Attention Soldiers!

The ESL Championship schedule has been finalized! 

The Semi-Final and Grand Final will be streamed live from ESL UK Studios. You can watch it on Black Squad's Official Twitch:
https://www.twitch.tv/blacksquadonline
Make sure to follow us in order to get notified when we go live!

The Championship will be commented by:
>Jack 'Jacky' Peters
>Harry 'Lethal' Thomas

January 13th

3:00 PM CET
11:00 PM KST
12:00 PM BRT
2:00 PM UTC




ESL Bowie Knife (Permanent)



We hope to see you all there.

-The Black Squad Team

Attention Soldiers!

The long awaited Clan Emblem War is finally here! It is time to gather your fellow clan mates and work together to fight for your flag!

Here is a list of Clan Emblems available to be won! http://blacksquad.com/emblem/

To start off the new year we have partnered with The Esports Hub, you and your mates must climb to the top of the Ladder in order to succeed. Skill and Dedication is necessary to earn your clan the coveted Emblem! Ladders are split into regions, and the top 4 Clans of each region will receive a Clan Emblem as well as a special Clan Emblem War Calling Card. If a clan already has an emblem, the next runner up will be chosen. The winning clan with an existing emblem can exchange for a new one. The top 10 clans of each region will also receive 100,000 BS Coins shared among all registered Clan members on ESHUB.


Top 4 (per region): Clan Emblem + Clan War Calling Card



Top 10 (per region): 100,000 BS Coins shared among registered clan members on ESHUB.


Sign Ups: January 7 - January 14
Event: January 17 - February 17

• EU Sign Ups
  
  • https://www.theesportshub.com/ladder/96
• SA Sign Ups
  
  • https://www.theesportshub.com/ladder/98
• Asia Sign Ups
  
  • https://www.theesportshub.com/ladder/97
• NA Sign Ups
  
  • https://www.theesportshub.com/ladder/99

Exhibition Matches of the Clan Emblem War will be arranged with teams who are interested, these matches will be streamed on Black Squad's Official Twitch: twitch.tv/blacksquadonline

• All Players who are interested must create an account on ESHUB: https://www.theesportshub.com/platform/black-squad/pc-blacksquad
  
  
• Make sure your ESHUB account name is the same as your in-game name.
  
  
• All players must join ESHUB's Black Squad Discord: https://discord.gg/reeav4K
  
  
• The Clan Leader must then create the Team on ESHUB and add your clan members accordingly. Only members on your roster will be allowed to participate in the event. Make sure to name your ESHUB Team the same as your Clan name. You have until January 11th to add your clan members. The roster will be checked. Adding any players outside of your clan is forbidden and your clan may be disqualified.
  
  
• Starting January 17th, the games will begin! The event will end February 17th.
  
  
• If your are interested in taking part of the Exhibition Matches, please contact the ESHUB Admin to schedule a time.

• No Ringers- Any teams caught with players who are not in the same clan and not part of the Team Roster will be disqualified.
  
  
• Moss is required. If one of your matches gets disputed, you will have to submit the entire team's Moss file in Discord's Moss Channel. Failure to submit will result in a forfeit of the match. You have 5 minutes within completion of a match to report a dispute.
  
  Submit here: https://discord.gg/reeav4K
  
  
• Teams get 24 hours to dispute a match.
  
  
• You must play in your own region. There is a Ping Limit difference of 100, teams must play within 100 ping of each other. The teams can agree to cancel the match beforehand if they do not meet requirements.
  
  
• You can find the detailed rules by clicking on the rules tab of your ladder page: https://www.theesportshub.com/ladder/96

Good Luck, and may the best Clan win!

-Black Squad Team

Greetings Soldiers!

We hope you enjoyed the holidays and are ready for 2019!
What are your good resolutions?

- BS Team

Attention Soldiers,

We have been working with BattlEye to increase our cheater detection methods. HWID bans have now been enacted (Hardware Identification). This will help us fight hack developers and recurring cheaters more actively.

-The Black Squad Team

Attention Soldiers!

Thank you for participating in all of Black Squad's Community Cups. We are always working on improving the competitive scene and will continue to do so.

Starting January 1st, 2019- there will be a new flexible reward system. It is the same system as before, however we increased the prize pool in order to give rewards to more placements!



If you are interested in participating in more competitions, you can find the supported Community Cups here:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/550650/discussions/0/1752358461541229225/



Let's TAC RELOAD!
GLHF!

-Black Squad Team

Maintenance has been completed, You can now connect and play Black Squad.
Thank you everyone for waiting, and We apologize for any inconvenience.

- Black Squad Team

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Hello Soldiers,
The Hotfix will take place on for the following issues:

• Competitive Match
  
  • SABOTAGE MAP is removed

• NIGHT TOWN map
  
  • NIGHT TOWN map is added in Competitive Match
    
  • Fixed some bug in NIGHT TOWN map

Fri, DEC 21, 2018

• PST: 12/20 22:00 - 23:00
  
• EST: 01:00 - 02:00
  
• BRST: 04:00 - 05:00
  
• UTC: 06:00 - 07:00
  
• GMT: 06:00 - 07:00
  
• CET: 07:00 - 08:00
  
• SGT: 14:00 - 15:00
  
• KST: 15:00 - 16:00

We apologize for any inconvenience.
-BS Dev Team-

Attention Soldiers!

Christmas is coming... and so is the New Year! This year the Black Squad Medics' wish is to hit 15,000 followers on Twitter by the new year! If we can do it, ALL Black Squad players will receive the following New Years Calling Card! 🎆🎊



Will you help us with our wish? Make sure to re-tweet and share the following post in order to spread the word!

https://twitter.com/PlayBlackSquad/status/1075664537205047296

Happy Holidays and have a wonderful New Year!


-The Black Squad Medics

Maintenance has been completed, You can now connect and play Black Squad.
Thank you everyone for waiting, and We apologize for any inconvenience.

- Black Squad Team

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Hello Soldiers,

The Hotfix will take place on for the following issues:

• Competitive Match
  
  • SABOTAGE map will be removed in the next maintenance.

• Fixed a bug where the MMR POINT(s) in Competitive Match is slightly different for the both of View Details and Competitive Match lobby. However, it was a problem with display only, and the calculation system has been working correctly.
  
  
• Internal Security Code is enhanced.
  
  
• Juggernaut costume is improved to look better in dark areas.

Thur, DEC 20, 2018

• PST: 12/19 23:00 - 12/20 00:00
  
• EST: 02:00 - 03:00
  
• BRST: 05:00 - 06:00
  
• UTC: 07:00 - 08:00
  
• GMT: 07:00 - 08:00
  
• CET: 08:00 - 09:00
  
• SGT: 15:00 - 16:00
  
• KST: 16:00 - 17:00

We apologize for any inconvenience.
-BS Dev Team-

Attention Soldiers!

Make sure to check your inbox, all players have been sent a package of gifts!
Mail will expire on January 31st, 2019- make sure to receive the items before then!



Items:

M4 Custom GL Dragon Red (30 Days)
SR-47 GL Solid Yellow (30 Days)
m45 CQBP Chrome (30 Days)
Juggernaut Costume (30 Days)
Elena Character (30 Days)
Heart Effect (30 Days)
200,000 Gold
3,000 Medals

Happy Holidays!

-Black Squad Team

• Event 1: Reach the TOP 20
  
  • The top 20 clans received their chosen emblems as shown below.
    
  • The clan members of the top 10 clans received the clan emblem spray (60 days) through INBOX.
  
  
  
  
• Event 2: Achieve 100,000 Clan EXP
  
  • All clans shown in the link will receive 500,000 CLAN EXP: http://www.blacksquad.com/clan-emblem-event-champions

New Demolition Map ‘NIGHT TOWN’ has been added to Quick Match and Custom Match Channels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIxaFEt90uo
• Quick Match Channel - You can play Demolition 5v5, TDM and Today's Mode – Survival on the new map.
  
• Custom Match Channel - You can play Demolition, TDM, TDM (No Grenades), Survival and Survival (No Grenades) on the new map.
  
• The ‘NIGHT TOWN’ map will be added to the Competitive Match in a few days.

The following Items are now available for purchase with BS COINS in the SHOP.

• BALISONG GALAXY
  
  
  
  
  
• AK12 GL NEON LED
  
  
  
  
  
• BLAZER R93 NEON LED
  
  
  
  
  
• DESERT EAGLE 50AE NEON LED
  
  
  
  
  
• M4 CUSTOM GL DRAGON CHROMA
  
  
  
  
  
• G36 GL DAMASCUS GOLD EMERALD
  
  
• TYPE95 GL METALLIC GOLD
  
  
• TYPE95 GL METALLIC RED
  

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019 SALE STARTS.

• Limited Time Bullets Sale for ‘HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019 SPECIAL PRICE'.
  
  • You can buy 6,500 BULLETS for only 19.99$ (49.99$ Value).
    
  • One Time Purchase per Account Only.
    
  • The Sale will end on January 21st, 2019.
    
  
  
• Limited Time In-game Item Sale to celebrate the HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019.
  
  • The Sale starts right after this update has been performed and will end on January 7th, 2019.
    
  • BS COINS - Existing Items: 50% Discount
    
  • BS COINS - New Items: 20% Discount
    
    • The shown below new Items are excluded from the Sale.
      
      • BALISONG GALAXY
        
      • AK12 GL NEON LED
        
      • BLAZER R93 NEON LED
        
      • DESERT EAGLE 50AE NEON LED
        
      • M4 CUSTOM GL DRAGON CHROMA
        
      • G36 GL DAMASCUS GOLD EMERALD
        
      • TYPE95 GL METALLIC GOLD
        
      • TYPE95 GL METALLIC RED

A new system has been added, which automatically reduces the MMR POINT(s) for soldiers who don’t participate in Competitive Solo/Duo or SQUAD for a long time.

• The operation policy and rules are as below.
  
  • If you do not participate in the Competitive Match for 72 hours, the system will operate and reduce the MMR POINT(s) immediately.
    
  • MMR POINT(s) will be reduced every 24 hours thereafter.
    
  • The MMR POINT(s) will be reduced as shown below:
    
    • Soldier with more than 1,551 points: 30 points reduction
      
    • Soldier with more than 1,151 points: 15 points reduction
      
    • Soldier with less than 1,150 points: Not applicable to the system.
  • This system does not reduce the MMR POINT(s) below 1,150 points.
    
  • The system works separately for SOLO/DUO and SQUAD.
  
  
• If you leave the match even during the map loading or waiting for network synchronization before the match starts, you will get the leaving penalty. If you do not want to get the penalty, you must return to the match and complete the match normally.
  
  
• For soldiers who leave the match frequently, the ban duration penalty in Competitive Match will be higher.
  
  
• At the end of Competitive Match Season 1, the rewards will be given out based on the final MMR POINT(s). Therefore, it is recommended for soldiers to play as regular as possible, since this system may reduce the final MMR POINT at the end of Season 1.

New Skill 'S12 Shotgun' has been added to the Class as below.

• The new skill 'S12 Shotgun' has been added as first skill in Assault and Command Class.
  
• The M32 skill has been deleted from the skill list in these Classes.

• Changes for Classes and AI Skills.
  
  • The range and the attack cooldown time of the Trophy System has been slightly decreased.
    
  • The rate of fire of the Missile from 'Superhind' AI on the 15th wave has been increased.

• HAPPY HOLIDAY KEY (9qty.) PACKAGE
  
  • The thumbnail image for ‘HAPPY HOLIDAY KEY (9qty) BOX’ item has been replaced as below.
  

• BALISONG GALAXY
  
  • Price: 100,000 BS COINS
  
  
• AK12 GL NEON LED
  
  • Price: 70,000 BS COINS
  
  
• BLAZER R93 NEON LED
  
  • Price: 70,000 BS COINS
  
  
• DESERT EAGLE 50AE NEON LED
  
  • Price: 70,000 BS COINS
  
  
• M4 CUSTOM GL DRAGON CHROMA
  
  • Price: 50,000 BS COINS
  
  
• G36 GL DAMASCUS GOLD EMERALD
  
  • Price: 20,000 BS COINS
  
  
• TYPE95 GL METALLIC GOLD
  
  • Price: 20,000 BS COINS
  
  
• TYPE95 GL METALLIC RED
  
  • Price: 20,000 BS COINS
  

New Weapon Skins are now available for purchase in the Random Box Shop.

• BLAZER R93 NEON VARIOUS BOX
  
  • BLAZER R93 NEON P/G
    
    
  • BLAZER R93 NEON G/R
    
    
  • BLAZER R93 NEON P/O
    
    
  • BLAZER R93 NEON B/P
    
    
  • BLAZER R93 NEON R/B
    
• M870MCS ENGRAVED MODEL BOX
  
  
• G36 GL DAMASCUS GOLD AQUAMARINE BOX
  
  
• AEK973 GL BLUE REAPER BOX
  

The WEAPON STATS of 'G17L DF' are as shown below.

• AEK973 GL
  
  • The firing sound of 'AEK973 GL' has been improved.
    
  • We have fixed the bug that Laser Sight does not work properly.

• The mini-map size you have selected ingame is now saved and fixed as the last setting.
  
• If you have multiple keys and locked boxes, you can now open them continuously.
  
  
• VIVOX VOICE CHAT SETTING OPTION has been improved.
  
  • The description of 'PUSH TO TALK ' has been revised, and more detailed explanation has been added.
    
  • INPUT DEVICE option has been added.
    
• The TIMER UI has been improved in the waiting screen (Network synchronization) before the Competitive Match Starts.
  
• The Destroy Item UI has been improved as below.
  

• North America - West (TEST) has been deleted from the Server list.

- Black Squad Team