Vanguard Newsletter November 2018
The Vanguard Train is pulling into the station once again with all news everyone wants to know. As we enter the month of November, the hard working teams of Battlefield V, Call of Duty, Fortnite, DC Universe, and Insurgency Sandstorm have all continued their hard work in Tier 2. Due to their hard work and dedication these teams have been able to achieve great success in TAW and continue their momentum forward, ever forward. As well Vanguard has expanded this month with the addition of some new games and staff.
If there is a game you would like to see in TAW please complete the VG Interest Form. Feel free to contact the Vanguard staff if you have any questions. We also have the game testing channel under the VG HQ. The games in this channel changes from week to week, but check it out and see if the game your playing in there. We use this channel to help us with identifying what games to bring in next. Hop in and find others playing the same games as you, and it shows your support to Vanguard. Make sure to keep up with the Vanguard blog and forum posts to stay updated on upcoming games!
The month of October was an extremely exciting one for games and divisions in Vanguard, but one of the major events that happened was Zenmire returning to his role as the VG VC. Vanguard also gained another new addition to it's staff as Rekon (pronounced Ree - Con) stepped up to serve as the new VG LC. The entire VG staff is excited with the changes and look forward to working with the Spin Up Teams and Horizon Teams. It's been a bit of a slow year for Vanguard, but Team is now looking to get out of this slump and bring forth some serious home runs for games.
Mandatory Event Times
EU: Sunday and Thursday 14:30 EST
NA: Sunday 20:30 EST
Optional Event Times
EU: TBA
NA: Tuesday 21:00 EST
The Battlefield V Team has continued to bring the battle as they await the launch of Battlefield V later this month. They have proven their resiliance by continuing their love for the game by hosting events in the previous versions of Battlefield (which btw, BF 4 is still an awesome frag fest). The Team is still sitting in a comfortable spot with most of their base positions filled in this Tier 2 game and looking to continue to expand as soon as the new game launches.
With the exception of their one member who is on leave, this team can boast that 100% of their Division is at a 50% mandatory rate, with about 90% of that being 75% or higher.
The Early Access for this much anticipated game, is November 9th of 2018. Straight from the Battlefield Twitter post, there is a mountain of information for their November 2nd “Debrief”, which is found on their official Reddit post. Now from previous personal experience with Battlefield 4 (my wallet still hates me for the amount I spent for all the add ons), this is certainly a game you’ll want to look into if you like military style FPS games.
If anyone is interested in helping this team to be a success in TAW, contact Blwoods, sTim, or any of the Vanguard staff.
EU: Monday and Friday 21:00 CET
NA: Sunday 21:00-23:00 EST
EU: Wednesday 21:00 CET
NA: Monday & Tuesday 21:00-22:00 EST
The Call of Duty Team has become an absolute juggernaut in Vanguard. They have endured WWII and now evolved into Black Ops 4, continued to pursue success along the way. This team has continued to push through anything thrown at them, and I do mean anything. Their dedication shows, as approximately 80% of their division sits above a 50% Mandatory average, with their turnouts getting only better. Lead by one of the longest standing SUL’s, JohnLockwood, they continue to keep their sites locked on having fun, recruiting, achieving Tier 1 and aiming for the Corps.
John’s hinted that the hard work of his Team has not gone unnoticed and that he’s proud of each of his members. Recently, he even issued the TAB’s for members who participated in the Beta events.
As for the game itself, they just got hit with massive update that makes an artillery bombardment look like a water balloon fight. Some of the worthwhile mentions for this update are: spawn adjustments to the various matches, weapon and attachment adjustments, Operator adjustments, and more. One of the mixed updates recently made, is the addition of “microtransactions”. While players are not entheusiastic about it, there is the understanding of why they may be needed.
If anyone is interested in helping this team to be a success in TAW, contact John Lockwood or any of the Vanguard staff.
NA: Sunday 13:00 - 15:00 EST
EU: Sunday 17:00-19:00 GMT
NA: Thursday 18:00-20:00 EST
EU: Thursday 16:00-18:00 GMT
Fortnite is far from another “Frag Fest”. It is one of the pioneers of the “Battle Royal” system which is currently dominating the gaming community and the global market. It still is, one of the most popular games out there today. I mean this game is so popular, that there is dances that people refer back to as “Hey, that’s in Fortnite!”
Streamers, news stations, and other media have dragged huge amounts of attention to this game and almost everyone knows what it is.
The game itself is set up in 4 Man Squads, and runs with “Seasons”, currently on Season 6. What’s most noteable, is that each “season”, has a special theme. Season 6’s Theme: Darkness Rises, which focuses around Halloween. Loot Lake's island is now floating, there's a haunted castle, corn fields and Wailing Woods to explore—among other areas to find, teases Epic. Check out the revised map above, and we'll keep you up to date on whatever else is out there. Look out for 'corrupted' areas of the map, where you'll find Shadow Stones. Everything you need to know about Season 6, can be found here. I’m not going to give any more spoilers on Season 6, but will say that it looks amazing.
Since last month, this team has hit a few road blocks, but are back on track and have found a huge amount of success and continue to strive in the right direction again. With 30+ members, Fortnite is proudly one of the Tier 2 games in Full Spin Up, lead by Zwoggy. Word has it, that there’s a couple of members getting promoted, but I’ve had to swear not to say any names, it’ll be a surprise, so keep your eyes open. Zwoggy has also informed me that his team are looking into Streaming..
So, if you’re looking for a Battle Royale style game that is both F2P with the option of Premium Membership and a “cash shop” for some cool stuff, you’ll want to check out this game.
If anyone is interested in helping this team be a success in TAW, contact any of the Vanguard staff or Zwoggy.
NA: Sunday 20:00-21:00 CST
EU: Sunday 12:00-13:00 CST
NA/EU: Tuesday 14:00-15:00 CST/Thursday 14:00-15:00 CST/Saturday 14:00-15:00 CST
The DC Universe Online Team is still running as strong as The Man of Steel himself in Vanguard. As a full Spin Up Team, they are working together to constantly push recruiting and move ever forward in the battle against evil/good. More importantly, they have a unified vision and focus to carry them through.
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Hemphop and was impressed at where this Division sits. They can proudly boast that over 80% of their Division holds 50% or higher Mandatory Average, with a total of 70% of their division running at 70% or greater. Through the conversation, Hemphop updated me on where the division is going, including letting me in on a couple upcoming member promotions that are in the near future. So in advance, a big “Hoorah!” to those members. No, I’m not going to tell you who they are, you’ll just have to keep an eye on this amazing division to find out who.
Having a structure to their leadership and communications have helped the SUL, Hemphop, create a more active environment.
The team is looking to all outlets for recruiting, such as the official game forums and in game recruitment, as well as installing new ideas to help the team to advance through Vanguard. With the recent flip into tier 2 the team will look to continue their success in activity and increase their membership numbers
Upcoming in the game, on November 8th of 2018, will be the next episode, Atlantis. DCUO Creative Director “Nerd of Prey”, shared with all the Heroes & Villans on what to expect. You can find the summarization of it on the Development Update Post. Also, this coming weekend is bonus artifact XP.
For those of you who don’t know about this game yet, it’s a MMORPG that allows you to create your own superhero or villan and play through a series of quests. The game is cross platform, but heads up, TeamSpeak will not work on your PSN as PSN does not support TeamSpeak. You can find the League Recruitment Post here. Run on over to Steam and pick up the game.
If anyone is interested in helping this team be a success in TAW, contact Hemphop or any of the Vanguard staff.
NA: Sunday/Wednesday 21:00-22:00 EST
EU: Sunday 20:00-21:00 GMT+1
NA: Thursdays 21:00 EST
EU: Thursdays 20:00 GMT+1
There’s a storm brewing this fall and it’s covered in sand. Our brave troops in INST are taking on some tough challenges as the game still is having some technical issues, but that’s not sending them into a tactical retreat. Not even the fact that there seems to be some disdain for “clans” on the North American servers, luckily our EU team is not facing this hurdle. They are pushing on through this storm and planning on emerging victorious. Despite the challenges they are facing, approximately 80% of this division maintains a 50% or higher mandatory average. There will be some upcoming staff position shifts for the betterment of the unit, so keep your eyes open so you can issue the congratulations to the members.
Now for some good news from the HQ, the Beta Update is hitting the ground on November 8th of 2018, with the full launch coming in just over a month on December 12th of 2018. The team is looking into 2 Community Dedicated Servers, which are reasonably priced. You’re looking at a maximum of 16 players per team, depending on map/server. And the best thing about this game, they are even taking into consideration the players who already own the original Insurgency. So run over to Steam and pick it up.
If anyone is interested in helping this team be a success in TAW, contact Triskalion or any of the Vanguard staff.
NA: Sunday/Wednesday 20:00-21:00 EST
EU: Sunday 14:00-16:00 EST
N/A
Elite Dangerous is the definitive mass multiplayer space epic. Move over Captain Picard, because in this game, the player gets to take control over their own spacecraft in an evolving, connected, cut throat galaxy.
Now that’s not to say that this Division hasn’t faced any struggles, with their being a change in leadership and not enough pilots out there. But the game and the staff continue to push on and are looking for some fresh blood to help out (a couple more recruiters would be lovely)
If anyone is interested in helping this team be a success in TAW, contact Mortwolf or any of the Vanguard Horizon staff.
NA: Tuesday 21:30-23:30 EST
EU: Saturday 15:00-17:00 EST
Trove was introduced to TAW a couple months back, and if you like mmo’s and Minecraft, this is the game for you, because it brings the best of both world into one. There has been a couple shifts in positions since this game joined TAW: Amathist was promoted to SUL, lost their previous SO but PsychicChimp has stepped up recently to fill that role, they had an HDI and lost him as he went to serve as the VLC in Vanguard. This team has faced it’s share of struggle, but one thing they continue to do is persevere and continue to build on like the Trovians they are.
Between the staff and the assistance of the CrossOut DC Cracklez, the team has created an immersive Club complete with all the crafting benches and portals for members to enjoy.The staff have already created a active environment for recruits to enjoy. The staff has also created many possible outlets for recruitment such as updating their recruitment post with new information and creating a discord meant solely for communicating with recruits.
The team is currently looking to fill in their division with a couple more solid recruiters, so if you’d love to help out this Division or are interested in the game, make sure to hop up into their Team Speak channel because playing with fellow members is always better than playing alone.
If anyone is interested in helping this team be a success in TAW, contact Amathist or any of the Vanguard Horizon staff.
SCUM is an open-world survival game with unprecedented levels of character customization, control, and progression. Knowledge and skill are your ultimate weapons for long-term survival. So if you ever wanted to walk on the “darker side” of life and not actually be incarcerated IRL, this might be a game to look into.
The character customization on this game is INSANE! It can be as basic as you like, or you can spend hours just choosing the right look and specs. While looking over the link already provided, there is so much information and entire blog post could be done on everything from “wetness” to sniping and camo. One thing you have to remember though, is keep an eye on your metabolism, so you gotta eat properly.
If anyone is interested in helping this team be a success in TAW, contact OmenRash or any of the Vanguard staff. Also pay attention to the Vanguard blogs as the spin up meeting should be announced soon!
Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement. As a hunter, you'll take on quests to hunt monsters in a variety of habitats. Take down these monsters and receive materials that you can use to create stronger weapons and armor in order to hunt even more dangerous monsters.
Don’t sit around doing nothing! Head over to the Steam Link previously provided, grab the game and the free DLC’s, and be the hunter, not the hunted.
If anyone is interested in helping this team be a success in TAW, contact Creo or any of the Vanguard staff. Also pay attention to the Vanguard blogs as the spin up meeting should be announced soon!
NA: Saturday 17:00 EDT
EU: Saturday 20:00 CEST
NA: Wednesday 20:00 EDT & Sunday 20:00 EDT
EU: Wednesday 20:30 CEST & Sunday 20:30 CEST
Ammo, check! Firearm, check! Snowboard, double check! Strap in, because this Tier 3 game is better than the X-Games!!!
Right out the gate, you need to “stay frosty” as you pick your spawn location. You will be able to see where others pick, so choose wisely. Starting off with your side are, ammo, and transpo item (snowboard, glider, ice pick), you trek across this landscape that most would mistake for Canada. Now, here’s where it gets interesting, not only are you trying to survive others actively seeking out to “off” you like an episode of The Hunger Games, but once it hits, you need to also make it to safety from Ymir, the icey environment that does DoT to you as long as you’re in it. As you search across the landscape, you will find new weapons, attachments, ammo, and gear.
This game is rapidly growing success as it combines a Battle Royal system with a version of the Winter Games and Hunger Games. So strap in kiddies, you’re in for one crazy ride.
If anyone is interested in helping this team be a success in TAW, contact HKone or any of the Vanguard staff. Also pay attention to the Vanguard blogs as the spin up meeting should be announced soon!
The ONLY game on our list this month at Tier 4, but that will not be for long. Even the Beta, which started October 31st, won’t be a long Beta, as the full launch is November 14th of 2018.
FallOut has been a long standing series loved by many. Everywhere you look, someone is playing the game, but this installation is a new kind of beast as it’s adding multiplayer into the game for the first time ever. That’s right, you’ll be able to team up with your fell TAW members or grab some randoms and work on completing quests and causing mayhem. The game has so much hinted at what may come if you dig deep enough into the files, but after speaking with one of the Team Members, this game is certainly one to be stoked about. Character customization, a massive map to explore, stuff blowing up, anarchy everywhere, and your opponents left crying in the corner as you decimate them.
Oh, we’re not finished yet. There’s still so much more, actually, we’ll just leave you with some of these tears that have been provided. Remember to Plan Your Character.
If anyone is interested in helping this team be a success in TAW, contact Kronos or any of the Vanguard staff. Also pay attention to the Vanguard blogs as the spin up meeting should be announced soon!
Good job buddy! <3
well done :)!
Outstanding work, Rekon!
Awsome as always buddy!
Nice work,
Keep up the great work Meme King