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TENNISBACK1ST OF THE YEAR 119 | I EDITION The Avantgarde PRO ATENNANLYISZIANSGSOTCHIEATNIOEWN THE ULTIMATE LIST OF LEADING SPORTS We analyze the three leading sports federations: PFL, PBL and NPVL. THE POWER OF THE SERVER We spoke in depth with the creator of the Unofficial Pop Discord Server, about the present and the future of the server.

Contents 1 Introducing the PTA 2 Ultimate List of Leading Sports 3 The Avantgarde's Opinion 4 An Interview w/ Faun Fangorn Part 1 5 An Interview w/ Faun Fangorn Part 2 6 The World by Peyton Roalfe Intro 7 The World by Peyton Roalfe Part 1 8 The World by Peyton Roalfe Part 2 9 Travel & Discover 10 In the Spotlight 11 Special Contents 12 Ads

THE PTA WILL BRING TOGETHER THE BEST TENNIS PLAYERS IN THE WORLD 7 Events per year The PTA Tour will hold 7 official events each year, divided into 3 Major Events and 4 Open Events. New York, London and Rio de Janeiro will host the 3 Major Events. Each round of Majors will distribute twice as many points as the same rounds of Opens. In total, the Major Events will distribute 90 million dollars in prizes per year, for the 40 million dollars that the open events will distribute. Innovative Ranking WHAT IS THE PRO 1 TENNIS ASSOCIATION? The new PTA ranking will I EDITION | PAGE 1 reward the most regular by Corinne Bhacon, Pro Tennis Association's Founder and President and dedicated players, assigning points from the The Pro Tennis Association is a project that has been developed for years. It is opening rounds up to 2,000 part of the legacy left by the PopTennis Federation, the first international tennis points for the winner of a competition in our world, which was created in 78 and passed away before the Major. arrival of the new century. Also, the PTA will assign points to winners of associated independent tennis events. Like, for The PopTennis Federation was created by the mayors of Glasgow and Seattle, example, 2,000 points for the winner of the and brought together more than 50 tennis players a year. It was the first major Olympic Games' Tennis. sports competition in our world and, in my opinion, the most special. The Ranking's Terms Now, more than 40 years later, We believe that it is time to return to give the world of tennis more excitement. We are very grateful for the support of all the Distribution of points in the mayors of the cities where our events will be organized, since without their help Majors: Winner, 2,000p; nothing would be possible. The work of Stijn Squier, Miles Lacey, Isis Nefertari, Runner-Up, 1,200p; Anne-Laure Bouleau and Roxie Saint has been very important to the PTA. SF, 720p; QF, 360p; R16, 180p. We also have to thank our sponsors - Kori Swine and Alma Foundation - for helping us make this project a reality. Distribution of points in the Opens: Winner, 1,000p; Runner-Up, 600p; SF, 360p, QF, 180p; Our board will be formed by highly experienced people in the world of sports. R16, 90p. Yong-Jun Baek will be the Tour Commissioner, Anne-Laure Bouleau as Tour Coordinator, and Zenaide Ribeiro as Tour Assistant. Distribution of points in the independent associated events: Winner, 400p; Runner-Up, 300p, SF, 240p; QF, 120p; R16, 60p.

THE ULTIMATE LIST OF LEADING SPORTS By Adrió Súria i Talarn We are only a couple of years away Leading the way, We have the from reaching the third decade of Pro Football League. Founded by the second century of our blue David Seals in the year 80 - Yes, world. No one can deny that We almost 40 years ago - it is the live in the golden age of sport. oldest sports federation in our world. Exactly 22 teams make up Football, Basketball and Volleyball. the league this season, and more In that order, they are possibly the than 150 players play their matches three most played - and followed - every weekend. sports in our world. In second position, We have the In the next group, We have the Pro Basketball League. Founded in World Chess Federation that was the year 105 by Miles Lacey, born just a few years ago. World Mayor of New York, it is now Surfing Association and some local almost 15 years old. This season, fist fighting tournaments attract 16 teams and more than 100 many athletes each year as well. athletes compete for the title of the 13th season of the PBL. Next, We will briefly comment on the history of the three biggest In third position, the Pro Volleyball 2 sports competitions worldwide: League. Founded in 95 by Noémie Pro Football League (PFL), Lindi Eccleston, it currently has 15 I EDITION | PAGE 2 Pro Basketball League (PBL), and teams and more than 70 players in New Pro Volleyball League (NPVL). its 18th season.

THE AVANTGARDE'S OPINION THE POWER OF THE SERVER ANALYZING THE POWER OF THE UNOFFICIAL POP DISCORD SERVER AS A COMMUNICATION PLATFORM Twelve years ago since the Unofficial Popmundo We are talking about a platform that raised, I EDITION | PAGE 3 Discord Server was born. Twelve years since a new undoubtedly thanks to the support of a large part of tool arrived in our blue world, which has been its users, 620.5 million dollars to continue growing imposed as a necessary good for multiple and and continue offering first-rate services. different uses. With a number of users that does not stop growing, Whether it is to chat, to advertise, to buy or sell, or now approaching 2,000, one has to wonder how far just to hang out with friends. The server has become the server can go. Created as an open, modern and an active part of our lives. In a faithful friend, always out-of-the-box communication platform, many new available to solve our needs. Thanks, also, to the variants of it remain to be seen. dynamism of its creator Faun Fangorn, and to the help of its team of moderators. Interviews, news, columns... a large number of services that the Unofficial Pop Discord Server can Today, this tool saves endless options. Almost still offer, which is establishing itself as the main anything you need, You can find it there. Whether means of communication in our world. The future is material or immaterial. Simply by posting a message on the server You will have endless answers and people willing to help You.

AN INTERVIEW WITH FAUN FANGORN Q: Welcome to The Avantgarde, Mr Faungorn. It's 4 been 12 years since you founded the Unofficial Popmundo Discord Server (UPDS). Please, tell us... The Avantgarde welcomes the founder of the Unofficial Pop Discord I EDITION | PAGE 4 Who was Faun Fangorn before creating the UPDS? Server, a leading modern communication platform with an impressive What motivated You to do so? number of active users that is constantly growing. Faun shares the afternoon with Jade, and answers all thequestions from the magazine's A: First of all, allow me to thank You for having me Executive Editor. mainly about the past, present and future of the here, I am really honoured. I might say that I was server. pretty much the same person, doing what he enjoys and cares. Over the years, I have noticed the slow but steady decrease of community activity in the forums and wanted to something about it. I never had an experience with Discord but I knew that it was a popular platform to create communities. So I started working and experimenting on it, and after many many hours of effort I have finally came up with UPDS. Q: A tool as useful as it is extroverted, which has become a key instrument for communications in our world. What balance do You make of these twelve years of life of your project? A: Time passes so quick and I still cannot believe where we are right now. Thinking about all the moments I had in the server, that takes all the tiredness away. I have always aimed big but actually achieving your goal is a great feeling. I finally feel like I contributed to the community, and I am happy to continue to do so in the future.

+ 3 5 12th CHANNELS ANNIVERSARY Q: Six years ago, You organized a date auction that raised Q: In your opinion, what is the main advantage and the I EDITION | PAGE 5 an impressive amount of 620.5 million dollars. How did main disadvantage of the UPDS? You feel when You saw the support of the people materialized in such an incredible way? To what extent do A: Speaking of advantage, I can easily say that the ease of You think that money has helped UPDS grow? communication is a great opportunity bring community together. Many people have met each other in here and A: I must confess; I definitely did not expect such a great made strong relationships. Even myself, I have met so support and I was shocked when I saw the support people many great people thanks to the server. As for the have shown. Thanks to all those supporters, with the disadvantage, honestly, I can barely name anything. money collected from the auction, we have organised Sometimes it may be hard for people to use an alternative many events, giveaways and funded some great platform to get in touch with their community, but the competitions such as \"Pick Your Festival Winner\" which warm welcomes here will make sure to keep anyone who had hundreds of attendees. All the budget is used to give comes in! back to the community, so We could accomplish what We desired. Q: Could You tell us something about some of the next features that We could see on the server soon? Q: Little by little, You have been building a team of mods and helpers to run the server, quite successfully from the A: As a platform where the only purpose is to provide looks of it. Are they very important in the server’s day to chatting it is not easy to come up with new ideas all the day? time. However, as of now, We are trying to bring back the Karaoke Nights we used to have back then, and arrange A: The interest on the server was great, and as You competitions around it. If You trust your voice or just want mentioned We are almost two thousand members to have some fun, You are definitely invited! together. And I am lucky to have so many volunteers who offered their help in this project. I would like to mention A+U1CS, T9EI0RVS0E Michael Sinclair and Ian Parsons, who contributed to this project greatly. They are the key reason this whole project runs successfully and I can never thank them enough.

THE WORLD I EDITION | PAGE 6 by Peyton Roalfe It's Peyton Roalfe but you can call me 'Passenger'. I'm a 20-year-old young woman who loves travelling, seeing & exploring the World and getting to know foreign cultures. In this section, I want share with you some pieces of my adventures.

ICSHTAANPBTEURL I In this first chapter I talk about my trip to Eastern Europe, specifically the European capital of Turkey. A unique, different and multicultural city. Let's start with the most famous city of Turkey, After breakfast, we took a tram to go I EDITION | PAGE 7 Istanbul. I want to start with Istanbul because all downtown. City has a big, crowded street in it's this travelling thing started for me in this heart, covered with too many shops and has beautiful city. You know, city is full with many bars & taverns through its side ways. This wonders and landmarks. You must heard about famous street named as 'İstiklal Caddesi'. Yes, Sultanahmet Mosque before at least once. I you should wander there too after visiting visited there and need to say that it's really Sultanahmet Mosque and Galata tower. And beautiful. But, I will share with you 'barely maybe, if you can spare some free time after known' cultural symbols of Istanbul. So, let me visiting them, you can find a port and hop on a share my day in Istanbul with you and let's talk steamboat to see amazing Bosphorus closely. about their delicious pastry known as 'Simit'. We did... Can't forget the folks feeding seagulls flying around the steamboat with their 'Simit's Me and my friends started the day with a and breads. What a peaceful and joyful cultural, delicious breakfast; with their beloved, view was it... sesame covered taste called Simit accompanied by lots of Turkish tea in their symbolic 'İnce Belli (slim waisted)' tea glass. You need to try them!

Yeah, as I said earlier, We all heard about famous landmarks of this beautiful city, towers I EDITION | PAGE 8 and others but I discovered something new. The city has a signature traditional event adopted by folks; ‘Rakı & Balık’ dinner with Bosphorus view. (Rakı is an alcoholic beverage, distilized with anise oil. And ‘Balık’ is grilled fish.) They say, Rakı & Balık dinner is not just food or alcohol but all about reminiscence; laughing or feeling blue together with friends and having deep conversations. Thankfully, I had right friends for this evening. And after sailing tour to islands and sightseeing with one of this renowed steamboats of Istanbul, We found ourselves a place with a wonderful view and local musicians.Now, as an ending of my part, I want to share with you a mythic story; a short piece of our conversation with my friends we had at dinner... ...so you will have to visit my column on The Avantgarde Magazine website so that you can know the story we are talking about!

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DID YOU KNOW... I EDITION | PAGE 10 That The Avantgarde and Istanbul Magazine have signed a collaboration agreement, whereby We will create cool content together? THE AVANTGARDE X UPDS The Avantgarde and the Unofficial Pop Discord Server have reached an agreement to conduct live interviews through the server! SPECIAL MENTIONS For the date auction - 2341783.1 - that the Vilnius Government has organized to raise funds. The deadline to participate is February 3rd!

THE AVANTGARDE IS BORN The Avantgarde Magazine is on newsstands. After many I EDITION | PAGE 11 time of work, We can finally say that the first issue of our FIRST precious magazine is finished. EDITION, ACHIEVED! This first edition is dedicated to the world of sport and, in particular, tennis. Sport moves our world, with hundreds By Aurora Dell'Acqua of professional athletes working hard every day to fulfill their dreams. With children who are preparing from the IN THE SPOTLIGHT age of 7 or 8 to one day become professional athletes. In particular, We have focused our work on analyzing two specific questions in depth. On the one hand, the Pro Tennis Association, heir to the PopTennis Federation, which was born to group and promote tennis worldwide. On the other hand, We analyze the Unofficial Popmundo Discord Server, the world's leading communication platform. We have analyzed its present and its future, to try to find out to what extent it still has the capacity to grow and become a more and more relevant tool in our world. If You want to be part of our team of editors and writers, do not hesitate to contact us! NOMADIC | 24

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