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dance210: Let the "Throwdown" begin! This Third Thursday, it's time to take it to the D - the Dicker Max! Adding even more hype to an already exciting Third Thursday, you can take your new rental tank into our tier VI Throwdown tournament!    Tournament page Registration   Joining a tournament and earning a prize is easier than ever! In the Third Thursday Throwdown, single-player teams are split into groups, with each group having no more than 10 teams. Facing all other teams in their group, the best tier VI tank commander will earn the 1st place prize - a cool 500 gold! If you're not at the top of the pack, don't worry, players will earn gold all the way to 7th place!   Stop by, sign up and join the competition!   Tournament Information Team size: 1 Map: Mittengard Max tier allowed: 6 ALL tank types allowed   Looking for even more of a challenge? Check out our the Platournaments on Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday featuring tier VIII tanks - you can sign up as a complete team or sign up individually! If you sign up as a solo player you will be assigned to a team. Our eSports calendar also has all our upcoming tournaments - take a look and find the right fit for you!     Run into a player that brought broke a rule? Send in a dispute immediately after the tournament ends and we will adjust the scores. Please note, you must include all of the requested information when you submit your dispute!   Dispute Process Disputes must adhere to the protocol detailed below or risk having the dispute dropped by tournament administration. Teams have 24 hr after the tournament has concluded to submit disputes. Disputes must be emailed to tournaments@wargamingamerica.com The email subject: Third Thursday Throwdown Dispute   Disputes must include the following in the body of the email or risk having the dispute dropped by tournament administration: In-game name of the player submitting the dispute Name of the tournament (Third Thursday Throwdown) Your team’s name with a link to your team’s page created for you during registration Your opponent’s team name and a link to your opponent’s team page created during registration Reason for dispute: e.g. “I would like to report the team for using a tank that was not allowed, the StuG III.” An attached replay of the disputed battle(s)   Additional notes: One valid dispute during a group stage reverses all scores from the offending team for that round. Publicizing disputes prior to resolution is subject to penalties at tournament admin's discretion, not limited to: Disregarding the dispute Immediate team disqualification Removal of offending player from the event   Prizes A player will only receive a prize if they won at least one battle during the tournament. Prizes are awarded to players as quickly as possible. It can take up to 7 days after the tournament has concluded before players are credited with their prize. If it has been more than seven days OR if there is a problem with the prize, please contact tournaments@wargamingamerica.com.

dance210:   No one reports the no-show teams. Our tools don't allow us to determine if a player didn't show or simply got a draw against a team. Therefore, there is nothing we can do about the no show teams at this point.

dance210: Weekly 5v5 Group Stage Standings: Day 4 Top 16 by rank  17th Place - Top 25% of teams Top 26% - 50% of teams Top 51% - 75% of teams Prizes are based on final standing, after all five group stage rounds.   Rank Team title Points Earned Points Possible Win Ratio 1 Dance With No Pants 76 78 0.974 2 Crazy Chilean 79 84 0.940 3 SulduZ 76 81 0.938 4 Power Guido 75 81 0.926 5 Free Gold? Yes Plz 76 84 0.905 5 HUMO 76 84 0.905 7 MONOS CON NAVAJA 70 78 0.897 8 DRAGON TEAM 69 78 0.885 8 Empire Rising 69 78 0.885 10 Loucos por gold 71 81 0.877 11 Heroes & Generales 67 78 0.859 12 5LINE best line 72 84 0.857 13 what team 69 81 0.852 14 ! cbl 71 84 0.845 15 QWERTY TEAM 70 84 0.833 16 CHOBORRAS 67 81 0.827 17 Pink Taco 69 84 0.821 18 Gank_Sol® 67 84 0.798 19 MURO DE HIERRO 62 78 0.795 20 Mancos al Combate 63 81 0.778 21 Impresentables 65 84 0.774 21 PODER MANCOO !!! 65 84 0.774 21 The Reign of Terror 65 84 0.774 24 clan Pua 60 78 0.769 25 RA_GE 60 81 0.741 26 CaldoDePosho 61 84 0.726 26 sombra latina 61 84 0.726 28 Its high meme 56 78 0.718 29 Seekers 58 81 0.716 30 Picantes 60 84 0.714 31 the ballers 59 84 0.702 32 Royal Barons 1 53 78 0.679 33 Your Mom 55 81 0.679 34 shamshot 52 78 0.667 35 TIGER 55 84 0.655 36 XPXTeam 51 78 0.654 37 DEMACIANOS 52 81 0.642 38 Stallions United 52 84 0.619 39 WORLDofTANKS 48 78 0.615 40 REKTEM DNKE 49 81 0.605 41 Element zero 47 78 0.603 42 1-RCM 48 81 0.593 42 Ice Cube 48 81 0.593 44 ace combat 49 84 0.583 45 MAXIMO3 45 78 0.577 46 IA-BR 42 75 0.560 47 DEBB 45 81 0.556 48 Sturm City Rollers 43 78 0.551 49 ALFA SQUAD 46 84 0.548 50 Crystal Guard 43 81 0.531 50 SICARIOS SERIOS 43 81 0.531 50 The noob 43 81 0.531 53 kimzsaurio 41 84 0.488 53 RCC Hunters 41 84 0.488 55 vermelho 39 81 0.481 56 Munki Biz 40 84 0.476 57 Riders on the storm 37 78 0.474 58 Fluffy bunny Patrol 38 81 0.469 58 Rasta Team 38 81 0.469 60 Wert 39 84 0.464 61 STLM8 38 84 0.452 62 Mongolia 35 81 0.432 63 MERCENARIO SS 36 84 0.429 64 7PNZR 34 84 0.405 65 DUD -Damn Ur Dead- 30 75 0.400 66 destructor 32 81 0.395 67 Barnyard Boys 33 84 0.393 68 JOKER TEAM 30 78 0.385 68 Turtles 30 78 0.385 70 CD_QC 31 81 0.383 71 G_S_H 32 84 0.381 72 nunca-tecnica 28 75 0.373 73 RZA FROM A-Z 30 81 0.370 73 Totem 30 81 0.370 75 RNGH 31 84 0.369 76 TDF1 28 81 0.346 76 UMM Team 1 28 81 0.346 78 [BC} 29 84 0.345 79 ____NEGRO____ 27 81 0.333 79 KillStealerz 27 81 0.333 79 WOLFS! 28 84 0.333 82 Escorpiones Negros 27 84 0.321 83 altiro 26 81 0.321 83 BRCMD-ALFHA 26 81 0.321 85 V.E.T. 24 78 0.308 86 DIVISION PAPET 666 23 81 0.284 87 ╬ Ingeri Fantoma ╬ 19 75 0.253 88 Vendetta 19 81 0.235 89 Zombie Dragons 18 81 0.222 90 MAGAMan 18 84 0.214 91 Comet OP 17 81 0.210 92 AlquimiA 16 78 0.205 92 Angeles De Acero 16 78 0.205 94 TENEMOS UN 33 12 16 81 0.198 95 Come_At_Me_Bro 16 84 0.190 96 NÃO FALTE-DONT MISS 15 81 0.185 97 Rafiki's Raiders 10 75 0.133 98 Quimera 10 84 0.119 99 UNTS444 9 81 0.111 100 No Password Required 7 81 0.086 100 the kings court 7 81 0.086 100 TihoHody 7 81 0.086 103 WARS 6 78 0.077

The_Chieftain:   Reasonable access to a Japanese tank in reasonable condition?

Volier_Zcit: Thread Closed

CabbageMechanic: Shhh don't let anyone know it's been buffed - it'll be our secret.

Mugsy_: http://forum.worldof...-shirt-winners/   Please see this link for more info!

Saffr0n: Hey Tankers! Please excuse my tardiness   Today, we released the first iteration of Common Test 9.16. Please enjoy the following features:    Paris map Battle chat changes Crew & Vehicle restoration Improved spotting mechanics Vehicle comparison UI Double vehicle carousel UI New minimaps   More information about these changes, the download link, and common test patch notes can be found, here   Please log into the common test server to test out our newest additions. Let us know of any bugs, issues, or general feedback you have along the way.    Note: Players that created their account before 1:59pm PST on August 29th are able to participate in the test. If a player recently changed their password after August 29th, the older password is required to log into the account. Unfortunately, we will not be able to change or recover passwords. 

GhostPrime:   yes you can remove the markers and change the information they display. You are able to change them back as well. 

The_Chieftain:   If it's like the US Army, born talent.  

GhostPrime: Hello, tankers!    We have released the WoT 9.16 Common Test client!  This CT version features many updates and changes to the game. Please leave detailed feedback in this thread here.   Some things to consider when posting: How do you like the changes to the spotting mechanics?  How do you like the changes made to the UI (Mission interface, Garage, vehicle comparison, game interface changes etc) Do you like the changes to chat? What works and doesn't work for you? Why?   Patch Notes:   Game Features Improved mission UI: Reset the entry point for missions and Personal Missions
Reworked the "Awards" window by adding an award selector and a window with more information about Personal Missions
Added a dropdown for groups of missions for a selected vehicle or type
Added a two-row vehicle selector in the Garage (can be disabled under the "General" tab of the Settings window)
Battle improvements:
Cross-team battle chat disabled for all game modes except in Training Rooms
Hover over the battle chat to freeze messages, scroll through messages and open the context menu with a right-click
Hover or right-click to restrict messages (chat and voice chat) from particular players for the duration of battle in all modes except Training Rooms
Messages received before blacklisting a player or restricting their messages in battle are hidden
Players can complain about the same player only once per battle
Inappropriate behavior in chat constitutes four complaint reasons: insults and provocation; spam; out-of-game threats; fraud
Can disable/enable chat with allies in Settings menu (Random battles only)
New player performance notifications on the battle interface:
Damage panel with total damage caused, total damage blocked by armor, total damage caused with player's assistance
More informative and extended battle performance badges: damage caused (amount); damage type (penetration, ignition, or ramming); type of assistance damage (destroying a track; spotting); number of detected vehicles or base capture/defense points
More informative fire direction indicators: amount of received/blocked damage, enemy vehicle that fired the shot, marker and name of the vehicle (if spotted). Also, an option that informs players of the amount of received/blocked damage for a specific shot: the wider the fire marker background, the more damage a player's vehicle received/blocked
New fire direction indicator: Critical hits are shown in brown, and if one module or Crew member is damaged/injured, the indicator displays a corresponding icon.
"Battle Results" window provides quick access to battle performance summaries
New functionality given its own tab in the Settings window
Improved Notification Center functionality:
Changed the design of the Notification Center with three groups: informational, social (invitations to Platoons or friend requests), and personal
Fixed the issue of too-frequent button blinking
Added more conspicuous notifications about important events
Reduced the visibility system delay -- enemy vehicles appear sooner after leaving cover
Reduced the visibility delay when spotting and in artillery aim view
Displayed how the Camouflage Net changes values on Technical Characteristics
Added option to visit the Premium Shop from the Garage
Improved Clan-related functionality:
When selecting legionnaires for Skirmishes, both Clan and non-Clan legionnaires can be added
The first half of any Industrial Resources earned by legionnaires goes to the player with the highest Experience in the battle (Skirmish), and the other half is reset to zero
The matchmaker does not create teams that include players belonging to the same Clan
Restricted the ability to schedule attacks on a Clan with a Stronghold at a level that differs by more than one (i.e., a Clan that has a level 7 Stronghold can only attack Clans that have Strongholds at levels 6, 7, and 8)
Added the ability to compare vehicles in the Garage:
Separate window displaying rows of Technical Characteristics and columns representing the vehicles selected
Can add at least one vehicle to vehicle comparisons (if only one vehicle is chosen, players see how selected modules and Crew members affect its technical characteristics)
Vehicles for comparison can be added from various places, including unresearched vehicles and vehicles unavailable in the Tech Tree (e.g., Type 59). Vehicles received from events can't be compared
Added ability to restore vehicles and Crew members from the game client (restoration will be available upon release of Update 9.16)
Sound Extended the caliber range: Gunfire sounds now comes in five different calibers (instead of three) in tier VIII-X battles
New sound for cartridge reloading. This can provide information about the number of shells in the cartridge, when the last shell in the cartridge remains, and a notification when the last shell is fired (i.e., no more ammo)
Clearer, more distinctive sounds for when damage is received (0-17%, 18-35%, 35%+)
Added sound of a damaged (not destroyed) engine -- knocking, clanking, etc.
Added a notification sound when gun is destroyed and unable to fire
Added individual sounds for damage to each module
Improved vehicle driving feedback with sounds of switching gears, acceleration and other maneuvering
Increased visibility of sound settings
Added option to choose between two sounds for the "Sixth Sense" Perk, including selecting your own MP3 file
New sounds that warn that the battle has ended due to last enemy destroyed or base captured
Divided interface/notification sliders into interface and voice messages
Divided music sliders into in-battle music and in-Garage music
New "endless" and nonrecurrent music for the Premium Garage
Reworked the "low quality" sound preset. Now available to all players and sounds better than before
Technical Improvements Improved the algorithm of camera movement and its interaction with objects of different sizes
Updated Scaleform SDK to version 4.5.31 with the following improvements:
GUI supports multithreaded rendering
Reduced memory consumption for visual effects
Implemented Wwise audio support
Improved content scaling
Brought back the possibility of displaying several windows with different content
Solved issue of shifting pages when scrolling or refreshing the content
Tanks The following vehicles now have HD-quality models: 
T2 Light Tank
FCM 36 Pak 40AMX 50 Foch
112
Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. E
Leichttraktor
Pz.Kpfw. III/IV
Pz.Kpfw. V/IV
Pz.Kpfw. V/IV Alpha
Pz.Kpfw. B2 740 (f)
Pz.Kpfw. I Ausf. C
Durchbruchswagen 2
VK 30.02 (M)
Crusader 5.5-in. SP
Type 5 Chi-Ri
Т-26
C-51
Matilda IV
KV-220-2 Beta Test
A-43
M4A2E4 Sherman

Maps Added the Paris map for Random battles mode
Improved the visual quality of minimaps to be more informative:
Better display of terrain
Better visibility of unpassable map areas/slopes
Structures and cover points are divided and displayed as destructible (white) and non-destructible (black)
Slanting lines are used to display water where one can drown, and otherwise unreachable/impassable areas  

GhostPrime:   ​

GhostPrime:   Welcome to World of Tanks! The bundles that Yao links here are great bundles to get you started! The tutorials and Guides section is a great place for information, and well as the newcomers forum section.  

The_Chieftain: OK, so if anyone can chase it down, this is the passage as found online.   "USE OF SLEEVES SABOT WITH Q.F, 17 Pdr, 77mm. A.P.D.S/T Shot, Mks.1 to 3
(a) At trials carried out in 1951, the accuracy of the Q.F 17 Pdr/77mm A.P.D.S/T Mks.1, 2 and 3 shot was considerably improved by the use of a short rubber sleeve fitted over the rear end of the sabot. Approval was therefore given in February, 1952 for the introduction into the Service of sleeves, Sabot, to Spec. 2508 for Q.F. 17 Pdr/77mm A.P.D.S/T. Mks. 1 to 3 shot, when used in the Q.F 17 Pdr gun Mks. 1-3 shot are assembled in Cartridge, Q.F 17 Pdr as follows:
Cartridge, Q.F. 17 Pdr, A.P.D.S/T Mk.1 - Shot Mk. 1
Cartridge, Q.F. 17 Pdr, A.P.D.S/T Mk.2 - Shot Mk. 2 or 3.
(b) Sleeves, sabot, which are packed separately from the ammunition,will be issued on a for one basis with issues of Cartridge,Q.F, 17 Pdr, Mks.1 and 2.
Note. - The accuracy of Cartridge, Q.F, 77mm A.P.D.S/T shot is not improved by the fitting of sleeves, sabot.
© Cartridge, Q.F 17 Pdr A.P.D.S/T shot of Canadian manufacture does not require the use of sleeves, sabot. Rounds of Canadian manufacture have the letters 'CDN' included in the nomenclature and normally bear the letters 'CAN' after the batch number.British and Canadian rounds will be reported separately on the stock report."

dance210: Weekly 5v5 Group Stage Standings: Day 3 Top 16 by rank  17th Place - Top 25% of teams Top 26% - 50% of teams Top 51% - 75% of teams Bottom 10% of teams by rank (including ties) are eliminated Prizes are based on final standing, after all five group stage rounds.   Rank Team title Points Earned Points Possible Win Ratio 1 Dance With No Pants 57 57 1.000 1 Power Guido 60 60 1.000 3 Empire Rising 54 57 0.947 3 Heroes & Generales 54 57 0.947 5 Crazy Chilean 58 63 0.921 5 Free Gold? Yes Plz 58 63 0.921 7 SulduZ 55 60 0.917 8 MONOS CON NAVAJA 52 57 0.912 9 CHOBORRAS 54 60 0.900 9 DRAGON TEAM 54 60 0.900 11 Gank_Sol® 55 63 0.873 11 HUMO 55 63 0.873 13 5LINE best line 54 63 0.857 14 what team 51 60 0.850 15 Loucos por gold 50 60 0.833 16 QWERTY TEAM 52 63 0.825 17 Pink Taco 51 63 0.810 18 ! cbl 50 63 0.794 18 PODER MANCOO !!! 50 63 0.794 18 The Reign of Terror 50 63 0.794 21 clan Pua 45 57 0.789 22 MURO DE HIERRO 44 57 0.772 23 RA_GE 46 60 0.767 23 Seekers 46 60 0.767 25 CaldoDePosho 48 63 0.762 25 Mancos al Combate 48 63 0.762 27 Impresentables 47 63 0.746 27 Picantes 47 63 0.746 29 XPXTeam 42 57 0.737 30 Royal Barons 1 41 57 0.719 31 IA-BR 38 54 0.704 32 DEMACIANOS 42 60 0.700 33 the ballers 44 63 0.698 34 sombra latina 43 63 0.683 34 Stallions United 43 63 0.683 36 Element zero 37 57 0.649 36 shamshot 37 57 0.649 38 ace combat 40 63 0.635 38 TIGER 40 63 0.635 40 Crystal Guard 37 60 0.617 40 Your Mom 37 60 0.617 42 Its high meme 35 57 0.614 43 Wert 38 63 0.603 44 1-RCM 36 60 0.600 44 Ice Cube 36 60 0.600 46 MAXIMO3 33 57 0.579 47 ALFA SQUAD 36 63 0.571 48 The noob 34 60 0.567 49 Sturm City Rollers 31 57 0.544 50 SICARIOS SERIOS 34 63 0.540 51 WORLDofTANKS 30 57 0.526 52 REKTEM DNKE 31 60 0.517 53 Fluffy bunny Patrol 29 60 0.483 53 Mongolia 29 60 0.483 53 Rasta Team 29 60 0.483 56 kimzsaurio 30 63 0.476 57 Totem 28 60 0.467 58 ____NEGRO____ 27 60 0.450 58 DEBB 27 60 0.450 58 JOKER TEAM 27 60 0.450 61 [BC} 28 63 0.444 61 DUD -Damn Ur Dead- 24 54 0.444 61 Munki Biz 28 63 0.444 64 destructor 26 60 0.433 65 7PNZR 27 63 0.429 65 WOLFS! 27 63 0.429 67 MERCENARIO SS 26 63 0.413 68 KillStealerz 24 60 0.400 69 CD_QC 25 63 0.397 69 RNGH 25 63 0.397 71 nunca-tecnica 21 54 0.389 72 altiro 23 60 0.383 72 vermelho 23 60 0.383 74 Turtles 21 57 0.368 74 V.E.T. 21 57 0.368 76 DIVISION PAPET 666 22 60 0.367 76 Riders on the storm 22 60 0.367 78 RCC Hunters 23 63 0.365 79 RZA FROM A-Z 21 60 0.350 80 Barnyard Boys 22 63 0.349 80 STLM8 22 63 0.349 82 ╬ Ingeri Fantoma ╬ 18 54 0.333 82 BRCMD-ALFHA 20 60 0.333 82 Escorpiones Negros 21 63 0.333 85 TDF1 19 60 0.317 85 Vendetta 19 60 0.317 87 G_S_H 17 63 0.270 88 Angeles De Acero 16 60 0.267 88 UMM Team 1 16 60 0.267 90 Comet OP 15 60 0.250 91 Come_At_Me_Bro 15 63 0.238 92 AlquimiA 13 57 0.228 93 TENEMOS UN 33 12 13 60 0.217 94 Zombie Dragons 12 60 0.200 95 MAGAMan 12 63 0.190 96 Rafiki's Raiders 10 54 0.185 97 Quimera 10 63 0.159 98 NÃO FALTE-DONT MISS 8 60 0.133 98 UNTS444 8 60 0.133 100 WARS 6 57 0.105 101 No Password Required 6 60 0.100 101 the kings court 6 60 0.100 101 TihoHody 6 60 0.100 104 FREE STYEL 5 57 0.088 105 Generic 5 60 0.083 106 "CLAN LOBOS GRISES" 4 60 0.067 106 Estandarte de Hierro 4 60 0.067 108 wonka 4 63 0.063 109 El Coño su madre!! 3 60 0.050 110 mexicanos gerreros 3 63 0.048 111 Boggs House of Death 2 54 0.037 112 Duckin' Noobs 2 63 0.032 113 TAP2C 1 57 0.018 114 FORMATA 1 60 0.017 115 goodway 1 63 0.016

Njourour: Please remember to be polite to one another even if you do not agree with one another.

dance210: All active tournaments can be found by searching the Tournaments Home Page. Interested in what we having coming up? Check out the eSports calendar!  A player has two ways to register for the Platournaments! When you create the team, make sure that you are using the correct registration!Register as a Team! Registration works the same as normal. Team captain makes a team and recruits players to join. A complete team has 3 - 4 players. Captains do not need to submit their team; all teams with the minimum number of players will be accepted. The team is now ready to fight once the tournament starts! Register as a Solo player or as part of a Party! A party is a group of players that does not meet the minimum team size requirements. Create a team. Teams do not need to be confirmed; all players will be accepted for the Solo/Party Registration. Once registration has closed, the player will be combined with other solo player(s) and/or a party to form a complete team After registration has closed, players are encouraged to check back to find their new team!  So how do you register as a solo player? It's easy! When you create a team, there will be Registration Option with a drop down menu. Simply switch from Register Team to Register Solo and you are ready to go!

GhostPrime: Please lets keep this thread on topic. It's a clan recruitment thread. 

GhostPrime:   Pingplotter is a great tool for seeing where latency lies on your network. Some mods to pull more data than a vanilla game client (Such as XVM) this also could be a culprit depending on your connection.  

GhostPrime:   An image of the pingplotter file does not show the rate of the ping over time, and will not give enough information to troubleshoot any connection issues. The WGcheck too is a great tool. It actually can help ping. When you run it it will make sure the network has al the necessary ports open in your firewall. This is one of the reasons the tool would be given for a connection issue.

JayStark02: Here's mine:   Sabaton     Civil War      

dance210:   I'll pass on your feedback. Not sure why the decision was made to have a separate page, but I'm guessing because the basic design of the on-track doesn't change, only the tanks involved.  

dance210:   It is unlikely that gold will be given out for a 1st place finish, sorry.

dance210: Weekly 5v5 Group Stage Standings: Day 2 Bottom 10% of teams by rank (including ties) are eliminated after Round 3  *Note: Standings are not final until after all battles are finished   Rank Team title Points Earned Points Possible Win Ratio 1 CHOBORRAS 39 39 1.000 1 Dance With No Pants 39 39 1.000 1 Heroes & Generales 36 36 1.000 1 Power Guido 42 42 1.000 5 Free Gold? Yes Plz 40 42 0.952 6 SulduZ 37 39 0.949 7 Pink Taco 39 42 0.929 8 Empire Rising 36 39 0.923 9 Crazy Chilean 37 42 0.881 9 Gank_Sol® 37 42 0.881 9 HUMO 37 42 0.881 9 Wert 37 42 0.881 13 MONOS CON NAVAJA 31 36 0.861 14 5LINE best line 36 42 0.857 14 what team 36 42 0.857 16 DRAGON TEAM 33 39 0.846 17 Picantes 35 42 0.833 18 MURO DE HIERRO 32 39 0.821 18 Royal Barons 1 32 39 0.821 20 The Reign of Terror 34 42 0.810 21 Loucos por gold 31 39 0.795 21 RA_GE 31 39 0.795 23 ! cbl 33 42 0.786 23 CaldoDePosho 33 42 0.786 23 Mancos al Combate 33 42 0.786 23 TIGER 33 42 0.786 27 Element zero 28 36 0.778 28 XPXTeam 30 39 0.769 29 clan Pua 27 36 0.750 30 PODER MANCOO !!! 31 42 0.738 30 QWERTY TEAM 31 42 0.738 30 Seekers 31 42 0.738 30 sombra latina 31 42 0.738 34 Its high meme 28 39 0.718 35 DEMACIANOS 27 39 0.692 35 shamshot 27 39 0.692 35 Totem 27 39 0.692 35 Your Mom 27 39 0.692 39 IA-BR 23 36 0.639 40 Impresentables 26 42 0.619 41 ____NEGRO____ 24 39 0.615 41 1-RCM 24 39 0.615 41 Crystal Guard 24 39 0.615 41 The noob 24 39 0.615 45 [BC} 25 42 0.595 45 Stallions United 25 42 0.595 47 ace combat 24 42 0.571 48 kimzsaurio 23 42 0.548 48 the ballers 23 42 0.548 50 Ice Cube 21 39 0.538 50 JOKER TEAM 21 39 0.538 50 WORLDofTANKS 21 39 0.538 53 CD_QC 22 42 0.524 54 7PNZR 21 42 0.500 54 ALFA SQUAD 21 42 0.500 56 destructor 19 39 0.487 56 MAXIMO3 19 39 0.487 58 Rasta Team 17 39 0.436 59 KillStealerz 18 42 0.429 59 SICARIOS SERIOS 18 42 0.429 59 WOLFS! 18 42 0.429 62 ╬ Ingeri Fantoma ╬ 15 36 0.417 62 DUD -Damn Ur Dead- 15 36 0.417 64 DIVISION PAPET 666 16 39 0.410 64 Sturm City Rollers 16 39 0.410 66 Munki Biz 17 42 0.405 67 Mongolia 15 39 0.385 68 altiro 16 42 0.381 68 RNGH 16 42 0.381 70 BRCMD-ALFHA 14 39 0.359 71 Angeles De Acero 15 42 0.357 71 Barnyard Boys 15 42 0.357 71 DEBB 15 42 0.357 71 REKTEM DNKE 15 42 0.357 75 Comet OP 14 42 0.333 75 Fluffy bunny Patrol 13 39 0.333 75 MERCENARIO SS 14 42 0.333 75 nunca-tecnica 12 36 0.333 75 TDF1 13 39 0.333 80 Riders on the storm 12 39 0.308 80 TENEMOS UN 33 12 12 39 0.308 80 V.E.T. 12 39 0.308 80 Vendetta 12 39 0.308 84 Escorpiones Negros 12 42 0.286 84 STLM8 12 42 0.286 86 Turtles 11 39 0.282 87 RCC Hunters 11 42 0.262 88 AlquimiA 10 39 0.256 89 Rafiki's Raiders 9 36 0.250 90 Come_At_Me_Bro 9 42 0.214 90 MAGAMan 9 42 0.214 90 RZA FROM A-Z 9 42 0.214 90 UMM Team 1 9 42 0.214 94 UNTS444 8 39 0.205 94 vermelho 8 39 0.205 96 Quimera 8 42 0.190 97 NÃO FALTE-DONT MISS 7 39 0.179 98 G_S_H 7 42 0.167 99 Generic 5 39 0.128 99 WARS 5 39 0.128 101 FREE STYEL 4 36 0.111 102 No Password Required 4 39 0.103 103 Estandarte de Hierro 4 42 0.095 103 the kings court 4 42 0.095 105 "CLAN LOBOS GRISES" 3 39 0.077 106 wonka 3 42 0.071 106 Zombie Dragons 3 42 0.071 108 El Coño su madre!! 2 39 0.051 109 Duckin' Noobs 2 42 0.048 110 Boggs House of Death 1 36 0.028 111 goodway 1 42 0.024 111 mexicanos gerreros 1 42 0.024 113 FORMATA 0 39 0.000 113 TAP2C 0 39 0.000 113 TihoHody 0 39 0.000

dance210:   Yep. Disputes need to be finished before gold can be paid out. I should be able to complete payouts today as well

dance210:   Hi!   You're right; a clan with few people can't really compete with a clan with a full (or close to full) 100 people. That's why we had a random drawing for 40 clans. There were actually several clans on that list that had 10 people or less in the clan, so they are able to earn something from the contest, just by playing the game and doing damage   Of course, if you have ideas for contests that you would like to see, I would love to hear them!

Volier_Zcit: Thread Closed. 

dance210:         You'll receive an email response. Yesterday was a holiday, so I just got into the office today. As I was playing catch up from the long weekend, I wasn't able to deal with disputes for the Light Throwdown. You should get a response tomorrow

GhostPrime:   Welcome to World of Tanks, and the World of Tanks Forums!  The M3 Lee is a fickle beast for sure. In the right hands it is a decent tank and can pull it's weight, but it takes some time and skill to get into. I agree with most on here that platooning with someone who is knowledgeable in the game really will help you get to know how to get tanking effectively. You may consider checking out some of the pinned guides as well. 

dance210:  

dance210:   FYI, per FACEIT, they try to pay out within 30 days. The person I contacted will try to find out tomorrow what's up with the payments.   Sorry I don't have more news for y'all

JayStark02: Going to go ahead and close this thread. It has become nothing more than an argument.

dance210:   Each player on the winning team will earn a Sabre gaming mouse (as long as they live within the U.S).  

dance210:   On-track, Weekly Class Focus and On-going Bundles can be found here. From what I understand, that page will be updated as things change.

GhostPrime: Thank you all for signing up! We are still working out all the details on this test. If you are selected you will receive an e-mail with further instructions on how to proceed.

Saffr0n:   Please paste your dxdiag report and let me know which client you are using (SD/HD)

Saffr0n:   Do you have a screenshot of the end battle results as well as the replay? Please be aware that high caliber is percentage based because total HP between the two teams is hardly equal. 

dance210:   Soon™.   I'm doing payouts for this and the weekend tournaments today and tomorrow, so likely by end of day tomorrow at the latest

GhostPrime: Here are the Winners of the heavy Week contest!    TimDestroyertype1 71434
INVISIBLE_ukraina 71029
LEAGUE_OF_MAYHEM    63823
I_am_your_god_noobs    63485
Mustafa_Kemal_Ataturk    54425   Congratulations! 

dance210: August is over and the data is in! There was a massive amount of damage dealt (5,031,077,146,143 damage to be exact) across 5,032 unique clans! Awesome job to everyone who participated and congratulations to all the winners! Top 10 Damage Dealing ClansPlace Clan Damage 1st FADED 3,691,452,384.00 2nd CLAWS 3,134,683,712.00 3rd -404- 3,127,269,824.00 4th _FAM_ 2,976,457,056.00 5th MO 2,944,797,888.00 6th Y0L0 2,830,836,736.00 7th ARAVT 2,769,547,328.00 8th -4K- 2,639,281,344.00 9th MAHOU 2,615,026,976.00 10th _BUG_ 2,589,972,736.00  War Bond Raffle winnersFNR R0E MD_QC ADOBE TTSE AVALN 7MC PAGE 824th 9BPD VOLQC 10AB ALAMO _PF_ BEARD TAC0S F-3 RCT13 -RDX- DGT QIAN PARAL ITC L0G -A0A- HOPLT ALE_K GOG IPHXB 4FK -FOG- -RCC- A_O_A CHTA BAT_C NIBOR FKXX TSZM 555TN OA  

dance210: Weekly 5v5 Group Stage Standings: Day 1Bottom 10% of teams by rank (including ties) are eliminated after Round 3 *Note: Standings are not final until after all battles are finished  Rank Team title Points Earned Points Possible Win Ratio 1 Dance With No Pants 18 18 1.000 1 Heroes & Generales 18 18 1.000 1 Royal Barons 1 18 18 1.000 1 MONOS CON NAVAJA 18 18 1.000 1 Gank_Sol® 21 21 1.000 1 SulduZ 21 21 1.000 1 CaldoDePosho 21 21 1.000 1 Free Gold? Yes Plz 21 21 1.000 1 Power Guido 21 21 1.000 1 CHOBORRAS 21 21 1.000 11 Crazy Chilean 19 21 0.905 12 MURO DE HIERRO 16 18 0.889 13 RA_GE 18 21 0.857 13 Pink Taco 18 21 0.857 13 HUMO 18 21 0.857 13 sombra latina 18 21 0.857 13 Loucos por gold 18 21 0.857 13 5LINE best line 18 21 0.857 13 Wert 18 21 0.857 13 XPXTeam 18 21 0.857 21 clan Pua 15 18 0.833 21 Empire Rising 15 18 0.833 21 DRAGON TEAM 15 18 0.833 24 Picantes 17 21 0.810 25 QWERTY TEAM 16 21 0.762 25 Stallions United 16 21 0.762 25 PODER MANCOO !!! 16 21 0.762 28 TIGER 15 21 0.714 28 ace combat 15 21 0.714 28 Your Mom 15 21 0.714 28 what team 15 21 0.714 28 ! cbl 15 21 0.714 28 The Reign of Terror 15 21 0.714 28 shamshot 15 21 0.714 28 WOLFS! 15 21 0.714 28 Mancos al Combate 15 21 0.714 37 Ice Cube 12 18 0.667 37 JOKER TEAM 12 18 0.667 37 Element zero 12 18 0.667 37 Totem 12 18 0.667 37 Crystal Guard 12 18 0.667 37 ____NEGRO____ 12 18 0.667 37 DEMACIANOS 12 18 0.667 44 [BC} 13 21 0.619 44 Impresentables 13 21 0.619 46 KillStealerz 12 21 0.571 46 Its high meme 12 21 0.571 46 Seekers 12 21 0.571 46 Comet OP 12 21 0.571 46 Escorpiones Negros 12 21 0.571 46 RNGH 12 21 0.571 46 Angeles De Acero 12 21 0.571 46 MAXIMO3 12 21 0.571 46 7PNZR 12 21 0.571 55 ╬ Ingeri Fantoma ╬ 9 18 0.500 55 DIVISION PAPET 666 9 18 0.500 55 Rasta Team 9 18 0.500 55 WORLDofTANKS 9 18 0.500 59 MERCENARIO SS 10 21 0.476 59 CD_QC 10 21 0.476 61 IA-BR 8 18 0.444 62 The noob 9 21 0.429 62 Riders on the storm 9 21 0.429 62 MAGAMan 9 21 0.429 62 SICARIOS SERIOS 9 21 0.429 62 V.E.T. 9 21 0.429 67 1-RCM 8 21 0.381 67 Barnyard Boys 8 21 0.381 67 the ballers 8 21 0.381 67 Turtles 8 21 0.381 67 kimzsaurio 8 21 0.381 67 STLM8 8 21 0.381 73 UNTS444 6 18 0.333 73 nunca-tecnica 6 18 0.333 73 DUD -Damn Ur Dead- 6 18 0.333 73 TENEMOS UN 33 12 6 18 0.333 73 Rafiki's Raiders 6 18 0.333 73 BRCMD-ALFHA 7 21 0.333 73 altiro 7 21 0.333 80 Quimera 6 21 0.286 80 DEBB 6 21 0.286 80 Sturm City Rollers 6 21 0.286 80 REKTEM DNKE 6 21 0.286 80 Come_At_Me_Bro 6 21 0.286 80 Vendetta 6 21 0.286 86 Fluffy bunny Patrol 4 18 0.222 86 destructor 4 18 0.222 86 NÃO FALTE-DONT MISS 4 18 0.222 89 TDF1 4 21 0.190 89 RCC Hunters 4 21 0.190 91 Mongolia 3 18 0.167 91 Generic 3 18 0.167 93 No Password Required 3 21 0.143 93 Munki Biz 3 21 0.143 93 G_S_H 3 21 0.143 93 "CLAN LOBOS GRISES" 3 21 0.143 93 ALFA SQUAD 3 21 0.143 98 vermelho 2 18 0.111 99 wonka 2 21 0.095 99 WARS 2 21 0.095 99 Estandarte de Hierro 2 21 0.095 102 El Coño su madre!! 1 21 0.048 102 the kings court 1 21 0.048 102 AlquimiA 1 21 0.048 102 goodway 1 21 0.048 106 TAP2C 0 18 0.000 106 Boggs House of Death 0 18 0.000 106 FREE STYEL 0 18 0.000 106 FORMATA 0 18 0.000 106 Duckin' Noobs 0 21 0.000 106 Zombie Dragons 0 21 0.000 106 mexicanos gerreros 0 21 0.000 106 UMM Team 1 0 21 0.000 106 RZA FROM A-Z 0 21 0.000 106 TihoHody 0 21 0.000

dance210: Weekly 5v5 Group Stage Standings: Day 5 Top 16 by rank  17th Place - Top 25% of teams Top 26% - 50% of teams Top 51% - 75% of teams Prizes are based on final standing, after all five group stage rounds.   Rank Team title Points Earned Points Possible Win Ratio 1 Dance With No Pants 99 99 1.000 2 RAT BOYZ RECARGADOS 97 99 0.980 3 Platoon 15 - pew pew 97 102 0.951 4 Free Gold? Yes Plz 94 99 0.949 5 BCOY 93 102 0.912 5 FullGraphics 93 102 0.912 7 GROM 90 99 0.909 8 Pulp Fiction 87 99 0.879 9 1aaa111 88 102 0.863 10 ***Rey Manquivers*** 87 102 0.853 10 Crimson Sickles 87 102 0.853 12 #Moist 81 96 0.844 13 Jeat 83 99 0.838 14 RHINO E-SPORT 84 102 0.824 15 RA_GE 81 99 0.818 16 HUMO 83 102 0.814 17 ANVIL 81 102 0.794 17 Hostem Cogere 81 102 0.794 17 Stallions United 81 102 0.794 17 Wert 2.0 81 102 0.794 21 CTPA Gold 78 99 0.788 21 what team 78 99 0.788 23 cosa nostra 79 102 0.775 23 Nubs R Us 79 102 0.775 23 QWERTY TEAM 79 102 0.775 26 2ATB 78 102 0.765 26 gud memes 78 102 0.765 26 ram1.0 78 102 0.765 29 Ban Platoon 76 102 0.745 29 Totem 76 102 0.745 31 4Free 75 102 0.735 31 bum bum granada 75 102 0.735 31 Impresentables 75 102 0.735 34 LOS ESPERMATOZAUROS 74 102 0.725 35 !Yolo.DIG.RAI! 73 102 0.716 36 DEBB 70 99 0.707 37 Crazy Cnuks 72 102 0.706 37 Generic 72 102 0.706 37 GENIUS 72 102 0.706 37 Mancos Al Combate 72 102 0.706 37 R.N.G. 72 102 0.706 37 Royal Barons 1 72 102 0.706 37 Sturm City Rollers 72 102 0.706 44 Fly on the wall 69 99 0.697 44 SulduZ 69 99 0.697 46 Antisionist 70 102 0.686 46 CABA LEGENDARIOS 70 102 0.686 48 Fluffy Bunny Patrol 67 99 0.677 48 KABU 67 99 0.677 50 Come_At_Me_Bro 69 102 0.676 50 SHINX 69 102 0.676 50 Thugs 69 102 0.676 50 TIGER 69 102 0.676 54 me and my friends 67 102 0.657 55 G S H 66 102 0.647 56 Inodoro tapado 64 102 0.627 57 É MERMO ? 62 99 0.626 58 timne 63 102 0.618 59 TacoMaster 60 99 0.606 59 TE DOY X ATRAZ 60 99 0.606 61 [DUD] Damn Ur Dead 60 102 0.588 61 CABRA BLUE 60 102 0.588 61 Los Rebeldes 60 102 0.588 64 My Eggs 55 96 0.573 65 "CLAN LOBOS GRISES" 58 102 0.569 65 BRANKAGADO 58 102 0.569 67 SALE CON FRITAS 57 102 0.559 67 WORLDofTANKS 57 102 0.559 69 kimzsaurio1 55 99 0.556 70 #TeamHax 54 102 0.529 70 [B'V 54 102 0.529 70 LCDM 54 102 0.529 70 MSD3-6 54 102 0.529 74 BKG Team 53 102 0.520 75 R0GU3 Warriors 51 99 0.515 75 SLAP DICK 51 99 0.515 77 EBPO 52 102 0.510 77 PSYCO 52 102 0.510 77 WARS 52 102 0.510 80 side1 50 99 0.505 81 Chupala VI 51 102 0.500 81 you seen the rest 51 102 0.500 83 BEO´s 48 99 0.485 83 Evolution 48 99 0.485 83 NIBIRU 48 99 0.485 83 We eat your soul! 48 99 0.485 87 Anonimos 49 102 0.480 87 CazaFantasmas Z-M 49 102 0.480 87 Que Inferno! 49 102 0.480 90 Execa16 48 102 0.471 91 Los Pumas 45 96 0.469 92 ╬ Ingeri Fantoma ╬ 46 99 0.465 93 300Spartan 47 102 0.461 93 MATATODO 47 102 0.461 95 EQUIPO BRANCA 45 99 0.455 96 Killers2016 44 102 0.431 97 Anarchy Divine 42 99 0.424 98 Angels Among Demons 43 102 0.422 99 HTTP Tako Tankers 41 99 0.414 100 infernales 42 102 0.412 100 John Cena 42 102 0.412 100 ZARYA 42 102 0.412 103 UMM Team 1 40 99 0.404 104 Retro_Pro 41 102 0.402 105 ColombiaNZ 39 99 0.394 106 D No-head Chickens 40 102 0.392 106 I_R_8 40 102 0.392 108 GCML 39 102 0.382 108 JOKER TEAM 39 102 0.382 108 MalaFAMA 39 102 0.382 108 thunderbird 39 102 0.382 112 Barnyard Boys 38 102 0.373 113 11th ACR, Battle Grp 36 99 0.364 113 Seekers 36 99 0.364 115 ÐœÐСТЕРÐ-5 36 102 0.353 115 MERCENARIOS 88 36 102 0.353 115 T57 Squad 36 102 0.353 118 rojo pasion 35 102 0.343 119 4hota 34 102 0.333 119 Game Over 34 102 0.333 121 Coctelito 33 102 0.324 121 Rafiki's Raiders 33 102 0.324 123 Hardcore Tankers 30 102 0.294 123 Love Tap 30 102 0.294 125 R0GU3 27 96 0.281 126 Aguacate Team 28 102 0.275 126 STLM8 28 102 0.275 128 cops 27 102 0.265 129 CavaleirosMetal 26 99 0.263 129 -PUA- 26 99 0.263 131 Ampa Spg_Raul 5k 24 102 0.235 132 BurnToDeath 22 102 0.216 132 pedorros 22 102 0.216 132 TEAMTITANS 22 102 0.216 135 !  cbl 18 102 0.176 135 [HERO] 18 102 0.176 137 LOS NOOB 16 99 0.162 138 NÃO FALTE-DONT MISS 15 99 0.152 139 ∩â”(â—£_◢┌∩â”︻︼─一 15 102 0.147 139 Burnt_Salsa 15 102 0.147 139 Cazadoresdeldesierto 15 102 0.147 142 FORMATA 14 102 0.137 142 -M3X- 14 102 0.137 144 TAP2C 13 102 0.127 144 WOLF5! 2.0 :v?--<--< 13 102 0.127 146 Angeles De Acero 12 102 0.118 147 Vendetta 11 102 0.108 148 Trash Eaters 9 96 0.094 149 Clan[17] 9 102 0.088 150 YNTRUDER 8 102 0.078

The_Chieftain: I'll send you the unabridged version on skype when I'm off vacation, but most of it is here.   http://worldoftanks...._Hatch_Firefly/   Note that the US found that 17pr punched through substantially more metal than the British rated it for. (See part 3) It is known that there was no uniform testing standard, so it seems that whatever metal or setup the British used in testing was far less forgiving than the US one. And given the "on the field" performance, barring the shatter gap issue, it seems possible that both were more stringent than the German steel actually provided.

The_Chieftain: I rue the day I mislaid the order number, but the modification issued early 1954 (identified 1952 or 1953, I can't recall) would be rather instructive. This was a post-manufacture retrofit of a simple band, and the order indicated that it should only be applied to non-Candian manufactured DS projectiles mated to 17pr casings. The text was specific that the accuracy of the projectile when mated to the 77mm was sufficiently accurate so the modification was un-necessary. The implication here, assuming there is no difference in the muzzle/brake between 17pr and 77mm, is that the issues only appear at the higher, 17pr velocity. If so, the Canadian testing of the round, damaged or not, out of the 77mm would have been pointless. (But you can't blame them, if the British didn't figure it out until the early 1950s).   US Armored Board in its testing in 1946 certainly claimed the Duraluminum fouling problem. The dispersion charts were quite clear on the effect. I would argue that the results in Fort Knox were certainly to the level of Isnigny, and they were conducted under far more scientific conditions than just plonking a tank "over there" and shooting at it a bit.   Either way, if it was "some" ammunition, or "all" ammunition, the lack of consistency would have still failed to meet US's famously stringent requirements for reliability. Before a weapon went overseas, it was going to be rugged as all hell, and when a round was fired, it was going to be expected to go pretty much where it was aimed. So, by US standards, the round was inaccurate, even if the Brits figured it was "Good enough". It's down to the base perspective, I think.    

The_Chieftain: Interesting. What are they snips from?  But they still don't address the other questions,