Hoivengers

The Hoivengers is an active gaming cohort on Discord. Founded sometime in 2019 by Pyro, the group's primary focus is to host multiplayer grand strategy game sessions with its members.

Predecessors
Pyro created the predecessor to the first Hoivengers chat on the Steam platform in 2019. Pyro's Steam group initially consisted of a handful of Pyro's friends, purposed as a communication alternative for Hearts of Iron IV multiplayer sessions. A few original members of this chat included Pyro, Ian, Piedmont, and Mark.

Before the Hoivengers group was formally established, only a handful of Hearts of Iron IV games were organised by the nascent group. According to Pyro, most multiplayer sessions included the Kaiserreich mod.

The Hoivengers
Pyro first coined the term Hoivengers sometime in early 2021. Pyro officially rebranded the hitherto untitled Steam group to the Hoivengers Steam Group in early 2021. Shortly after, the Hoivengers adopted the tagline of "We Make Sure, Mark doesn’t Win!", and recruited new members such as Corn, EnderDog, and Xi. The sudden expansion of the group precipitated the creation of off-topic channels in the Steam group chat for topics unrelated to Hearts of Iron IV such as politics and computers. Pyro controversially granted Corn his own channel, which he would frequently use to extol Communism.

By the end of May, 2021, there were 8 members of the Hoivengers, which doubled the number of members Pyro had initially recruited. The influx of new members encouraged Pyro to transition his group to Discord in April of 2021. A Discord group chat was established by Pyro on the 2nd of April, 2021, titled Hoivengers - Discord Sect.

Transition To Discord
  The transition to Discord was difficult, as some members struggled to join the new group chat. Others failed to migrate entirely.

 

The Hoivengers Discord group chat was established by Pyro on the 2nd of April, 2021, only to be superseded by a Discord server minutes after its creation. Titled The Hoivengers - Discord Sect by Pyro, the server was the main Hoivengers group chat until the 19th of July, 2021.

The Confederation of the Hoivengers
On the 19th of July, 2021, Piedmont established a new Hoivengers Discord server, titled "the Confederation of the Hoivengers". The server notwithstanding was perpetually unstable and by the 8th of August, 2021, the server had been completely abandoned.

Hoivengers Hub
After abandoning Piedmont's Confederation, the remaining members of the Hoivengers created a third Discord group chat, titled 'Hoivengers Hub'. The chat serves as the main Hoivengers group chat.

Current Features
 

Main article: The Great Server
On the 23rd of May, 2021, Piedmont opened a server for the Hoivengers Discord Group. Has been administrated by Pizza since Piedmont's deposition.