Greetings TAW and welcome to another iteration of On the Horizon. The purpose of this particular series of blog posts is to bring light to the current Horizon Teams as well as potential games that Vanguard is considering bringing into the fold.
As PIA it is my privelage to provide information on these teams and be a pseudo spokesman for them. Some of the information will include how to get involved with these teams, who to contact, and when they typically gather for their mandatory events.
Current Horizon Teams
-Minecraft-
SUL: EvoDeviant
Mandatory Times:
NA = Sunday 7:15pm CST/CDT
EU & Asia Mandatory = Sunday 8PM BST (5PM GMT+1)
Minecraft is a sandbox video game created by Swedish game developer Markus Persson and released by Mojang in 2011. The game allows players to build with a variety of different blocks in a 3D procedurally generated world, requiring creativity from players. Other activities in the game include exploration, resource gathering, crafting, and combat.
-Albion Online-
SUL: TBD
Mandatory Time:
NA/EU = Sunday 3pm EST
Albion Online is a fantasy sandbox MMORPG featuring a player-driven economy, classless combat system, and intense PvP battles. Explore a vast open world full of danger and opportunity. Grow your wealth, forge alliances, and leave your mark on the world of Albion.
-Conqueror's Blade-
SUL: Zenmire
NA = Saturday 10:15pm EST
EU = TBD
Lead your armies in the conquest of a persistent open world in this spectacular free-to-play multiplayer game of action and tactics, one that seamlessly combines visceral medieval combat with immersive tactical command over the men and machinery of war. Conqueror’s Blade’s innovative hybrid of action and tactical gameplay challenges players with becoming the ultimate war general by forming alliances with other leaders, equip period-accurate armor and field iconic units from both Western and Eastern civilizations such as the Swiss Halberdiers, Iron Buddhas, Mongol mounted archers and Samurai.
Potential New Games
-Dauntless-
Powerful, wild, and ravenous for the aether that holds the Shattered Isles aloft, Behemoths are a threat to our very existence. Team up with other Slayers to confront these massive beasts before they consume what's left of our world.
-Final Fantasy 14-
A massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIV takes place in the fictional land of Eorzea, five years after the events of the original release. At the conclusion of the original game, the primal dragon Bahamut escapes from its lunar prison to initiate the Seventh Umbral Calamity, an apocalyptic event which destroys much of Eorzea. Through the gods' blessing, the player character escapes the devastation by time traveling five years into the future. As Eorzea recovers and rebuilds, the player must deal with the impending threat of invasion by the Garlean Empire from the north.
-Age of Wonders: Planetfall-
Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.
-DayZ-
The post-soviet country of Chernarus is struck by an unknown virus, turning the majority population into frenzied infected. Fighting over resources has bred a hostile mentality among survivors, driving what’s left of humanity to collapse. You are one of the few immune to the virus - how far will you go to survive?
-Atlas-
The ultimate survival MMO - plus singleplayer/private sessions - of immense scale with up to 40,000 simultaneous players. Endless adventure of piracy & sailing, exploration & combat, roleplaying progression, settlement civilization-building, among the largest gameworlds ever!
-Rust-
The only aim in Rust is to survive. To do this you will need to overcome struggles such as hunger, thirst and cold. Build a fire. Build a shelter. Kill animals for meat. Protect yourself from other players, and kill them for meat. Create alliances with other players and form a town. Do whatever it takes to survive.
If you would like to see any of these games brought into TAW or would like to help these teams feel free to put in an interest form by following this link.
Regards,
JohnLockwood
VG PIA
Greetings TAW,
As we know coming into a new game is one thing, recruiting is another. As a community we learn to work well with each other and put forth efforts in helping each other out. With that said, starting today we are opening a recruitment drive to help ramp up the game. For those that aren’t aware, we are in the process of spinning this game up. As of the date of this posting it is currently Teir 4 in Horizon. We would like to invite you to something fun and exciting to help boost numbers. To make it clear, we are not expecting you to lose time in your personal divisions, nor take time away from gaming on your scheduled events. So with that said, we in Conquerors Blade would like to offer the following for you.
For every recruit you personally help bring into TAW from the game, you will be entered to win one of the following three items:
Here’s how this breaks down:
On August 31st, 2019 - for every recruit that passes boot camp and is still active with the rank PFC or higher, you will have an entry into the drawing wth no maximum entries. There will be a drawing for first place, second place, and third place. All winning members will be announced and broadcasted to TAW in the form of a post shared on the home page of TAW.net as well as our recruitment forums online.
The conditions:
We need at least 30 recruits through boot camp by the above listed date for the drawing to be worthwhile.
20 recruits = drawing for the headset only
25 recruits = drawing for the headset and gaming mouse
30 recruits = drawing for all three items in the list.
31+ recruits I will add extra items to the list that will be well worth your while. ie $25 Amazon gift card(s), Steam card(s) etc
As many in TAW know, I use to do this with other games, and the items were shipped promptly for the winners.
Again, this is TAW wide for anyone that may play on the side or wanting to check it out. The game itself is free of charge on steam HERE. And who couldn’t use new free gaming items to enhance your play.
We look forward to seeing how this goes.
Best Regards,
Draxton
-Insurgency Sandstorm - Tier 2
DC: StuffedShark
NA = Sundays and Tuesdays 9pm EST
EU = Sundays and Tuesdays 8pm GMT+1
-Star Citizen - Tier 2
SUL: EdibleCrab
NA = Sunday 2:30pm EST
EU = Sunday 2:30pm EST
-EVE Online - Tier 2
SUL: Avguste
NA = Friday 10pm EST
EU = Friday 5pm EST
Joint Operations = Sunday 5pm EST
-Elder Scrolls Online - Tier 2
SUL: RowanRainsong
NA = Saturday 9pm EST
EU = Saturday 7pm GMT
-The Division 2 - Tier 2
SUL: Balan
NA = Sunday 7pm EST
EU = Sunday 7pm CET
-Apex Legends - Tier 2
SUL: Himscar
EU = Friday 3pm EST and Sunday 2pm EST
-Foxhole - Tier 2
SUL: Tirean
EU = Saturday 7pm BST
-Hell Let Loose - Tier 2
SUL: Warlohn (Acting SUL)
Sundays 8:30pm BST (3:30pm EDT/EST)
-Minecraft - Tier 3
EU & Asia Mandatory = Sunday 8PM BST (17:00 GMT+1)
-Albion Online - Tier 3
NA = TBD
-Neverwinter Online - Tier 3
SUL: Destroyerpa
-Conquerors Blade - Tier 3
If any of the aforementioned games interest you or there is a game coming down the pipeline that you want to see in TAW please let us know by filling out an interest form here or by contacting the SUL running the division.
Hello everyone!For those not familiar with what we in Vanguard do, we are the Corps who brings in new games in TAW and build them up before they are ready to launch into Army.
We are always looking to find additional games for TAW to bring in and build a division for, we can't do this alone though. We need interest for the game and a team to start a division up.
How do you go about showing interest for bringing a game into TAW then you might be asking? We got you covered, here is the interest form for you to fill out:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeavUd3yeHfBN0CyE5pJ9nkBzU2BL08gaU_P-QHDjZG13zjjA/viewform
Can't commit to transfer over? No worries, showing interest for the game is still great so we know if there is members interestedin seeing the game in TAW!
If you got any questions or interested to know more about Vanguard do feel free to reach out to anyone of us in the VG staff: Dreamus, Hemphop, Warlohn, JohnLockWood