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Subject: Greetings from ACA & ACA-T
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Subject: Happy Tanksgiving
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Dominatus, on Nov 20 2012 - 00:42, said: You Americans have Thanksgiving in the middle of the week? Seems inconvenient. Still, nice special.

Subject: Happy Tanksgiving
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Dominatus, on Nov 20 2012 - 00:42, said: You Americans have Thanksgiving in the middle of the week? Seems inconvenient. Still, nice special.

Subject: Greetings from ACA & ACA-T
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Subject: Happy Tanksgiving
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Desdichado, on Nov 20 2012 - 00:36, said: What happened to the 3x crew xp events?

Subject: Happy Tanksgiving
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Desdichado, on Nov 20 2012 - 00:36, said: What happened to the 3x crew xp events?

Subject: Happy Tanksgiving
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jacione, on Nov 20 2012 - 00:08, said: great special! thanks wargaming! though tbh i was expectign 5X XP for first win, but X2 crew training is just as good.

Subject: Happy Tanksgiving
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jacione, on Nov 20 2012 - 00:08, said: great special! thanks wargaming! though tbh i was expectign 5X XP for first win, but X2 crew training is just as good.

Subject: Changes coming to Tech Tree Focus game events
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CrunchyCruncher, on Nov 19 2012 - 18:44, said: As a project manager, I always ask myself 'What EXACTLY am I trying to accomplish here?', and then try to ensure that my short-term actions are a product of my long-term goals.
The Tech Tree Focus events appear to have previously had two components:
A 1/2 price mechanic on mid-tier tanks with the presumptive goal of encouraging players to try tanks they might not otherwise make the effort to grind for, with longer-term benefits to the player of finding new tanks/lines that are rewarding, and to WG of keeping the game 'sticky'for player commitment and retention.
The second mechanic was the 50% credit increase for a week, presumably to provide incentive for players who already own a tank to go back and drive it that week, perhaps re-engaging with an old fave, but also to promote active playing of mid-tier vehicles by long-time players, which is clearly an ongoing WG effort.

Subject: Changes coming to Tech Tree Focus game events
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CrunchyCruncher, on Nov 19 2012 - 18:44, said: As a project manager, I always ask myself 'What EXACTLY am I trying to accomplish here?', and then try to ensure that my short-term actions are a product of my long-term goals.

The Tech Tree Focus events appear to have previously had two components:

A 1/2 price mechanic on mid-tier tanks with the presumptive goal of encouraging players to try tanks they might not otherwise make the effort to grind for, with longer-term benefits to the player of finding new tanks/lines that are rewarding, and to WG of keeping the game 'sticky'for player commitment and retention.

The second mechanic was the 50% credit increase for a week, presumably to provide incentive for players who already own a tank to go back and drive it that week, perhaps re-engaging with an old fave, but also to promote active playing of mid-tier vehicles by long-time players, which is clearly an ongoing WG effort.

Subject: Thanksgiving Creative Contest news
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Shardmind, on Nov 17 2012 - 12:37, said: With this many entries, will we even get contest results before this Christmas? :P

Subject: Thanksgiving Creative Contest news
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venomjoe, on Nov 08 2012 - 20:03, said: Can we do more than 400+ words

Subject: Veteran's Challenge, Tier 6
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GenPanzer, on Nov 19 2012 - 21:42, said: Thank you. Might I suggest a link on the appropriate challenge's main page, for those that might have bookmarked that page when they first signed up?

Subject: Veteran's Challenge - Feedback & Talking Points
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BrotherVerenor, on Nov 19 2012 - 15:26, said: These city/field maps. I greatly dislike them. Burn them. With fire.
On a more serious note, I loved this tournament. Can't really tell you exactly what it was about the tournament that I loved so much, just loved the whole thing with the exception of the maps. My team and I participated in the tier 6 challenge and made it to the top 16 so I'm pretty satisfied with our performance.  If we're gonna share war stories however, I'll toss mine in there as well. My team's round robin matches were fairly dull with the exception of a few close calls, but round 1 is where it got really interesting. We went up against G_SKUL (I think that's how they had their name) and managed to win our first round but lost two rounds consecutively which, admittedly, was mostly my fault for getting too ballsy. After the second loss we switched the tanks we used around and were able to pull off two more consecutive wins, allowing us to advance to round 2 (I guess getting one shots makes a difference :P). Round 2 was fairly strange and went smoothly. Round 3 we ended up facing Newland which completely threw us for a loop with a 5man tier5 scout team (Chaffee//Chaffee//Chaffee/t-50-2//VK2801) to which I had chimed in that the only way I could see us not getting smacked around would be to castle in a corner or alley watching both entrances by the cap and hope we could pick them off as we spotted them which, in the first game, went semi-smooth and ended with a satisfying victory. The second game we did the same thing, albeit on the opposite side to varying degrees of success and barely managed to scrape out a win (a few lucky shots won it for us). Then the following match, they decided to turn it around. They were done with that plan and adopted a generic tier 6 plan, kv-1s's and a t2 LT. There isn't much else to say other than we got beaten. Quite badly too. If you were to ask me how we lost three consecutive matches in a row and thus being knocked out of the brackets, I'd probably reply with 'I got so many low-damage roles it was such bullshit', but in all honesty it was just that we were outplayed. They managed to catch us out on the move where we were unable to get accurate shots off or just focus fire better than my team, but they beat us in the end. That's the end of my stories, enjoy.
If any of you Newland boys read this, good job. Congrats on making it to the top 4, despite how mad losing 3 consecutive games make me, those were some fun matches.
I'm going to have to completely disagree with you here. True, RNG plays a bigger role as the player count goes down, but losing one tank early on does NOT mean you've lost the game. There were multiple times in both the 1st round where we lost our tank first or even two tanks in one scenario, and we still managed to win the game. It all boils down to three things. 1) Your caller. 2) Knowledge (Map/Game/Etc). 3) Execution. At least, that's my opinion.
My input on the tournament itself however as far as what I'd like to see improved upon are two simple things. The maps and the times. As stated at the beginning of my post, I hate those maps. Not really sure what else I'd prefer, but I hated all three of them despite only playing two (Siegfried is a horrible map if you ask me). The times were a big issue for my team, with some having college, others work, and others just living on the east coast, the times were really messy. Also, am I the only one who thought the fact that it took 2 hours for each round to be finished on day 2? At least it didn't take as long as it used to in order for the tournament itself to finish.

Subject: Veteran's Challenge, Tier 6
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GenPanzer, on Nov 19 2012 - 17:34, said: Where is the rest of the tournament? There is no link to a tournament sheet on the challenge main page.
For a company trying to get serious about eSports, keeping your community in the dark about the progress of a tournament is not the way to go. (yes, I saw the postings in this thread about the quarterfinals and finals, minus the winner, go figure, but one should not have to skim an entire thread to find the final 2 rounds of a bracket).

Subject: Veteran's Challenge - Feedback & Talking Points
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Friction, on Nov 19 2012 - 16:37, said: This is exactly right.  
I asked multiple times why we didn't just use the 8/42 7 player setup no one ever gave me a response when a team has to practice for a new format weekly because of skirmishes, a new format monthly cause of challenges, and then the standard format for whenever WG Minsk wants to hold a tourney it makes for a lot of frustration.
You can also note that the Russians have consistency which makes them improve and develop fluid tactics which evolve, this never happens for us because we only get to watch what they do after they've done it.  
No other game changes as much as this server does as far as competition is concerned.   Pick a format, stick with it please.
Not even a grand chess master has to change to checkers or battleship every time he wants to play.  He ends up playing the same rules with the same board and the same pieces. Any changes made should be made globally for the entire competitive side of the game.

Subject: Veteran's Challenge - Feedback & Talking Points
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Friction, on Nov 19 2012 - 15:37, said: This is exactly right.  

I asked multiple times why we didn't just use the 8/42 7 player setup no one ever gave me a response when a team has to practice for a new format weekly because of skirmishes, a new format monthly cause of challenges, and then the standard format for whenever WG Minsk wants to hold a tourney it makes for a lot of frustration.

You can also note that the Russians have consistency which makes them improve and develop fluid tactics which evolve, this never happens for us because we only get to watch what they do after they've done it.  

No other game changes as much as this server does as far as competition is concerned.   Pick a format, stick with it please.

Not even a grand chess master has to change to checkers or battleship every time he wants to play.  He ends up playing the same rules with the same board and the same pieces. Any changes made should be made globally for the entire competitive side of the game.

Subject: Veteran's Challenge - Feedback & Talking Points
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Friction, on Nov 19 2012 - 15:37, said: This is exactly right.  

I asked multiple times why we didn't just use the 8/42 7 player setup no one ever gave me a response when a team has to practice for a new format weekly because of skirmishes, a new format monthly cause of challenges, and then the standard format for whenever WG Minsk wants to hold a tourney it makes for a lot of frustration.

You can also note that the Russians have consistency which makes them improve and develop fluid tactics which evolve, this never happens for us because we only get to watch what they do after they've done it.  

No other game changes as much as this server does as far as competition is concerned.   Pick a format, stick with it please.

Not even a grand chess master has to change to checkers or battleship every time he wants to play.  He ends up playing the same rules with the same board and the same pieces. Any changes made should be made globally for the entire competitive side of the game.

Subject: Veteran's Challenge - Feedback & Talking Points
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Darasta, on Nov 19 2012 - 06:18, said: you know only NA does not have a limit on auto loaders in their tournaments. one of the reasons i don't play them anymore is poor balancing from WG NA staff when it comes to running things

Subject: Veteran's Challenge - Feedback & Talking Points
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Darasta, on Nov 19 2012 - 05:18, said: you know only NA does not have a limit on auto loaders in their tournaments. one of the reasons i don't play them anymore is poor balancing from WG NA staff when it comes to running things

Subject: Veteran's Challenge - Feedback & Talking Points
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Darasta, on Nov 19 2012 - 05:18, said: you know only NA does not have a limit on auto loaders in their tournaments. one of the reasons i don't play them anymore is poor balancing from WG NA staff when it comes to running things

Subject: Veteran's Challenge - Feedback & Talking Points
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Darasta, on Nov 19 2012 - 05:18, said: you know only NA does not have a limit on auto loaders in their tournaments. one of the reasons i don't play them anymore is poor balancing from WG NA staff when it comes to running things

Subject: Veteran's Challenge - Feedback & Talking Points
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Darasta, on Nov 19 2012 - 05:18, said: you know only NA does not have a limit on auto loaders in their tournaments. one of the reasons i don't play them anymore is poor balancing from WG NA staff when it comes to running things

Subject: Veterans Challenge Tier 8 Replays
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Subject: Veterans Challenge Tier 8 Replays
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Subject: Veteran's Challenge, Tier 8
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KilgorSoS, on Nov 19 2012 - 04:20, said: I was really looking for 1st-16th place...I was in team Enjoy/What...just wondering where we placed..

Subject: Veteran's Challenge, Tier 8
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KilgorSoS, on Nov 19 2012 - 04:20, said: I was really looking for 1st-16th place...I was in team Enjoy/What...just wondering where we placed..

Subject: Veteran's Challenge, Tier 8
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KilgorSoS, on Nov 19 2012 - 04:11, said: Where is the final standings list...is it posted yet?

Subject: Veteran's Challenge, Tier 8
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KilgorSoS, on Nov 19 2012 - 04:11, said: Where is the final standings list...is it posted yet?

Subject: Tech Tree Focus USSR Nov. 19th-23rd
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Subject: Tech Tree Focus USSR Nov. 19th-23rd
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Subject: Veteran's Challenge, Tier 8
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Mauadib, on Nov 19 2012 - 03:48, said: GG to all that S.I.M.P played on the way to this last game. An extra GG to Simplistic.
On the one hand I didn't win. On the other hand, MONEY. (Almost 6 weeks pay worth, man I need a new job.)

Subject: Veteran's Challenge, Tier 8
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Mauadib, on Nov 19 2012 - 03:48, said: GG to all that S.I.M.P played on the way to this last game. An extra GG to Simplistic.

On the one hand I didn't win. On the other hand, MONEY. (Almost 6 weeks pay worth, man I need a new job.)

Subject: Skirmish XXIV
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Subject: Veterans Challenge Tier 8 Replays
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Subject: Veterans Challenge Tier 8 Replays
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Subject: Veteran's Challenge, Tier 8
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Subject: Veteran's Challenge, Tier 8
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Subject: Veteran's Challenge, Tier 8
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Subject: Veteran's Challenge, Tier 8
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