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Berbo:   Yes   cheers

Berbo:   there are no tank restrictions   Cheers!

eekeeboo: Going to start with pointing out to those who say what is the point in e-sports and no one cares etc. There is a point, in a healhty and popular e-sports scene you are talking about a lot of money in sponsors, branding and technology companies making money and creating products that are more suited to gaming etc. The only reason we have shiny keyboards and nice mice, comfy gaming chairs etc etc all due to "e-sports" and opening a market to allow companies to get to know what people actually want and advertise the right product etc.    I apologise for length but i've tried to make it as structured and easily read as possible while also covering everything I've read in the above posts. I have provided solutions to the issues as seen by myself and brought up by other WGLEU/NA/RU people who have had discussions on this in the past.    Personal opinions and solutions as seen by myself follows: Format Problem: The e-sports set-up is too far from the random battle aspect and as such people cannot emulate what they see in the game like they can in every other popular e-sports game.    Solution:  Though steps have been taken to move to tier 10 to encourage a closer relationship to the random game, the fact that maps have to be altered and changed to suit the e-sports format should tell you about the current set of maps suitability towards competitive play etc. There should be a focus on improving maps that involve attacking and defending objective(s) like a cap etc.    Time   Problem: I like watching e-sports and spend a great amount of time in the different regions channels, but plain and simply sometimes and more often than not the sheer amount of time required to invest into watching such things is far too much. People generally watch streamers because you can leave and come back when/where you like pick up what you want etc. Even in other games where the e-sports is more healthy and popular, during dull moments greater effort is made to enhance what is happening for viewers.    For example: League of Legends; champion selection. What should be quite a tedious process is hyped up with reason, casters use statistics and facts to explain why certain choices/bans could be pivotal, how a certain player on a certain class could make or break the game... or perhaps a certain individual is choosing something that baffles all and not even the casters can explain.    The unfortunate aspect of how teams are set up and how they organised allows for far too much down time between action. I think the fact you have gaps of 5 minutes between actual games and then further gaps while teams change that average upwards of 5 minutes is far too much. Would you stay on a TV channel if after every 7 minutes of programme you get 10 minutes of adverts? No you would switch and MAYBE switch back..... that's if you're invested in actually watching the programme.    Solution:I chose this first to help support a following solution: Have Home and Away games. The teams play each other twice in the season, each chooses the map they want to play on, you then play each map twice, once as attacker and once as defender. You can then have nearly all teams play on one night instead of 2 teams per night. Have the round last no more than 10 minutes. The ready up time is 2 minutes from connection to lobby to loading the game.    Next now you have map choices focus on tank choices by players, explain why certain tanks will be chosen where on the map they will focus or stay, what role are they likely to play? Is there a choice that utterly fails to provide logical explanation. I remember fondly in WGLNA when googblyboppers chose nothing but IS6's/KV5's on MInes and went hill... everyone thought they were crazy, but they bullied the enemy team and the tactic was flawless in victory until the very end of the season where they lost 1 game. After that people opened up explanations, tactics strengths and weaknesses etc, that then resulted in people being excited about that team on that map just to see what would happen next, will they have the balls to do the same thing? etc.    An example of where team organisation can work and I genuinely don't understand why it takes some teams so long to organise themselves and get ready (maybe a pro-player would like to explain?) is and though some of you will find this laughable, the fact that on such a low population game, in World of Warplanes we can play best of 5 over 2 maps in entirety within 30 minutes at most. That includes making rooms, organising teams, connecting, loading and any possible restarts etc.    Casters   Problem: This is where some of you will disagree, the casters actually do a good job, the issue is not in the casters but in what they have to cast. Some will complain at how much the casters are talking and what they are talking about. But if a team for some unbeknown reason (see above) is taking 10 minutes to choose tanks and get ready, what would you like the casters to talk about? nothing is actually happening. That is where I believe the tank choice and map choice could provide opportunities for the casters to get across their knowledge and do Q&A with viewers about previous matches and games etc.    The casters that we currently have for WGLEU are very capable with an ex pro player (laughter) (granted arty) but if you get around to looking at his profile he is no way someone who is weak at the game. And Mitch is an excellent shot caller and play by play because of his ability to speak quickly and clearly. We then have m3lly who does the competitions and Q&A etc    Solution: I believe there's nothing yet to solve, this I believe is not down to the casters but down to the current format and the amount of time filling they have to do, which I am impressed at. Though I greatly loved the random battles played recently during a space between games. Going for WGLNA timmy videos, and big daves auto sales videos RNG etc I think would also help.    Inclusion   Not going to split this into problem and solution as the point stands, if you are good enough, you get on a team, if you're not then you're not. It's not about equality and inclusion, it's about skill and ability to play the game at the highest level/standard. If you are able to do that and put in the time then there are no barriers other than personality to prevent you from getting on to or starting your own team. The same goes for casters etc, the fact that the current casting crew of WGLEU is 50% male and 50% female... how much more would you like there to be more women included?    The point is in no discrimination, that includes against males who are good enough to play but would be unable to play because they are the wrong gender. It comes down to the fact, if you're good enough and you're able to work in a team then you're in. If you're not, then you're not. I would like to point out on the caster crew that both female crew are ex pro players at FPS games.    Action Coverage   Problem: Unfortunately the way the client currently works you are only capable of using the free roaming camera to cover in game events, if you've ever tried to use it you would understand just how difficult it is to use while at the same time concentrating on what you're doing. It is easy to miss events on other sides of the map etc and the fact the client also does not allow first person views.    Solution: This comes down mostly to WG enable their client so that spectators can view action from the first person view while also able to get to a birds eye/third person view of the battlefield. The other issue of what and when to cover and missing things can be alleviated by having your main camera with your current caster, and then have a small window on the screen with what the other caster is looking at, switch between the two and people can see what's happening at 2 different points on the map then.    Rewards for watching   Again this doesn't get divided to problem and solution as rewards are given out for actively participating in chat, rather than having a couple hundred bots spamming the same word in chat and then people complaining about the bots winning. The only way that you prevent the bot prevalence is to make it so that you have to vote etc and so that you have to perform an action a bot can't do to win. Again I would like to see something like the fantasy league that NA has etc to encourage more chat participation etc. No one was happy about bot spamming and with the QR code fiasco so as stated in that announcement moons ago, in chat giveaways were no longer going to happen and were a thing of the past due to some people ruining it for others and the reason we cannot have nice things.    Response coverage   8. Increase the WoT knowledge between your streaming production crew and your commentators. Why cant we see the face of the players in real time when they are hitting or missing the decisive shot? The issue is these players are playing at home in their own environment in their own rooms, not all have webcams let alone ones with high quality. This adds another technical issue that could go wrong during games. As stated above the knowledge the commentators etc have is probably far better than yours.    Entertainment of casters 9. Your commentators need to be entertainers too, why not dressing them with WW2 uniforms and having them to be more enthusiastic and knowledgeable? The commentators are professionals, they are not clowns. They are there to do a job and perhaps have a bit of fun, but it is unfair to turn them into dancing monkeys for your amusement. If you have actually watched the WGLEU you will see and hear how enthusiastic laughter, mitch, lauren and m3lly are at every show.       

Berbo:   We'll be removing the whole tournament page and switch to a new one next week, hopefully our problems will be gone when the new system comes in place  

Berbo:   Hello,   You are 2nd so expect reward for 2nd place!   Cheers

Berbo: Sorry guys, there was more than enough time to do all the changes. We'll not be adding anyone at this point. The registration was closed a long ago.   Thank you for understanding!

OldFox: Рад за ВК, давно пора! Дофига народу работает... Когда я стал сотрудничать с ВГ в 2010 году, там было 75 человек

Berbo: Tables for T6 cups are available, check here http://worldoftanks.eu/uc/tournaments/380-256bit_Challenge___Tier_6/    As for the gold, let's hope next week.   Cheers

Berbo:   Thanks a lot,    The best rating of our work comes from you, not from our bosses or anyone else. So when you say you enjoyed it means we're on the right track. I think we'll leave some cups to be league only, while some could have play off. So there's a hardcore and casual tournament.   The idea is to cater to everyone or at least to as many different players as possible   Thanks for playing once again and I hope you'll join for the next ones too!

Berbo:   It's the old one again.. but the team in charge of ranked battles are working hard to create to do the switch to T10.   I think we'll have a few updates very soon.   Cheers!  

Berbo:   Nice one, you made me laugh  

Berbo: unsportsmen behavior and insulting   Please use the ingame reporting system for such incidents.    Cheers!

Berbo:   Hello   There's no need to report draws. They are counted as 1 point.   Cheers!

Decept1on: The tank should be buffed in an upcoming patch, it can still change in the meantime of course.

Berbo:   No changes since 11am, sorry!   Requests like this have to be made during the registration. Cheers!

Kayi4ek:   Nevím proč, ale odpověď se mi neodeslala :-/ Přesně jak říkáš   

Kayi4ek:   Díky, ale pořád to není podle mě to pravé ořechové. Malými krůčky kupředu    

Berbo:   Well, I'll agree with you to some degree... but this page was never meant to support this huge amount of pages. No need to go into details, it sucks.. end of story...   New TMS is coming in a few days and all our pains should be gone  

Berbo:   You read my mind!  

Berbo:   Not possible now, sorry!  

Berbo:   Drop me a PM mid March so I can investigate it   Cheers!

Berbo:   Do you use mods?   Also this has nothing to do with the rules enforcement so please use Q&A topic   thank you

Echiddna:   La prueba pública de la versión 9.14 está disponible desde ayer. Gracias por participar en ella ¡Divertíos y buena suerte!   Saludos,

Kayi4ek:   Diskutujeme o tom, ale nepůjde pak tahat M44 do desítek :-/

Berbo:   Done  

Berbo:   All results are available via wot portal http://worldoftanks.eu/uc/tournaments/ simply select Tier 5 cup and scroll down. Be aware that the loading time is veeery long   Cheers

Kayi4ek:   Nezapomínej na líné lidi, jako jsem já

Berbo:   Hello   Tier 6 cup will be shown tomorrow.    Stretch goals were made easy this cup, so number counts for all cups and we reached 2000 teams that's for sure For next editions we'll adapt stretch goals to more realistic values.   Cheers!

Kayi4ek:     Nebo ty nůbíky co si na X nikdy nenastřílejí (těch 300 na IX nějak nestačí nebo WN8 "skillery" (rozuměj, gold only)   Full gold =/= obří WN8    

Kayi4ek:   Papírové boky a pohyblivost + nulová deprese.

Kayi4ek:   Taky podle mě záleží na počtu bitev. Čím více bitev, tím větší WN8. Např po 30k bitvách je podle mě 1000- WN8 jako 400 WN8 po 5k bitev

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Berbo: Groups for T5 cup are visible now! Check here http://worldoftanks.eu/uc/tournaments/379-256bit_Challenge___Tier_5/

Berbo:    Hello, team 5 and 6 are tied on same place so both of them would get gold for 5th place  

Berbo:   Hello,   This is why in eSports we HIGHLY recommend not to use ANY mods at all.   Sorry but I can't comment on the influence of 3rd party programs on the game. If the issue persist (no mods) I encourage you to contact support for this.   Cheers!

Kayi4ek: LOCK

Berbo:   Glad you liked it! It allows a lot more stability for new teams, so no one can be out after 1 battle and even though the gold is not that big now, a lot more teams will have it.   One spoiler for March... expect 3 cups like this with different tiers

Berbo:   We are indeed esports but WG esports. ESL is our partner Electronic Sports League http://play.eslgamin...oftanks/europe/   It's not we dont want to help you, you were simply too late. Once the registration is over we cant make changes for this cup. Sorry!

Berbo:   Hello,   Yes you can play with 3 players. subs are optional like in football, you can use them or not. It's up to you  

Berbo:   Teams occupying 2nd position will get gold for 2nd position. 2 teams, 4 teams or more. It doesnt matter.

Berbo:   Thank you for your kind words! It makes us very happy to know you enjoyed it!

Echiddna: Hola a todos,   La segunda ronda del test público de la versión 9.14 ya está disponible. Muchas gracias a todos por participar.   Saludos

Berbo:   Hey there   Go here http://worldoftanks....lenge___Tier_2/ scroll all the way to the bottom and wait a bit.. the page loads veeeeeeery slowly. Once it's done loading then simply ctrl+f for your group. It shouldn't be that hard   Cheers!

Berbo:   Should be next week hopefully

Berbo:   When we set a map in the system it adds one single map for ALL games in the tournaments, then each time we set battles for different rounds we change maps. This screen was probably taken some time ago as we are almost done with the setup.   Cheers   P.s. ty for your answer as well, it's true when time is set then it's for sure correct map.

Berbo:   Hello,   Could you please just check my previous post?   Ty  

Berbo:   Hello,   Sorry but this cup has nothing to do with ESL, we're WG.   We can't do any changes for tonight. The registration was closed at 11:00 am.

Berbo:   Can you please give me a link? I'm interested to see where's that. We have himmelsdorf a few times but not 9 I can assure you   Cheers

Kayi4ek:   Wiki se řeší Dost často, ale ještě se nevyřešila