternate jersey/hoodie as a white instead of the black, purple instead of the red, and green instead of the grey...let us know. PLEASE DO NOT USE COLOR WHEEL CODES!!!! We will not be taking the time to look those up. Put in red, blue, magenta, fuschia, puce, teal, honeybee yellow. If you can find the name for the color, put it in. By all means, if it’s “chocolate cosmos”, please feel free to write “Chocolate Cosmos (Red)” so we understand it’s a shade of red.
All responses will be seen by Shop staff and their CoC.
Please fill out THIS FORM to let us know what colors you want to see on alternate jersey/hoodie.
By now, many of you have seen that the Shop Team is currently operating 3 Shops (NA, EU, and our new Cranium store.
YOU MUST USE THE LINKS PROVIDED FOR TAW TO GET COMMISSIONS. ESPECIALLY FOR CRANIUM!!!! ALTERNATIVELY, ON CRANIUM ONLY, YOU CAN USE THE COUPON CODE TAW.
Because we’re running 3 stores right now, we updated our wiki to still showcase the information for the Spreadshirt Shops (US & EU Shops), but also to include our new Cranium Shop. There is a lot of important information found on the Shop Wiki which can be found by clicking on the link provided or by clicking on Wiki’s from the main TAW home page -> Wikis -> Membership Resource Corps -> TAW Shop Information.
As many of you know, we are still in our annual fundraiser. Purchasing from the Shop also acts as if you’ve made a donation, but you need to fill out the Verification Form for it to qualify, as we send weekly reports to Treasury right now and have to verify the purchase. Our form lets us know who the member is, what they bought, when, what Shop. We do not see your personal details, payment method, etc. So please, fill it out.
Now, getting on to apparel.
Our 20th Anniversary line up, which is found in the NA & EU Shops, will only be there until the end of the Fundraiser. Then, like those 2 Shops, they will disappear. So if you want ANYTHING from either of those 2 Shops, get it while you can. Shop will be closing those doors on APRIL 20th of 2021.
As for our Cranium Apparel, please use the links provided on our TAW Site, or in TeamSpeak. If you forget and just go to Cranium website and co to purchase anything, please be sure to use the Coupon Code: TAW. This ensures that TAW gets the credit for the sale.
We also have a ton of new stuff recently added to the Cranium Store, including our new Coffee Mug (check out Blog Post by Amathist, Shop’s PIA). We still have a couple items on their way, including the new Shop Flag, and those should be in the Cranium store later this week. But if you want to see our full line up, click the Cranium logo above and head on over. But here’s our Pro Line Up for you.
Greetings all,
Here are some details of what to expect:
Prizes:
Tournament sign up sheet link- https://forms.gle/gqEymVUgkXNQnbr76
The event will also be streamed on TAWTV
A new shop item has been added that many TAW members have been asking for!!!
It’s a multi use item...
That can also hold liquids…
I hope you’ve guessed what it is….
TAWs new shop now has a mug for purchase!!!
You can check out our new TAW Eagle Mug from Cranium HERE. If you forget to use the TAW exclusive links provided on taw.net or in TeamSpeak Shop Channels, please use Coupon Code: TAW.
Late 2020, both MaverickSabre and Shop each had a logo voting for the logos that went on new Shop apparel. 583 names were on the combined list. The prize, a Tshirt from the new Shop.
Winner: ShmeeCow
Video of Draw
Events & Resources Division is working on a Board Games Night with TableTop Division for April's schedule. Recently, we have some great deal for you guys willing to join us in the following TAW wide event. Since today and only for the next 20 hours (or something about that) Steam has opened for us a great opportunity to buy TableTop at 50% off. This is your chance to explore this great game and hop up all together. All hands on deck and welcome aboard! Feel free to check out this sale on Steam
If you are interested in more Tabletop games no worries Tabletop Role Play Division will be there for you to, please have a chat with Remo [RP CO]. The division activities are: EU events - Sunday at 20h to 22h CET
20% off anything in Spreadshirt shops!
Come on over to SHOP to get 20% off anything until March 29th! Get your gear with the 20 year TAW logo before its gone!
PROMO: 20% off ANYTHING in the SHOP! (not cranium)
Timeframe: March 26th - 29th.
Both NA and EU shops can be found right from the TAW home page. Remember, you can edit
what products each design sits on just by clicking the logo you want, pick a template product, then the pencil icon for customizing.
So, get out and buy some TAW sway and show your pride for our gaming community making it 20 years!
Recruiting Division is recruiting! We work with other divisions to support their recruiting efforts, composing useful reports in order to aid their staff as well as providing specialized training. We will be working in close concert with Vanguard and Phoenix with the full support of Pathfinder Command. Should you want to apply, we are looking for the following character traits:
1. Comfortable talking with a variety of people
2. Willing to work as a team
3. Prepared to read and write reports
If you are interested, please fill out our interest form!