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ElPozoleOlmeca:   Cuando mandas tu ticket, manda la información que te piden para averiguar que eres el dueño de la cuenta. (la ciudad en donde hiciste tu cuenta, estados de cuenta comprobando tus primeras compras, proveedor de internet)

PollotheDestroyer:   Cuando mandas tu ticket, manda la información que te piden para averiguar que eres el dueño de la cuenta. (la ciudad en donde hiciste tu cuenta, estados de cuenta comprobando tus primeras compras, proveedor de internet)

ApolloArtemis:   Cuando mandas tu ticket, manda la información que te piden para averiguar que eres el dueño de la cuenta. (la ciudad en donde hiciste tu cuenta, estados de cuenta comprobando tus primeras compras, proveedor de internet)

SchnellerDamon:   Impossible....hay otro Schnell?! 

ElPozoleOlmeca:   Impossible....hay otro Schnell?! 

PollotheDestroyer:   Impossible....hay otro Schnell?! 

ApolloArtemis:   Impossible....hay otro Schnell?! 

SchnellerDamon: En mi opinión, las miras funcionan mejor en un tanque ligero. 

ElPozoleOlmeca: En mi opinión, las miras funcionan mejor en un tanque ligero. 

PollotheDestroyer: En mi opinión, las miras funcionan mejor en un tanque ligero. 

ApolloArtemis: En mi opinión, las miras funcionan mejor en un tanque ligero. 

The_Chieftain: You'll commonly see a lot of taildraggers zig-sagging down the taxiway. It's the only way to see where you're going

pizzastorm:   If you download the game from our website it is completely safe. 

pizzastorm:   Thanks for spreading the word 

pizzastorm:   Good luck with that! Let's see if any tanks catch your eye and you just have to get it!

dance210: Weekly Standings Top 40% of teams Bottom 60% of teams *Note: Standings are not final until after Round 2   Please note: these are NOT the overall standings, only the weekly standings   Week 2, Round 1 Rank Team   Points Earned Points Possible Win Ratio 1 An Actual Disaster 21 21 1.000 1 INSERT COIN 21 21 1.000 1 -RGA- 21 21 1.000 4 A Bombed SIMPie 19 21 0.905 4 A'tuin's Ramblers 19 21 0.905 4 GeT SeT 19 21 0.905 4 Goopy Vanilla Ice Cream 19 21 0.905 8 Bad Intentions 18 21 0.857 8 ROXY 18 21 0.857 8 Simple Tankers 18 21 0.857 8 StrikeforcE 18 21 0.857 8 Tapout 18 21 0.857 13 NADDS: NONE ASKED NOR GIVEN 17 21 0.810 13 Packet Loss 17 21 0.810 15 (-O_O-) 16 21 0.762 15 [BE] Beasts of the East 16 21 0.762 15 Here for Beer 16 21 0.762 15 IQ_ARMY 16 21 0.762 15 Manqueando con Estilo 16 21 0.762 15 Super Amigos 16 21 0.762 21 Abusement Park 15 21 0.714 21 Full Potato 15 21 0.714 21 scrubsandothers 15 21 0.714 21 The All-Americans 15 21 0.714 21 Xcal Armored Knights 15 21 0.714 26 Danger Close 14 21 0.667 26 G.A.S [CO2] 14 21 0.667 26 Lincoln Brigade 14 21 0.667 26 Tomato Tankers 14 21 0.667 30 3CAB Blues 13 21 0.619 30 Bag of Donuts 13 21 0.619 30 Doge Squad 13 21 0.619 30 eLevate 13 21 0.619 30 KEVLR_ON_R0LL 13 21 0.619 30 MGL-A 13 21 0.619 30 QSF - Unstable Balance 13 21 0.619 30 Rainbow Street Jelly Boys 13 21 0.619 30 Roll em 13 21 0.619 30 ROXY Gaming 13 21 0.619 30 Short Bus Snipers 13 21 0.619 30 Swamp donkeys 13 21 0.619 30 The_Underscores 13 21 0.619 43 4KAD 12 21 0.571 43 Denial of Scrubbies 12 21 0.571 43 División Fantasma [HUSAR]. 12 21 0.571 43 PLAN 12 21 0.571 43 RED_K 12 21 0.571 43 REL-P 12 21 0.571 43 Technical Victories! 12 21 0.571 43 Warriors of Honor 12 21 0.571 43 XCAL_Four 12 21 0.571 52 Comando Tactico Blindado (COTAB) 11 21 0.524 52 Rus2 11 21 0.524 52 SATBR 11 21 0.524 52 Sturmgrenadier 11 21 0.524 56 100QC 10 21 0.476 56 3AG-3 10 21 0.476 56 UNO PARA TODOS Y TODOS PARA UNO 10 21 0.476 59 5D Crew 9 21 0.429 59 CBC 9 21 0.429 59 DARKS 9 21 0.429 59 EsCaRaMuZienT0S de LLU 9 21 0.429 59 LOS LATINOS 9 21 0.429 59 Polite Canadians 9 21 0.429 59 Unexplained Carpet Stains 9 21 0.429 66 47 Ronin Elite 8 21 0.381 66 Gurkha Regiment 8 21 0.381 66 Not Preseason 8 21 0.381 66 Vorbild Line 8 21 0.381 70 (HUSAR) Tcnel_cenacax_vnzla & Fr 7 21 0.333 70 3CAB 7 21 0.333 70 Abusive Hunters 7 21 0.333 70 Directive Zero 7 21 0.333 70 -V-Boys- 7 21 0.333 75 DHT and friends 6 21 0.286 75 I Love Lamp 6 21 0.286 75 Washington Battalion, L.Brigade 6 21 0.286 75 xBrutal Beatingx 6 21 0.286 79 !!!Mongolians!!! 5 21 0.238 80 Cazadores 4 21 0.190 80 CBL 4 21 0.190 80 NO MERCY 4 21 0.190 80 Refuse 2 Die 4 21 0.190 80 WOHT TWO 4 21 0.190 85 LCS 3 21 0.143 85 Rogue Tankers 3 21 0.143 85 Royal Armed Forces Raft 3 21 0.143 85 THE SMOOTH RIDERS 3 21 0.143 85 Zulu Swarm 3 21 0.143 90 CYA 2 21 0.095 90 Dr. Jones 2 21 0.095 90 Pescadores 2 21 0.095 90 Team Alpha 2 21 0.095 90 W1N 2 21 0.095 95 Jaws 1 21 0.048 95 ROTA- ARMAGEDON 1 21 0.048 95 The Hammer of Resistance 1 21 0.048 95 U can U up 1 21 0.048 99 [SMP]--TAKA-- 0 21 0.000 99 ABEL 0 21 0.000 99 Gorilla Tactics 0 21 0.000 99 Pork Eating Crusaders 0 21 0.000 99 -SOB- 0 21 0.000 99 ZATRS Last Stand 0 21 0.000

dance210: Congratulations to our Top 8 teams that move on to the Quarterfinals tonight!!   Best of luck to all teams.     Rank Team Points Earned Points Possible Win Ratio 1 Burn All Empires 57 63 0.905 2 S.I.M.P. 55 63 0.873 3 The Cunninghams 48 63 0.762 4 Timed Out 44 63 0.698 5 T32 Best Tier 8 2014 42 63 0.667 6 Refuse 2 Die 38 63 0.603 7 Fun-GaminG 37 63 0.587 8 Penguin Mafia 36 63 0.571 9 River of Blood 35 63 0.556 10 Frontal Assault 33 63 0.524 11 PEMDAS 22 63 0.349 12 [DFJ] 18 63 0.286 13 Gorilla Tactics 8 63 0.127 14 Denial of Scrubbies 7 63 0.111 15 Notoriously Optimistic 4 63 0.063 16 NO MERCY 2 63 0.032

The_Chieftain:   Good lord. Even back then Kate Adie was looking for trouble.

KMaus: Also, are you already using things like leveled up crews, crew skills, consumables, etc? Those can add additional layers to a newer player experience.

KMaus: Also, are you already using things like leveled up crews, crew skills, consumables, etc? Those can add additional layers to a newer player experience.

KMaus: First question: do you have a tank that you're in love with? Maybe you need a change of pace? A new tank (or class of tank!) maybe?
It looks like you have a clan - do you actively have people that you can platoon with?

Something that I think helped take tanks to a new level, for me, was that I started learning about super in depth tank tactics. I realize many of our higher tiered players have that knowledge, but I'm not sure how long your current love affair has been going on (ie: what tier / experience you are), but I just bought some advanced tank mechanic books, and have been learning lots of details about the tanks i love. That's been giving my tanks a whole new depth and enjoyment for me. Just a possible suggestion.

note: I keep hearing about the "honeymoon phase", and it sounds like a number of players experience it. For any players that want to get into the gritty details, I'd love to hear more about this phenomenon, where it starts, and what your complaints are for long game and keeping up momentum. This is something I want to make sure you're getting enough of, and it sounds like that's in question currently. Hit me with your issues and how / why / where you feel the game progression loses speed. I'm here to figure out what you love and hate, what could be improved, and try to see what we can do to make that better.

KMaus: First question: do you have a tank that you're in love with? Maybe you need a change of pace? A new tank (or class of tank!) maybe?
It looks like you have a clan - do you actively have people that you can platoon with?

Something that I think helped take tanks to a new level, for me, was that I started learning about super in depth tank tactics. I realize many of our higher tiered players have that knowledge, but I'm not sure how long your current love affair has been going on (ie: what tier / experience you are), but I just bought some advanced tank mechanic books, and have been learning lots of details about the tanks i love. That's been giving my tanks a whole new depth and enjoyment for me. Just a possible suggestion.

note: I keep hearing about the "honeymoon phase", and it sounds like a number of players experience it. For any players that want to get into the gritty details, I'd love to hear more about this phenomenon, where it starts, and what your complaints are for long game and keeping up momentum. This is something I want to make sure you're getting enough of, and it sounds like that's in question currently. Hit me with your issues and how / why / where you feel the game progression loses speed. I'm here to figure out what you love and hate, what could be improved, and try to see what we can do to make that better.

KMaus:   No ban necessary (we don't want to lose you either!), but yes gentle reminder that the forums for WoT isn't the place for promotion of other games.
With that exception, i thought your comment was polite & mostly helpful and on-topic :)

KMaus:   No ban necessary (we don't want to lose you either!), but yes gentle reminder that the forums for WoT isn't the place for promotion of other games.
With that exception, i thought your comment was polite & mostly helpful and on-topic :)

KMaus:   These are awesome, legit questions, and i'm glad you're in the forum asking, rather than playing something else. Welcome, and thanks for sticking around~!

First off, we realize there are a lot of things that may not be as new user friendly, as we would like. We're working on this in a number of ways, including guides, videos, tutorials, and hopefully eventually being able to work towards something in-game for you as well. Any technical in-game changes may take a while, but we're listening and looking into answers on that front. As for currently, I came into the game a bit of a n00b myself, which has allowed me to identify a lot of issues that new players have (understanding game mechanics like sight, that aren't well articulated to new players, can be super confusing). I'll try to speak to a few of the points you mentioned.

- RNG. RNG is complicated, there's detailed breakdowns of it out there to find, but think of RNG like a tabletop game. There are a lot of factors in a battle that are being calculated, and I like to compare it to dice rolls. Sure, you made your dice roll to hit, but what did your dice roll for damage look like? If you have angles on your tank, you've got ANOTHER dice roll in the mix. RNG is complicated, and it's imperfect, but it's a very interesting and complex system. What we're doing: first off, we realize that it's a confusing system so we're listening and taking in your feedback about what you'd like to see different, but we're also working on making it so that the system is more understood - WHY does it act the way it does? because without the why, it can certainly seem random, confusing, and certainly frustrating. Your frustrations are valid, understood, and shared by many players. and we're working on how to address that. Until then, I recommend tapping into your D&D side when you are frustrated with RNG; think of it as though you rolled an 8 but it takes a 10 to hit. That's my suggestion anyway. If you'd like more in depth info on RNG and matchmaking, i think we have info around here somewhere.

- Matchmaking: Why am i so much lower than other tanks in my matches?
This gets into a lot of heavy detailed stuff. But there's also a pretty simple answer in this particular scenario - you're playing a light tank! Light tanks are scouts, and some argue that they are the most difficult class to master (note: i said 'some say'. you'll find that everyone plays differently, has their favorite tanks, and their opinions on what's best. totally valid.). Light tanks are generally used to scout and spot for other tanks. You've usually got faster movement, smaller target, sometimes better camo rating, and usually a decent radio. So as a light tank, you go in and use your range to spot for the larger tanks in the match. Because you're the scout, you're usually the lowest tiered in the match - you aren't intended as a light tank to run in and start taking out all the mediums and heavys. Thus, you don't need to be the same tier, and matchmaking accounts for that. Can it be frustrating? Heck yes. But it isn't always, and it can be fun when you learn more about lights. Or maybe you found that you don't like Lights - everyone usually has a favorite. I'm a Tank Destroyer fanatic. But because players have been having a lot of questions about Lights, I've started playing them. They're tough! but they can be fun. My recommendation is to check out your Tech tree, find what tank you want to try next, and work on that. I highly recommend going for a TD or a Heavy, if you want to see some other layers of gameplay, without diving too deep too fast.  Feel free to jump in and try Artillery, but know that I'd consider it the least user friendly to use without training.  I didn't really feel like i "got" WoT enough to have fun, until I got my first TD - the Universal Carrier. So. When you hop into your match and the map is loading - look at both sides. how far are you on the list of tanks? if you're near the bottom, and you're a lower tier, you know that maybe you should consider playing a bit more conservatively, than lets say... the map where you're the top dog,and you're the highest tiered tank on your team.  Always check your lineup when your match starts. And lastly on this point, again - this is all opinion. everyone plays differently, but that's my advice based on my play experience :) Also, apologies if i touched on stuff that was way too basic for you - trying to cover all the bases.

- Getting ganked by higher level players:
Yes this happens. BUT. I have only seen a few of these matches, personally, and I've been messing around in Tier I - Tier III battles all week. If you feel like this happens a lot, i'd love to know and look into that more. I feel like when you start out, you get a lot of mixed teams - everything from people not paying attention, to something that happened to me last week - one match was over in less than 30 seconds, and those were clearly pro players, playing in Tier I that cleaned up the entire map and capped our base in less than 30 seconds. This can suck, as Tier I is way more of a dice roll than higher tiers usually are, because everyone can be in them. I can say that this gets better, from my experience, as you tier up. I think that the experience from Tier I to Tier II is even noticeable in quality. My advice: Team up & Tier up. Platooning makes everything so much better. Add other players, add us staff, start looking into clans or Facebook groups. Ask more questions in the forums, check out our Twitch streams, Facebook groups, etc. Most of the frustrations you're experiencing as a new player, that I relate to - were way better for me after finding people to play with. Get some people on your friends list. Maybe even try a different line? I know German tanks are fan favorites, but maybe that line isn't the most ideal for your play style? I started going down a specific line, and then when I started at WG and had other people give me feedback, i realized there were WAY better lines (countries) for me. So I'd say, don't be afraid to try out different tanks, and try a different line if you're not enjoying your current experience.

As for your question - why? Why play? Why stick around?
I'm not sure how to put it in words. Tanks is fun. It's addicting. It's tactics and tanks. It's got a big learning curve, and we're working on that as a company, but man. It's like any game that is addicting - the ups are worth the downs. I'd say identify what you love in games, and see how to apply that in Tanks. For example: I'm not a lone wolf gamer. I love playing online with other people, and once i started making friends and meeting people that played, and platooning with them - I had more fun! That may not be the case in your situation, but maybe that insight helps?

Seriously. Our new player experience in-game is not always intuitive. And I'm really glad you came to the forums to ask questions. I hope you stick around! Feel free to add me on PC if you need someone to match up with.
 

KMaus:   These are awesome, legit questions, and i'm glad you're in the forum asking, rather than playing something else. Welcome, and thanks for sticking around~!

First off, we realize there are a lot of things that may not be as new user friendly, as we would like. We're working on this in a number of ways, including guides, videos, tutorials, and hopefully eventually being able to work towards something in-game for you as well. Any technical in-game changes may take a while, but we're listening and looking into answers on that front. As for currently, I came into the game a bit of a n00b myself, which has allowed me to identify a lot of issues that new players have (understanding game mechanics like sight, that aren't well articulated to new players, can be super confusing). I'll try to speak to a few of the points you mentioned.

- RNG. RNG is complicated, there's detailed breakdowns of it out there to find, but think of RNG like a tabletop game. There are a lot of factors in a battle that are being calculated, and I like to compare it to dice rolls. Sure, you made your dice roll to hit, but what did your dice roll for damage look like? If you have angles on your tank, you've got ANOTHER dice roll in the mix. RNG is complicated, and it's imperfect, but it's a very interesting and complex system. What we're doing: first off, we realize that it's a confusing system so we're listening and taking in your feedback about what you'd like to see different, but we're also working on making it so that the system is more understood - WHY does it act the way it does? because without the why, it can certainly seem random, confusing, and certainly frustrating. Your frustrations are valid, understood, and shared by many players. and we're working on how to address that. Until then, I recommend tapping into your D&D side when you are frustrated with RNG; think of it as though you rolled an 8 but it takes a 10 to hit. That's my suggestion anyway. If you'd like more in depth info on RNG and matchmaking, i think we have info around here somewhere.

- Matchmaking: Why am i so much lower than other tanks in my matches?
This gets into a lot of heavy detailed stuff. But there's also a pretty simple answer in this particular scenario - you're playing a light tank! Light tanks are scouts, and some argue that they are the most difficult class to master (note: i said 'some say'. you'll find that everyone plays differently, has their favorite tanks, and their opinions on what's best. totally valid.). Light tanks are generally used to scout and spot for other tanks. You've usually got faster movement, smaller target, sometimes better camo rating, and usually a decent radio. So as a light tank, you go in and use your range to spot for the larger tanks in the match. Because you're the scout, you're usually the lowest tiered in the match - you aren't intended as a light tank to run in and start taking out all the mediums and heavys. Thus, you don't need to be the same tier, and matchmaking accounts for that. Can it be frustrating? Heck yes. But it isn't always, and it can be fun when you learn more about lights. Or maybe you found that you don't like Lights - everyone usually has a favorite. I'm a Tank Destroyer fanatic. But because players have been having a lot of questions about Lights, I've started playing them. They're tough! but they can be fun. My recommendation is to check out your Tech tree, find what tank you want to try next, and work on that. I highly recommend going for a TD or a Heavy, if you want to see some other layers of gameplay, without diving too deep too fast.  Feel free to jump in and try Artillery, but know that I'd consider it the least user friendly to use without training.  I didn't really feel like i "got" WoT enough to have fun, until I got my first TD - the Universal Carrier. So. When you hop into your match and the map is loading - look at both sides. how far are you on the list of tanks? if you're near the bottom, and you're a lower tier, you know that maybe you should consider playing a bit more conservatively, than lets say... the map where you're the top dog,and you're the highest tiered tank on your team.  Always check your lineup when your match starts. And lastly on this point, again - this is all opinion. everyone plays differently, but that's my advice based on my play experience :) Also, apologies if i touched on stuff that was way too basic for you - trying to cover all the bases.

- Getting ganked by higher level players:
Yes this happens. BUT. I have only seen a few of these matches, personally, and I've been messing around in Tier I - Tier III battles all week. If you feel like this happens a lot, i'd love to know and look into that more. I feel like when you start out, you get a lot of mixed teams - everything from people not paying attention, to something that happened to me last week - one match was over in less than 30 seconds, and those were clearly pro players, playing in Tier I that cleaned up the entire map and capped our base in less than 30 seconds. This can suck, as Tier I is way more of a dice roll than higher tiers usually are, because everyone can be in them. I can say that this gets better, from my experience, as you tier up. I think that the experience from Tier I to Tier II is even noticeable in quality. My advice: Team up & Tier up. Platooning makes everything so much better. Add other players, add us staff, start looking into clans or Facebook groups. Ask more questions in the forums, check out our Twitch streams, Facebook groups, etc. Most of the frustrations you're experiencing as a new player, that I relate to - were way better for me after finding people to play with. Get some people on your friends list. Maybe even try a different line? I know German tanks are fan favorites, but maybe that line isn't the most ideal for your play style? I started going down a specific line, and then when I started at WG and had other people give me feedback, i realized there were WAY better lines (countries) for me. So I'd say, don't be afraid to try out different tanks, and try a different line if you're not enjoying your current experience.

As for your question - why? Why play? Why stick around?
I'm not sure how to put it in words. Tanks is fun. It's addicting. It's tactics and tanks. It's got a big learning curve, and we're working on that as a company, but man. It's like any game that is addicting - the ups are worth the downs. I'd say identify what you love in games, and see how to apply that in Tanks. For example: I'm not a lone wolf gamer. I love playing online with other people, and once i started making friends and meeting people that played, and platooning with them - I had more fun! That may not be the case in your situation, but maybe that insight helps?

Seriously. Our new player experience in-game is not always intuitive. And I'm really glad you came to the forums to ask questions. I hope you stick around! Feel free to add me on PC if you need someone to match up with.
 

SchnellerDamon:   Es un error que esta en el proceso de ser corregido. 

ElPozoleOlmeca:   Es un error que esta en el proceso de ser corregido. 

PollotheDestroyer:   Es un error que esta en el proceso de ser corregido. 

ApolloArtemis:   Es un error que esta en el proceso de ser corregido. 

SchnellerDamon: de que pagina sacaste esta información?     Sobre las preguntas de que hace xxx o que permisos cambiaron para xxx, dejame investigar y les dejo saber. 

ElPozoleOlmeca: de que pagina sacaste esta información?     Sobre las preguntas de que hace xxx o que permisos cambiaron para xxx, dejame investigar y les dejo saber. 

PollotheDestroyer: de que pagina sacaste esta información?     Sobre las preguntas de que hace xxx o que permisos cambiaron para xxx, dejame investigar y les dejo saber. 

ApolloArtemis: de que pagina sacaste esta información?     Sobre las preguntas de que hace xxx o que permisos cambiaron para xxx, dejame investigar y les dejo saber. 

SchnellerDamon:  felicidades

ElPozoleOlmeca:  felicidades

PollotheDestroyer:  felicidades

ApolloArtemis:  felicidades

SchnellerDamon: Si hay problemas con premios por favor póngase en contacto con el departamento de soporte. 

ElPozoleOlmeca: Si hay problemas con premios por favor póngase en contacto con el departamento de soporte.