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dance210:   Yep. I already saw it, so it will be taken care of before the next round is scheduled

dance210:   Yep. I already saw it, so it will be taken care of before the next round is scheduled

dance210:   Yep. I already saw it, so it will be taken care of before the next round is scheduled

The_Chieftain: I'm sorry the M103 isn't working with your play style, but I sure as hell works for mine. I would caution against those who have not yet gotten to M103 reading this thread and abandoning what I think is one of the best tanks in the game. The tank may work for you.   I have placed my opinions on how to use it here  http://worldoftanks....vorite-tanks-3/   And the last piece of advice cut out by the editors.   http://forum.worldof...86#entry8588186

dance210: Tournament Page Registration for entire tournament Registration for bravo playoff (weekend) only Forum discussion
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.   There are two separate registrations. State if you are interested in registering for the entire tournament (Group Stage + playoff) or only for the weekend (Bravo Playoff only).

dance210: Tournament Page Registration for entire tournament Registration for bravo playoff (weekend) only Forum discussion
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.   There are two separate registrations. State if you are interested in registering for the entire tournament (Group Stage + playoff) or only for the weekend (Bravo Playoff only).

dance210: Skirmish Rules Tournament Page Registration for entire tournament Registration for bravo playoff (weekend) only Looking for a Team/Players   Group Stage Standings   Basic Tournament Information for Skirmish 13 Please see tournament page for all information   Team Size: 8 combatants + 4 reserves Map: Fisherman's Bay Mode:  Standard Tier Point Minimum: 35 Tier Point Maximum: 77 Tier Limits: This represents the max tier allowed. Teams are allowed to bring lower tiers. ​ Light: Tier 8 Medium: Tier 10 Heavy10 TD: Tier 9 SPG: Tier 9 Special restriction: No duplicate tanks allowed

dance210: Skirmish Rules Tournament Page Registration for entire tournament Registration for bravo playoff (weekend) only Looking for a Team/Players   Group Stage Standings   Basic Tournament Information for Skirmish 13 Please see tournament page for all information   Team Size: 8 combatants + 4 reserves Map: Fisherman's Bay Mode:  Standard Tier Point Minimum: 35 Tier Point Maximum: 77 Tier Limits: This represents the max tier allowed. Teams are allowed to bring lower tiers. ​ Light: Tier 8 Medium: Tier 10 Heavy10 TD: Tier 9 SPG: Tier 9 Special restriction: No duplicate tanks allowed

The_Chieftain: There is an additional advantage to the rifle that people have not mentioned. Payload.   Compare the HE component of a 120mm or 125mm smoothbore HE round (or smoke component of a smoke round, etc) with that of a rifled round. Rifled 'payload' rounds tend to be noticably larger, since they don't need to devote some of their length to fins. Tuccy over on the EU forum did some searching for me, and the 120mm smoothbore HE filler is about the same as that of the 105mm rifle.

The_Chieftain:    It is worth pointing out that for pretty much the last decade plus, the US military with tanks, A-10s and cruise missiles has been given something of a run for its money by a relatively small group of lads with AK-47s, home-made explosives, and pickup trucks. Perhaps you underestimate the effectiveness of folks with basic armament. 

The_Chieftain:   rough neighborhood, lots of violent crimes, stuff like that.    So because I live in a place which is less likely to suffer from a violent crime, I must be placed at a relative disadvantage when that crime does happen to strike? Where's the logic in that? Or is it your contention that there is a totally safe neighbourhood? And what happens when I leave that neighbourhood?  

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The_Chieftain:   Ouch. Stick with it, mate.

Trevzor: Heyo everybody!   I have gone through the results and created a correct ranking of the teams and have found 5 teams to have been effected by my case of The Dumb (seriously, bad @ Excel.)   These teams are as follows: Rank Teams Total Games Played Total Points Earned  Total Point Possible Win Ratio 1 Red Line Commandos 19 57 57 1.000 7 Straiku Waifus 20 48 60 0.800 9 Szoguni Akademika 19 45 57 0.789 11 VIDAMA 20 47 60 0.783 14 mancos al combate 20 45 60 0.750     Compensation for this problem will be as follows: Red Line Commandos will be awarded gold in accordance to first place (10,000.) All other teams, having Win Ratios being equal to or greater than .200 away from first place, but .050 or less between each other will all receive gold in accordance to second place (7500.) I have decided to compensate the teams in this manner so as not to downplay the achievement that is a perfect record going into days 4 and 5 in the Weekday Warfare.   Furthermore, team that were published incorrectly not in the top 16 will be awarded the either the gold that they were published to have earned or that they would have earned had I not brained super hard on the rankings sheet, whichever amount is higher.   I deeply apologize for the error. I am only but human and sometimes humans screw up.   And now to the Corner of Shame...
 

The_Chieftain:   No, I don't think I did.   I came across the full version of the table above in the TD Board archives on my last trip, and sent it up to Minsk. I'll see if I can find it again.

The_Chieftain: The Super Pershing re-work is getting a lot of attention recently, I've noticed. I'm afraid I'm partially to blame, I decided to get myself involved, and the whole thing has expanded over not just the T26E4, but also we're looking at the M26 and M46 as well while we're at it (and why not? It's all the same hull, more or less). Part of the problem has been that the official figures we have to hand, such as Hunnicutt and Ordnance descriptions, basically result in a nerf. And, contrary to popular belief, we really don't like to nerf premium vehicles. On the other hand, we're also trying as hard as possible to 'fix' any errors which may exist in a model, let the chips fall as they may. The catch is that although we have information from some Ordnance Branch documents, from which Hunnicutt worked, we have other fairly reputable sources which say otherwise, not least the official figures 'look' wrong. To the point that I was down at an M26 earlier this week with an inclinometer trying to figure out just what the heck is going on and, sure enough, the Hunnicutt figures don't match with the real tank. This isn't so huge a surprise, as the Ordnance Form 50s he mainly worked from are basically quick reference sheets, not engineering specifications or test reports, and it wouldn't be the first time we've discovered that they're wrong. But you can imagine the confusion going on with the models when the modellers are trying to parse incorrect figures with photographs and what they can glean from other sources, with few people agreeing on what's 'right.' In this case, we picked up on the discrepancy a little late, which is why the Super P is getting the public attention. We've still a little work to do, we'll get it right.

dance210: Yes, it was up on Tuesday. I am off on Wednesdays, which means that the earliest it would be changed is Thursday, ~48 hr after it went live. While I know some check the forums and check the tournament page, not everyone will. And someone, somewhere, would get upset about things changing in the middle.   It may seem unnecessary to you to wait. However, experience has taught me that the wider player-base prefers for rules to not change in the middle. I only mentioned when it was going to change so that y'all would have a definite date and know that we were working on adjusting things. If you prefer, I will refrain from giving a heads up in the future.  

dance210:  

dance210:   Apologies for the delay in responding. The truth is I can't explain it in a way that will make you happy.   There are some things I can say and some things I cannot (and probably some that I shouldn't, but do anyways). I already explained that we changed the format to make the Skirmish more competitive. I could argue the Weekday Warfare was designed to be more competitive, so changing the Skirmish for that reason isn't all that strange.   To be fair, you can probably find about as much complaining about the old format/gold as you can about the new format/gold. We didn't explain why we changed it a year ago and unfortunately we won't be explaining exactly why we changed it this year.   I understand that you won't be happy with that answer but that's the best that I can do. Sorry.

dance210: Yes, it was up on Tuesday. I am off on Wednesdays, which means that the earliest it would be changed is Thursday, ~48 hr after it went live. While I know some check the forums and check the tournament page, not everyone will. And someone, somewhere, would get upset about things changing in the middle.   It may seem unnecessary to you to wait. However, experience has taught me that the wider player-base prefers for rules to not change in the middle. I only mentioned when it was going to change so that y'all would have a definite date and know that we were working on adjusting things. If you prefer, I will refrain from giving a heads up in the future.  

dance210:  

dance210:   Apologies for the delay in responding. The truth is I can't explain it in a way that will make you happy.   There are some things I can say and some things I cannot (and probably some that I shouldn't, but do anyways). I already explained that we changed the format to make the Skirmish more competitive. I could argue the Weekday Warfare was designed to be more competitive, so changing the Skirmish for that reason isn't all that strange.   To be fair, you can probably find about as much complaining about the old format/gold as you can about the new format/gold. We didn't explain why we changed it a year ago and unfortunately we won't be explaining exactly why we changed it this year.   I understand that you won't be happy with that answer but that's the best that I can do. Sorry.

dance210: Yes, it was up on Tuesday. I am off on Wednesdays, which means that the earliest it would be changed is Thursday, ~48 hr after it went live. While I know some check the forums and check the tournament page, not everyone will. And someone, somewhere, would get upset about things changing in the middle.   It may seem unnecessary to you to wait. However, experience has taught me that the wider player-base prefers for rules to not change in the middle. I only mentioned when it was going to change so that y'all would have a definite date and know that we were working on adjusting things. If you prefer, I will refrain from giving a heads up in the future.  

dance210:  

dance210:   Apologies for the delay in responding. The truth is I can't explain it in a way that will make you happy.   There are some things I can say and some things I cannot (and probably some that I shouldn't, but do anyways). I already explained that we changed the format to make the Skirmish more competitive. I could argue the Weekday Warfare was designed to be more competitive, so changing the Skirmish for that reason isn't all that strange.   To be fair, you can probably find about as much complaining about the old format/gold as you can about the new format/gold. We didn't explain why we changed it a year ago and unfortunately we won't be explaining exactly why we changed it this year.   I understand that you won't be happy with that answer but that's the best that I can do. Sorry.

dance210:   Thank you badmonkey!!     I love doing tournaments for y'all...you guys are the best! <3

dance210:   Thank you badmonkey!!     I love doing tournaments for y'all...you guys are the best! <3

dance210:   Thank you badmonkey!!     I love doing tournaments for y'all...you guys are the best! <3

The_Chieftain:   The UK is a little odd. It is a sovereign state made up of a number of individual countries of varying levels of independence. It's both more close, and looser than a federal system at the same time.

The_Chieftain:   Are you suggesting that Wales is not a nation?

The_Chieftain:   True, but the only official national language in the UK is Welsh, so it's not quite the best way of looking at things.

Pigeon_of_War: Alright, we got word from HQ the hanging garage issue should be fixed by the full release of 9.7, but we cannot guarantee that it will be fixed in this or other iterations of the common test. Apologies in advance. 

The_Chieftain:   He doesn't post it, but he does a written assessment of sentiment that he comes across every day or two, and sends it up.

Content_WG: Prueba por un tiempo limitado las nuevas funciones planificadas para la nueva actualización de World of Tanks.
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dance210: The teams that were left off the top 16  are being compensated for a screw up that was not their own. We have a history of compensating teams when there is an issue on our side - either a server failure or a failure of the staff to do something correctly. How, exactly, is that biased or indefensible?   How is anyone playing on Thursday and Friday penalized? The teams are required to show up, play and win if they want gold. Taking out the games against "extra" teams isn't fair. I haven't looked, but there is a possibility that they weren't evenly distributed between the two groups. So, would it be "fair" that one group may remove 3 teams and one group only removes one?   I'm sorry if you don't like it. However, this is how issues have been dealt with in the past. Unless you can give me a good reason to change our policy, the decision stands.   The only way to remove "tainted" results would be to cancel the entire tournament. GG, well done, everyone gets either zero or 200 gold (traditional compensation for server issues). Frankly, that's not something I am prepared or willing to do, but if that is what y'all want...

dance210: The teams that were left off the top 16  are being compensated for a screw up that was not their own. We have a history of compensating teams when there is an issue on our side - either a server failure or a failure of the staff to do something correctly. How, exactly, is that biased or indefensible?   How is anyone playing on Thursday and Friday penalized? The teams are required to show up, play and win if they want gold. Taking out the games against "extra" teams isn't fair. I haven't looked, but there is a possibility that they weren't evenly distributed between the two groups. So, would it be "fair" that one group may remove 3 teams and one group only removes one?   I'm sorry if you don't like it. However, this is how issues have been dealt with in the past. Unless you can give me a good reason to change our policy, the decision stands.   The only way to remove "tainted" results would be to cancel the entire tournament. GG, well done, everyone gets either zero or 200 gold (traditional compensation for server issues). Frankly, that's not something I am prepared or willing to do, but if that is what y'all want...

dance210: The teams that were left off the top 16  are being compensated for a screw up that was not their own. We have a history of compensating teams when there is an issue on our side - either a server failure or a failure of the staff to do something correctly. How, exactly, is that biased or indefensible?   How is anyone playing on Thursday and Friday penalized? The teams are required to show up, play and win if they want gold. Taking out the games against "extra" teams isn't fair. I haven't looked, but there is a possibility that they weren't evenly distributed between the two groups. So, would it be "fair" that one group may remove 3 teams and one group only removes one?   I'm sorry if you don't like it. However, this is how issues have been dealt with in the past. Unless you can give me a good reason to change our policy, the decision stands.   The only way to remove "tainted" results would be to cancel the entire tournament. GG, well done, everyone gets either zero or 200 gold (traditional compensation for server issues). Frankly, that's not something I am prepared or willing to do, but if that is what y'all want...

dance210: The weekend only teams are in the playoff brackets, which is located on the Skirmish 11 tournament page.  

dance210: This means that a team cannot be called PBKAC if none of the team members are from the PBKAC clan.   Yes, a team can have members from multiple clans. And, there is no need for a team to be named after the clan name or clan tag; the captain to choose any name, as long as it's appropriate.

dance210: The weekend only teams are in the playoff brackets, which is located on the Skirmish 11 tournament page.  

dance210: This means that a team cannot be called PBKAC if none of the team members are from the PBKAC clan.   Yes, a team can have members from multiple clans. And, there is no need for a team to be named after the clan name or clan tag; the captain to choose any name, as long as it's appropriate.

dance210: The weekend only teams are in the playoff brackets, which is located on the Skirmish 11 tournament page.  

dance210: This means that a team cannot be called PBKAC if none of the team members are from the PBKAC clan.   Yes, a team can have members from multiple clans. And, there is no need for a team to be named after the clan name or clan tag; the captain to choose any name, as long as it's appropriate.

Lert: No you sound good*.   *May contain sarcasm

Lert: The only runner in the world. That makes this one as rare as Tiger 131 in Bovington, though that Tiger is a lot more famous.     Mmmm, dat engine sound.

dance210:   Nope. The Weekday Warfare will be finished several hours before the Skirmish begins

dance210:   Nope. The Weekday Warfare will be finished several hours before the Skirmish begins

dance210:   Nope. The Weekday Warfare will be finished several hours before the Skirmish begins

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