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lord_farquad: We urge everyone to familiarize themselves with the following, prior to competing:F.A.Q.
Skirmish Rules
RegistrationRegistration begins: April 24, 2013
Registration ends: April 26, 2013 at 16:00 PDT (19:00 EDT) Victory ConditionsThe winner of each round will be determined as the first to 3 victories on a given map.
Each battle will last 10 minutes.
The Encounterbattle mode will be used for this tournament. Tier & Point Limits
With a maximum of 3 players per battle, a team (maximum 5 players per team) must field a selection of tanks based on the below, maximum tier limits.Heavy: 7
Medium: 7
TD: 7
Light: 7
SPG: 7
No point limit
Schedule
Rounds will begin at 7:30PM PDT (10:30PM EST, 02:30 UTC) each scheduled day. Curious what time this is in your region? Use this handy Time Zone Converter to help you out!Round 1: April 29th
Round 2: April 30th
Round 3: May 1st
Round 4: May 2nd
Round 5: May 3rd
Round 6: May 4th There will be a 2 minute break in between battles for each round.
Prizes
The following prizes will be provided to each member of the respective team, including reserves.First place: 5,000
Second place: 2,000
Third place: 1,000
Fourth place: 1,000
Maps
There will only be one map used during Skirmish 17. The map played on will be Himmelsdorf.

lord_farquad: We urge everyone to familiarize themselves with the following, prior to competing: F.A.Q.
Skirmish Rules
Registration Registration begins: April 24, 2013
Registration ends: April 26, 2013 at 16:00 PDT (19:00 EDT) Victory Conditions The winner of each round will be determined as the first to 3 victories on a given map.
Each battle will last 10 minutes.
The Encounterbattle mode will be used for this tournament. Tier & Point Limits
With a maximum of 3 players per battle, a team (maximum 5 players per team) must field a selection of tanks based on the below, maximum tier limits. Heavy: 7
Medium: 7
TD: 7
Light: 7
SPG: 7
No point limit
Schedule
Rounds will begin at 7:30PM PDT (10:30PM EST, 02:30 UTC) each scheduled day. Curious what time this is in your region? Use this handy Time Zone Converter to help you out! Round 1: April 29th
Round 2: April 30th
Round 3: May 1st
Round 4: May 2nd
Round 5: May 3rd
Round 6: May 4th There will be a 2 minute break in between battles for each round.

Prizes
The following prizes will be provided to each member of the respective team, including reserves. First place: 5,000
Second place: 2,000
Third place: 1,000
Fourth place: 1,000
Maps
There will only be one map used during Skirmish 17. The map played on will be Himmelsdorf.

lord_farquad: All draw appeals should have been responded to by now. Please check your inbox and PMs to ensure we received yours (please remember you have to submit them via email to "tournaments@wargamingamerica.com" as posted on the tournament page).
If any draws are still in process, the score sheet will be updated accordingly.

lord_farquad:
All draw appeals should have been responded to by now. Please check your inbox and PMs to ensure we received yours (please remember you have to submit them via email to "tournaments@wargamingamerica.com" as posted on the tournament page).

If any draws are still in process, the score sheet will be updated accordingly.

GeneralDirection: The answer to this question is simply: yes.

GeneralDirection:
The answer to this question is simply: yes.

GeneralDirection:
The answer to this question is simply: yes.

GeneralDirection:
The answer to this question is simply: yes.

CatStalker: No it's about resources and effort vs the return.
Why spend hours of labor a month going through logs to make reports just so meaningless numbers can be given out?
Resources and work time aren't unlimited.
The difference you're asking for is us saying "Yes we punished 60 accounts this month that broke the rules" instead of "Yes we punished accounts this month that broke the rules". but does that even mean anything different?

CatStalker: because this wouldn't make a difference.
If I put out monthly numbers stating how many actions we took, the next argument would be "you just made those up without any proof. we need to see the names of everybody you punished so we can verify you're telling the truth."
And as our policy stands, we do not discuss actions taken on another player's account. At some point it will always come down to either you trust what I say or you don't.

Major_Rampage: I am sorry you don't seem to believe I have researched my answer with primary sources,  or perhaps you are implying that I don't develop the game.  If that is what you are trying to say you 100% correct.  I don't write the code for the game.  I run the contests, events and specials.  How ever I do have the contacts to double check any information I need to verify.
As for my World of Tanks experience,  working for the company since January of last year, my nearly 8k battles (7,912 to be exact),  and the two tier 10 tanks sitting in my garage seems to show that I have a pretty good idea of what I am talking about.
I am sorry that you are not happy with the answers which have been given,  but they are still the correct answers.

Major_Rampage: I am sorry you don't seem to believe I have researched my answer with primary sources,  or perhaps you are implying that I don't develop the game.  If that is what you are trying to say you 100% correct.  I don't write the code for the game.  I run the contests, events and specials.  How ever I do have the contacts to double check any information I need to verify.
As for my World of Tanks experience,  working for the company since January of last year, my nearly 8k battles (7,912 to be exact),  and the two tier 10 tanks sitting in my garage seems to show that I have a pretty good idea of what I am talking about.
I am sorry that you are not happy with the answers which have been given,  but they are still the correct answers.

Major_Rampage: I am sorry you don't seem to believe I have researched my answer with primary sources,  or perhaps you are implying that I don't develop the game.  If that is what you are trying to say you 100% correct.  I don't write the code for the game.  I run the contests, events and specials.  How ever I do have the contacts to double check any information I need to verify.
As for my World of Tanks experience,  working for the company since January of last year, my nearly 8k battles (7,912 to be exact),  and the two tier 10 tanks sitting in my garage seems to show that I have a pretty good idea of what I am talking about.
I am sorry that you are not happy with the answers which have been given,  but they are still the correct answers.

Major_Rampage: Just going through a few of the written entries,  a song by Europe,  Two by Johnny Cash,  an one from Les Misérables.
I am always amazed by the diverse interests of everyone who plays this game.

Major_Rampage: Just going through a few of the written entries,  a song by Europe,  Two by Johnny Cash,  an one from Les Misérables.

I am always amazed by the diverse interests of everyone who plays this game.

Major_Rampage: Just going through a few of the written entries,  a song by Europe,  Two by Johnny Cash,  an one from Les Misérables.

I am always amazed by the diverse interests of everyone who plays this game.

CatStalker: not what i was trying to imply, I just wanted to phrase it in a way that emphasized that it's not an automated system.

CatStalker: Yes, reporting afk players can result in punitive action being taken against them.
These issues are reviewed on a case-by-case basis by someone on our support team, so results are not instant and there is no single answer to how many reports it takes.

Yoott: If you battle for land anywhere... whether its on a LZ final land battle or on land .. any tanks that get destroyed during the battle whether its a win or loss ... is now LOCKED from CW activity for the specified times per the chart......
If you Leave and no show for the final land battle you dont lose any tanks so you can now battle again tomorrow full strength.... you will see this happen alot on landing tourneys now......

Major_Rampage: Letting me know what time you in the video you faced our team,  so I don't have to watch all 3 hours of your stream.  

Major_Rampage: Letting me know what time you in the video you faced our team,  so I don't have to watch all 3 hours of your stream.  

Major_Rampage: Letting me know what time you in the video you faced our team,  so I don't have to watch all 3 hours of your stream.  

Yoott: you do understand there are alot of clans on the server that can play enough tier 10s every night lose them all and still field a full team the next day with very little effort..... most med clans that hold land cant sustain a battle more then what 2 nights maybe 3 a week .... forget smaller clans that are just trying to make a LZ land battle... This is a bad bad move...

Yoott: ^^^ This 1000%..... some guys just got them this week after weeks/months of grinding..... now they are asking me why did they bother....some dont like any other tier 10s.... they will not grind for the others they dont like them or want them ....

Yoott: ^^ I agree with this...
Unless there is some huge change to TC's to make them less costly and more viable and regular with players... the tournament LZ's are the way to train, get better, have a taste of end game stuff that will make clans want to keep progressing..... now everytime a clan makes it to the land battle on a lz they will have to decide whether its worth losing CW play for a week to take a shot at the land or just not show and keep the tanks unlocked and play again the next day....
I will be quitting and teching out of the land battles until our teams are ready..... good promotion of good battles and good games with this move....
Edit... Why the neg rep.....  its whats going to happen....

Major_Rampage: Nice.

Major_Rampage: *facepalm*

Major_Rampage:
Nice.

Major_Rampage:
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Major_Rampage:
Nice.

Major_Rampage:
*facepalm*

Major_Rampage: Fixed  the spelling error!  Thanks

Major_Rampage: Fixed  the spelling error!  Thanks

Major_Rampage: Fixed  the spelling error!  Thanks

Yoott: I think they are supposed to stack.... hence your not supposed to let them get into riot status or else you pay the penalty for it... is what makes sense to me.... dont own more lands then you can defend per say or else not having chips on a piece of land MAY cause a riot
I may be wrong though

Yoott: Will this work like a reg LZ?.... as the riot check is done no later then 3 -4 hours before prime giving 2 or 3 turns for the riot LZ to fill up with attackers... Im guessing if it does then the Riot LZ battle time will be based off that provinces prime time and work with normal rules......
I see what your saying but I dont see how they can change that mechanic... battles happening during regular prime time is the best option but I dont see how they can control how many teams apply and push the battles back. And going earlier per battle wont work either as the battles will end up being early enough to be at the chipping time if there is too many teams. There has to be a normal seeding deadline and then all battles scheduled from there later.
I do see what your saying however with players having to play super late... but its still inline with normal LZ times now that play that late.... sucks but its happening unfortunately

Major_Rampage: I will have to update it to Emazing

Major_Rampage:


I will have to update it to Emazing

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I will have to update it to Emazing

Major_Rampage: Yup,  updated post to reflect that.

Major_Rampage: 108!

Major_Rampage: I'd take the -G- Challenge.  No promises on the  result, but I would face them any day.

Major_Rampage:
Yup,  updated post to reflect that.

Major_Rampage:
108!

Major_Rampage:
I'd take the -G- Challenge.  No promises on the  result, but I would face them any day.

Major_Rampage:
Yup,  updated post to reflect that.

Major_Rampage:
108!

Major_Rampage:
I'd take the -G- Challenge.  No promises on the  result, but I would face them any day.

Major_Rampage: On April 26th from 15:00 – 18:00 PDT Major_Rampage will be leading his Absolute Tank Company across the field of battle.
Last week their record was 16 wins and only 3 losses.   They beat teams from [CLANS],  [RELIC], [PUPEH], [1STCA], [-_-] and [BR1].  Do you have what it takes to slow the momentum of Rampage’s Ruckus?  If you do, join or create an Absolute Tank Company on Friday.
Any team that faces Rampage’s Ruckus that wins  will earn 600 Gold,  a loss earns you 300 Gold.  There is no reward for a draw.
UPDATE:  
Indeed the normal double bonus for streaming does apply,  if you send me a PM via The Forums,  and include in it a link  to your stream,  along with a time stamp of when you faced my team.