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Lert: But what if english is only my secondary language and I am not confident I'm adequately eloquent in sesquipedalian loquaciousness?

Lert: My Pz B2 says 'bring it'.     ... My Marder 38t says 'not in the face, not in the face!'

Lert: ... You do realize that with the rest of the content of the bundle being comparably priced to the same content without the tank means you're basically getting the tank almost for free, right?

Lert:   Same goes for me and some of the 'music' that kids listen to nowadays. But such is the case with every generation.

Lert: Yo Oak,   Nice vid! Needs better music though. Might I suggest using this track for your next derp vid?     Or this one, if you don't want to use a christian band, and prefer something a bit more - ... ADHD:  

Lert: Failplatoons are already being addressed in 9.15 patch.

Lert: Tog does not get a 90mm, it gets a 17pdr.

Lert:   Tempted to!

dance210:   Hi TankFullOfBourbon!   I'm glad you participated and I hope you had lots of fun! Unfortunately, the prizes for our tournaments are not automatic. We pay out the prizes within seven days of the tournament ending, although as was mentioned we try to get it out by Monday or Tuesday at the latest. Thanks for your patience and we'll send you your reward as soon as we can!

Lert: I should know better than to continue playing when I'm already salty at things in general.   Then this eedyut comes along.   I was driving my Kv-2. Top tier, fisherman bay. So to the town I went. Supporting a T-150, pushing up the main road, getting a nice peek-a-boom going vs a KV-2, O-I, Churchill VII and some kibble. Then this - ... 'IQ-challenged' SU-100Y comes along and decides that the position I'm in belongs to him, so he physically bullies me aside to get a shot, ruining my shot and shoving me into the area the T-150 needs to back up to. What I did next does not fill me with pride - I blocked him from backing up, so he got killed. He became incredibly salty after that ofcourse.   So to the community I would like to apologize. What I did wasn't nice. I paid back rudeness with rudeness.   To the SU-100Y driver: Do not bully and shove people aside just because you believe you have a right to the spot on the map they're already on, mmk? If you want a shot, drive somewhere else. Also, the above apology does not extend to you. The threat of teamkilling me and yelling insults at me kinda makes me believe you're not a very nice person.

Lert: We already have the Sheridan in the game. Well, the Sheridan turret on a Bulldog hull.

The_Chieftain:   It may not have been preferred, but it was always an option in a fight. Indeed, the ability to superfine the #2 turret directly over the #1 seems to have been a design requirement for North Carolina. I have to say, I wouldn't be keen on being in the #1 turret at the time, but there you go.   If that last line is correct, it seems to be correct only partially. The 5" mounts which were manned by Marines on New Jersey, for example, are specifically identified by the EGA painted on the sides. I seem to recall they were numbers 7 and 8.

The_Chieftain: Thanks, lads. Works out since I'm on the East Coast right now.   Penaacola isn't that bad. Her guns are great, and she's nimble. Just never, and I mean, never, present your broadside or you will be deleted from the game.

dance210:   Hi! I elected to run the Call to Arms even with the campaign for a few reasons.   1. It's a tournament that will likely happen every week, so I want people to be more aware of it.   2. Not every clan participates in the campaign, and not every clan plays at the earliest time for the campaign. Leaving the tournament running gives those clans something to do, if they desire.

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Lert:   Remains the fact that the Leo1 is a tank for a different meta than the game offers.

Lert: Did you have to post the same damn thing twice?

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Lert: Ah, yes, I forgot about the VK3001H, mostly because it sucks and last time I played it it was still a medium. The only thing good about it is the gun selection.

Lert: I'm playing on Tsavo's stream, come see me fail!

Lert: The story behind it is that tier 5 used to meet tier 8, but the MM spread got reduced so it only sees up to tier 7. The L/70 on a mobile medium hull at tier 5 would just be OP, so it was removed. Now if you absolutely must have the L/70 at tier 5 your only choice is the StuG III G.   The Pz IV Ausf. H with the L/48 or the 105mm are still very good though, in the mobile flanker way.

Lert:   You forgot a hashtag.

Lert: Because it's the weekend, MM punishes purples specifically and WG has it in for you in particular.   Did I miss anything?

Lert: k   goodbye

Lert: Wow. That was almost english.

The_Chieftain: I wonder if part of the Alaska problem is that the US Navy had a dramatic change of opinion as to what they considered to be the designations of ships. Remember those ten thousand ton nuclear powered frigates? That the Alaskas were considered something other than bog standard cruisers is obvious both by the CC and CB designations, and the fact that unlike both CAs and CLs, they were given names other than of cities. It seems fairly reasonable to conclude that the "B" in "CB" was derived from the "BB", even if CC was the official designation for the type. That the US Navy finally settled on the type "large cruiser" is instructive, but not definitive. There are plenty of examples of ships officially named one thing despite their effectively being something else. (Invincible class ASW cruisers being a wonderful case in point).   Ultimately, there is no international standard on how to name a type of ship. Some go by size. Some by role. Even manning levels can be used (Germany does that today, defining ships by the presence or not of a first officer). If one defined by role instead of characteristic, then arguably "being able to beat up on cruisers but not battleships" could lead people to categorise the ship as a battlecruiser. It's a very nebulous area, I would wager that the only definitive statement which could be made was "it was on the naval list as a Large Cruiser"

Lert:  
No.

The_Chieftain:   I do believe there's a video somewhere of him in a Valentine drag racing Victor in a Churchill a couple of years ago.   It's not as if we haven't considered teaming up with them to do a Top Gear of Tanks, but sadly, they're a tad pricey. So we haven't.

The_Chieftain: Brads don't have the same problem, as the hatch is always above them.

Lert:   While on the whole I would agree that something needs to be done about failplatoons, I think not allowing a single mis-tiering is taking it too far. What about E25/KV-2 platoons? Or T7 arty / T8 heavy platoons? Or T8 scout / T9 med platoons?   Also, supertest notes =/= patch notes. Things can still change before the patch drops.

Lert: Yep. Took me a few tries.

Lert: Strong arms, gunner perk: reduces the turret rotation rate penalty of a damaged turret by 50%   In other words: with this perk, when your turret ring gets damaged, your turret turns at 75% of nominal traverse, instead of 50%. Like armorer, but for turret traverse instead of gun accuracy.   Careful handling, loader perk: reduces the ROF penalty for a damaged ammorack by 50%   In other words: with this perk, when your ammorack gets damaged, your ROF is at 75% of nominal ROF, instead of 50%.   Expert driving, driver perk: reduces the engine horsepower penalty for a damaged engine by 50%   In other words: with this perk a damaged engine operates at 75% instead of 50% of nominal engine power.

Lert:   No. HE is still my primary shell.  

Lert:   WoWS is my hangout of choice now. I'm here a bit more recently because of the campaign and because some of my buddies still play this game.

dance210: Due to personnel issues, WGA Hax will be playing unranked team battles on the East server. See y'all there!!

Lert: TOG has two loaders. One to load the shell into the breech, the other one to get the next shell from shipping and handling in the back.   TOG doesn't get a gun rammer. It gets a golf cart for the second loader.   Row row row my boat, gently through your team, merrily merrily merrily merrily list'ning to their screams

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Lert: So, this TOG driver just told me that I didn't know what I was doing in my KV-2 because I used AP against him instead of HE. Know your damage and pen. Know your target's armor values. The TOG was directly facing me, at ~400 meters. With 76mm sloped front hull armor and 114mm turret face armor, my 86mm pen HE would've probably not gone through and I would've needed 4 or 5 shots to kill him. 136mm pen AP+ went through like butter and it took only 2 shots. That's why I carry a few rounds of the stuff to begin with, for situations like that. The O-I I shot with HE, AP+ would've been useless there. Use the correct ammo for the job, people.

Lert: If I remember correctly you get a significant penalty in crew performance - and thus tank performance - when doing that.

The_Chieftain:   Actually, the problem is the gunner traversing the turret. M1s now come with safety interlocks to stop the turret traversing with the driver's hatch open unless an override is used. That interlock wasn't always there....