Vanguard is happy to announce that City of Heroes will have a Spin Up meeting to commemorate their launch into Vanguard!
Date:
February 6
Time:
13:00 ET
18:00 GMT
Location:
TeamSpeak, under Vanguard Corps
You can view the Event here:
City of Heroes - 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!
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Welcome to another edition of Vanguard Newsletter, our monthly update to bring you any new information about games in Vanguard. If you have any comments, questions or concerns regarding any of the games, or this post, feel free to contact any of the Vanguard staff.
The Recruiting Division has been and will continue to host once every month a Recruiting Class. The class is hosted by one of their recruiting masters where they go through their three main recruiting strategies - forum, direct messaging, and in-game. Their main focus is to spur discussion during and after the class by sharing each other's recruiting efforts and hopefully discover other ways to grow our numbers in TAW. Watch your TAW homepage for dates and time for the next class in February. The Recruiting Division is always open, so feel free to pop into their channels up in Vanguard to chat. If you want RD to come to you and meet with your team, just message Zenmire today!
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
Event Times
NA = Thursdays 20:00 - 21:00 EST II Sundays 20:00 - 22:00 EST
NA Optional = N/A
EU = Thursdays 20:00 - 21:00 CEST ll Sundays 20:00 - 22:00 CEST
EU Optional = Tuesday 20:00 - 21:00 CEST
Age of Empires II: DE - Tier 2
SUL - Stiigletz
AOE II DE: February Newsletter
The AOE Division is hard at working recruiting and creating events for its members, and a name for TAW in the Age of Empires community. The Team, Wololo Warrios, comprised of MrMonty and ECOWarfare, won The Prentos LECOC AOE 2 DE Tournament, and are aiming to repeat their success again down the road. They both have been awarded the Bronze Star for their efforts and dedication to the team. Congratulations to them and the AOE Division.
The following members have also been promoted:
BlankSpot - Promoted to XO over NA Battalion
CDODragon - Promoted to CO over NA Battalion
HeraklesDerThird - Promoted to HDI over the newly reopened OC Battalion
MrMonty - Promoted to DI over NA Battalion
BioEngineer - Promoted to DI over NA Battalion
The Division also hosted a 1v1 tournament, and extends congratulations to PlusNomad and Stratrebel! After a month-long series of 1v1 matches, were first in the Group Stages and then in the playoffs, Stratrebel has arisen as the Feudal Cup Champion, and PlusNomad is the undisputed victor of the Castle Cup.
Weekly coaching Classes are hosted on Wendesday Nights, to teach build orders and strategies with the game, and Scenario nights are hosted on Sundays, where RPG scenarios or Diplomacy type games are played out.
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
EU = 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM GMT Saturday's and Wednesday's
NA = 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM EST Saturday's and Wednesday's
OC = TBD
Star Wars: Squadrons - Tier 2
SUL - MercenaryHG
Calrissian Cup Results
Squadrons Division has been busy with setting up events and recruiting. Members have also taken up positions to help the Division more. They have also been participating in community run tournaments, and are making a name for themselves there. You can see more and talk with the division over at their discord server: TAW - Star Wars Squadrons
The Division have also been streaming their events, every Tuesday and Thursday. You can tune in at TAWTV
Event TimesEU Mandatory: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM GMT on Sundays
NA Mandatory: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM EST on Tuesdays
EU Optional: Tuesday and Thursday at 8:00 PM GMT
NA Optional: Thursday at 9:00 PM EST // Sunday at 2:00 PM EST
Halo - Tier 3
SUL - Zunkey
If you have any questions, or are interested into transferring to this unit, contact Vanguard or Halo Staff. You can also join the discussion over at their Discord: TAW - Halo
NA = Sundays 8:00 - 10:00 PM EST
EU = Sundays 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST
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
Dual Universe - Tier 4
SUL - sclossin
Dual Universe has joined TAW as a Horizon Division and are underway into fulfilling the requirements to advance into Tier 3, all whilst recruiting!
If you have any questions, or are interested into transferring to this unit, contact Vanguard or DU Staff. You can also join the discussion over at their Discord: TAW - Dual Universe
TBD
City of Heroes - Tier 4
SUL - DestroyerPA
City of Heroes has finally joined TAW as a Horizon Division and are underway into fulfilling the requirements to advance into Tier 3, all whilst recruiting!
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
Dota 2, developed and published by Valve, is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA). Considered a sequel to the Warcraft 3 mod, Defense of the Ancients, the game is both a commercial and spiritual success, with a player base among the top 3 in steam, thanks to its free-to-play model, and an esports scene like none other.
The game pits players in teams of 5 against one another, whose objective is to destroy a large structure defended by the other team, known as the Ancient, while defending theirs in the same time. Players can choose from a pool of 120 heroes, each boasting their own design, strengths, and weaknesses. Those heroes are split into two roles, core and support.
Core heroes are generally weak at the start of the match, but grow stronger as they gain experience, thus carrying their team to victory. Support heroes are generally weak damage dealers, but provide their teammates with abilities such as healing and other buffs. Heroes are picked during a pre-game draft, and locked once selected for the rest of the match.
Players use a magic system, to activate their abilities and skills, and regenerate the points they use from this system slowly over time. Skills will also enter a cool-down once used, creating scenarios where players must wisely choose when to use their precious abilities, which could mean the difference between winning or losing a fight.
We understand the hurdles and difficulties that arise with recruiting and maintaining a division for a game such as this, and as such, we hope to talk with members who think they can rise to the challenge against it all. If you believe you are one, please feel free to contact Vanguard staff via email:
Hemphop@taw.net
warlohn@taw.net
Snapshot@taw.net
Bluebear@taw.net
You can also submit an Interest Forum here: Vanguard Interest Forum
Welcome back to another edition of On the Horizon, a monthly update on the games Vanguard is keeping watch on for the near future.
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Vanguard is happy to announce that Hunt Showdown will have a Spin Up meeting to commemorate their launch into Vanguard!
Saturday, December 12th
Hunt Showdown Spin-up Meeting
The Recruiting Division has been and will continue to host once every month a Recruiting Class. The class is hosted by one of their recruiting masters where they go through their three main recruiting strategies - forum, direct messaging, and in-game. Their main focus is to spur discussion during and after the class by sharing each other's recruiting efforts and hopefully discover other ways to grow our numbers in TAW. Watch your TAW homepage for dates and time for the next class in July. The Recruiting Division is always open, so feel free to pop into their channels up in Vanguard to chat. If you want RD to come to you and meet with your team, just message Riddersword today!
SUL - Yoshii
TAW Wide Valorant Tournament
If you have any questions, or are interested into transferring to this unit, contact Vanguard or Valorant Staff.
Age of Empires II: DE - Tier 3
New Age of Warfare Tournament Series
The AOE Division has appointed SaltTM as it's EU SO, with Wamsmash taking on the role of HDI. Cdodragon took over the FS role over on the NA side of things, with FenixDKing and SneakyCheify assisting the division in the DI roles. The Division is growing, surpassing 50 members, and are already hard at work hitting Tier 2 in Vanguard.
If you have any questions, or are interested into transferring to this unit, contact Vanguard or AOE Staff.
EU = 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM GMT
NA = Saturdays 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
OC = 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM IST
If you have any questions, or are interested into transferring to this unit, contact Vanguard or Halo Staff.
Star Wars: Squadrons - Tier 3
Squadrons Division has been busy with setting up events and recruiting. Members have also taken up positions to help the Division more. One such member is GliderPilot, who has been appointed SO, and Venomize, who took the position of SL.
EU Optional: Tuesday and Thursaday at 9:00 PM CET
NA Optional: Tuesday and Thursday at 9:00 PM EST
OC Optional: Saturdays at 9:00 PM AWST
Hunt Showdown - Tier 4
If you have any questions, or are interested into transferring to this unit, contact Vanguard or Hunt Staff.
Among Us - Tier 4
SUL - ValiantEU
The Among Us Division is finally here......among us. They are hard at work recruiting, with Dive in the SO position.
EU Mandatory: Sundays at 5:00 PM GMT
NA Optional: Wednesdays at 9:00 PM EST
SUL - TBD
Dual Universe is joining TAW and will be sharing more info soon.
If you want to know more about the game, check out the forum post: Dual Universe
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Feel free to check out our On the Horizon newsletter, for a list of games we are keeping tabs on!
November 2020 - On the Horizon
If you have an interest in any game, and wish to see it in TAW, feel free to submit the interest form!
Vanguard Interest Form
Hello there!
Vanguard is currently on the lookout for any members interested in becoming a Server Technician. The Server Technician role has a wide variety of responsibilities, these can range from the creation of a new Discord server to working closely with SULs to ensure their Discord server is correctly formatted and answering any questions, queries or concerns that they may have.
What is the Server Technician responsible for?
The Vanguard ST will be required to have a basic understanding of Discord. Applicants don't need to be tech experts, but show interest in how it all works. An understanding of Discord Bots and Webhooks is preferred but not required. Training will be provided regarding adding/managing Bots and Webhooks on the Vanguard Discord servers.
If you would be interested in taking on the role and having the opportunity to work alongside new and established teams within Vanguard, get in touch with any of the current Vanguard Staff:
Hemphop, Warlohn, Snapshot, BlueBear, Marv
City of Heroes, developed by Cryptic Studios and Published by NCSOFT, is an MMORPG, launched back in April of 2004. While originally shut down back in November of 2012, allocation of source code material allowed players to run and host servers, outside the jurisdiction, but "blessing" of NCSoft.
The game allows players to create their very own superheroes or villains, and take on criminals, villains, heroes or other adversaries. Players can gain experience by defeating said enemies, or by completing missions. As they gain experience, they level up, increasing their ability to dish out and incur damage, and gain additional powers that they can use in various new ways. As the game is an MMORPG, there is no definitive end goal, but players are able to progress many narrative story arcs to do around the game, and players are also able to team up with different players and have a team that complement each other abilities. The game is mainly focused around the PvE side of things, though offers zones, where players can enter and fight against other players, with useful temporary powers available to entice players to enter said zones.
The game featured five hero archetypes, those being Blasters, Controllers, Defenders, Scrappers and Tankers, with each choice affecting power choices and providing their unique take on combat. The game also featured Villain archetypes, with those being Brutes, Corruptors, Dominators, Masterminds and Stalkers.
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With the game being shutdown, and players running it on their own, playing it is a bit different than usual, and for that, there is ways to go about.
Here is how you can start downloading and installing the game, and creating your very own superhero....or villain:
AND YOU ARE SET. You can now login in the client you launch and start playing!
If you have any issues with the above, or need help, feel free to contact DestroyerPa from the Event Resources Division (ER).
To celebrate old memories and enjoy some time with TAW members, The Event Resources Division will be hosting an event, where players can join and have fun overall.
The Event will be hosted on Saturday, November 7th, at 8 PM EDT. Players are encouraged to join either in TeamSpeak or by watching the livestream, which will be broadcast on TAWTV
If you have interest in this game, or any other game that you feel will be suitable for TAW, feel free to fill out an interest form:
Valorant September Newsletter
NA = Sunday 20:00 - 22:00 EST
EU = Sunday 17:00 - 19:00 EST
Sea of Thieves - Tier 3
SUL - AbyssalRanger
If you have any questions, or are interested into transferring to this unit, contact Vanguard or Sea of Thieves Staff.
Joint Battalion = Sunday 14:00 - 16:00 EST
The AOE Division has appointed SaltTM as it's EU HDI, and are already hard at work setting up their first ever tournament. Also watch out, as a TAW Wide event could be coming very soon!
NA = Saturday's 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
OC = 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM EST
TBA
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint - Tier 4
SUL - Balan
If you have any questions, or are interested into transferring to this unit, contact Vanguard or GRB Staff.
Squadrons Division has been busy with setting up events and recruiting. Members have also taken up positions to help the Division more.
Recruits who have been promoted to PFC in the last 30 days:
Venomize, AzraelDeadStar, Canth, Krobe, RebelKiller, Toaninja, Corgi
Members who have taken positions:
Venomize - Fire Team Leader
AzraelDeadStar - Fire Team Leader
They have also been streaming their events, every Tuesday and Thursday. You can tune in at TAWTV
EU Optional: Tuesday and Thursaday at 20:00 UTC
NA Optional: Tuesday and Thursday at 21:00 EST
October 2020 - On the Horizon
Spellbreak, developed and published by Proletariat, is a free to play, class based battle royale, released for the PC, Xbox One, PS4 and Switch Consoles.
Players in Spellbreak are able to choose their class and build upon it, customizing their talents and mastering the power they harness, as they fit it to tailor to their playstyle. Players can choose from 6 different classes, those being: Frostborn, Conduit, Pyromancer, Toxicologist, Stoneshaper or Tempest. Each feature a specific element, which players can use to combine with others to become more powerful.
Players are dropped into the match with a gauntlet, which is their source for primary and secondary attacks, and replaces the traditional arsenal of other battle royale games, aka guns, with spells. Players can seize hold of two of these powerful gauntlets, and begin to blend combinations of spells to inflict more damage and devastation on their enemies. These gauntlets come in 5 different rarities, with the higher tiers have increasing amount of damage, and taking lesser amount of mana to use.
Alongside these powerful gauntlets, players are able to explore the Battlegrounds of the Hollow Lands, and discover hidden chests, which contain runes and equipment, giving abilities such as flying, teleportation, time control and more, allowing the players to change the course of battle in their favor.
The game also features Cross Play, allowing players to compete against other battlemages from other platforms, as well as Cross Progression, which lets them continue their fight from any system, bringing their progress and customization to those systems.
You can watch the official launch trailer here
Vanguard is planning to add this game in its ranks soon, and is looking for any interested members wishing to help spin it up. If you are one, or have interest in this game, feel free to fill out an interest form:
You can check out the game official website here:
Spellbreak Website
You can also download the game from the Epic Games Store for Free
Spellbreak Epic Games Store
Hello all of you beautiful people,
We are looking to add driven people to our division to better support our efforts in helping bring more people into TAW. If you are interested in being a part of this Division, and recruiting is something that you love to do, please fill out this form Recruiting Division Interest Form.
Please read below and email Riddersword with any questions that you may have.
Our team is responsible for creating, distributing and evaluating materials that help divisions find new members as well as ensuring current members are active and staying. For this purpose, we use a wide variety of materials which are specifically designed and created individually for each division. Duties of RD include, among other things:
• Meeting with members of TAW to discuss recruiting efforts in their team.
• Identify trends and provide solutions and precautionary advice.
• Create and distribute training materials for all divisions that need help.
This is done via advising methods and concepts that won't intervene with a division’s daily business but provide additional means of gaining members, keeping members, advising staff as well as developing new concepts for our community.
What would YOU get from joining RD?
We are a very communicative and close-knit group of individuals with a common goal: To make TAW the best community in the world of gaming!
Q: Can I still play games then?
A: As a part of RD you will get the chance to play more games than in any other division with a multitude of people from all around TAW!
Q: What would I even do?
A: Our combined efforts, materials and ideas pave the way for innovation and change. You will be working with new and old divisions to ensure their continued success.
Looking forward to talking with yall.
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Vanguard is happy to announce that Age of Empires II: DE will have a Spin Up meeting to commemorate their launch into Vanguard!
October 4th
18:00 BST
Age of Empires II: DE Spin Up Meeting
The Recruiting Division has been and will continue to host once every month a Recruiting Class. The class is hosted by one of their recruiting masters where they go through their three main recruiting strategies - forum, direct messaging, and in-game. Their main focus is to spur discussion during and after the class by sharing each other's recruiting efforts and hopefully discover other ways to grow our numbers in TAW. Watch your TAW homepage for dates and time for the next class in July. The Recruiting Division is always open, so feel free to pop into their channels up in Vanguard to chat. If you want RD to come to you and meet with your team, just message Caaran today!
Valorant August Newsletter
Dead Matter - Tier 4
SUL - Ken
Dead Matter has just been recently introduced to Vanguard, and already have their SUL and HDI in place!
If you have any questions, or are interested into transferring to this unit, contact Vanguard or Dead Matter Staff.
Sunday at 19:00 UK Time / 14:00 ET
Optional Events: Mondays and Fridays at 19:00 UK / 14:00 ET
Microsoft Flight Simulator - Tier 4
SUL - JWinchat
If you have any questions, or are interested into transferring to this unit, contact Vanguard or Division Staff.
Star Wars: Squadrons - Tier 4
If you have any questions, or are interested into transferring to this unit, contact Vanguard or Squadrons Staff.
September 2020 - On the Horizon