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Suns out, guns out! Put on your flip-flops and fire up the grill, the Fortress Faceoffs group is here with an upcoming community event to spice up the summer season!* *(Their lawyers require them to state: This message is not applicable to mercenaries in the southern hemisphere.)

The Fat Scout Shootout event is a 6v6 tournament featuring the Heavy and his wide array of firearms, food scraps, and fists! Gather your most competent comrades for this bolshevik brawl against other competing teams in order to reign supreme! Visit a variety of official and workshop maps chosen with close-quartered combat in mind, where players of any skill level may face off! Watch all the action live on the Fortress Faceoffs Twitch channel!

Make sure to sign up by June 5th to reserve a spot in the tournament bracket! Read up about the rules of the event in finer detail on the Fortress Faceoffs Discord server! The event begins June 19th, so put on your gloves and run urgently!* *(Their lawyers also request they apologize for this pun.)

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The Grand Finals are already on their way for RGL.ggâs Spring 2021 events. Teams have fought hard all season to earn their spot in the playoffs brackets, and only two teams now remain in the 6v6 format. Finalists Froyotech and GlobalClan Ice will be facing off for $12,000 on April 22nd at 11 PM EDT. You can watch the match live on RGL.ggâs official Twitch channel.

Are you eager to know more about the competitive scene? Don't have enough time to catch up on all the news through multiple sources? RGL.ggâs video team has recently launched a new series called The Dispatch on the leagueâs YouTube channel. Tune in to the weekly show to learn more about league standings, community news from all across Team Fortress 2, and much more.

The Spring 2021 events might be coming to an end, but donât worry! If you're looking to join the fun, it will resume in May for off-season cups, which are one-time events hosted by the league for testing purposes and to promote new content. Keep an eye out for an announcement on The Dispatch or through RGL.ggâs website.

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Whatâs better than shooting mercenaries in the face? Cream donuts? No! Insane riches? Youâve gotta be kidding me. A feeling better than killing mercenaries in cold blood is killing ROBOTS in UBER-filled revenge!

Introducing Operation: Digital Directive, a community-made Mann vs. Machine campaign created by Creators.TF and Potatoâs Custom MvM Servers. With 30 new missions across 22 maps, plus some brand new gameplay additions, this is gonna be one hell of a campaign across the world!

What are you waiting for? Get into the briefing room and check out the Day 1 page!

Important links:

• Day 1 Page
• Server List
• Asset Pack
• Potato MvM
• Creators.TF

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Spring is on its way and you know what that means: Spring cleaning, disposing of your winter ramen collection, and warmer weather flooding your basement with melted snow. Well, throw that to-do list into your overflowing dumpsters because thereâs a new April Fools Mann vs Machine tour in town thatâs served like heated leftovers fresh out of the microwave!

Operation Starched Silliness is an April Fools MvM charity tour brought to you by Tindall Berry that pits the Mercs against a meme-fueled robotic rampage. Complete all the waves in this intermediate-difficulty community tour and earn an in-game medal! Event servers are available worldwide in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania.

In addition to waging a war against the memes, there is also a charity fundraising campaign for Doctors Without Borders to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Donations of $5 USD or above will earn an in-game donor medal! Item donations will also be accepted. Click here for instructions on how to donate.

Have fun, but don't delay, or else the meme machines will conquer the world by April 18th, 2021!

Important links:

• Servers List
• Charity Page