weekend warfare?

Trevzor:   Hello and welcome to competitive World of Tanks!   To answer your questions: Yes, you want to be in your garage. About 10 minutes before your matches start, a blinking tab will show up in the bar at the bottom of your garage where chat channels are called "Special Battles." Click on this tab and double click the listing inside it (usually named after the tournament that you are participating in.) Once you have done that, you are brought to the Tournament Lobby where you and your team can ready up your tanks, talk about strats, etc. There are two sides to the window, the left is the "Reserves" side and the right is the "Active" side. Teams need to have at least some players readied up in tanks of the appropriate level in the Active side of the window. While all players can move themselves from left to right or vice versa, it is generally better to allow your captain or team caller to take care of the player movement so as not to cause confusion.   From there, it is just like playing in a platoon. You ready up a tank, your captain makes sure that your team is not breaking any of the tank rules or tier restrictions for the tournament, and you wait until the counter runs down. You will be put into your match with the enemy team and the fights will commence.   Don't forget, you need to join the "Special Battles" tab for each tournament that you participate in, ready your tank between each round, and have players in the "Active" column of the Special Battles window each round.   Good luck out there!