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GhostPrime:   If you win the Tank and already have one the compensation will be in gold.

GhostPrime:     Must be designed Exclusively for this contest. As much as I love Star wars, you will have to prove that you created BB-8

GhostPrime:   The information will be pulled from our servers. So no Images required.  

dance210: It's time for the Light Throwdown! This weekend, grab your favorite tier II Light tank and head to the battlefield! Players will face off in an epic 1v1 clash on Mittengard for gold and glory!! Don't have a tier II light tank? Don't worry! This weekend, you can rent the American T1E6 and blaze a path to victory! Interested in seeing how the T1E6 stacks up in battle? Check out this short video! Tournament page Registration Joining a tournament and earning a prize is easier than ever! In the Light Throwdown, single-player teams are split into groups, with each group having no more than 10 teams. Facing all other teams in their group, the best tier II tankcommander will earn the 1st place prize - a cool 500 gold! If you're not at the top of the pack, don't worry, players will earn gold all the way to 7th place! Stop by, sign up and join the competition! Tournament InformationTeam size: 1 Map: Mittengard Max tier allowed: 2 ONLY lights allowed Looking for even more of a challenge? Check out our daily Stand-To tournaments featuring tier III tanks - you can sign up as a complete team or sign up individually! If you sign up as a solo player you will be assigned to a team. Our eSports calendar also has all our upcoming tournaments - take a look and find the right fit for you!  Run into a player that brought something other than an artillery? Send in a dispute immediately after the tournament ends and we will adjust the scores. Please not, you must include all of the requested information when you submit your dispute! Disputes must adhere to the protocol detailed below or risk having the dispute dropped by tournament administration.Disputes must be submitted immediately after the round has concluded. Disputes must be emailed to tournaments@wargamingamerica.com The email subject: Artillery Throwdown Dispute Disputes must include the following in the body of the email or risk having the dispute dropped by tournament administration:In-game name of the player submitting the dispute Name of the tournament (Artillery Throwdown) Your team’s name with a link to your team’s page created for you during registration Your opponent’s team name and a link to your opponent’s team page created during registration Reason for dispute: e.g. “I would like to report the team for using a tank that was not allowed, the StuG III.” An attached replay of the disputed battle(s)

The_Chieftain: I just wandered over to Paul's desk, and by coincidence, this particular subject was what was up on his monitor.   Suffice it to say, it would appear to be a long, convoluted assessment process, and he's working on it still. Probably next week.

Saffr0n:   Send your dxdiag, CT python.log to our support department. Also, is AMD Gaming Evolved overlay enabled?

GhostPrime:   Fixed the issue with disappearance of Industrial Resource after a Battle for Stronghold. OP updated!

GhostPrime: Attention Tankers!There are plans to release Micropatch 9.14_7 on May 3rd 2016Maintenance will begin at 03:30 Pacific Time (10:30 UTC) and will last approximately 25 minutes per server. (East, and West)During maintenance, one of the World of Tanks servers will be unavailable, and one will be online. 

GhostPrime: Moving to General Discussion.

GhostPrime:   The contest is based on creativity, and design. Not necessarily artistic talent. You are welcome to use whatever medium you choose. If you are good at woodworking, metal working drawing 3d cad/maya/3dsMax/blender, pencil and paper. digital paining... it's up to you!

dance210: Tournament Page Registration Forum Discussion  Teams of four will take to the streets of Lakeville where only the best tier VII tanks will win! Also, please be aware that there is no longer a weekend only portion to the Skirmish. If you're looking for something happening Friday - Sunday, check out Weekend Warrior IV - weekend playoff tournament that follows the same rules as the Skirmish! If you are a player looking for a team, or a team looking for player(s), feel free to post here. It is encouraged to say what tank(s) you have or are looking for, to make it easier to find players and teams

veganzombiez: 1800 PT [NARWL] vs [B0LD] mawderator (Twitch)   1800 PT [-G-] vs [HAVOK] Woobey/Geeforcer (Twitch)   1800 PT [CLAWS] vs [-LL-] Waifu_Pixel (Twitch)   1900 PT [N0VA_] vs [CHIMP] votato (Twitch)   1900 PT [_-W-_] vs [HT] ezgames (Twitch) + Sheller (Twitch)   1900 PT [_FAM_] vs [RDDT] Assasin (Twitch)

GhostPrime:  Hello tankers!We would like you to design a tank of the future!The tank design could be anything you can think of, it does not need to have tech, it could be totally made up!  Some things to think about when designing your Sci-fi tank:What type or terrain does it need to move through? What type of ammo does it fire? What type of armor does it need to be effective against enemy fire?How to join the contest:
Create a tank in any medium. Drawings, Photoshop, 3D, Model etc.
Submit a short description of the features of your tank creation.
Post your image, and description on this dedicated forum thread. Start date: Monday, May 2nd, 2016 (Now) End date: Monday, May 16th at 12:00pm PT Prizes:3 First Place Winners will receive E-25 + garage slot + 7 Days of Premium Time3 Second Place Winners will receive 1,500 Gold + 3 days of Premium Time Rules:
All players are welcome to join the contest but each player can submit only one entry.
The creation must be yours, and designed exclusively for this contest.
Entries will be judged on creativity, quality, complexity, etc.
Image requirements: format —JPEG, PNG, or GIF; size — up to 700 KB.
The image must comply with the moral, ethical, and legal standards, as well as with the Forum rules.
Wargaming gains exclusive rights to the contest image when you post it on the forum, as outlined in the “10. User Generated Content” section of the Terms of Service. 

GhostPrime: Hello tankers!Here we have our monthly in-game contest for you to participate in! 
Light Tanks! Your mission, if you choose to accept it is earn as much BASE XP in battles while in Tiers IV - V as you can!
SPG! Your mission, and you have no choice here is to destroy the enemy! Start: 5/2/2016 @ 9:00am PTEnd: 5/09/2016 @ 9:00am PT

LT Mission: In this timeframe, earn as much max BASE XP in a single battle. The top 5 tankers who have the highest base XP will be awarded 1,500 Gold.
SPG Mission: In this timeframe, destroy as many enemies as possible, the top 5 tankers will be awarded 1,500 Gold.
Prizes: Each winner will receive 1,500 GoldRules:
Must be in a Light or SPG
Can place in both categories
No screenshots necessary to enter, winners will be announced in this thread

The_Chieftain: Looks like #2 is Type 10.

GhostPrime: Here are the Winners of this contest!   thekingjady 2313 Mrkillu2 2246 THE_HOCK 2215 Reedy005 2120 Pr0__KILLeR____TaNk 2089   Congratulations! 

dance210: Apologies guys, I was away last night and didn't realize the time was set incorrectly.   1. No, at this point the battles will not be re-scheduled.   2. All teams that made it to the Finals will earn the 1st place prize, because the time was set incorrectly.   Again, sorry for the mix-up!

Trevzor: Check out the eSports Calendar for all of the different tournaments that are happening!   Tournament Page Registration   Basic Tournament Information for Weekday Warfare 18 Please see tournament page for all information   Team Size: 3 combatants + 1 reserves Map: Winterberg Mode: Encounter Tier Point Limit: 15 Tier Limits: This represents the max tier allowed. ​ Light: Tier 5 Medium: Tier 5 Heavy: Tier 5 TD: Tier 5 SPG: Tier 5   Schedule Tournament Stage Date Time Group Stage Round 1 Monday, May 9 15:30 PT (18:30 ET) Group Stage Round 2 Tuesday, May 10 15:30 PT (18:30 ET) Group Stage Round 3 Wednesday, May 11 15:30 PT (18:30 ET) Group Stage Round 4 Thursday, May 12 15:30 PT (18:30 ET) Group Stage Round 5 Friday, May 13 15:30 PT (18:30 ET)

Lert:   It's a good thing I'm not a dog then.

Lert:   Cats are notoriously stubborn. So, no.

Lert: Wrong forum. Bloody hell.

Lert: With 5.5's re-packing and most people having better load-in times, do we really still need the 1 minute countdown? Can it be lowered to 45 seconds or something?   Wrong forum.

Lert: No, I'm not asking for a complete integration of the games where you have planes, tanks and ships fighting it out in the same battle. I wouldn't want that.   However, the minimal functionality I would like to see added is a function that allows me to click 'switch game' and my game of Tanks closes and Ships launches   Furthermore, I would love to see the friends list integrated across games, so that:   - I can see that my buddy is playing Ships when I'm in Tanks, for this example - Allows me to chat with him - Allows me to send platoon / division invites to him, so that if he accepts his game of Ships closes and Tanks launches and he ends up in my division   All depending on which of the 'World of' games are installed, ofcourse. I only have have clanky tanks and floaty boats installed, so it would have the 'join WoWP' option grayed out.   Cross posted to WoWS forums

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dance210:   Legionnaires can be from a different clan or clanless, as long as there aren't more than four of them on the team

dance210: Hi guys!!

Just a heads up. To reduce the load on the server, we will often offset matches. Because there are so many people playing and so many matches (yay!), the final set of groups will be starting round one at 13:20 PT! Yep, that means the last set will be starting 20 min after the start time.   Please make sure to go to the tournament page to see what time your round 1 begins. If battles don't pop at 13:00 PT, then could be because you are scheduled to start later.   Good luck and have fun everyone! Let me know if y'all have any question

dance210:   Hi!!   I don't know if you play Clan Wars or not, but if you do, tournaments work via the Special Battles system similar to CW. Assuming you (or others) don't play Clan Wars, here is a hopefully understand step-by-step guide. Unfortunately, I'm at home so don't have any pretty pictures to add to make it easier   About 10 minutes before the first battle begins, a "Special Battles" window will pop up on the bottom bar, where the general chat, clan chat, platoon chat, etc. is located. Clicking on that brings up a window that has the match. Click on the match to bring up another window. This one will have your name in red, on the left side of a barrier. At the top of the screen you should see all the tournament information.   The left side is the reserve side. You will need to move yourself to the right (or active) side, using the arrow. Select the tank you want to use in the garage and click "Ready." Your name should change from red to green. As long as you are within the correct tier limit (tier IV tank), you are ready to go! Once the countdown hits zero, your battle will automatically start.   You will need to repeat this process for each match. Don't forget to ready a tank and move to the right side, otherwise you won't go into battle. If you have any other questions, let me know!   Good luck and have fun!!

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dance210:   Bunyhaat has it correct. That schedule will always show your local computer time

Lert: Lubricate them well, I used a teflon spray.

Trevzor: We're in queue, where are you????

GhostPrime: Here are the winners of the 5th Anniversary cake contest!    Top 2 Tank Cakes get a Type 59 + 7 days of Premium time   92ndArmourDivision   ilude47   3 second place cakes will receive  2,000 Gold + 3 days of Premium Time!    Docktor_Doom   BrunoPitbull   Chillsau (We really just want to shove our faces in and eat it!)   Congratulations!! 

Lert: AFAIK there's an SU-100 upper available complete with gun in 1/16th scale that you can get and fudge onto any 1/16th scale R/C T34 tub for an R/C SU-100. Don't think there's a SU-85 though, but I could be wrong.

The_Chieftain: The asterisk was the British Army's method of designating a 'variant'. Where the US does A1, A2, etc, or "Mod 1, Mod 2", the British put one or more asterisks if it is not sufficient of a change to warrant another mark number.   See, for example, their rifle, the Lee Enfield No 4. Mk 1 and No 4. Mk 1*. The only difference is a notch in the bolt track.

veganzombiez:   If a clan is reported to be violating rules during the last few days of the event, replays may be requested for each battle in the preceding days.  If violations are found, players or clans may be penalized Fame Points and/or receive game suspensions.

Lert: Aim time as stated is the time it takes the reticle to shrink 75%, not 'from full bloom to full aim' as so many people believe. IE, from full bloom to full aim, every tank in the game has longer aim time than stated.   Yeah WG doesn't make this clear enough.

Lert: The voice you hear isn't the crew speaking. It couldn't be anyone in the crew. Think about it:   - It's the same voice that narrates no matter what happens - It's the same voice that narrates no matter who dies - It's the same voice that narrates when everybody is dead   My theory is that it's the invisible cameraman that flies behind the tank in third-person view.   Ergo, it being a male voice is no problem. The national 'crew' voices are explained by different nationality tanks having their own nationality cameraman flying behind them.   *Edit* That said, I'll be first in line for the official addition of female voices, ofcourse only when the crew is female. However, that leaves the following question: what if only part of the crew is female?

Saffr0n:   Access the Tank Filters, it's the top button with the tank icon next to the carousel; click the Reset Filter button then click the nation you want to highlight or view in the carousel.

Trevzor: FRIDAY TEAM BATTLES HYPE!!!   This week we are giving out one of each type of Food Consumable just for finding us in Ranked Battles! That's 80k credits worth of food!   Won't you join us?    

GhostPrime: Thank you everyone for your submissions! We will be looking over the entries, and I should be posting the winners this afternoon! 

Saffr0n:   Duly noted, thanks for the great suggestion.