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Hypnotik: Rebalancing Prime Times   In addition to adding provinces and prime times, we're also doing a little bit of work on balancing a few things wihtin the prime times.   Here is our current layout of provinces: Time Zones
  0200 GMT
(West) 0100 GMT
(Central) 0000 GMT
(East) Total # Provinces 60
(21.4%) 63
(22.4%) 158
(56.2%) 281 # Landing Provinces 8
(24.2%) 5
(15.1%) 20
(60.6%) 33 HVT’s
(≥ 2400gpd) 6
(26.1%) 7
(30.4%) 10
(43.5%) 23 Total Gold 49,800
(24.2%) 53,136
(25.8%) 102,888
(50.0%) 205,824   And our layout after the changes are made: Time Zones
  0200 GMT
(Far West) 0100 GMT
(West) 0000 GMT
(Central) 2300 GMT
(East) 2200 GMT (Far East) Total # Provinces 70
(21.1%) 104
(31.3%) 130
(39.3%) 12
(3.6%) 15
(4.5%) 331 # Landing Provinces 8
(19.5%) 11
(26.8%) 18
(43.9%) 2
(4.9%) 2
(4.9%) 41 HVT’s
(≥ 2400gpd) 7
(25.9%) 8
(29.6%) 11
(40.7%) 1
(3.7%) 0 27 Total Gold 57,936
(24.5%) 70,296
(29.7%) 99,720
(42.2%) 4,488
(1.9%) 4,080
(1.7%) 236,520   There are several notable differences, however here are a few key ones: More landing provinces in the west (currently the central) prime time A more equal distribution in the total # of provinces in each prime time A more equal gold distribution between prime times

Hypnotik: Training Area   In an effort to more clearly define an area for clans to learn and gain a foundation of experience to work from, we have made a few adjustments to the gold income of some provinces. The area in the Arctic Circle region received a decrease in total gold income, while the other region, North America, received an increase. There are still a few gold pots scattered around the Arctic Circle region, but there is now less incentive for the more experienced clans to hang around and beat up on the little guy.   The Arctic Circle - This area, which includes Greenland and the northern territories of Canada, is most suited to clans which are just starting out, or are trying to develop their skills in a competitive environment. You will see an occasional medium-income province, however the gold income is typically lower than the majority of the map.   Mexico/Central America/Caribbean - This area is a sort of middle ground between The Arctic Circle and the highest level. Clans that have built up experience and cohesion should have some success here, however due to the province layout and easy accessiblity of this region, it will be more difficult to hold large swathes of land here. The gold income is an improvement from The Arctic Circle, but not the highest on the map.   Mainland USA and Southern Canada - This is where the big guys will usually be playing. Being the highest income area, it is the most attractive region for clans with a thirst for Gold, and the difficulty of success will be much higher than normal.   For those familiar with the Clan Wars map when we were in Europe and Africa, the following comparisons may help: The Arctic Circle will play most similar to North Africa, the new provinces will be most similar to the Middle East and/or Scandinavia, and the Mainland US/Canada will continue to act most like the European continent.  

Hypnotik: New Prime Times   The NA region has seen impressive growth within the past year, and while there has been a presence of South American clans for a long time, this area has grown significantly recently. We have also heard many others requesting earlier prime times as well, and now we have them.   Below are our current prime times: U.S. Pacific Time U.S. Eastern Time Argentina/Brazil 5:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 6:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 7:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM   Since the first hour after prime times is for encounter battles, the battles for provinces don't start until 10:30 PM at the earliest for clans in South America (and that's 9:30 in the Eastern Time Zone). When you consider the fact that we represent 9.5 time zones (yes, Newfoundland is off by 1/2 hour), you can see why we needed to make this change to make Clan Wars easier for people to participate in.   Initially, there will be 15 provinces in the earliest prime time and 12 in the second prime time. Based on the success/usage of these prime times, we will consider their further use in the future.   New Prime Time Layout Color U.S. Pacific Time U.S. Eastern Time Argentina/Brazil Pink 3:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Purple 4:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM Blue 5:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM Orange 6:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM Red 7:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM   Link to Full Size Image (7 MB)  

Hypnotik: New Provinces   With this update, there are 50 new provinces being added to the Clan Wars map. Introduced are Mexico, which consists of 38 provinces, and 12 other countries, which consist of 1 province each. The values of the provinces range from 96-4080 Gold per day, for a total of 34896 per day.   Map Distribution Luckily, the area that is covered by these new provinces is very diverse, and that has made a wide variety of maps easily justifiable. The 50 new provinces will be represented by 28 new maps. We'd especially like to thank members of the Council of Armored Forces for their input regarding the choices of maps to be used.   New Provinces Map Distribution Abbey 1 Airfield 2 Cliff 2 El Halluf 3 Ensk 2 Fisherman's Bay 2 Fjords 3 Highway 1 Himmelsdorf 1 Karelia 3 Komarin 1 Lakeville 2 Live Oaks 2 Malinovka 1 Mines 2 Mountain Pass 1 Northwest 2 Pearl River 2 Prokhorovka 1 Redshire 1 Ruinberg 1 Sand River 3 Serene Coast 2 Siegfried Line 2 South Coast 4 Steppes 1 Swamp 1 Westfield 1   Overall Map Distribution Abbey 7 Airfield 4 Arctic Region 9 Cliff 14 Dragon Ridge 3 El Halluf 5 Ensk 11 Erlenberg 10 Fisherman's Bay 10 Fjords 15 Highway 9 Himmelsdorf 9 Karelia 12 Komarin 9 Lakeville 11 Live Oaks 12 Malinovka 10 Mines 13 Mountain Pass 13 Murovanka 11 Northwest 7 Pearl River 8 Prokhorovka 10 Province 2 Redshire 11 Ruinberg 8 Ruinberg on Fire 1 Sand River 6 Serene Coast 8 Severogorsk 10 Siegfried Line 9 South Coast 13 Steppes 10 Swamp 9 Tundra 11 Westfield 10 Winter Himmelsdorf 1   What Happens to the Landing Zones?   There are two provinces along the US-Mexico border which are being removed; Pecos, Texas and Coronado National Forest. While we do have the ability to utilize inland landing provinces (such as Cheyenne, Wyoming), it was decided that these provinces being landing provinces would be redundant after the new ones become available, as the time it takes to reach them would be LZ+2 days and LZ+1 day, respectively.   There was an area that did suffer along the Gulf Coast after this change, and the worst province became Little Rock, Arkansas at LZ+5 days. In order to counteract this, we have changed New Orleans, Louisiana into a landing province and redistributed part of it's income to San Antonio, Texas in order to make it more in-line with other landing provinces. This change resulted in the most accessible map we've had yet on the NA server (including our old Europe/North Africa setup).   At the bottom of this post, you can see how long it takes to reach each province in the mainland USA and the new provinces.   Design of the Map   We also decided that the layout of the map needed a few improvements from what has been visible in the past. There were 5 connection lines added to improve the accessibility of the new provinces from their original design. These can be seen in the image below represented by pink lines.   Travel Times Map: Key: White Dot = Landing Province Green Dot = Travel Time is LZ+1 day Yellow Dot = Travel Time is LZ+2 days Orange Dot = LZ+3 days Pink Dot = LZ+4 days Pink Line = New province connection line (in addition to current connections)  

Hypnotik:   There are several big changes coming up to our Clan Wars map. If you haven't read the news article, we'd recommend doing that first, and then reading the posts below for further details, where you can see some statistics and even some of the design documents.   New Provinces New Prime Times Improving the Map for Less-Experienced Clans Rebalancing of Time Zones

pizzastorm: Sure, go ahead and add sounds if you wish.

pizzastorm: Gold equivalent + a garage slot! 

HBFT:   Yes, each employee's vehicle has a 500 gold bounty on it with a limit to 500 gold earned per battle.  It would definitely be awesome if the gold limit were removed, but then the "Pot of Gold" would erupt into a "Volcano of Gold"!  

HBFT:   Congratulations!!  

HBFT:   I am so happy to hear that you are as excited about playing with us in Team Battles as we are to meet everyone on the battlefield!  

HBFT:   If a player were to destroy more than one red camouflaged vehicle in a single battle, then they would only get 500 gold and those targets would no longer be available for destruction by other members of your team.  We figured that part of the draw of finding Team "Pot of Gold" is the fact that we can effectively increase the chances of a player getting 500 gold when they meet us in battle.  It's a target-rich environment out there! :)

The_Chieftain:   I always do, not least for occasions such as this. The previous time I was streaming, I loaded up my Lorraine with a HE drum and yoloed into a WT IV. Emptied the whole shebang into him, but he was gone in about ten seconds.

The_Chieftain:   I'm enjoying Chi-Ri more than Chi-To.   Catching up on horses. S4E13 (Simple Ways) is the first one in a long time I just couldn't complete. Gave up about half-way through.

dance210:   Sure. Mods are not allowed.   :)

The_Chieftain: I was debating saying something about them being called "the golden vote" in one of my videos, but decided not to annoy WGSEA

The_Chieftain: If you're following my channel on Twitch, it should send you a notification email.   There were only two games really worth watching anyway. Churchill and TOG.

The_Chieftain: So I had a rather good game in the Churchill III...   http://www.wotreplay...ftain-churchill   When it goes up on the saved Twitch stream, you'll find I had appropriate music playing too.

Hypnotik: No, battles would be starting at the same time as they would have normally started. However if you had a battle at 8 eastern, it was likely wiped out as a technical failure. After the first turn processes following the unfreeze, all scheduled battles and times should be completely accurate.

pizzastorm:   We are looking for a short video of a player delivering a message. We need it to be under 15 seconds and an entry with a lot of text is probably not something that would be chosen to go into this video.    Sorry the time frame is so short, we just want to get to as many players as possible!

HBFT: Tankers!
 
By popular request, we will enter a team into Team Battle mode on Thursday, May 29, 2014 at 16:00 (PDT) / 19:00 (EDT).
 
Our team will engage in battles for an hour and will consist of staff, each worth a 500 gold bounty.  Please note that a player can earn only 500 gold maximum per battle, but it's a target-rich environment out there so get your tank guns ready!
 
We look forward to seeing you on the battlefield, so form up a team and find the roving band of "loot pinatas" as we jaunt around the "East" server!

Major_Rampage:  I thought I was singing this....  

Major_Rampage:  I thought I was singing this....  

Major_Rampage: It's a new tank for me,  and I play mostly TDs.   However I learning to play it pretty well over,  especially for a heavy.     Over all IS-6 Stats to save a bit of face.

Major_Rampage: It's a new tank for me,  and I play mostly TDs.   However I learning to play it pretty well over,  especially for a heavy.     Over all IS-6 Stats to save a bit of face.

SchnellerDamon: Si eso les parece podemos hacer algo similar aquí en NA.    No se preocupen, entre más interés hay sobre los concursos en estos foros más podemos hacerlos. 

ElPozoleOlmeca: Si eso les parece podemos hacer algo similar aquí en NA.    No se preocupen, entre más interés hay sobre los concursos en estos foros más podemos hacerlos. 

SchnellerDamon: Lo mas temprano sería mañana y a mas tardar Jueves 

ElPozoleOlmeca: Lo mas temprano sería mañana y a mas tardar Jueves 

Content_WG: ¡Entrena tu tripulación y gana más créditos con el evento de la semana!
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SchnellerDamon: Buenas!!    Pues el concurso ya se termino y ahora vamos a colectar todas las fotos para juzgarlas.    Les quiero agradecer a todos que participaron y también me gustaría sus opiniones.....les gusto? Quieren ver mas concursos? et 

ElPozoleOlmeca: Buenas!!    Pues el concurso ya se termino y ahora vamos a colectar todas las fotos para juzgarlas.    Les quiero agradecer a todos que participaron y también me gustaría sus opiniones.....les gusto? Quieren ver mas concursos? et 

Yoott: Ok Guys Qual 2 Brackets are up and open  http://worldoftanks.com/uc/tournaments/890-WGLNA___Gold_League_Season_4_Qualifier_2/   Due to registration numbers 4 teams will have to play tomorrow night Wed May 28th - These battles will not be broadcast   Times for all battles Thursday will follow shortly   the 4 teams playing tomorrow are listed below at 5pm PST (Any team not listed has a bye until Thursday)   May 28th 5pm PST   Carroñeros     Vs.    NUC and Death Krieg [DKAC]   vs   Lincoln Brigade          

Yoott: Ok Guys Qual 2 Brackets are up and open  http://worldoftanks.com/uc/tournaments/890-WGLNA___Gold_League_Season_4_Qualifier_2/   Due to registration numbers 4 teams will have to play tomorrow night Wed May 28th - These battles will not be broadcast   Times for all battles Thursday will follow shortly   the 4 teams playing tomorrow are listed below at 5pm PST (Any team not listed has a bye until Thursday)   May 28th 5pm PST   Carroñeros     Vs.    NUC and Death Krieg [DKAC]   vs   Lincoln Brigade          

Yoott: Ok Guys Qual 2 Brackets are up and open  http://worldoftanks.com/uc/tournaments/890-WGLNA___Gold_League_Season_4_Qualifier_2/   Due to registration numbers 4 teams will have to play tomorrow night Wed May 28th - These battles will not be broadcast   Times for all battles Thursday will follow shortly   the 4 teams playing tomorrow are listed below at 5pm PST (Any team not listed has a bye until Thursday)   May 28th 5pm PST   Carroñeros     Vs.    NUC and Death Krieg [DKAC]   vs   Lincoln Brigade          

Yoott: Ok Guys Qual 2 Brackets are up and open  http://worldoftanks.com/uc/tournaments/890-WGLNA___Gold_League_Season_4_Qualifier_2/   Due to registration numbers 4 teams will have to play tomorrow night Wed May 28th - These battles will not be broadcast   Times for all battles Thursday will follow shortly   the 4 teams playing tomorrow are listed below at 5pm PST (Any team not listed has a bye until Thursday)   May 28th 5pm PST   Carroñeros     Vs.    NUC and Death Krieg [DKAC]   vs   Lincoln Brigade          

Hypnotik: Unfortunately, this seems the case. When the map gets frozen, it happens in increments of 24 turns.       I've also just received word that the un-freeze has been rescheduled 50 minutes later to be at 7:55 PM PDT/10:55 PM EDT.

The_Chieftain:   There is always a chance...

Hypnotik:

Hypnotik: If a battle was fought, it should be recorded and processed when the map goes live again.  

Hypnotik: Yes, it should.   Tanks that have been put on lock will not be unlocked, nor consumables returned.   No, we still have a closet full of it.  

Hypnotik: I have asked for this to be done, however I would not recommend planning on it happening.           As a note, we do have the Clan Wars Compensation Policy in place. I'd encourage clan commanders to contact support if they have lost a province due to the technical failure (please read it before submitting a ticket to make sure your situation qualifies). This would also include a case where you actually won the province in a fight last night if the province is for some reason not awarded to you after the map gets processed following the unfreeze. The "within 24 hours" part of it will be from the time the map gets unfrozen, as the incident is technically still ongoing until then.

pizzastorm: Yes sorry, we are looking to create a montage of sorts of these videos so they need to remain 15 and under to keep it rolling along.   

pizzastorm: I'd like to buy an A!   But yeah, after some closer inspection of the blocked out name I figured it out.  Thanks.

pizzastorm: I hope to see you in battle one day =)

pizzastorm:   Who was it?! I want to know so I can IS-6 with them.