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Age of Empires II: DE - Tier 1
SUL - Stiigletz
AOE II DE: March Newsletter
The Age of Empires Division have been hard at work, going up to Tier 1 in Vanguard, and preparing for their imminent launch into Army. While preparing for that, they continue to run their own in-house tournaments and participate in community ran ones.
The Age of Warfare tournament series continues on the heels of a very exciting Art of Winter 1v1. Congrats again to StratRebel & PlusNomad for winning the Feudal Cup and Castle Cup respectively. In February, we held a 6 Player Regicide Rumble event.
If you have any questions, or are interested into transferring to this unit, contact Vanguard or AOE Staff. You can also chat with them over at their discord: TAW - Age of Empires II DE
Event Times
NA = 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM EST Saturdays and Wednesdays
NA Optional = N/A
EU = 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM GMT Saturdays and Wednesdays
EU Optional = N/A
Valorant - Tier 2
SUL - FalconRuby
If you have any questions, or are interested into transferring to this unit, contact Vanguard or Valorant Staff. You can also join the discussion over at their Discord: TAW - Valorant
NA = Thursdays 20:00 - 21:00 EST II Sundays 20:00 - 22:00 EST
EU = Wednesdays 19:00 - 21:00 GMT ll Sundays 19:00 - 21:00 CEST
EU Optional = Tuesday 20:00 - 21:00 CEST
Star Wars: Squadrons - Tier 2
SUL - MercenaryHG
If you have any questions, or are interested into transferring to this unit, contact Vanguard or Squadrons Staff. You can also join the discussion over at their Discord: TAW - Star Wars Squadrons
Event TimesEU Mandatory: 7:00 PM GMT on Sundays
NA Mandatory: 8:00 PM EST on Tuesdays
EU Optional: Tuesday and Thursday at 8:00 PM GMT
Hunt Showdown - Tier 3
SUL - Subteram
If you have any questions, or are interested into transferring to this unit, contact Vanguard or Hunt Staff. You can also join the discussion over at their Discord: TAW - Hunt Showdown
Joint Optional at 2:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM GMT
Dota 2 - Tier 3
SUL - TBD
If you have any questions, or are interested into transferring to this unit, contact Vanguard or Hunt Staff. You can also join the discussion over at their Discord: TAW - Dota 2
City of Heroes - Tier 3
SUL - DestroyerPA
City of Heroes Division has advanced into Tier 3, and are now recruiting in full force, while also planning for events for their Division and the game community! One of these events include Costume Contest, ran by the Division, in which members of the game, in and out of TAW participate in hopes of winning some unique prizes!
As for Promotions, they are as follows:
Loft stepped up as DI
Goodeus stepped up as DI
Eastonfection stepped up as PIA
If you have any questions, or are interested into transferring to this unit, contact Vanguard or CH Staff. You can also join the discussion over at their Discord: TAW - City of Heroes
NA Mandatory: 20:00 - 22:00 EST on Saturdays
NA Optional: 20:00 - 22:00 EST on Wednesdays
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Valheim, developed by Iron Gate Studios, and published by Coffee Stain Publishing, is an open world survival sandbox, released on Steam in Early Access on February 2, 2021.
Players are thrust into the roles of Vikings, who were sent into the afterlife in order to combat the creatures besieging Valheim, the tenth Norse realm. Being the newest guardian of the realm, you are tasked with slaying the ancient enemies of Odin and the gods, and bring order to the realm of Valheim.
Players are able to explore a procedurally generated world, of their choosing. Venturing into dark forests, climbing onto snow covered mountains, and looking upon long lush valleys. If that inner viking in them is there, they can take to the seas and try to explore it, with the risk of awakening something....
Ever dreamed of being the lord of your own Norse village? Well, now you can be. Build your own houses, mead halls, and even castles, with a powerful construction interface in game. You can even build legendary vessels to conquer those seas and discover new lands, rich with resources and new dangers to conquer. The limit is your own imagination Viking.
Survive in this harsh and cruel world, as you fend off creatures and find resources to build your towns, and feed yourself. Craft yourself powerful weapons and armor, as well as food and mead to prepare yourself for any encounter ahead of you.
Don't do it alone! Take a friend with you, or 9. Whatever floats your Long-ship! Players are able to play in co-op on self hosted servers, or dedicated servers, and explore the world of Valheim with all its beauty and dangers. It is recommended to play within a party of 3-5, as the game is still in Early Access, and there is still things to be fixed and improved as time goes by.
You can buy the game on Steam: Valheim Steam Page
This game has taken the internet by storm, and is among the top 5 played games on Steam currently, with peak players being around 500,000 a day. It offers something players have been wanting for a long time, a survival game that offers all the fun of one, without the annoying troupes accompanied by it. Due to its popularity and genre, Vanguard is looking for interested members in this game. If you are one, feel free to contact any of the Vanguard Staff by email:
You can also fill out the Vanguard Interest Form:
Interest Form
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On Tuesday February 9th, Valheim became the fourth most played game on Steam, hosting
over 160,000 peak concurrent users, surpassing Grand Theft Auto V, Apex Legends and
Rocket League.
Valheim, a new indie Viking-themed multiplayer survival game has just hit Steam Early Access.
Up to 10 players will be able to work together to explore and survive the harsh environments of
the tenth world of Yggdrasil. It is probably best described as a Minecraft, Terraria, Souls game.
That’s a lot to take in. Valheim combines the 3D base building of Minecraft – although with the
mechanics of Rust – with the material grind and boss-fight mechanics of Terraria. And the combat
has definite Souls-like vibes.
Though it’s not just the art style that has everyone raving about Valheim.
One of the first awesome aspects of the game is the way in which you level up skills.
Cutting down trees with your fists boosts your unarmed skill. It’s like a crossover of Mount and Blade,
Runescape, and Oblivion. Much more intuitive than a complex skill tree.
The scale of the game is also impressive, and you’ll notice it even before you take down the first
of the several bosses in the game.
Valheim is probably best described as a Minecraft, Terraria, Souls game. That’s a lot to take in.
Valheim combines the 3D base building of Minecraft – although with the mechanics of Rust,
with the material grind and boss-fight mechanics of Terraria. And the combat has definite Souls-like vibes.
If you have interest in this game, and want to see it or any other in TAW,
feel free to fill out the interest form:Vanguard Interest Forum
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:
Hemphop, Warlohn, SnapShot, Bluebear, Alas
Vanguard is happy to announce that Hunt Showdown will have a Spin Up meeting to commemorate their launch into Vanguard!
Date:
February 13
Time:
15:00 ET
20:00 GMT
Location:
TeamSpeak, under Vanguard, in Pathfinder Corps
You can view the Event here:
Hunt Showdown - Spin-Up Meeting
Feel free to drop in and experience a general overview of what the Division plans, and the staff in charge.
We hope to see you there!
Vanguard is happy to announce that City of Heroes will have a Spin Up meeting to commemorate their launch into Vanguard!
February 6
13:00 ET
18:00 GMT
TeamSpeak, under Vanguard Corps
City of Heroes - Spin Up Meeting