Developers posts on forum

Tanitha: Definitely, I guarantee no bots have ever cut down any tree's in World of Tanks.
Its something we are very proud of.
Regards
Tan.

Tanitha: You are welcome.
We are here to accommodate the fun of the majority, Unfortunately that sometimes includes having to restrict some who are impeding on the fun of others.
Regards
Tan.

Tanitha: Not really.
Let me share one of my support/ticket replies I wrote up recently. The figures are about 2 weeks old but you will get the gist of it..
Dear Player
Clan Rivalry thrives on the NA server. That is one of the main differences between the NA and EU servers.
For example.
On NA.
The Clan Rivalry / Diplomacy sections contains.
802 topics
43,593 replies
And as per the clan section rulings announced to all the clan sections, located here for your reference.
http://forum.worldof...-section-rules/
Clan Rivalry / Diplomacy
The current rules for the "Clan Rivalry / Diplomacy" section are as follows.
* This section contains the threads made by players for general clan rivalry and diplomacy. Since the purpose of this section revolves around clan rivalry, moderation will be lighter in this section due to clan rivalry belonging in this section.
* Normal forum rules such as sanctions on insults, inappropriate language, naming and shaming players, etc,, will be enforced within this section, however friendly clan ribbing and clan rivalry is permitted within this section to some extent.
* Any clan rivaly outside of this section, will be deemed as off-topic and shall be sanctioned.
The clan Rivalry / Diplomacy section is there for clan rivalry on the NA server and is lightly moderated.
On the EU server this was not the case. As such the EU Clan diplomacy section, Which doesn't allow clan rivalry, only contains 1/10th of the participation from the players.
84 topics
4,312 replies
43,000 posts on the NA server, compared to 4,300 posts on the EU server is a huge difference, Especially considering the EU server currently has approximately 3x the player base.
Effectively, that makes the clan rivalry section of NA server, 30x more active on a per player level.
We appreciate not all clans wish to partake in a lighter moderation situation, or partake in clan rivalry within the forums. But there is many sections within the forums and it is your choice as a player to post a thread into this section or not. If you do not wish to participate in a lightly moderated section specifically designed for clan rivalry, then you are free to not do so.
That being said, the section is still moderated, and as stated within the rules; Normal forum rules such as sanctions on insults, inappropriate language, naming and shaming players, etc, will be enforced within this section, however friendly clan ribbing and clan rivalry is permitted within this section to some extent.
If you come across any forum rule violation, Please press the report button on such post, and it will help bring the offending post to the moderation team's attention.
Similarly any in game rule violations you come across may be captured with a replay file or screen-shots, and submitted to support.worldoftanks.com for a investigation.
I hope you continue to have fun with World of Tanks.

Tanitha: Are you describing the clan diplomacy section?
Tan.

Tanitha: Regularly.
But you need to report it for alt account use. Support wont manually place TK / FF bans.
Tk's are handled well automatically with escalating bans up to permanent.
Regards
Tan.

Tanitha: 30 day game ban increased to permanent game ban.
Closing thread / Tan

Tanitha: Please stick to the truth and facts, and this is far from it..
Anyway..
Feel free to pm me the players user name and I'll have a look. But I think i already investigated this one recently, (Well i investigated one with around 20,000 games recently anyway)
The stats showed (on the one i looked into), a varying degree of movement in each game, firing, and hitting targets. but nothing bot like except the large number of games.
Regards
Tan.

Tanitha: Trust me, Gold has zero effect on any decisions I make.

Tanitha: These aren't the Tanks you're looking for, move along.
Closing the thread
/Tan.

ARGO: Being an American and having helped WoT staff for over 2 years, I can wholeheartedly say that I for one will NOT entertain this kind of propaganda. I am sorry you feel that way but your judgement is seriously flawed.
Thread closed to prevent further degredation

Gaea: FYI, all the honorable mentions should have received 5000 gold ;)

Gaea: FYI, all the honorable mentions should have received 5000 gold ;)

Gaea: FYI, all the honorable mentions should have received 5000 gold ;)

Gaea: Posting this for The_Chieftain:
Well, that was quite a slog, and thank you for your patience.
As I have said, there is no way I can go over every entry and explain what was liked and not liked. Hopefully this post will at least give an idea of the thought processes and general themes which were observed. Inevitably, there will be complaints, disagreements, shock, horror, and otherwise disapproval of some of this. Sorry. This is a subjective contest, I hope that again the below can be used to better get a sense of things for future use.
Firstly, I was impressed by the amount of pre-fall-of-France designs. Though the rules did allow technology up the the 1950s to be used, most of you eschewed this and went with conversions of pre-war designs.  On the other hand, bigger is not necessarily better. I was surprised by the amount of designs that eschewed the mobility suggestion for colonial France. Giganaut, I’m looking at you as a prime example. Great render (I really liked the interior shot), but 120 tons?! Even if I think you’re overstating it and it probably would be closer to 70-80 tons, I just can’t imagine the French Army going for it. You weren’t alone, though, there were a number of monsters submitted. Yours was just one of the best monsters, though Xtrasus’ RKX 101 2A was one of the most eyecatching with its quad-track design.
Unfortunately, many of the modern ‘light’ designs were unsupported by documentation of note. Probably the best ‘light’ entry was Wasted4440’s AMX 13 LR 105, but it was brought down by the pictures (very well drawn ones) basically being of an M19 GMC with a single long cannon. As a result, pretty much the viable expeditionary vehicles were those based off the Renault and Hotchkiss hulls, but fortunately there were many such entries to choose from. Some even photoshopped from the same root picture! MVictor, lucitribal, lintzx2, gondur all had similar designs which made it to the final cut.
Indeed, most every basic vehicle the French had was modified into an artillery piece, starting at the very start with a number of FT-17 variants. I had said that it would be important to be able to distinguish the merits of your Char B hull with 105mm whizzbang from the other guy’s Char B hull with 105mm whizzbang, and sure enough, there were multiple designs of Char Bs with 105mm whizzbangs mounted, often in similar mounts.  However, the most common theme was the AMX-50 with a turreted 155mm whizzbang mounted, there were a number of such designs, some looking more like GWPs than others. One of the more interesting AMX-50 designs was Dornele’s AMX Nouvelle, without a turret, the picture being an elegant hand-drawn affair. Sadly, I strongly doubt that a ‘wheelgun’ style un-sealed revolver would work. There were a higher number of pencil-drawn entrants than usual, and some of the drawings were of nearly artist (3d) or draughtsman (plan) quality. Much though I like pencil drawings to show that you don’t need to be a 3D render god in order to win these things, in this case the pencil entries tended not to be as flawless in concept or complete in background information (though there are some notable exceptions you’ll see later). Another AMX-50-155 design worthy of mention was theblackeagle’s simple yet elegant turretless mounting of a 155mm, equally beautiful in ‘watercolour’ style drawing was blackheart612’s Batchat 150.
All too often, an entry was simply a picture with only basic explanation. There was absolutely nothing wrong with, for example, with ING’s Bison-like mounting of a complete wheeled field gun mounted onto the top of the Char B chassis, but it came with scarcely a paragraph. Why select that over Jeterman’s slightly less expedient Char B1 bis artillerie, which was just as reasonable? One of the contrary entries to that was Vollketten’s very informative submission, but what looked like a 1945 skeletal supersized FT-17 with a 6” naval gun wasn’t going to pass the likelihood test. Similarly US_Rifle_Caliber_30_M1 deserves mention for the attention to detail he paid to the ammunition design. Not to be outdone by the German tank competition entry with a massive spreadsheet calculating armour plate weight, Cutthroatlemur’s entry included screenshots from a program which calculated the mass of armour automatically, including from compound curves. Seriously impressed with that.
The Science Fiction category was well catered for, with futuristic designs by, in particular, Dragonfly 7, xXSoulXx, and most enthusiastically, Darkwave0. Shinada’s Slydr 13k deserves to be posted up just for novelty value in this category. I’m not sure if Mer_petain was actually trying for the Sci-Fi category, or if he was just reading too much Jules Verne with his massive bulbous thing on a Char 2 chassis.
There were some elegant line drawing designs submitted, some of favourites being Sigemund’s S35-75 (Could be a waste of a modern chassis though), and LeGuin’s S35 75 (Probably looking at a lack of structural rigidity with that large gap in the front armour).
Only two wheeled entries of note, one based on an EBR chassis, the other seemed to be a G6 with a French gun. Nice idea on the mobility front, but the one doesn’t seem practical for the chassis, the other lacked a little of the originality.
Metalmechanic, I laughed, but the French running-away-jokes are getting a bit old…
So, to the prizes.
Firstly, the honourable mentions. These aren’t ‘runner up’ prizes, they are just things which particularly caught the eye for one reason or another.
Though a weakly supported entry, CPTKDSmith’s VBCP 39G is an example of “The good stuff looks simple.” The drawing, though only one, is perfect, and the vehicle sensible.


Corous’ ARL 155GPF won the “Keep people looking for the longest to make sure it actually is an invented vehicle” award. The photo is great, and the in-depth background info seemed quite plausible.


Cosmeister’s book gets a mention for being easily the most thorough submission. I’m not convinced by the merits of his AMA-37, but the effort put into it was remarkable.


Lindo7777 was not the only person to submit an entry in an unusual medium, but his wooden B3 not only manages to look French, but the gun moves in elevation as well!


There were a number of youth entries, which I fully encourage. Hellostanley’s Artillerie Monstre # X 100 was an enthusiastic, multi-page entry with attention to detail.


Lastly, Lostwingman just generally had an entirely logical development history for his SAu-39.

And to the placings.
5th was a ‘so near, yet so close’. Indeed, when I first saw it, I thought it was a winner, but alas, it dropped down due to the fact that only the one basic line drawing was included. Masterwolf’s AMX 13MMC met the mobility requirements for colonial service, would be suitable for most all terrain, was entirely feasible in terms of construction, and the French Army particularly was enamoured of dual-mode mortars in the post-war period so it meets the ‘character’ test. It was also one of the few mortar designs submitted.

In 4th, Chryb’s suitably ugly Bat Loraine 155 (AKA “The Pig”) is not too ambitious, but quite original. It seems to have nothing particularly ‘wrong’ with it, though a little more background info would have probably helped it climb the ladder

Third goes to Soldust’s AMR 33-105  "Pluie Battante." One can envision this as being the predecessor to the heavier, more modern French autoloader vehicles. It’s light, not too ambitious, and the gravity-fed clips in particular were unique. One can see this in service in Africa as easily as the Belgian border.

Scryer117’s AMX50 Lourde Artillerie 155 takes second place, being the best of the many turreted AMX50 designs. His multiple-page entry included plan drawings of components, a sensible autoloader system, and was generally thoughtful and detailed.

The winner is a bit of a surprise. There were a couple of perfectly good Char 2C entries (Zitadelle43’s presentation being particularly appealing), but this one was the best of the bunch.  What was the surprise, though, was that as the entrants were being sorted and resorted, this one kept rising to the top of them all, not just the 2Cs. It’s not a fancy entrant with amazing technology, it’s not an eye-catching 3D render (Though the plan views are very nice), it’s not even, in the big scheme of things, a practical gun. But it ‘works.’ The backstory is believeable, he seems to have covered all the bases when it comes to why such a thing would have ever existed, and the design doesn’t over-reach: The description of the vehicle, its expected capabilities and performance, seem to be accurate for what he envisioned. So, let’s give it up for Deathmongrel and his FCM 2C ca-forte Obusier D'assaut Automoteurs.

His complete entry is found at this link.
So, congratulations to all, and again, I encourage people to post up their designs to share the treats, even those I haven't mentioned.

Gaea: Posting this for The_Chieftain:

Well, that was quite a slog, and thank you for your patience.

As I have said, there is no way I can go over every entry and explain what was liked and not liked. Hopefully this post will at least give an idea of the thought processes and general themes which were observed. Inevitably, there will be complaints, disagreements, shock, horror, and otherwise disapproval of some of this. Sorry. This is a subjective contest, I hope that again the below can be used to better get a sense of things for future use.

Firstly, I was impressed by the amount of pre-fall-of-France designs. Though the rules did allow technology up the the 1950s to be used, most of you eschewed this and went with conversions of pre-war designs.  On the other hand, bigger is not necessarily better. I was surprised by the amount of designs that eschewed the mobility suggestion for colonial France. Giganaut, I’m looking at you as a prime example. Great render (I really liked the interior shot), but 120 tons?! Even if I think you’re overstating it and it probably would be closer to 70-80 tons, I just can’t imagine the French Army going for it. You weren’t alone, though, there were a number of monsters submitted. Yours was just one of the best monsters, though Xtrasus’ RKX 101 2A was one of the most eyecatching with its quad-track design.

Unfortunately, many of the modern ‘light’ designs were unsupported by documentation of note. Probably the best ‘light’ entry was Wasted4440’s AMX 13 LR 105, but it was brought down by the pictures (very well drawn ones) basically being of an M19 GMC with a single long cannon. As a result, pretty much the viable expeditionary vehicles were those based off the Renault and Hotchkiss hulls, but fortunately there were many such entries to choose from. Some even photoshopped from the same root picture! MVictor, lucitribal, lintzx2, gondur all had similar designs which made it to the final cut.

Indeed, most every basic vehicle the French had was modified into an artillery piece, starting at the very start with a number of FT-17 variants. I had said that it would be important to be able to distinguish the merits of your Char B hull with 105mm whizzbang from the other guy’s Char B hull with 105mm whizzbang, and sure enough, there were multiple designs of Char Bs with 105mm whizzbangs mounted, often in similar mounts.  However, the most common theme was the AMX-50 with a turreted 155mm whizzbang mounted, there were a number of such designs, some looking more like GWPs than others. One of the more interesting AMX-50 designs was Dornele’s AMX Nouvelle, without a turret, the picture being an elegant hand-drawn affair. Sadly, I strongly doubt that a ‘wheelgun’ style un-sealed revolver would work. There were a higher number of pencil-drawn entrants than usual, and some of the drawings were of nearly artist (3d) or draughtsman (plan) quality. Much though I like pencil drawings to show that you don’t need to be a 3D render god in order to win these things, in this case the pencil entries tended not to be as flawless in concept or complete in background information (though there are some notable exceptions you’ll see later). Another AMX-50-155 design worthy of mention was theblackeagle’s simple yet elegant turretless mounting of a 155mm, equally beautiful in ‘watercolour’ style drawing was blackheart612’s Batchat 150.

All too often, an entry was simply a picture with only basic explanation. There was absolutely nothing wrong with, for example, with ING’s Bison-like mounting of a complete wheeled field gun mounted onto the top of the Char B chassis, but it came with scarcely a paragraph. Why select that over Jeterman’s slightly less expedient Char B1 bis artillerie, which was just as reasonable? One of the contrary entries to that was Vollketten’s very informative submission, but what looked like a 1945 skeletal supersized FT-17 with a 6” naval gun wasn’t going to pass the likelihood test. Similarly US_Rifle_Caliber_30_M1 deserves mention for the attention to detail he paid to the ammunition design. Not to be outdone by the German tank competition entry with a massive spreadsheet calculating armour plate weight, Cutthroatlemur’s entry included screenshots from a program which calculated the mass of armour automatically, including from compound curves. Seriously impressed with that.

The Science Fiction category was well catered for, with futuristic designs by, in particular, Dragonfly 7, xXSoulXx, and most enthusiastically, Darkwave0. Shinada’s Slydr 13k deserves to be posted up just for novelty value in this category. I’m not sure if Mer_petain was actually trying for the Sci-Fi category, or if he was just reading too much Jules Verne with his massive bulbous thing on a Char 2 chassis.

There were some elegant line drawing designs submitted, some of favourites being Sigemund’s S35-75 (Could be a waste of a modern chassis though), and LeGuin’s S35 75 (Probably looking at a lack of structural rigidity with that large gap in the front armour).

Only two wheeled entries of note, one based on an EBR chassis, the other seemed to be a G6 with a French gun. Nice idea on the mobility front, but the one doesn’t seem practical for the chassis, the other lacked a little of the originality.

Metalmechanic, I laughed, but the French running-away-jokes are getting a bit old…

So, to the prizes.

Firstly, the honourable mentions. These aren’t ‘runner up’ prizes, they are just things which particularly caught the eye for one reason or another.

Though a weakly supported entry, CPTKDSmith’s VBCP 39G is an example of “The good stuff looks simple.” The drawing, though only one, is perfect, and the vehicle sensible.
                    


Corous’ ARL 155GPF won the “Keep people looking for the longest to make sure it actually is an invented vehicle” award. The photo is great, and the in-depth background info seemed quite plausible.
                    


Cosmeister’s book gets a mention for being easily the most thorough submission. I’m not convinced by the merits of his AMA-37, but the effort put into it was remarkable.
                    

Lindo7777 was not the only person to submit an entry in an unusual medium, but his wooden B3 not only manages to look French, but the gun moves in elevation as well!
                    

There were a number of youth entries, which I fully encourage. Hellostanley’s Artillerie Monstre # X 100 was an enthusiastic, multi-page entry with attention to detail.
                    

Lastly, Lostwingman just generally had an entirely logical development history for his SAu-39.
                    

And to the placings.

5th was a ‘so near, yet so close’. Indeed, when I first saw it, I thought it was a winner, but alas, it dropped down due to the fact that only the one basic line drawing was included. Masterwolf’s AMX 13MMC met the mobility requirements for colonial service, would be suitable for most all terrain, was entirely feasible in terms of construction, and the French Army particularly was enamoured of dual-mode mortars in the post-war period so it meets the ‘character’ test. It was also one of the few mortar designs submitted.
                    
In 4th, Chryb’s suitably ugly Bat Loraine 155 (AKA “The Pig”) is not too ambitious, but quite original. It seems to have nothing particularly ‘wrong’ with it, though a little more background info would have probably helped it climb the ladder
                    
Third goes to Soldust’s AMR 33-105  "Pluie Battante." One can envision this as being the predecessor to the heavier, more modern French autoloader vehicles. It’s light, not too ambitious, and the gravity-fed clips in particular were unique. One can see this in service in Africa as easily as the Belgian border.
                    
Scryer117’s AMX50 Lourde Artillerie 155 takes second place, being the best of the many turreted AMX50 designs. His multiple-page entry included plan drawings of components, a sensible autoloader system, and was generally thoughtful and detailed.

                    
The winner is a bit of a surprise. There were a couple of perfectly good Char 2C entries (Zitadelle43’s presentation being particularly appealing), but this one was the best of the bunch.  What was the surprise, though, was that as the entrants were being sorted and resorted, this one kept rising to the top of them all, not just the 2Cs. It’s not a fancy entrant with amazing technology, it’s not an eye-catching 3D render (Though the plan views are very nice), it’s not even, in the big scheme of things, a practical gun. But it ‘works.’ The backstory is believeable, he seems to have covered all the bases when it comes to why such a thing would have ever existed, and the design doesn’t over-reach: The description of the vehicle, its expected capabilities and performance, seem to be accurate for what he envisioned. So, let’s give it up for Deathmongrel and his FCM 2C ca-forte Obusier D'assaut Automoteurs.

                    

His complete entry is found at this link.

So, congratulations to all, and again, I encourage people to post up their designs to share the treats, even those I haven't mentioned.

Gaea: Posting this for The_Chieftain:

Well, that was quite a slog, and thank you for your patience.

As I have said, there is no way I can go over every entry and explain what was liked and not liked. Hopefully this post will at least give an idea of the thought processes and general themes which were observed. Inevitably, there will be complaints, disagreements, shock, horror, and otherwise disapproval of some of this. Sorry. This is a subjective contest, I hope that again the below can be used to better get a sense of things for future use.

Firstly, I was impressed by the amount of pre-fall-of-France designs. Though the rules did allow technology up the the 1950s to be used, most of you eschewed this and went with conversions of pre-war designs.  On the other hand, bigger is not necessarily better. I was surprised by the amount of designs that eschewed the mobility suggestion for colonial France. Giganaut, I’m looking at you as a prime example. Great render (I really liked the interior shot), but 120 tons?! Even if I think you’re overstating it and it probably would be closer to 70-80 tons, I just can’t imagine the French Army going for it. You weren’t alone, though, there were a number of monsters submitted. Yours was just one of the best monsters, though Xtrasus’ RKX 101 2A was one of the most eyecatching with its quad-track design.

Unfortunately, many of the modern ‘light’ designs were unsupported by documentation of note. Probably the best ‘light’ entry was Wasted4440’s AMX 13 LR 105, but it was brought down by the pictures (very well drawn ones) basically being of an M19 GMC with a single long cannon. As a result, pretty much the viable expeditionary vehicles were those based off the Renault and Hotchkiss hulls, but fortunately there were many such entries to choose from. Some even photoshopped from the same root picture! MVictor, lucitribal, lintzx2, gondur all had similar designs which made it to the final cut.

Indeed, most every basic vehicle the French had was modified into an artillery piece, starting at the very start with a number of FT-17 variants. I had said that it would be important to be able to distinguish the merits of your Char B hull with 105mm whizzbang from the other guy’s Char B hull with 105mm whizzbang, and sure enough, there were multiple designs of Char Bs with 105mm whizzbangs mounted, often in similar mounts.  However, the most common theme was the AMX-50 with a turreted 155mm whizzbang mounted, there were a number of such designs, some looking more like GWPs than others. One of the more interesting AMX-50 designs was Dornele’s AMX Nouvelle, without a turret, the picture being an elegant hand-drawn affair. Sadly, I strongly doubt that a ‘wheelgun’ style un-sealed revolver would work. There were a higher number of pencil-drawn entrants than usual, and some of the drawings were of nearly artist (3d) or draughtsman (plan) quality. Much though I like pencil drawings to show that you don’t need to be a 3D render god in order to win these things, in this case the pencil entries tended not to be as flawless in concept or complete in background information (though there are some notable exceptions you’ll see later). Another AMX-50-155 design worthy of mention was theblackeagle’s simple yet elegant turretless mounting of a 155mm, equally beautiful in ‘watercolour’ style drawing was blackheart612’s Batchat 150.

All too often, an entry was simply a picture with only basic explanation. There was absolutely nothing wrong with, for example, with ING’s Bison-like mounting of a complete wheeled field gun mounted onto the top of the Char B chassis, but it came with scarcely a paragraph. Why select that over Jeterman’s slightly less expedient Char B1 bis artillerie, which was just as reasonable? One of the contrary entries to that was Vollketten’s very informative submission, but what looked like a 1945 skeletal supersized FT-17 with a 6” naval gun wasn’t going to pass the likelihood test. Similarly US_Rifle_Caliber_30_M1 deserves mention for the attention to detail he paid to the ammunition design. Not to be outdone by the German tank competition entry with a massive spreadsheet calculating armour plate weight, Cutthroatlemur’s entry included screenshots from a program which calculated the mass of armour automatically, including from compound curves. Seriously impressed with that.

The Science Fiction category was well catered for, with futuristic designs by, in particular, Dragonfly 7, xXSoulXx, and most enthusiastically, Darkwave0. Shinada’s Slydr 13k deserves to be posted up just for novelty value in this category. I’m not sure if Mer_petain was actually trying for the Sci-Fi category, or if he was just reading too much Jules Verne with his massive bulbous thing on a Char 2 chassis.

There were some elegant line drawing designs submitted, some of favourites being Sigemund’s S35-75 (Could be a waste of a modern chassis though), and LeGuin’s S35 75 (Probably looking at a lack of structural rigidity with that large gap in the front armour).

Only two wheeled entries of note, one based on an EBR chassis, the other seemed to be a G6 with a French gun. Nice idea on the mobility front, but the one doesn’t seem practical for the chassis, the other lacked a little of the originality.

Metalmechanic, I laughed, but the French running-away-jokes are getting a bit old…

So, to the prizes.

Firstly, the honourable mentions. These aren’t ‘runner up’ prizes, they are just things which particularly caught the eye for one reason or another.

Though a weakly supported entry, CPTKDSmith’s VBCP 39G is an example of “The good stuff looks simple.” The drawing, though only one, is perfect, and the vehicle sensible.
                    


Corous’ ARL 155GPF won the “Keep people looking for the longest to make sure it actually is an invented vehicle” award. The photo is great, and the in-depth background info seemed quite plausible.
                    


Cosmeister’s book gets a mention for being easily the most thorough submission. I’m not convinced by the merits of his AMA-37, but the effort put into it was remarkable.
                    

Lindo7777 was not the only person to submit an entry in an unusual medium, but his wooden B3 not only manages to look French, but the gun moves in elevation as well!
                    

There were a number of youth entries, which I fully encourage. Hellostanley’s Artillerie Monstre # X 100 was an enthusiastic, multi-page entry with attention to detail.
                    

Lastly, Lostwingman just generally had an entirely logical development history for his SAu-39.
                    

And to the placings.

5th was a ‘so near, yet so close’. Indeed, when I first saw it, I thought it was a winner, but alas, it dropped down due to the fact that only the one basic line drawing was included. Masterwolf’s AMX 13MMC met the mobility requirements for colonial service, would be suitable for most all terrain, was entirely feasible in terms of construction, and the French Army particularly was enamoured of dual-mode mortars in the post-war period so it meets the ‘character’ test. It was also one of the few mortar designs submitted.
                    
In 4th, Chryb’s suitably ugly Bat Loraine 155 (AKA “The Pig”) is not too ambitious, but quite original. It seems to have nothing particularly ‘wrong’ with it, though a little more background info would have probably helped it climb the ladder
                    
Third goes to Soldust’s AMR 33-105  "Pluie Battante." One can envision this as being the predecessor to the heavier, more modern French autoloader vehicles. It’s light, not too ambitious, and the gravity-fed clips in particular were unique. One can see this in service in Africa as easily as the Belgian border.
                    
Scryer117’s AMX50 Lourde Artillerie 155 takes second place, being the best of the many turreted AMX50 designs. His multiple-page entry included plan drawings of components, a sensible autoloader system, and was generally thoughtful and detailed.

                    
The winner is a bit of a surprise. There were a couple of perfectly good Char 2C entries (Zitadelle43’s presentation being particularly appealing), but this one was the best of the bunch.  What was the surprise, though, was that as the entrants were being sorted and resorted, this one kept rising to the top of them all, not just the 2Cs. It’s not a fancy entrant with amazing technology, it’s not an eye-catching 3D render (Though the plan views are very nice), it’s not even, in the big scheme of things, a practical gun. But it ‘works.’ The backstory is believeable, he seems to have covered all the bases when it comes to why such a thing would have ever existed, and the design doesn’t over-reach: The description of the vehicle, its expected capabilities and performance, seem to be accurate for what he envisioned. So, let’s give it up for Deathmongrel and his FCM 2C ca-forte Obusier D'assaut Automoteurs.

                    

His complete entry is found at this link.

So, congratulations to all, and again, I encourage people to post up their designs to share the treats, even those I haven't mentioned.

lord_farquad: Teams are chosen by the "Last Modified" attribute, when a team applies the attribute updates and does not allow further modification by team members. It should be noted that this attribute is also modified again once the team is accepted.
If you believe you were eligible and not accepted, I would be more than happy to take a look, as we'd like to know if there are issues with the process. If you could provide your team name and a description of exactly what happened (and what you saw prior to it) in a PM that would be very helpful!

lord_farquad: Teams are chosen by the "Last Modified" attribute, when a team applies the attribute updates and does not allow further modification by team members. It should be noted that this attribute is also modified again once the team is accepted.

If you believe you were eligible and not accepted, I would be more than happy to take a look, as we'd like to know if there are issues with the process. If you could provide your team name and a description of exactly what happened (and what you saw prior to it) in a PM that would be very helpful!

Vallter: No problems. We do understand that current 48 hours due time for a response (though normally we answer much quicker) sometimes can be disturbing. I just want to ask you for patience. Your ticket will be answered on it's turn.

Vallter:
No problems. We do understand that current 48 hours due time for a response (though normally we answer much quicker) sometimes can be disturbing. I just want to ask you for patience. Your ticket will be answered on it's turn.

Vallter:
No problems. We do understand that current 48 hours due time for a response (though normally we answer much quicker) sometimes can be disturbing. I just want to ask you for patience. Your ticket will be answered on it's turn.

Vallter: Dear McFeely,
We totally understand your feelings, but since the issue is a private matter, please, contact our Customer Support via ticket system. We will investigate the issue you've faced and answer you ASAP.
https://support.worldoftanks.com/
We beg our pardon for any inconvenience caused.

Vallter: Dear McFeely,

We totally understand your feelings, but since the issue is a private matter, please, contact our Customer Support via ticket system. We will investigate the issue you've faced and answer you ASAP.

https://support.worldoftanks.com/

We beg our pardon for any inconvenience caused.

Vallter: Dear McFeely,

We totally understand your feelings, but since the issue is a private matter, please, contact our Customer Support via ticket system. We will investigate the issue you've faced and answer you ASAP.

https://support.worldoftanks.com/

We beg our pardon for any inconvenience caused.

Vallter: Please, PM me the screenshots. I will take a look on this case.

Vallter: We always should stay cool and polite. Because even if anything goes wrong in this battle, it will be better in another.
Also if someone is swearing, and if it even not towards you, please, report that person. They are normally spoiling fun to all.

Vallter: We always should stay cool and polite. Because even if anything goes wrong in this battle, it will be better in another.

Also if someone is swearing, and if it even not towards you, please, report that person. They are normally spoiling fun to all.

Vallter: We always should stay cool and polite. Because even if anything goes wrong in this battle, it will be better in another.

Also if someone is swearing, and if it even not towards you, please, report that person. They are normally spoiling fun to all.

Vallter: I assure you that no such changes were performed. And I, as a player as well, can understand the pain, when sometimes enemy gets away with 1-5% lefts. But this is not something done specificly.
Side note, on EU I have seen the thread with player stating that guns deals more damage specificly to kill him and not leave with 1-5% -)

Vallter: I assure you that no such changes were performed. And I, as a player as well, can understand the pain, when sometimes enemy gets away with 1-5% lefts. But this is not something done specificly.

Side note, on EU I have seen the thread with player stating that guns deals more damage specificly to kill him and not leave with 1-5% -)

Vallter: I assure you that no such changes were performed. And I, as a player as well, can understand the pain, when sometimes enemy gets away with 1-5% lefts. But this is not something done specificly.

Side note, on EU I have seen the thread with player stating that guns deals more damage specificly to kill him and not leave with 1-5% -)

GeneralDirection: No, it's not.

GeneralDirection: Gold for tank company events is always sent out the week following the tank company. Gaea is not in the office on the weekend, and thus cannot send in the payment request until the following Monday.

Tanitha: Closed at clan leaders request

GeneralDirection: Nice!

GeneralDirection: jimmy_dice711, teams are accepted in the order in which they applied for the tournament. When you apply, it locks your roster and sets a modified date. That date is what is used to sort and accept teams.
Thus, unless there was a very rare bug that caused your team's last modified date to be set incorrectly, it was not one of the first 64 teams to apply.
If you would like this looked into, you'll need to open a support ticket.

GeneralDirection: You're going to have to be specific here. If it's about the T110, it was very obvious it needed some tweaks.

GeneralDirection: Shelved, but will come at some point.

GeneralDirection: In development at the moment; no ETA.

GeneralDirection: Requires the new rendering engine, which is currently in development.

GeneralDirection: Shelved for the time being.

GeneralDirection: Yes. Keep in mind that the version changing from 7 to 8 just means a major revision--which introducing a new tech tree would be.

GeneralDirection: We felt the gameplay on the maps was far too stagnant and not interesting enough. So that combined with player feedback was enough reason to warrant removing them from random battles.
They are still there for tank companies, clan wars and tournaments--where teams go in with strategies and the battles will likely flow a little better than when playing in a random battle.

GeneralDirection: The team's "last modified" date is changed when a team is accepted. I can assure you the 64 teams accepted had applied for participation before your team.
Please feel free to point out the "players" who you feel "have control" of the tournaments.

Hypnotik: I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned that AOD had/has zombies playing for them.

GeneralDirection: A T34 in the in-game store does not come with a garage slot, which this one does. So that's 800 gold extra.