Well we have had a very busy and fun summer. There have been many clan matches fought and games played. |DOS| is currently at the highest number of members in history and our website is continuing to gain in popularity. Despite all the good news we will always have occurrences that will challenge our determination.
Currently there are many members who are getting started with classes. This is a busy time and it is understandable if it takes each member a week or two to get oriented. I just want to remind you not to forget about |DOS|, try to make time in your busy schedule to relax and have fun with the clan.
To those members that have counted out the Training Academy, there will be an announcement regarding this during our next meeting. We may be slow at getting things organized, but the goal is to do them right the first time. The meeting will be held on August 29th @ 8:00pm Est. It would be nice if all members could try to attend, many important decisions need to be discussed and made at this meeting.
Throughout this week we have had a large meeting where we discussed almost every issue a clan member could think of. The minutes for that meeting will be posted before the end of the week. One of the largest parts of this was a more discriptive ranking structure being implimented. It has already been added to the site and there are a few changes worth looking into. Lookup your current rank and see if anything changed for you.
We have also started to form more specific squads to fight in clan matches to ensure that we have enough members online to play matches. Use of the practice server already started as of today, in preperation for future clan matches. The server can handle up to 12 total players, due to this limitation we have dropped the 8v8 Conquest ladder in order to focus on the 6v6 Conquest Infantry Only ladder in TWL.
Finally, the Forgotten Hope mod has been installed on many new members computers. I will look forward to playing with many of you in FH. It is also worth noting that the FH Team is looking to released a new update to their mod in the coming months. The latest additions to the mod are in screenshots on their website.
The updates include:-New Maps; Battle of Brest, Ramelle Neuville, and St. Lo Breakthrough
-New Weapons; Scoped FH42
-New Cannons & Artillery; Cannone da 47/32 M35, Wurfgerät 41
-New Vechicles; MCMG 16, STUG IV, Wasp, STUG G
Check the Archives on the FH Website to see more information on the Updates! http://fhmod.org
Well it is currently one of the best times of year. E3 is upon us and most of the news has been announced. There isn't a whole lot to mention as many of you watched E3. For those that did not watch E3 here is a short list of release dates for upcoming titles. Links to trailers are included!
-Mafia II - September 1, 2010-Fallout: New Vegas - October 19, 2010
-Call of Duty: Black Ops - November 9, 2010
-Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - November 16, 2010
-Tron: Evolution - December 2010
-Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam Expansion - Winter 2010
-Ghost Recon: Future Soldier - 1st Quarter 2011
-Homefront - 1st Quarter 2011
JTG Solutions
I am also happy to announce that we have a new sponsor. JTG Solutions (aka keymaster) will be donating half it's profits to DOS. This will be a new way for people to donate while getting things they normally buy like energy drinks, detergent, or even deoderant (we hope).
The 7 year anniversary went great this year, there were many announcements and even a few new members decided to join the Defenders of Stalingrad.I am pleased with how the clan has grown over the last few months. It has expanded beyond my expections and continues to impress.
Other than the celebration there are a few things I think need to be brought up:-This has not been mentioned before, at least not in an official news update. The |DOS| Clan's Zaitzev Training Academy is currently being worked on. The Training Academy is an internal clan project that we have been focusing on to prepare new and current members for the rigorous fighting that occurs in clan matches. There will be a full news update released once a training schedule has been finalized.
-The clan Twitter has also been launched and is located on the left side of our site. |DOS| Groundfire will handle the updating of it. Please take a look at it from time to time as smaller announcements will hit Twitter before they arrives on the main page as a news update.
-I would also like to remind everyone that we are still having regular clan practice on Sunday at 9pm Est. Through this practice I hope that we will continue to build a strong relationship with the members of Kaizen Warfare (=KZN=).
-Finally, the |DOS| Killing Floor server is currently down due to tornado activity knocking out power and internet in Michigan. Draco and Keymaster are fine, but many of the utilities are still down in the area. I will keep everyone posted as things get back to normal.
|DOS| Open Recruitment 21st,22nd,23rd for BFBC2, FH2, KF
On the 21st, 22nd and 23rd days of May, 2010 we are going to be hosting an open recruitment in celebration of our seven year anniversary. No applications will be necessary. You will only have to contact one of our two recruiters through XFire: fubar919, or cplxrifleshotx.
The Defenders of Stalingrad currently own three servers on three different games. One of which is "The Vodka House 17+" for Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Another, is "DOS Killing Foor" for Killing Floor. Lastly, we own "The Vodka House DOS" for Forgotten Hope 2, a Battlefield 2 WWII realism mod.
The Defenders of Stalingrad clan was formed on May 1st of 2003. Through out the years we have supported many games, including Call of Duty: United Offensive, Red Orchestra, Forgotten Hope 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. We competitively play in Team Warfare League. In past years we have made it to the semi-finals one three seperate occasions in the Elite Clan Warfare league. We are a laid back clan, whom are here to have fun. Though, we do take clan matches seriously.
The requirements to join are as follows - Owning a supported game (ex. Bad Company 2, Killing Floor, Forgotten Hope 2) - Being 17 years of age or older - Teamspeak 3 & microphone - Xfire
Stay focused on our website throughout the month of May as we have an exciting announcement every week.
