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Subject: Public Test 1.4 General Feedback
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rabitson, on 14 January 2019 - 04:45 PM, said:  


DeadLecter, on 14 January 2019 - 06:09 PM, said: Hey you know MM is f-ed up? You know we have lots of useless tanks thanks to super OP ones? You know map design sucks? But nah these are not problems really. All we ever wanted was wheeled vehicles and another F-ed up map. What else can a guy hope for?


AlkaansLV, on 14 January 2019 - 06:33 PM, said: Basically a wargaming major update has the same amount of content that 10 people in a week could do. And yeah people, keep hoping for the gold ammo nerf. Maybe for Christmas 2019.


MeowMelon, on 14 January 2019 - 07:50 PM, said: I'm not a forum guy, but to be honest this update annoys me. Adding this kind of vehicles to the game is straight up stupid. Yes, they have paper armor, low penetration and poor view range, but still it destroys the gameplay mechanics on so many ways that i can't even begin to explain. And no I'm not just another tomato player whining about the update before it get's released. I used to play on US account and i had around 10k battles but since i moved to europe i'm using this one.  Those kind of vehicles can not be tweaked or balanced to fit into WoT style gameplay without ruining the game. Best regards.

Subject: Tippspiel zur CW-Kampagne "Soldiers of Fortune"
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Subject: Öffentlicher Test Version 1.4 - Neue Anpassungsmöglichkeiten
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Kopunga, on 15 January 2019 - 04:20 PM, said:   Ganz so klar ist es nicht, zumal folgende von dir angegebenen Nummern funktionieren: 39 55 84 212 222 777 818 999 Fotobeweise könnte ich auf Anfrage ggf. liefern, aber du kannst es auch einfach selber testen.  #fakenews

Subject: El programa de reclutamiento 1.0 se acerca a su fin
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Subject: Public Test 1.4 Wheeled Vehicles
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pseudpat, on 15 January 2019 - 03:24 PM, said:  

Subject: Refrescaos con nuestro nuevo evento especial
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Subject: ¡Presentamos la colección de World of Tanks de Salvat!
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Subject: Public Test 1.4 Changes to Reward Tanks
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sady3296, on 14 January 2019 - 07:27 PM, said: So you based this buff on what exactly?? You constalty bs us that you need data to actually change tanks or remove/change maps but now you buff the rarest t10 in the game? After 250 people on eu get it?   Buff 121, leo1 stb, e100 and all the other crap thats been underpowered for years!!    

Subject: WG rework maps again, its imposible to play sneky destroyers !
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Subject: trop de game truquer ca a pas changer depuis 3 ans
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Subject: Le tier 10 ? Un problème ou c'est moi ?
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Subject: La célèbre FAS_X recrute de nouveau, et est plus ambitieuse que jamais !
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Woteur, on 15 January 2019 - 08:20 AM, said:   Ouep, faudra juste demander à la modération si ils ont levé l'option sur la couleur rouge.

Subject: Triche a volonter dans world of tanks ..
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Subject: Hacker Suspicion
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WakaChaka, on 14 January 2019 - 09:03 PM, said: Meh... The only "hacking" that works in WoT is called P2W. Watch his list of tonks and i can bet that he's got LOTS of bling. More $$$ to WG means stronger guardian RNG in "server side computations". My 2 cents.

Subject: Top Trending Free PC Games 2019?
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Cobra6, on 14 January 2019 - 10:28 AM, said: One of the best games I've played in 2018 is actually Subnautica, I can't recommend this one highly enough and that is saying a lot as normally I hate survival games.   I'm currently playing No Mans Sky on the side.   Cobra 6

Subject: [KdX] le clan KdX relance les machines
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Subject: 2018 lootboxes - what did you get?
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Subject: Quelques mécaniques de jeu méconnues
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Zedd7, on 14 January 2019 - 10:08 PM, said: PS : Je vais demander à la modération de renommer le topic en "Quelques mécaniques de jeu méconnues".

Subject: copak se asi posralo :/ .....
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Subject: l'acharnement sur les artys
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Subject: Öffentlicher Test Version 1.4 - Neue Anpassungsmöglichkeiten
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Subject: Załogantki za operacje świąteczne 2019
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wcieniu, on 15 January 2019 - 12:38 PM, said:   Myślę że brakuje tutaj przecinka i można tę wiadomości odebrać na dwa sposoby. 1 Czy chodzi o to, że trzeba zrekrutować członków załogi z zakładki rekruci w koszarach, przypisać ich do konkretnych nacji i wtedy mogą zostać w koszarach jako normalna załoga bezterminowo? 2 Czy chodzi o to, że jeżeli mamy ich w koszarach w zakładce rekruci to mogą tam zostać bezterminowo?

Subject: World of Tanks Micropatch 1.3.6
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Homer_J, on 15 January 2019 - 10:55 AM, said: Arty aim fixed?


RagingRaptor, on 15 January 2019 - 11:24 AM, said:   Like the chat / friendlist issue?   Also did you ever considered implementing the ASIA MM on the EUserver.


Ripper366, on 15 January 2019 - 11:33 AM, said: Removed teamkilling?

Subject: Why Christmas Box RNG is badly coded: Statistics say something is funky
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RStinkyStonky, on 14 January 2019 - 05:39 PM, said:  how would you calculate the value of Pi ?".  


N00BT00B, on 14 January 2019 - 06:45 PM, said:     I think you misunderstand, and being the clever people that you claim to be, that's surprising. I think you are more interested in telling everyone how big your e-peen is.   I could ask WG to toss a coin for me in the privacy of their office and report the results but I wouldn't trust their answer. Especially if I was paying for each coin toss and wanted to reach a set number of heads or tails.   Random or 'pseudo-random' is one thing, fiddling the results deliberately in order to make money is another. It's easy to fiddle 'random' when it's computer generated, who is the arbitrator? where is the accountability?   Let WG declare the drop rates for each ornament and get the numbers independently verified. what's the chances of that happening? (insert fancy maths *0)  


StinkyStonky, on 15 January 2019 - 10:23 AM, said: Good enough to get to the next question   You've demonstrated that you understand the problem and how it can be solved.   Good interview questions are hard to come up with.  Microsoft and Google used to use a lot of those silly brain teaser questions (they don't any more).  Not only can they be learned but they don't select "good" people. One of theirs that I adapted was this ... You have 8 identical balls.  One weighs more than the other 7.  Using only a see-saw weigh scale, how do you identify the heavy ball ?  In the smallest number of weightings.  The trouble is some people know the model answer and they just trot it out.  They question I used to ask was ... How many different ways can you come up with to do this ?  It's amazing the number of people who can only come up with 2 or 3 ... especially if they know the model answer.  For those that knew the model answer I throw in "What if there were 28 balls ? or 1234 balls ?  It's very rare to find anyone is able to answer that !  It's also interesting the number who used to become hostile at my questions.  This is why I like the question.  Not knowing something is fine.  It's how you cope with that, that is important.   Using your knowledge, experience, education, expertise is not "cheating" 

Subject: A Charity Auction with Three Great Vehicles!
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SiliconSidewinder, on 14 January 2019 - 03:38 PM, said:     look the real thing you guys should be talking about is why you allways shoot your own foot like that:   simply make a new tank and offer that for such events.   could have been a reskinned Premium Tiger on tier VII. would that have been cool? I think so, and the costs for introducing such a special tank would have been minimal. And then stick to it and just sell this tank on charity auctions like this.    


McLovers, on 15 January 2019 - 05:31 AM, said:   I think the problem here is that you have supplied one tank so how is it possible for the WOT community to get involved when only one person can give to that charity event via this method and therefore only one person can benefit from this auction in WOT's.   I feel there is a little bit of blind rage here and wargaming have a history of ignoring their players, it's nice to see community managers on the forum but it feels like you are only here to calm us down when WG bulldozes yet another unpopular decision into the game.


WoT_RU_Doing, on 15 January 2019 - 06:06 AM, said: The thing is, all the fuss could have been avoided if they'd simply offered a different tank in the first place. I don't think WG have ever made a statement that something will never be available for sale again quite as clearly as they did with the Mutant, Pz IV/V and A-32. As a result, you'd think that the marketing dept would have a poster on the wall saying "DON'T SELL THESE TANKS". I think they may have such a poster for the SU-76I, but that was an internal WG decision not to sell it rather than a promise to WG's customers. However, there are still other existing vehicles that could have been offered such as the ISU-130, T-44-122 or even the Type 59 again.

Subject: Onkel Hardwares Kaffeeklatsch(en) :) 15-16Uhr, Kännchen nur drausen!
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Subject: Glücksritter ziehen auf die Weltkarte
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s2muelli, on 15 January 2019 - 01:12 PM, said: Ist das vollständige regelwerk schon veröffentlicht? 

Subject: Balance..
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N00BT00B, on 14 January 2019 - 08:30 PM, said: The most popular and balanced (vehicles at least) game mode in years has been Frontlines.   Wonder why eekaboo?   Tier8 only, operating within some reasonable parameters re armour and firepower. Big open maps with options to choose a tank for a particular objective. People get to choose their destiny and their play style. One or two persons do not determine the outcome of the match, good or bad.  unlike randoms.   The issue isn't whether a E8 gets into a team vs a Defender, it's whether the tier8s in his team are idiots. The other issue is the constant stream of idiot top tiers in your team that the matchmaker gives out while the opponents don't get them. Its not even balanced per day or even per week. 'Random' they call it, but just how many days or weeks does a person have to put up with bottom tiers, noob top tiers and rollover no-hope games before they are allowed to have fun?


Rati_Festa, on 14 January 2019 - 09:31 PM, said:   There may well be an insane amount of data on the general subject, but how much of its relevant. For example if I was the CEO of wallmart and I wanted to make changes to yhe website, I would have very little interest in the customer behaviour of the BBC news website. Just because a game is a game doesnt mean the consumers do the same thing, just like a website is a website each one is individual. Attempting to transpose customer behaviour across platforms with only a few points of commonality.... just wouldnt work at all.    Using WOW as an example is interesting... first guess I would have at that is a gap in the age demographic, which then raises questions about the avg disposable income.   As for Frontline, I agree it might plateau, but it might implode, it might also bring lots of customers back. Your point is slightly irrelevant you could say the same about wheeled vehicles or any other patch. What I was pointing out is WG didnt need to mess with the core of the game randoms, they should try new things in new modes. It seems rather a risky practise to shake up what is essentially a gold mine.


Noo_Noo, on 15 January 2019 - 08:38 AM, said:   Er....my opinion is based on the fact that Wot has lost over 20% of its players on the EU server and also a fair percentage on the Russian server, all servers in fact and we have a WG representative simply putting that down to natural decline. Firstly, I'm not convinced by that argument and secondly any business that shrinks by that amount in that shorter time should be looking into it and not have its representatives just passing it off as natural / normal. That sounds like a head in the sand attitude to me and moreover it is typical of WG that you have people within the organisation that simply don't know what the other side is thinking / doing. Refer to Foch gate for a prime example of that if you like. 

The peaks in the player numbers correspond to new content. That to me suggests that people are interested in having a look but as it declines immediately after they're obviously not staying. Each will have their own individual reasons but ultimately they will feel that there's nothing here to keep them, and, to me that's where balance plays a major role. If you have new content and the fundamental issues remain then people will get fed up quickly and leave. And I think that is what is happening.   My point here is that WG have made lots of changes that have slowly but surely alienated sections of the player base and that has lead to an accelerated decline. OP premiums, OP/ broken tech tree tanks, Premium ammo, match maker, Artlliery all things which create grievances and while its a personal view of each player these are pretty commonly talked about issues and yet despite all the shiny new maps and tanks and what have you these fundamental issues are still there. 

You know QB started a new free to play account right? Yes he has all the map knowledge etc. but he's been forced to physically grind tanks etc. and to him its proved an extremely frustrating experience. I agree lower tier balance is a mess and it could be argued that at lower tiers its should be at its best to actually encourage new players to stay and learn rather than getting owned, felling lost and pi**ed off and leaving.


Gkirmathal, on 15 January 2019 - 09:42 AM, said:   I share your opinion on this. I can underline this, only anecdotally though, by looking at my (former) clan's FB page. Each patch, until recent patches, some members always came back to see if the things that drove them away (things you, Tajj and others have listed) from the game had improved. Only to be given a reality check a few weeks in before they decided to leave again due to nothing fundamental for them had been changed. I know for certain that if the thing listed here, which have been discussed to heel and back, were addressed a major influx of older player will occur. At least in regards to my old clan 1VTD.   A bit off topic, but I just needed to say this. (Btw, I do not mean the following to be disrespectful of other opinions. I can relate to most pov's here and or where they come from) Quite some forum folk have always seemed a-okay about the direction of where the product is being taken, with little objections or criticism shown on said direction and development choices. Most showed a similar content attitude as far back when SerB and Storm were at the helm. So attitude seems independent regardless who is at the helm. Also vise versa of those (my included) who are more prone to be more critical. I don't mean to say 'you should', that's up to you, but take this into consideration if you want an endless back and forth argument driven conversation to refute/persuade the other of ones pov in an endless loop that leads nowhere. Sometimes it is better knowing just to agree you don't agree, leave it at that and no go into lengthy discussion to nowhere.  


Rati_Festa, on 15 January 2019 - 11:22 AM, said: So you are basically suggesting they have done an indepth study why people leave and concluded its nothing to do with balance.   While ignoring we have a forum full of players screaming about balance...   logically conclusion... I think not. Head in the sand already suggested looks a lot more likely.    Not to mention they are actively trying to "fix" balance why spend time an effort on something if there is nothing wrong? So many gaping holes in your logic... its all looking a rather blinkered view of the situation.   No matter how much speculating any of us do, its very clear balance is a community concern, so to rule that out as a reason for player decline, seems rather a ridiculous response.


Kejoz, on 15 January 2019 - 12:12 PM, said:   MMO's are a new thing (when you compare them with other genres), companies rarely share their data about player, monetization and other business related stuff. Successful MMO's are unicorns, there are only few examples that are relevant in this discussion and all of them are still alive (WoW, DOtA, EVE, Warthunder and others).    WoT success in its initial years was based on word of mouth marketing, i found out about this game from my friend and dragged 6 other friends into the game, most of them are playing it to this day. 2015-2016 rapid growth was based on a heavy marketing campaign, WoT was popping out everywhere, media, ads, merchandise, affinity campaigns. This is the exact moment that the game started to change, large investment had to pay itself back. Game had to become more opened to new and younger customers (back in the day, wot was the slow "old man's game" ), monetization had to by cranked up, game had to be faster and game mechanics "dumbed down". Having this in mind, we can point to an exact moment in which player numbers started to fall for the first time in WoT history, can we call it "natural" or rather "forced" game life cycle? Of course, without the data about playerbase i can rely on my marketing knowledge and speculate, but WoT and its balance became a victim of businessmen not developers.


Rati_Festa, on 15 January 2019 - 12:42 PM, said:   I had a suspicion you would go down that path. So lets for a minute agree that they have a lot of data they have sourced it from the wilds of the internet collating all knowledge currently known to man regarding mmos and video games across all age cross-referenced referenced it with the vast quantity they have accrued themselves. Giving them one huge database of information the big data of video gaming lifecycles. They can now query this to their hearts content, garnering gems of insight to the end of days.   What have they achieved with it?   A drop in customers numbers, and they have generally ignored the fact they have a forum full of concerns about balance from all level of skill players on the forum. Even the forum moderator doesn't think balance is an issue, the forum he moderates.... selective reading????????? Its that bad that they have to on a daily basis delete forum posts about MM and arty...... does that sound like an issue the community has with balance, it sure does to me?   This sweeping masterstroke of marketing masterclass analysis we are witnessing has ended up with considerably fewer players.... a reputation for being money grabbers and very little to be found positive about them on their own forums. Even the people that play their game, have very little good to say about them, that is a damning verdict for any company actions.   So here are some logical conclusions to this scenario   They don't have the data  They do have the data and don't read it They do have the data and don't know how to read They do have the data and misread it ( 1.0 hints at this to me ) They do have the data know how to read it and ignore it and do what makes the most money. ( This is screaming out at me as the real answer )   We can't add they had the data and used it well as they have lower customer numbers, the reason why they have lower customers is staring them in the face...... BALANCE and the fact it isn't a priority over profit. Short term gains simple as that.   Its all over the forum, the perception is the game is unbalanced. There are complaints about arty, complaints about OP prems, complaints about armour, complaints about +2 these are all issues with people concerned that when they play the game they aren't given a fair game to play ie balance.   So to dismiss balance as not a reason for people to leave is just well scary to be honest. 

Subject: Onkel Hardwares Kaffeeklatsch(en) :) 15-16Uhr, Kännchen nur drausen!
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Subject: Obligacje - na co wydać?
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Subject: Cool Down with Our Newest Special
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badidos651, on 14 January 2019 - 12:45 PM, said: I was actually making some progress under the festive atmosphere X bonuses. I'll quit while I'm ahead. Better step it up with stuff to do. These specials just don't cut it anymore.


ToodlePips, on 14 January 2019 - 01:38 PM, said:   I still have tons of those lying around and no more tanks to research, so I can just about hold my horses. But nevermind, I'm sure others are happy   But to the point: Are we going to see discounts on equipment in future, or has WG decided on the sly to give no more discounts of this type like they did with the discounts on training crews for credits? Just asking because it was very surprising to see there was no equipment discount during the holiday season. Please be honest with us @eekeeboo.

Subject: The Soldiers of Fortune join the Global Map
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fighting_falcon93, on 14 January 2019 - 09:57 PM, said:   Hello eekeeboo, and thank you for your answer.   You write that clan wars is intended to be the end-game content of World of Tanks. But can you please go to the global map and take a look at the tier 10 front? Do you see a pattern? All clans that are somewhat successful, have recruitment requirements that only a few percent of the games playerbase fullfills. Where are all the average players and average clans? Are these players not allowed to take part of the end-game content of this game? Why is this game designed to provide a fun end-game experience only to the few percent of players at the top instead of all players?   Then you mention that "normal players" also get rewards. It's not about the word "reward", but rather about the reward itself. You know this reminds me of a study that was done, where 2 monkeys where supposed to do some task and get rewarded for it. When both of them got cucumber, they where happy. When one of them got grapes instead, the other one was no longer happy about his cucumber. The point is that it's highly unfair that not all players get the same type of reward. Granted, a larger task, or a larger acheivement, should result in a larger reward, but all players should get the same type of reward, or they will feel unfaily treated. Right now, average players tend to get consumables and personal reserves, while the tiny fraction on the top gets to split a massive gold deposit. That's not fair at all.   Also, you point out that clan wars is a good thing for all the players that have little left to do in the game. Well you have the statistics, so I'm sure you can take a look, but I can guarantee you that a lot of players have nothing more to do in this game, yet they can not take part in clan wars. Why? Because either they're not good enough to get into a clan that make the time investment worth the reward in gold, or, they can't play during the limited time window of 4 hours when clan wars is running. Why are these players not allowed to enjoy the same end-game content and end-game rewards as the few players on the top?   If we take a look at myself, I'm a perfect example of how useful it's for an average player to join a clan today. Why should I join a clan? I can not earn any gold because all gold goes to the tiny fraction of clans at the top. The few clans stuck on the tier 8 front gets a whopping 1-2 gold per day, which is an insult and not a reward if we compare it to the firefly provinces. And not even the clan reserves are useful for me, because they're only activated during peak hours and not when I play individually. And let's not forget the study I mentioned above. As long as players know that other players can earn gold by playing in a clan, that's what they'll expect when they join a clan aswell.   My suggestion is that WG should redesign the clan wars game mode:   - Open up the entire world map and create atleast 6-8 different time zones. For example, from 18:00 to 02:00. - Scrap the tier 8 front and use tier 10 on the entire map. - Remove the firefly areas with their rediculous income level. - Let the global map run all the time, not just during intense seasons. - Province types should be wasteland (200 gold), rural region (400 gold), urban region (800 gold), capital region (1600 gold). - Add more ways for clans to earn some gold. For example, X industrial resources could be exchanged into gold every day/week/month.   Best Regards, fighting_falcon93.       CW is end-game content. Clans that can't gather 15 players with tier 10 tanks might not be ready for CW, but they can still play SH.     Do you realise how silly this sounds? Yeah, the top clans have become so spoiled by getting their backsides pumped with gold, that now they need specially designed provinces just for them to even bother playing the game. Great design!     Funny, I always facepalm when people write things like that. Unless you work at WG and make the decisions, you don't have the slightest clue of what will happen or not. So to write that it won't happen is really quite a stretch. Let's leave the decision making to WG.     I did write "every day/week/month". This means that they could limit it to a maximum of X resources converted into Y gold every day/week/month. That will be a predetermined quantity, atleast if we consider the maximum potential value. If it becomes less, then no worries.     If it would be too much, they can lower it across the board, meaning that all provinces would get a decrease in income. End point is that they should stop giving everything to a tiny fraction of players, and instead spread out the gold across a wider audience, that way they will activate more players.     You need to understand that there exists 3 different kinds of customers:   - The ones that will spend money without any bait. - The ones that might spend money depending on the bait. - The ones that won't spend money regardless of the bait.   The bait in this case is things such as small amounts of "trial" gold, days of premium accounts, rental tanks etc.   As you see, giving a little bit of gold to everyone is more effective than giving a lot of gold to a few. Ask yourself next time you go into the store and they let you taste something. Obviously they don't serve food to be nice, but to trick you into purchasing their products. So, do they give a few customers a full dinner, or to they give a lot of customers a sample? Same applies here. "Tasting" the gold might cause some customers to purchase more.


mango91, on 15 January 2019 - 10:05 AM, said:   Manage your Jimmies

Subject: Odbierz zniżkę na złoto z funkcją Zapłać z Orange
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bijaciewdomu, on 15 January 2019 - 01:35 PM, said: a tobie ile płacą za śledzenie graczy nie ma to jak być totalnym konfidentem wot ,oby tak dalej dobrze ci idzie

Subject: Le programme de parrainage 1.0 arrive à terme
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Subject: Der Kampf ums Forum!
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Colonel1965, on 15 January 2019 - 11:52 AM, said:     Skill technisch sind se beide auf selbem Niveau! 

Subject: World of Tanks Micropatch 1.3.6
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Subject: Préparez-vous pour les Opés des fêtes 2019
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Norstein_Bekker, on 14 January 2019 - 05:34 PM, said: Ils sont dispo dans ta caserne de façon permanente

Subject: Kończy się program rekrutacyjny 1.0
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bolo99, on 15 January 2019 - 10:13 AM, said: parim, fajnie że jesteś, popraw mnie jeśli źle rozumiem komunikat, można jeszcze wbijać T95E2 do 5 lutego, tak?

Subject: Neues vom Supertest: Der Lansen C
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Subject: czy da się?
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valdi18, on 12 January 2019 - 01:07 PM, said: Witam, mam pytanie czy orientuje się ktoś czy jest możliwość rozłączenia konta wot od wows?