It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

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<img style="margin:8px 8px 8px 8px;" src="http://www.vanguardspheres.com/gallery/files/1/xvbanner.gif" border="0" alt="" align="left" width="180px" /> Good Morning, everyone. I hope everyone's enjoying the massive amounts of snow in different parts of the world. With only 19 days till Christmas, there has to be a bit of the Christmas fever in everyone!

XVanguard was blessed with an early present in their mailbox! 2 more screenshots were revealed, making most of us long for the Vanguard experience even more. The first, a female warrior standing on a sandy hilltop with a town in the distance can be viewed here. In the second shot, A handsome warrior clings to a sword as he readies himself for battle can be viewed here.

Gamer God hosts a response from Brad to former game designer Jason Booth about his views on instancing. You can read the response here. If you missed the original posts, you can find them in our Articles section.

The crew at Vanguard Fighters joins the affiliated lineup, making them the 18th Affiliated site! Everyone give them a round of applause and offer the Drunken Dwarf a celebratory ale! Welcome!

Therian over at Silky Venom shows everyone that there is good and bad points to MMOG's and posts his own views on the familiar complaints of Gamers in his article named I want FUN! Now!: Vanguard vs The Things That Make MMOs Suck

Silky Venom celebrates their "Venomillenium" and hosts a story by Elrar about their merger with the crew at The Last Fanboy site in an article named Of Great Things: A Fanboy's Tale

Vanguard Stratics shares 2 new beautiful Fan Art Pieces with us. "Strummin'" by Hijinks and "Uria" by Echo are showcased in their Fan Art gallery. Great job guys!

Ten Ton Hammer's Editorial staff gives us another look at raid experiences and asks the question "What will Vanguard do to make this better?" in their segment named Better Homes and Dungeons by Lady Sirse. Sorry guys, Martha Stewart couldn't write a piece this good.