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GhostPrime: Thank you for giving us your information, it helps us a lot! If you continue to experience latency and packet loss please let us know as we are trying to identify and resolve the issue as soon as possible. ​ We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience as we investigate this issue

Mezurashi: Why does every topic like this derail into something about GasaI?

Topic locked. Since this is purely not turning into non-constructive arguments. 

The_Chieftain: For me, I consider myself "Home" when I set foot aboard that little green airplane in Heathrow.

Yoott:   Heyas yeah seems to have been an error when it got moved from one person to another, I have them editing it now. (Should be fixed)    The times for the event will be 12:00 Noon PST (15:00 EST) until  Approximately 21:00 PST (00:00 Midnight EST)     A more exact schedule of event will be listed out in detail some point coming up
but basics are Doors open at Noon PST
Chieftain, myself, Dance, Ninjagumby, Unknownone will be wandering around with the pro players at this time
Start of broadcast and first matches approximately 1pm PST
The rest of the matches will be run at the conclusions of the previous match
There will be 2 semi finals and a finals on the stage and broadcast with a 3rd /4th place happening offstage   here are other activities planned for the day but those have not been 100% finalized yet to make an accurate announcement
keep you eyes out over next few weeks as they will be all announced.     I hope that gives you some more info on the event  

The_Chieftain: Upon closing the top last week, the windows rolled up, and an almighty crack was heard from the right rear window. Lowering the window seemed to work without difficulty, but raising it again was another matter entirely. Obviously something had gone amiss with the mechanism. Wonderful. Not having the discretionary funds available to get it repaired, nothing for it to figure out how to do it myself.

Taking the back apart was helped by the fact that it was a convertible. Lower the roof, and all the room to work with.

A video on youtube gave instructions for accessing the regulator system. Unfortunately, the video was part of a total disassembly of the car, and I seem to have missed the bit requiring that the back seat be removed before the side panels.

Nothing that suitable application of brute force can't fix. More on that later. The lid for the top had to be raised in the up position, to allow the seat belt 'frame' by the head restraints to be unclipped and slid out of place. Once that was done, according to the video, just undo the bolt up underneath the frame, then slide the interior panel forwards. Yeah, no. There's a fair bit of up and out as well, not mentioned. But the stuff all came out. Then the foam, unscrew the speakers, the regulator is visible. Loose winching wire. Pull off the seals by the window frame. Undo six bolts on a metal spacer, pull that up. Getting the regulator out required pulling up the glass, then punching through the foam insulation to get the bolts. Don't forget to undo the power cable.

See above for photo of broken part.

Fortunately, it seems these things break often, and BMW, Volvo and Audi all use the same part, so third-party manufacturers can buy replacements. $30 and a few days later, it shows up.

Put the new one back into place, and realise that the cables are under significant tension. However, examination of the pulleys indicates that they have a 'short' axle. Wrap the cable around that, and as the system turns, it'll 'push' the cable into the correct groove, tensioning it. Fantastic. Start putting it together again.

Plug into the power socket, lying on the back seat, just to test it. Only very partial movement. Turns out that the 'loosened' wires resulted in the wrapping around the winch/capstan getting crossed. Had to pull off the motor in order to access it and re-thread the wires. Screw motor back in. Drop motor. Screw it in properly, and hope for the best.

Testing again, and it works. Hooray. Now to reassemble. Get the regulator mounted back in, lose my ratchet socket down the side panel just after tightening the bolt. Walk across street, borrow neighbours ratchet set. Undo, pull out regulator. Retreive socket. Return ratchet set. Screw two of the three regulator mount bolts back on, search for five minutes for the third one. Walk over to neighbour, borrow ratchet set. Retrieve bolt used for sizing which had accidentally be placed into ratchet set, return ratchet set. Take best guess as to what the adjustment was for the third bolt so that the window seals correctly.

Now looks like this. Replacement part, the blue thing.


Test again. Still works.

Screw in speaker, control module, frame. Apply trim/seals. Test again. Window only half-raises.

Curse profusely. Take everything apart again, even pulling out the regulator. Seems I may have over-tightened the screw holding in the blue connector. Loosen it a bit, replace, test repeatedly. Incidentally, for some reason, with the top's lid raised for the few days for the replacement part to show up, the battery died in the car, so I had to pull the VW around to jump it.

Add parts back in, test repeatedly. Now just down to the interior panel. Now I can see all the clips (what's left of them after I pulled them out with brute force, I can see how it's supposed to go back in. And I have no clue how to do it.

After much more research, the back seat has to come out. The base is easy, lift up, pull out. Curse as I lean back too far, and snap the clip for the sun visor. The backrest is another matter entirely. I still don't know how to do it, but by undoing the two bolts at the bottom, and removing the head restraints, I got enough 'leverage' room to squeeze the interior panel back into roughly the right place. Put back the head restraints and bolt, then the base. Replace the seat cover frames. Get band-aid for the cuts received to the hand.



It won't pass Stuttgart quality control, but I seem to have repaired my window. I have now ordered replacement sun visor clips.

The_Chieftain:   Random car talk.   I have one as a daily driver. https://youtu.be/--weWY58mR8?t=571  It's... OK. Not exciting at all, but big, and being a diesel, gets good mileage for my 30-mile-each-way commute. Very practical. Very boring. However, being a diesel, I'll be stupid if I don't hand it back next year for the refund, so I'm currently daydreaming on how to replace it. The problem is I like big V8s. I've an S4 in the garage (Well, what's left of one after 11 years of use) https://youtu.be/2QLgbTcMV1k?t=23, and the fiancee has an SL, both are weekend cars. I want to keep this trend going. The catch is that big (I've a family, and cargo to haul) V8 cars these days (Think S6 or CTS-V) tend not to be the cheapest to buy new, and not the most economical to commute in. Getting a used one a year or two old would be far more affordable, but given I've put nearly 40k miles on the Passat over the two years I've had it, I would blow through whatever was left on the warranty in no time at all, making things more expensive again.   I'm giving serious consideration to replacing it with two cars, one of which would be electric. The two lead contenders right now are the e-Golf and Focus Electric. Both are pretty normal cars (unlike, say, leaf or i3), which are cheap to start with, cheap to run, and given the serious advantage that the Bolt has over them (with the Tesla 3 presumably on the road by next year), they'll probably get even cheaper in order to make sales: Face it, Bolt is a far better car than either of those two, and less than $10,000 more. However, for pure commuting, I don't need the extra 100 miles of range, cargo capacity (which sucks in the Ford) can be dealt with by another vehicle.   I'll 'net' about $20k in my pocket on the VW when I turn it in next year. The Ford is about $31k new on the road. The tax rebate will be some $10k between the State and Federal electric bonuses. So for the following few years, commuting will be basically free, especially if I do my charging at work. With that, I can then get a large V8 sedan, maybe with no more than two years left on the warranty, and keep that for the family excursions, long-haul cruises, fun drives and the like with far less wear and tear, less frequent visits for servicing, and so on.   At least, that's the current plan. It has changed several times over the last year.    

Mezurashi:   Please submit a ticket to support to report this player: <https://na.wargaming.net/support/>   Topic locked to avoid further unrest.

Mezurashi:   ​How'd you even come up with that translation? Lol!

Mezurashi: I'm seeing a few personal attacks on some posts. Please keep it civil otherwise this topic will be locked and sanctions will be given.   Just a reminder.

JayStark02: Closing duplicate thread.

JayStark02: Closing duplicate thread.

JayStark02: Closing duplicate thread.

The_Chieftain: I think part of the problem is that although clover is very common, most folks don't see shamrock except insofar as it's in pictures. As a result, absent scale, they confuse the one with the other. Shamrock is far smaller than typical clover (albeit still a type of clover). Apparently the chances of a clover being 4-leafed are one in ten thousand, so I don't see why it is impossible for there to be a four-leafed shamrock. I have never seen one, but I can't say I've ever spent a whole hell of a lot of time looking for it. Still, the point is made, shamrocks are typically three-leafed. WoWS has it correct this year.   Allegra, it's not common, but "Fatherland" is not incorrect in the Russian context.

Sea_Star:   Yeah, I agree it's not perfect. Unfortunately, I can't affect anything in-game, only the article itself, but I'll pass along your feedback so that other teams keep that in mind for next year. 

The_Chieftain:   Went out of service within the last week, apparently.

dance210: Group Stage Day 1 + Day 2 Results With a tie for 16th place, there is a total of 17 clans moving on to the Playoffs _4K_ vs. We are the Erected will take place tonight (3/17/17); all other matches start tomorrow at 4 pm PT / 7 pm ET   Good luck!   Rank Team title Points Earned Points Possible Points Ratio 1 Church of Iron 42 42 1.000 1 Guerrillas 42 42 1.000 3 They_Say_Y0L0_Hax 39 42 0.929 4 MAHOU 36 39 0.923 4 R-7      \ (o_o) / 36 39 0.923 6 TAGMA 36 42 0.857 7 HAVOK 33 39 0.846 8 FAMily comes Second 33 42 0.786 8 RELIC'FU 33 42 0.786 10 SIMP 30 39 0.769 11 Pronounce As YATO 27 36 0.750 12 Romantic Bulbasaurs 31 42 0.738 13 Oompa Loompa WONKA 28 39 0.718 14 It'sNotEvenRealWater 24 36 0.667 14 Sharp N Pointy 28 42 0.667 16 _4K_ 27 42 0.643 16 We are the Erected 27 42 0.643 18 BIBO 25 39 0.641 19 NEWBI 23 39 0.590 20 Deltarex Elite 24 42 0.571 21 -404- Trainning 22 39 0.564 22 Rel2 21 39 0.538 23 Order 19 39 0.487 24 K(ã£-̶â—̃益â—̶̃ã£S 19 42 0.452 25 Cute Magical Girls 18 42 0.429 26 Cuatro KHOOO! 16 39 0.410 26 FearOfCampers 16 39 0.410 26 Prime³ 16 39 0.410 29 [-Q-] Mimic 15 39 0.385 30 Amped 16 42 0.381 31 Why not!!! 14 39 0.359 32 awoooooooooooooooooo 15 42 0.357 33 ~CUBE~ ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° 14 42 0.333 33 Goonz 12 36 0.333 35 E-T-D 12 39 0.308 36 Devils Rejects 10 42 0.238 37 HARMZ 9 39 0.231 38 5D Comp Division 9 42 0.214 39 MUG-W 6 36 0.167 40 HULK 6 42 0.143 41 T_K_O 4 42 0.095 42 Bloodbath and Beyond 1 42 0.024 43 11th ACR_11BAT 0 39 0.000 43 HUNikum 0 39 0.000 43 VAMOS LOS ARGENTINOS 0 42 0.000 43 V-C-L 0 39 0.000

dance210: Happy St. Patrick's Day!! May the leprechauns be near you, To spread luck along your way. And may RNGesus, Smile upon you St. Patrick's Day.  

Sea_Star: Our bad.    Thank you for the correction and it has now been fixed. 

Njourour: Closed thread, I'm not seeing this conversation evolving into a constructive dialogue. 

The_Chieftain:   It will be entertaining, for sure, not least as someone with a law degree who takes odd interest in such things, but I am far from convinced that he will lose. EO #2 was written while actually consulting with lawyers this time, and the judiciary are not a united block. Although the appeals process from EO #1 was abandoned as a result of the decision to go with EO #2, a number of 9th Circuit judges took the rather unusual step of filing a dissent anyway despite not being called upon to analyse it. And that was EO #1, EO #2 may very well find itself on better ground in the apellate courts. https://www.washingt...m=.47e003b9770b

dance210: Group Stage Day 1 Results Standings are not final until after both group stages are finished   Rank Team title Points Earned Points Possible Points Ratio 1 MAHOU 18 18 1.000 1 Church of Iron 21 21 1.000 1 Guerrillas 21 21 1.000 4 Romantic Bulbasaurs 19 21 0.905 5 They_Say_Y0L0_Hax 18 21 0.857 5 R-7      \ (o_o) / 18 21 0.857 5 FAMily comes Second 18 21 0.857 8 -404- Trainning 15 18 0.833 8 Pronounce As YATO 15 18 0.833 8 SIMP 15 18 0.833 8 HAVOK 15 18 0.833 12 Oompa Loompa WONKA 16 21 0.762 12 Sharp N Pointy 16 21 0.762 14 _4K_ 15 21 0.714 14 TAGMA 15 21 0.714 14 RELIC'FU 15 21 0.714 17 BIBO 12 21 0.571 17 We are the Erected 12 21 0.571 17 K(ã£-̶â—̃益â—̶̃ã£S 12 21 0.571 17 Deltarex Elite 12 21 0.571 21 NEWBI 10 18 0.556 21 FearOfCampers 10 18 0.556 23 It'sNotEvenRealWater 9 18 0.500 24 ~CUBE~ ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° 10 21 0.476 24 Cuatro KHOOO! 10 21 0.476 26 [-Q-] Mimic 9 21 0.429 26 Order 9 21 0.429 26 Rel2 9 21 0.429 26 Amped 9 21 0.429 26 awoooooooooooooooooo 9 21 0.429 31 Goonz 6 18 0.333 31 HARMZ 6 18 0.333 31 Prime³ 7 21 0.333 34 Cute Magical Girls 6 21 0.286 34 HULK 6 21 0.286 36 Why not!!! 3 18 0.167 36 E-T-D 3 18 0.167 38 5D Comp Division 3 21 0.143 38 T_K_O 3 21 0.143 38 Devils Rejects 3 21 0.143 41 MUG-W 0 18 0.000 41 11th ACR_11BAT 0 18 0.000 41 V-C-L 0 21 0.000 41 Bloodbath and Beyond 0 21 0.000 41 HUNikum 0 21 0.000 41 VAMOS LOS ARGENTINOS 0 21 0.000

dance210:   Hi Spartan451,   It should be going out today.

Lert:   I got better.  

Lert:   I'm not 'back' really. Just migrated over to floaty boats forum, though I post less there than I did here. Kinda tired of same-old-same-old - read my sig.

Mezurashi: Moved to off topic.

Mezurashi: You guys aren't making my job easy. Why does every E-25 topic have to be about Gasai? Why the obvious baiting?

 

Mezurashi: @Tank_anon I always liked Katyusha. Loving those pics. Anyway, I'd appreciate that you do not turn this topic into a personal word war. I suggest settling your differences in a PM and not make a spectacle of this here.   If this topic continues to get out of hand, it will be locked. So, let's not derail it any further shall we?   Thanks.

Lert: Nice one, Chieftain.   Any chance you're gonna do the Dutch some time?

GhostPrime: Please only use this thread to provide us your reports in an effort to aid us in resolving these issues. 

GhostPrime: Hello tankers!    We have been receiving reports of lag issues. We are currently investigating the cause of these issues and we would like to ask for your help if you are affected by the issue. Please help us by downloading our check tool and running it during the time you are experiencing lag.   We would like to ask you to please compile and post an image of your Pingplotter log showing the packet loss.   You can download the Standard version of Pingplotter at the following:
https://www.pingplotter.com/download.html](https://www.pingplotter.com/download.html     Please follow these steps to perform a trace at the time you are experiencing Lag in game:   1. First please close all open applications (Including the Game) and torrents, DC-clients, ICQ, Web Browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera and the like), and Mail clients etc. As these can interfere with the connection test results.
2. Launch Pingplotter and maximize the window.
3. Change the Trace Interval option in the lower left hand corner to 2.5 seconds.
4. In the "Target Name" field please type in the IP address of the server you are experiencing difficulties on and then press enter. : login-p2.worldoftanks.com for World of Tanks West
: login-p1.worldoftanks.com for World of Tanks East 5. *Please allow this test to run for at least 20 minutes*
6. Please take a screenshot of the trace. 7. Finally, please reply to this thread with the results and a description of what kind of problem you were experiencing in-game (lag, freezing, disconnects).   We apologize for the inconvenience while we identify and fix the issue. Thank you for your help and understanding while we investigate this issue.           

dance210:   Teams ranked 3 - 6 in each group move on to the Lower Playoff. Teams are randomly seeded in the playoffs. So yes, some teams will need to play in the Round of 128 and some will start in the Round of 64. As the seeding is random, there are no standings to display.

GhostPrime:   I have just checked and you should be able to post videos using the "youtube" command in the reply window. I checked the Newcomers section as well as this one. PM me with a list of the sections you mention, and I'll see what I can do to help you out. 

dance210:   Hello Viper_Dragon!   The Weekly 5v5 has a different format this year. With this new format, there is no longer a need to display standings   If you have any other questions, please let us know!

GhostPrime: I'm closing this topic due to non-constructive conversation and a flame war.

Mezurashi: Okay, this is getting a bit out of hand. This topic will be locked if this continues.   Just a reminder.

dance210:   Dhizi, you're not being rude I understand that's it's beyond aggravating, especially when the issue persists.   Here's the thing. Even with players talking on the forums, it helps to have actual Support tickets when reporting these issues to try and get them fixed. Obviously, we'll continue to pass on when we hear players talking about lag issues but more data is always good.

dance210: Hi guys!

If you haven't done so, please be sure to submit a Support ticket when you have lag issues / packet loss. Thanks!

Njourour: Closed thread, This will cause unrest.

Yoott: Get Registered now :-)   Come join the fun if you can!!   If not there will be plenty of activities over the next few weeks so keep your eyes open for them