Developers posts on forum

pizzastorm: Thanks for all of the suggestions tankers!   We appreciate your input. 

pizzastorm: Keep these replays coming! Thanks for all the submissions so far. Lots to sift through. 

pizzastorm:   Yeah, just leaving the last column off.    I'll find out when this is going live once I get in tomorrow.

The_Chieftain:   Have you actually clicked 'start' on the missions?

pizzastorm:   This is a good point. I am going to inquire about this when I get the chance. 

pizzastorm: Hello Tankers,   There have been some minor changes recently regarding our package pricing.   This change was designed increase the value of our lower priced packages and to cap the max gold per dollar rate at 250 for our larger packages.   The changes are live now, and prices can be found here. https://na.wargaming.net/shop/wot/gold/default/   We just wanted to make sure everyone was aware and informed about this change. Please keep this in mind when purchasing from our shop in the future. If you have any additional questions or concerns, feel free to contact our support team.

The_Chieftain: Which subforum?

The_Chieftain: Locust is on the 'to-do' list this summer, I think. I plan on a sequence of American vehicles before then.   That said, tanks are becoming harder, and more expensive to rent out recently.

Hypnotik: Here's your groups for tomorrow night, Feb 2. The top 2 from each group move into the playoffs.   Captains and Players - This is optional, but please be sure to send us replays of the matches from this tournament. You can send them to wga_contests@wargaming.net. In addition to helping us gather some info, a few of the best battles will be chosen for an additional gold prize for both clans involved and will appear on the stream.   Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Guerrillas [-G-]
MEME Team Six - PLSGO
Cães de Guerra   Attack/Def? You OTTER be kidding
Mr AOD Steal All Your Girls
Esprit de Corps   Villain
Pravda Academy
[FNRIR]   Ze Foxey Baddies
B13TH
G-E-L
ANVIL Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 RELIC Armoured
4KAD
sNOO
ARAVT Legionarios Latinos
TESLA
American Patriot Division
Armored Oulaws Relic Second Armoured
Buneh
RDDT
Javelin Fire & Forget Relic 3rd
URUAR
Havok
ROTA- 1@ Cavalaria Blindada ROTA   Enjoy the night off and the football game tonight, and good luck in your matches tomorrow night.

dance210: WGLNA Open Cup - Cup Point Leader Top 16 teams, based on final Cup Points after Cup 5 of 5, will participate in a Playoff Top 8 teams from the Playoff will earn a berth in the Bronze League next season   Point Standings: Cups 1 + 2 + 3 After 2 Cups, there are currently 16 teams that have accrued Cup Points and are eligible to participate in the Playoffs With two Cups left, there is still plenty of time for a new team to come in and make the Playoffs!   Team Cup Points Earned The Devils Brigade 20 The Unbound Legion 17 RED_K 17 Saved by the Shell 17 Belligerent Tankers Union 12 The NADDtastic 7 10 The SDD 9 horse 8 Washington Battalion, L.Brigade 8 [-SMB-] Compañia 7 Counter Karma Strike 6 True2Honor 5 -MNG- 4 3CAB 3 Michael Westen Overdive 3 ARAVT 2 Comando Tactico Blindado (COTAB) 0 -O_O- 0 Os CARAS DE CHIBATA 0 TAKA-SMP 0 Michael Westen Overdrive 0 Fluffy and her magical unicorns! 0 VamosCOTAB 0 KISSers 0 Sinful Delights 0 TheMidNightKillers 0 RGA 0 MONGOL 0 MNG 0 3Cab Blue Team 0 The Giggity's 0 Dream Killers 0 Tater salad! 0 MAS WARRIOR 0 DoomDeath 0 Crossfire 0 MIRMIDOES 0 ATOMS 0 Death From Men In Turrets 0 -MN- 0 Força Blindada Brasileira(-FBB-) 0 [REALS] Real Sociedad. -ELITE- 0 Egg laying mammals of action 0 SUAF 0 R3ACT & . . . bros 0 odemmortis again 0 dog boys 0 The blues 0

dance210: WGLNA Open Cup 3 of 5 Group Stage Standings Top 8 teams earn Cup Points Cup Points can be earned every week. At the end of all 5 Cups, the teams with the most Points will play in a playoff, to determine which teams move up to the Bronze League next season. *Note: Standings are not final until after battles Group Stage Rounds 3 + 4 are finished.    Round 3 + 4 Rank Team Games Played Points Earned Points Possible Points Earned: Points Possible Cup Points 1 Saved by the Shell 10 23 30 0.767 10 1 The Unbound Legion 10 23 30 0.767 10 3 RED_K 10 22 30 0.733 7 4 Belligerent Tankers Union 10 21 30 0.700 6 5 Washington Battalion, L.Brigade 10 17 30 0.567 5 6 Counter Karma Strike 10 16 30 0.533 4 6 -MNG- 10 16 30 0.533 4 6 The SDD 10 16 30 0.533 4 9 Força Blindada Brasileira(-FBB-) 10 15 30 0.500 0 9 The Devils Brigade 10 15 30 0.500 0 11 [REALS] Real Sociedad. -ELITE- 10 13 30 0.433 0 12 3CAB 10 11 30 0.367 0 12 Egg laying mammals of action 10 11 30 0.367 0 14 SUAF 10 8 30 0.267 0 15 R3ACT & . . . bros 10 7 30 0.233 0 16 odemmortis again 10 5 30 0.167 0 17 dog boys 10 4 30 0.133 0 18 The blues 10 1 30 0.033 0

Trevzor:   All tank types are available, but certain tier restrictions do apply. Choose your tanks wisely    When Dance and I tested it, it seemed to be the double cap scenario just like in Winter mode.

dance210: Weekday Warfare 3 Group Stage Standings   Congratulations to Mittengard and Packet Loss - tied for 1st place!!   Round 4 + 5   Rank Team Games Played Points Earned Points Available Win Rate 1 Mittengard 14 30 42 0.714 1 Packet Loss 14 30 42 0.714 3 Name 14 28 42 0.667 4 ~Shatter 14 27 42 0.643 4 Red Line Commandos 14 27 42 0.643 4 The Tako Skwad 14 27 42 0.643 7 - Optimistic Pessimists - 14 24 42 0.571 7 Pine Tree Riot 14 24 42 0.571 9 Ammowhacked 14 21 42 0.500 9 Yeet City 14 21 42 0.500 11 Coffin Dodgers Extrodinaire 14 19 42 0.452 12 Sandbox 14 18 42 0.429 12 TOG Is Life 14 18 42 0.429 14 TheDeadWeather 14 12 42 0.286 15 LBF 14 9 42 0.214 16 Try So Hard 14 0 42 0.000

Content_WG: Sabemos que estás ansioso por volver En Camino! Esta vez estamos con el Object 140.

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Content_WG: Sabemos que está ansioso por voltar para a Trilha! Desta vez, temos em destaque o Object 140.
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Content_WG: We know you're eager to get back On Track! This time we're featuring the Object 140.
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Content_WG: ¡Bien! ¡Arriba, campistas! Y no se olviden las botas, porque afuera hace un frííííío (aunque las temperaturas pueden variar según la ubicación).
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Content_WG: Phil? Ei, Phil? Phil Connors? Phil Connors, pensei que era você! Não? Bem, em todo caso temos uma missão pra você!
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Content_WG: Phil? Hey, Phil? Phil Connors? Phil Connors, I thought that was you! No? Well, we've got a very special Mission for you, either way.
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Content_WG: Time to compete in the 8-bit world of Winter Showdown.
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AgentXIII: I would like to jump in and reiterate some thoughts I shared with ISS last week.   While This is a great idea for a new player to the game, it doesn't exactly cater to all players and would it be received well by all players?   So I proposed taking this idea a little further and seeing if a forum widget may be a better idea. As an example, it would be something simple that would take up a small amount of real estate along the top "bar" of the garage. This widget, in theory, would be a live feed to and from the forums, that would allow a user to see topics posted in a certain section and/or even monitor incoming and outgoing PM's, and/or clan invitations. By default this widget would be turned on after installation and have sections like the newcomers forum, clan recruitment, news, and other helpful areas for new players. These sections could be configured however to what the user wants to see. I.E. I'm in clan, I don't really need clan recruitment, but I'd love to get a feed from clan rivalry and diplomacy. Or... I'm not a new player and I'd rather turn that off and follow the historical discussions in Chieftain's area.   This widget would also not be a replacement for the forums as it will most likely not permit posting from within the client, although that would be neat, instead it would just give a live feed to topics and when a topic is click on, you would be directed to said topic in your browser.   ISS and I did also discuss forum login and authentication, as the widget 'should' be able to pass user information to the login process, however due to possible security issues this may not be the wisest idea.   These are just a few thoughts, and I'm not here to give any guarantees because I'm sure our developers already have a lot of work on their plate, but its a great idea none-the-less. Thinking of development overhead, we're all aware that just adding a link would be much easier than creating a widget, but if possible why stop at just a link? amirite?   It would be interesting to see what our modding community could come up with, even if just ideas, this is a fantastic idea that can assist the World of Tanks community as a whole and could be more useful than a damage panel or a new crosshair.   Thanks ISS for getting some creative juices flowing.

AgentXIII: I would like to jump in and reiterate some thoughts I shared with ISS last week.   While This is a great idea for a new player to the game, it doesn't exactly cater to all players and would it be received well by all players?   So I proposed taking this idea a little further and seeing if a forum widget may be a better idea. As an example, it would be something simple that would take up a small amount of real estate along the top "bar" of the garage. This widget, in theory, would be a live feed to and from the forums, that would allow a user to see topics posted in a certain section and/or even monitor incoming and outgoing PM's, and/or clan invitations. By default this widget would be turned on after installation and have sections like the newcomers forum, clan recruitment, news, and other helpful areas for new players. These sections could be configured however to what the user wants to see. I.E. I'm in clan, I don't really need clan recruitment, but I'd love to get a feed from clan rivalry and diplomacy. Or... I'm not a new player and I'd rather turn that off and follow the historical discussions in Chieftain's area.   This widget would also not be a replacement for the forums as it will most likely not permit posting from within the client, although that would be neat, instead it would just give a live feed to topics and when a topic is click on, you would be directed to said topic in your browser.   ISS and I did also discuss forum login and authentication, as the widget 'should' be able to pass user information to the login process, however due to possible security issues this may not be the wisest idea.   These are just a few thoughts, and I'm not here to give any guarantees because I'm sure our developers already have a lot of work on their plate, but its a great idea none-the-less. Thinking of development overhead, we're all aware that just adding a link would be much easier than creating a widget, but if possible why stop at just a link? amirite?   It would be interesting to see what our modding community could come up with, even if just ideas, this is a fantastic idea that can assist the World of Tanks community as a whole and could be more useful than a damage panel or a new crosshair.   Thanks ISS for getting some creative juices flowing.

dance210: Hi RoyAndo!   Unlike the Gold league, replays from the Bronze and Silver Leagues aren't stored anywhere. It's possible you can ask some team captains and they may have something they are willing to share.   We do stream a Bronze and SIlver league team on Monday nights for our League Night! series at www.twitch.tv/wgesports.   There are only a few matches from this season: CYA vs. River of Blood - Silver league WarNPeace Gaming vs. Hobbit. - Silver league Packet Loss vs. Nomads - Bronze league Bad Decisions vs. Bag of Donuts - Bronze league, will be broadcast 2/2/15 at 6:30 pm.

dance210:   Not exactly. 8-bit map, regular tanks.   As a general reminder for everyone, gold rounds from regular tanks do not heal, so don't shoot allies. Getting a ban for team killing won't be fun...

Hypnotik: There are 38 teams which met the entry requirements. Since 32 teams move on to round 2, that means that 6 teams will be eliminated tonight (and the other 32 will earn 2,500 if they get at least 7 total points). Tonight's matches will be used in seeding the groups for tomorrow night, when only the top 2 in each division will make it through to the playoffs, so play your best to get the easiest road to success tomorrow night.   Tonight's matches begin at 5:00 PM PST (8:00 PM EST). You will play both sides against each opponent.   Captains and Players - This is optional, but please be sure to send us replays of the matches from this tournament. You can send them to wga_contests@wargaming.net. In addition to helping us gather some info, a few of the best battles will be chosen for an additional gold prize for both clans involved and will appear on the stream.   Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 3MF
Havok
Pravda Academy
RDDT
Relic Second Armoured Attack/Def? You OTTER be kidding
B13TH
G-E-L
Javelin Fire & Forget
Most Valuable Player 8-WGP-Kommando Spezialkrafte
ARAVT
Legionarios Latinos
Mr AOD Steal All Your Girls
URUAR Buneh
Guerrillas [-G-]
NUGGS
[-117-] Spartans Elite
[FNRIR] Group 5 Group 6 Group 7   American Patriot Division
Armored Oulaws
ROTA- 1@ Cavalaria Blindada ROTA
Relic 3rd
Villain
[-SMB-] Compañia 4KAD
Cães de Guerra
RGA
Thugz
Ze Foxey Baddies
sNOO ANVIL
CHAII
Esprit de Corps
MEME Team Six - PLSGO
RELIC Armoured
TESLA     The following teams had players removed from their rosters because they are not in the clan represented:    Attack/Def? You OTTER be kidding
BabyHaIo
HaussingHippo

Ze Foxey Baddies
Krugg_Keell

Relic Second Armoured
bumpster

MEME Team Six - PLSGO
mrunuick

3MF
Grimm519

Most Valuable Players
Mr_Grandpa
Motto22
_Valor
_Mr_Steal_Your_Girl_
shinjaOP
Xiahou_Dun

RGA
xxx_Shadon_xxx
averquienutilizaeste

Legionarios Latinos
hector45

Mr AOD Steal All Your Girls
BPT

CHAII
xoxoxoxo

S4CT - this puts S4CT under the 17-player minimum roster, disqualifying the team.
deerman2001
Major_Ford
Daschund
P928
chiptharipper20
Short_Yellow_Bus
CptFun
Beannie27
Bodan120
TerrRon
PetroProVG

TESLA
Aeistanking
Bull6

ARAVT
TequsO_82

8-WGP-Kommando Spezialkrafte
JOTUNNHEIM
SUICIDEx911
Lukeitro

Javelin Fire & Forget
1PwnzAmA1
HvyArms
scrubnoobclicker

Onas unidad blindada latina - this puts Onas unidad blindada latina under the 17-player minimum roster, disqualifying the team.
babachler

RCT10 - this puts RCT10 under the 17-player minimum roster, disqualifying the team.
BIM5_ARG
ARGOS98   Good luck.

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The_Chieftain:   No, the suspension is the same as the day it left the model-maker's factory. The tank's made of plastic/fiberglass. (Seen at Nellis AFB)

Lert:   I do. It's quite fun.

Lert: Yeah T49 is also fun, it's a KV-2 with additional W.

Lert: The life of a derp is not always easy. You're slow, awkward, soft and large. And then you get matches like this one, when you full-pen a T-44 and a Pershing with HE, and you know it's all worth it.   TL;DR, they got blooped.

The_Chieftain:   If they can hit it reliably, especially at range, then your point is valid enough. On the other hand, a significant portion of the front turret -is- well armoured, and compared to many other tanks with less depression, SP also makes a smaller target. Maybe I was just playing 'old SP' wrong, and should have exposed my hull more, but since I didn't, I'm not finding any limitations added to my playstyle since.  

The_Chieftain:   I am old-fashioned, I use "Good enough for government work" as "of highest standard." The original meaning. One of those bizarre phrases that depending on who you talk to, can mean two entirely different things.   Although I share your concern about the interior plate, I think your reasoning is flawed: The Kessel photographs themselves seem far from conclusive. Due to shadows, all I can see is that the 'inner' plate in the game model is a little short on the right side of the tank, the side with the bow MG, the critical piece is the top, where the plates meet the blower housing, and the photos I have seen do not show them.   That said, the verbal description by Cooper indicates to me that the inner sheet should go all the way to the top, and the drawing (granted, one with some question marks) in Hunnicutt matches this. I don't know what Minsk's plan is, I'll ask.

Hypnotik: Last call for registrations!   Signups finish tomorrow morning at 9am PST (noon EST).

pizzastorm: This is happening in an hour!

Content_WG: Even a platoon of tanks isn't enough to stop the Soviet IS-7!
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pizzastorm:   Capture points are North and South

Lert:   Fury showed well how nasty 'Willie Pete' can be. The name itself was an anachronism though, that didn't become used until the Vietnam war. Not sure about white phosphorous itself, was that used by the Americans during WWII in tank shells?

Hypnotik:   In the grand scheme of things, that's not too far off.

Lert: Shows how much ammunition technology evolved. That's a low velocity 90mm gun on the Ratel, and it killed an MBT.