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The Imperial Guards [TIG]
Guard Organization
The Imperial Guards [TIG] consists of ten guilds in a highly organized alliance. Each guild has a different Imperial Guards name and some iteration of the [TIG] guild tag. Meetings are held every Sunday in a guild hall and on Ventrilo to discuss weekly developments or suggest people for promotion. Sweeping policy decisions are not made unilaterally. Proposals go first to "ambassadors" from each guild and the guild founder, Amadrus X, before going to individual guild leaders and officers. Such organization is essential to serve a group of more than 800 players. Information, articles, jokes, and event plans are circulated through a website and forum, as well as in a monthly newsletter.
As an all-inclusive guild, the Imperial Guards embraces all sorts of people. The guild reports that ages of their members range from a mere 3 years old to an impressive 70 years old. Members come from more than 40 countries including: Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, South Africa, Sweden, The Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Yugoslavia, and more.
Replay
With so many members, the preference for favorite missions varies wildly. Some like the defensive approach of missions like Dzagonur Bastion, while some enjoy Tihark Orchard and its fun, single-person, minimal-killing approach. However, the most popular missions are those that offer plenty of mayhem, lots of monsters, and lots of carnage. Therefore, one of the most favored missions is Vizunah Square; 16 players fighting hordes of afflicted generates the pure chaos they all love.
Competitions
TIG members have held many competitions involving unrated matches. The 1v1 is especially popular. Players are allowed only one build throughout the tournament, so they must plan for whatever they might meet, and pack counters for expected opponents. Also TIG hosts dodge ball tournaments, 4v4 team battles, and running races.
Within the overall TIG alliance, the guilds sometimes get together for unrated GvGs. These are not highly organized, but are mainly for fun and to improve skills without using Ventrilo. In these GvGs, people may run gimmick builds (like a minion master using pets to provide bodies or a life-sacrificing member to build up the army). A member is allowed to join either team, regardless of whether that member has experience. This friendly battle improves cooperation between people and gives everyone a chance to learn something.
Alliance Battles
The Imperial Guards delight in Alliance Battles because they allow for flexible and creative builds. In addition, deaths are not nearly as detrimental as in other PvP as there is no death penalty. The winning tactic is a combination of capturing the shrines without concentrating on killing the opposition. To this end, they suggest teams avoid mobbing together in a gigantic clump. It is far quicker to capture the shrines as three separate teams of four.
