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OldFox: Nu bet ko darit, ja vaciesiem nebija kara sakuma tik smaga, labi brunota tanka, un vel ar tadu stobru. PzIV ir tads, kads vins bija, KV ari.

Vallter: Yes, of course you can use it.

OldFox: Nu i forsi! Jo visi "nubi" (Lito, protams, nav nubs:)) ir parliecinati, ka JagdPanther loti atri tiks gala ne tikai ar vienu, bet ar diviem KV! Un te peksni - bac - un nav JagdPantheras "Surprise, surprise!" © Tas, manuprat, nak tikai pa labu spelei.

OldFox: Hi all!
Does this is right? No mistakes?
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Please help, it`s urgently!
Ok, thx, all done

OldFox: Ja, tiesi ta

OldFox: Pagaidam notiek vadisanas sistemas testesana. Dazadi rezimi, dzoistiks, pele, tastatura utt.

Vallter: Yes, you can. But still, the mix with used in-game sounds will receive more points.

Vallter: Yes

Cheeka: should be working now

Vallter: Soon we will have many things to celebrate! Citadel Operation, CBT anniversary etc. The start of July will be full of such great days. To make these weeks fun, as per numerous requests, we shall start our first musical contest!
The contest will end on the 11th of July 23:59 UTC
Important notes about contest entries:
-WoT-mix is a musical composition, which consists of samples, in-game sound and voices, and each participant’s individual creations
-Participants are free and welcome to use any audio editors for content modification, as well as for creation of new content
- Every player can take part in the contest. Composition should be attached to a post or uploaded to any free file server, saved in MP3 format, and must not exceed 10mb in size and the length of the MP3 must be between 2 to 5 minutes.
- Entries will be accepted only in this topic.
- Contest work should not violate the game/forum rules, or EULA.
- Use of any copyrighted materials is prohibited and the violator of author rights will be suspended from taking part in any Wargaming.net meetings/contests/events for next 77 days.
First prize will be 6 000 gold.
The runner-up will receive 5 000 gold.
3rd place will get 4 000 gold.
The contest starts now and will end on the 11th of July 23:59 UTC.
Here are links on the audio content.
Tanks noise: link
In-game music: link2
Voices: RU (link), UA (link), PL (link), US (link), DE (link), CH (link)
Discussion on the contest and presented works is here.
According to Chapter 3 Section D. of WN Terms of Service: if you upload any photograph, video, or audio file to or through any WN Communication Feature, you grant to WN the non-exclusive, worldwide right to use, post, publish and display such material, without royalty or compensation of any kind, expressly waive any and all rights of privacy, moral rights or rights of attribution and integrity.
P.S. To help ensure the competitions are fun for everyone, the event section will be heavily moderated. Only posts containing “Contest Works” are to be posted, any discussion comments or text messages will be deleted and sanctioned. If you have any questions regarding the event please instead pm them to me.

admin: Two-day great tank show in Bovington ended. WOT team is ready to share the impressions with players.
The story in pictures goes below:

















Wargaming.net staff thanks everyone for their visiting the museum. We hope you had great fun! We also hope that those who didn't get a chance to to to Dorset enjoyed our photo overview.

Vallter: You are free to use all WoT materials and symbolic on the contest works and fan art. But not the Wargaming.net log.

Vallter: The discussion is here.
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LiannaSilverwind: I suggest contacting support@worldoftanks.eu as most certain way to get important technical information.

LiannaSilverwind: From what I've read on Russian Devs Q & A: Aiming time is amount of time when circle reduces its size thrice, therefore if you circle is super-sized, it will not become smallest possible during aiming time.
You should also have full skill bonuses, ie. 100% crew, ventilation, gold consumable.

LiannaSilverwind: Moderators job is not to respond to every thread or post, but watch the forum rules being followed.
Moderators are volunteers helping on forums and ingame. Moderators are not WG employees.
When moderator posts in black, it's his/her own humble opinion. When moderator posts in red, it's official statement of moderation.
I respect your feelings of respect towards other tanks.
My feelings are following: I am aware of extreme danger of properly played US Heavy, I know Tiger has too much HP, so it will take time before it is destroyed, I know KT, Half-Maus and Maus are very formidable, especially from the front. I fear IS-4, I do not consider IS being a tank, I revel when I meet IS-3 or IS-7, their lack of armor and poor accuracy means easy juicy target, great amount of Creds/XP moving my way. That's just my own humble opinion.

LiannaSilverwind: Not only for the balance, it's also sign of respect towards German vehicles that predecessed its own timeline. Both Tiger and Panther faced mainly Shermans and T-34s that they defeated and they defeat them ingame as well.
One penetrating hit was usually enough to destroy/fatally cripple the vehicle in battle, therefore developers put HP into the game to make it more arcade than simulator. During Russian alpha-test there were no HP, only modules, as a sidenote. Check amount of HP, view range, accuracy both Tiger and Panther have and compare it to their historical counterparts. German tanks were respected by their opponents and it is also reflected in the game.
Unfortunately some people seek the game where Tiger/Panther/ pwns everything and forget it should be The Game first.

OldFox: Nu nevar sabalanset katru tanku katra kauja! Tas nav iespejams.

Overlord: Wargaming.net booth at Bovington Tank Museum.

Come and visit us.

LiannaSilverwind: Quitter gets 0 xp and 0 credits.

Cheeka: Thanks for all "bug reports", guys! They have been passed on. Hopefully everything will be improved shortly.

Cheeka: this might be helpful

Cheeka: example

Vallter: We are proud to present the “Design your tank skin” contest (you can learn more here).
The contest starts immediately and will end on the 7th of July 23:59 UTC.
Important requirements and notes about creating skins for the contest:
• Every user can take part in the contest;
• Players should make skins for one of the following tanks:PzKpfw VI Tiger, PzKpfw V Panther and Maus;
• Each user may only submit one skin per tank;
• The skin should be done in the 'animalism' style. Under this we mean not, for example, tiger stripes, but aerographic animals painted on the vehicle;
• The skin should be done so that it can be downloaded;
• A user has to post screenshots of the tank with the skin in this topic;
• Each tank will be judged separately;
• The image should not violate moral, ethic, juridical norms and the EULA.
The winner in each category will receive 6000 gold, second place will be awarded 5000 gold and third place will enjoy 4000 gold.
According to Chapter 3 Section D. of WN Terms of Service: if you upload any photograph, video, or audio file to or through any WN Communication Feature, you grant to WN the non-exclusive, worldwide right to use, post, publish and display such material, without royalty or compensation of any kind, expressly waive any and all rights of privacy, moral rights or rights of attribution and integrity.
Attention! The Administration reserves the right to cancel or prolong the event without announcing their reasons.
P.S. To help ensure the competitions are a fun for most situations, the event section is heavily moderated. Only posts containing “Contest Works” are to be posted, any discussion comments or text messages will be deleted and sanctioned. If you have any questions regarding the event please instead pm them to me or Mad_Hatter.
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Tanitha: You shouldn't have any problems breaking even in a T10 with premium.
You wont make anything usually though (some you gain some you lose,breaking even in the end) , and without premium you will make a loss.

Tanitha: Hi, you need to contact WOT to get WOT to issue a refund for you.
There is announcement here regarding that. http://forum.worldof...nt-suspensions/
A cancelled payment from the other end, is likely to get charge-back fees incurred.

Vallter: 1 - I look through the thread from time to time.
3 - according to EULA every user has to complete with local laws himself. We won't pursue people for using parts of copy righted images, but we will remove the work from the contest, if we receive complaints from authors or their official representatives, or right holders.

OldFox: Speles atskanosana ir veikta ar kompanijas SDI Media spekiem. Aktiera vards ir Valdis, un WG uzskata, ka tas ir viens no labakiem balsim starp visam atskanotam lokalizacijam.
Seit ir paraugs: [attachment=13811:5 armor_pierced_by_player.rar]

LiannaSilverwind: The problem is that our own nation had enough people who supported such things, during wartime it's called collaboration and is considered being treachery - if your side wins.
It's very easy to blame other people, nations, regimes for things *some* of our own people have supported. No excuses towards those who made decision to invade and no excuses to those who called for such help. There are many great books in Czech language written about who made the decision and how it all ended.
There is no need to blame full nations for decisions made by few, such generalizations are very popular amongst modern radical groups - it's all "Someone Else's Fault, Not Ours". As I have said - there were persecutions inside Soviet Union and other countries towards those who demonstrated against invasion of Czechoslovakia. These people supported our nation. Let's not forget their sacrifice as well.
Let's not forget our own people who have decided to fight the regime.
Let's not forget how many of our own people did support the regime...
If you forget your past, you are condemned to relive it.
P.S. And no excuses for monsters you have mentioned. For sure.

Overlord: Tankfest 2011 will be held from June 25th till June 26th at The Tank Museum in Bovington, England. This is one of the most established annual British military history shows bringing the story of tanks and soldiers to life.
Tankfest is also a great opportunity for World of Tanks devotees to catch up with the development team representatives including Overlord (myself).
I look forward to meeting you, guys. Come and have fun!
If you are determined to come, please leave a comment either below or here.

LiannaSilverwind: World of Warplanes is being developed by another section of WG, not the one that cares about World of Tanks. The company grows.
It's kinda like "Peter and Jane worked on tanks, now they got new friend Josef. Josef works on Warplanes. Peter and Jane work on tanks still."

LiannaSilverwind: And it is always easier to blame someone else instead of ourselves. Notice that people who wrote the letter were never punished.

admin: Dear players! We present you the final photo essay, dedicated to Grand Finals of the international Ural Steel Championship. Our previous blog articles depicted daily doings, giving a quick glance at Ural Steel Championship preparations and events held on second and third day spent in Moscow. At this stage we provide you the sophisticated story of Ural Steel, full of pics provided by a World of Tanks photographer Dmitry Popok, who imported all his skill to capture and impart the spirit of might and excitement at Ural Steel.
Now this is the time for us to show you new pictures and unveil more details of this terrific event, and high time for you to feel the event once again. Or to recall all those exciting moments of meeting at the airports, visiting Red Square or seeing real steel giants in Kubinka.
The entire Championship justified its prefix "international", as players from all over the world came to Moscow to take part in the Grand Finals held by Wargaming.net: the United States, Argentina, Britain, Russia, Poland, Ireland, Israel, Sri Lanka, Chile, Germany, Ukraine and Belarus.
Moreover, each team’s players arrived to different airports and at different time, making "one flight - one team" statement impossible to use here. Three main Moscow airports: Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo welcomed our brave warriors all day and night long.







Immediately upon arrival most players went for sightseeing in Moscow. In four hours they visited Hill of Respectful Salutation, Red Square and the Vorobyovy Hills. And surely, players did not skip a single inch of picturesque places, shooting all things they could see.






An interesting aspect I would like to point out is that all Ural Steel participants stayed in the same hotel; however they all coexisted in peace helping each other greatly and sharing all they had! To cut it short, there were no cases of offense or insult and all World of Tanks tankers lived like a complete union of nations.




The highly anticipated Ural Steel Championship Day started at 7 a.m. for its participants and organizers. Although it was due to start officially at 11 a.m., the hall was almost full of visitors in half an hour before it. Guests came alone, with their spouses, with their kids or with entire teams. And all of them reacted eagerly and lively to all happening onstage. A breathless atmosphere reigned when the outcome of a battle depended entirely on a single player.





You all know the results of the Championship, but it is more interesting to listen to representatives of different game servers sharing their impressions left from Ural Steel. Thus, American tankers admitted aggressive manner of playing of Russians, while Russian players noted some interesting tactics of American and European teams. Surely, Ural Steel was a great chance for all three servers to put down challenging things which might be useful in further struggles in World of Tanks battlefields.










Last day was devoted to tank museum in Kubinka. The tankers got into buses and rushed to the real tank depot, which is certainly a dream of any WoT player.
Of course, the universal delight was the legendary MS-1. The visit to the museum expanded tankers’ vocabulary by adding a new joke that "now we know where to put the tea leaves into it." And the thing they discussed was the hatch which the crew used to get inside the tank.

And how can one describe full depth of his feelings when seeing a Maus, IS-7 or the legendary KV?





















After Kubinka, part of players came back to the hotel and others went to airports, full of emotions and plans for upcoming meets in World of Tanks battlefields.

Overlord: 1. Rework? Possibly. But definitely not in such a way.
2. Will think it over.

Overlord: 1. Your question was regarding clan wars. Tier 1 tanks are not competitive there on default.
2. The same balancing methodology is (and will be) applied to all tanks, figures are unbiased.

Overlord: M26 currently earns more experience per battle than ANY other tank on all 3 servers and enjoys very good win ratio, fairly above 50%.

Overlord: KV-1S performance is rather good, the changes are unlikely to come.

Overlord: It will stay elite with E75 locked.

Overlord: The experience will stay on Tiger II.

Vallter: If it yours and the contest is still ended going, you can edit it. However, this is prohibited after the contest end

Vallter: Yes, it is allowed