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Laera:
Noooo! Don't feed Rampage's ego! It will only grow larger and slowly consume us all!  

Major_Rampage:   I laughed!  
Here have a cookie

Major_Rampage:
  I laughed!  

                    Here have a cookie

Major_Rampage:
  I laughed!  

                    Here have a cookie

Laera: Hey all! This thread was in need of some updating so I've created a new one. Please let me know over there if anything needs to be added. Thanks!

Laera: Hey all! This thread was in need of some updating so I've created a new one. Please let me know over there if anything needs to be added. Thanks!

Laera: Hey all! This thread was in need of some updating so I've created a new one. Please let me know over there if anything needs to be added. Thanks!

Laera: So Dumble had previously put together an awesome list of World of Tanks Abbreviations. Sadly, it was in need of a bit of an update and with Dumble MIA, we've decided to update and create a new list! Feel free to comment if you think something should be added.
For a full list, please refer to our lovely World of Tanks Glossary.
Games:
WoT - World of tanks.
WoWP - World of War Planes
WoWS - World of War Ships
Common Abbreviations
NP - No problem
NVM - Never mind
AFK - Away from keyboard. So not participating in battle
IG -   In Game
WP - Well Played
GK - Good Kill
NS - Nice Shot
NJ - Nice Job
GF - Good Fight
FTW - For The Win
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
ROFL - Roll on Floor Laughing
FYI - For Your Information
OP - Over Powered or Original Poster
DPM or DPS - damage of a tank gun per minute/second, a high DPM tank/gun fires low damage shots, but with fast reload, which is the opposite of a high alpha gun
Crit - short for critical hit
TK - Team kill/er someone who kills someone on their team
Pre-Match Lingo
o7 - Salute
gl;hf - Good Luck Have Fun. Something majority of mature players say before a match starts to the opposing team
GH - Good hunting. Something else that can be said at the beginning of battle (but is not often said)
Post-Match Lingo
GG -Good Game. Something players say at the end of battle
VGG - Very Good Game
World of Tanks Specific
Push - to move up one or more areas of the map
Def/Base - short for defend the base, usually means the enemy is capping and someone needs to rush back and defend
Cap - short for capturing the base
Suicide Scout - When a light tank rushes to the enemy base as fast as possible at the very beginning of the game, in order to spot as many enemy tanks as possible before dying
Ram - Known for when a tank "rams" into another tank, damaging the rammee
Cap -Used for abbreviating "Capture". To capture an enemy base. To defend, not allow capture
Cap Circle - The large circle around the flag, once in side the circle the base is starting to be capped; captured.
RTB - Return To Base
MM - Matchmaker. The thing you see when you hit battle.
CW - Clan Wars. A browser based version of World of Tanks
TD - Tank Destroyer. A vehicle class in World of Tanks
Arty - Artillery. Vehicle class in World of Tanks
SPG - Self Propelled Gun. Another name for Artillery
Pen - Penetrate, penetration. Penetrates a tank's armor
Penned -Penetrated a tank's armor
HE - High Explosive. A standard shell type available for every gun in game.
AP - Armor Piercing. Standard shell type available for almost all guns in game.
APCR - Armor Piercing Composite Rigid. Premium shell type available for most guns in game.
HEAT - High Explosive Anti Tank. Premium shell available for mainly Howitzers and artillery guns only.
KT - King Tiger. Tier 8 German heavy tank.
GLD - Gun Laying Drive. A piece of equipment that can be mounted on majority of tanks to reduce aim time (a very good idea for artillery)
WAR- Wet Ammo Rack. A piece of equipment that can be mounted on majority of tanks to increase ammo rack durability.
Vents -Improved Ventilation. A piece of equipment that can be mounted on majority of tanks to increase the crew performance.
Rammer - Gun rammer. A piece of equipment that can be mounted on majority of tanks to reduce load time
Vert Stab - A piece of equipment that can be mounted on majority of tanks to decreases the amount of aim dispersion caused by tank/turret motion
Alpha - The amount of damage in a single hit, or refers to a high-damage, slow-firing gun.
KPH -Kilometers per Hour
KM/H -Kilometers per Hour
Derp/Derp gun - A high caliber gun that is very inaccurate & is best for shooting HE shells (for example the KV's 152mm)
Splash - Blast radius on arty shells, when a arty shell damages a target by near-missing. Not only with artillery, when any tank damages the victim without hitting the tank, but missing; hitting the ground beside the victim
Tracked -When a track is blown off, not when you are followed
LOLtrakker - Leichtrakker. Tier 1 German light tank.
Hotchkiss - German Tier 2 premium
P1 or P2 - Panther 1 and 2. German T7&8 mediums

Laera: So Dumble had previously put together an awesome list of World of Tanks Abbreviations. Sadly, it was in need of a bit of an update and with Dumble MIA, we've decided to update and create a new list! Feel free to comment if you think something should be added.
For a full list, please refer to our lovely World of Tanks Glossary.
Games:
WoT - World of tanks.
WoWP - World of War Planes
WoWS - World of War Ships
Common Abbreviations
NP - No problem
NVM - Never mind
AFK - Away from keyboard. So not participating in battle
IG -   In Game
WP - Well Played
GK - Good Kill
NS - Nice Shot
NJ - Nice Job
GF - Good Fight
FTW - For The Win
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
ROFL - Roll on Floor Laughing
FYI - For Your Information
OP - Over Powered or Original Poster
DPM or DPS - damage of a tank gun per minute/second, a high DPM tank/gun fires low damage shots, but with fast reload, which is the opposite of a high alpha gun
Crit - short for critical hit
TK - Team kill/er someone who kills someone on their team
Pre-Match Lingo
o7 - Salute
gl;hf - Good Luck Have Fun. Something majority of mature players say before a match starts to the opposing team
GH - Good hunting. Something else that can be said at the beginning of battle (but is not often said)
Post-Match Lingo
GG -Good Game. Something players say at the end of battle
VGG - Very Good Game
World of Tanks Specific
Push - to move up one or more areas of the map
Def/Base - short for defend the base, usually means the enemy is capping and someone needs to rush back and defend
Cap - short for capturing the base
Suicide Scout - When a light tank rushes to the enemy base as fast as possible at the very beginning of the game, in order to spot as many enemy tanks as possible before dying
Ram - Known for when a tank "rams" into another tank, damaging the rammee
Cap -Used for abbreviating "Capture". To capture an enemy base. To defend, not allow capture
Cap Circle - The large circle around the flag, once in side the circle the base is starting to be capped; captured.
RTB - Return To Base
MM - Matchmaker. The thing you see when you hit battle.
CW - Clan Wars. A browser based version of World of Tanks
TD - Tank Destroyer. A vehicle class in World of Tanks
Arty - Artillery. Vehicle class in World of Tanks
SPG - Self Propelled Gun. Another name for Artillery
Pen - Penetrate, penetration. Penetrates a tank's armor
Penned -Penetrated a tank's armor
HE - High Explosive. A standard shell type available for every gun in game.
AP - Armor Piercing. Standard shell type available for almost all guns in game.
APCR - Armor Piercing Composite Rigid. Premium shell type available for most guns in game.
HEAT - High Explosive Anti Tank. Premium shell available for mainly Howitzers and artillery guns only.
KT - King Tiger. Tier 8 German heavy tank.
GLD - Gun Laying Drive. A piece of equipment that can be mounted on majority of tanks to reduce aim time (a very good idea for artillery)
WAR- Wet Ammo Rack. A piece of equipment that can be mounted on majority of tanks to increase ammo rack durability.
Vents -Improved Ventilation. A piece of equipment that can be mounted on majority of tanks to increase the crew performance.
Rammer - Gun rammer. A piece of equipment that can be mounted on majority of tanks to reduce load time
Vert Stab - A piece of equipment that can be mounted on majority of tanks to decreases the amount of aim dispersion caused by tank/turret motion
Alpha - The amount of damage in a single hit, or refers to a high-damage, slow-firing gun.
KPH -Kilometers per Hour
KM/H -Kilometers per Hour
Derp/Derp gun - A high caliber gun that is very inaccurate & is best for shooting HE shells (for example the KV's 152mm)
Splash - Blast radius on arty shells, when a arty shell damages a target by near-missing. Not only with artillery, when any tank damages the victim without hitting the tank, but missing; hitting the ground beside the victim
Tracked -When a track is blown off, not when you are followed
LOLtrakker - Leichtrakker. Tier 1 German light tank.
Hotchkiss - German Tier 2 premium
P1 or P2 - Panther 1 and 2. German T7&8 mediums

Laera: So Dumble had previously put together an awesome list of World of Tanks Abbreviations. Sadly, it was in need of a bit of an update and with Dumble MIA, we've decided to update and create a new list! Feel free to comment if you think something should be added.
For a full list, please refer to our lovely World of Tanks Glossary.
Games:
WoT - World of tanks.
WoWP - World of War Planes
WoWS - World of War Ships
Common Abbreviations
NP - No problem
NVM - Never mind
AFK - Away from keyboard. So not participating in battle
IG -   In Game
WP - Well Played
GK - Good Kill
NS - Nice Shot
NJ - Nice Job
GF - Good Fight
FTW - For The Win
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
ROFL - Roll on Floor Laughing
FYI - For Your Information
OP - Over Powered or Original Poster
DPM or DPS - damage of a tank gun per minute/second, a high DPM tank/gun fires low damage shots, but with fast reload, which is the opposite of a high alpha gun
Crit - short for critical hit
TK - Team kill/er someone who kills someone on their team
Pre-Match Lingo
o7 - Salute
gl;hf - Good Luck Have Fun. Something majority of mature players say before a match starts to the opposing team
GH - Good hunting. Something else that can be said at the beginning of battle (but is not often said)
Post-Match Lingo
GG -Good Game. Something players say at the end of battle
VGG - Very Good Game
World of Tanks Specific
Push - to move up one or more areas of the map
Def/Base - short for defend the base, usually means the enemy is capping and someone needs to rush back and defend
Cap - short for capturing the base
Suicide Scout - When a light tank rushes to the enemy base as fast as possible at the very beginning of the game, in order to spot as many enemy tanks as possible before dying
Ram - Known for when a tank "rams" into another tank, damaging the rammee
Cap -Used for abbreviating "Capture". To capture an enemy base. To defend, not allow capture
Cap Circle - The large circle around the flag, once in side the circle the base is starting to be capped; captured.
RTB - Return To Base
MM - Matchmaker. The thing you see when you hit battle.
CW - Clan Wars. A browser based version of World of Tanks
TD - Tank Destroyer. A vehicle class in World of Tanks
Arty - Artillery. Vehicle class in World of Tanks
SPG - Self Propelled Gun. Another name for Artillery
Pen - Penetrate, penetration. Penetrates a tank's armor
Penned -Penetrated a tank's armor
HE - High Explosive. A standard shell type available for every gun in game.
AP - Armor Piercing. Standard shell type available for almost all guns in game.
APCR - Armor Piercing Composite Rigid. Premium shell type available for most guns in game.
HEAT - High Explosive Anti Tank. Premium shell available for mainly Howitzers and artillery guns only.
KT - King Tiger. Tier 8 German heavy tank.
GLD - Gun Laying Drive. A piece of equipment that can be mounted on majority of tanks to reduce aim time (a very good idea for artillery)
WAR- Wet Ammo Rack. A piece of equipment that can be mounted on majority of tanks to increase ammo rack durability.
Vents -Improved Ventilation. A piece of equipment that can be mounted on majority of tanks to increase the crew performance.
Rammer - Gun rammer. A piece of equipment that can be mounted on majority of tanks to reduce load time
Vert Stab - A piece of equipment that can be mounted on majority of tanks to decreases the amount of aim dispersion caused by tank/turret motion
Alpha - The amount of damage in a single hit, or refers to a high-damage, slow-firing gun.
KPH -Kilometers per Hour
KM/H -Kilometers per Hour
Derp/Derp gun - A high caliber gun that is very inaccurate & is best for shooting HE shells (for example the KV's 152mm)
Splash - Blast radius on arty shells, when a arty shell damages a target by near-missing. Not only with artillery, when any tank damages the victim without hitting the tank, but missing; hitting the ground beside the victim
Tracked -When a track is blown off, not when you are followed
LOLtrakker - Leichtrakker. Tier 1 German light tank.
Hotchkiss - German Tier 2 premium
P1 or P2 - Panther 1 and 2. German T7&8 mediums

Major_Rampage: You would have let me win?  Nawwww  I earn all my own wins  

Major_Rampage:
You would have let me win?  Nawwww  I earn all my own wins  

Major_Rampage:
You would have let me win?  Nawwww  I earn all my own wins  

Laera: See ya there! Hellkittens away!

Laera: See ya there! Hellkittens away!

Laera: See ya there! Hellkittens away!

Major_Rampage: Laera, and I have been working on getting their KV-1s for  this week’s Medium Tank Company.  Will we have them in time?  Will we be any good in them?  Tune in this week to find out.
From 15:00 to 18:00 PDT on Friday August 16th,  I will be leading a Medium Tank Company.  If you face my team you have a chance to win gold.  The rewards are 500 gold for a win,  250 gold for a loss,  and nothing for draw.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I will be playing on the NA West Server.
If you are streaming on Twitch.tv and you send a link to your stream with the time at which you face my team,  you will earn double your winnings.  This link must be sent in a PM on the forums to me by 9am on Monday morning.
Gold from this event will be distributed by Friday August 23th.

Major_Rampage: Laera, and I have been working on getting their KV-1s for  this week’s Medium Tank Company.  Will we have them in time?  Will we be any good in them?  Tune in this week to find out.

From 15:00 to 18:00 PDT on Friday August 16th,  I will be leading a Medium Tank Company.  If you face my team you have a chance to win gold.  The rewards are 500 gold for a win,  250 gold for a loss,  and nothing for draw.

IMPORTANT NOTE: I will be playing on the NA West Server.

If you are streaming on Twitch.tv and you send a link to your stream with the time at which you face my team,  you will earn double your winnings.  This link must be sent in a PM on the forums to me by 9am on Monday morning.

Gold from this event will be distributed by Friday August 23th.

Major_Rampage: Laera, and I have been working on getting their KV-1s for  this week’s Medium Tank Company.  Will we have them in time?  Will we be any good in them?  Tune in this week to find out.

From 15:00 to 18:00 PDT on Friday August 16th,  I will be leading a Medium Tank Company.  If you face my team you have a chance to win gold.  The rewards are 500 gold for a win,  250 gold for a loss,  and nothing for draw.

IMPORTANT NOTE: I will be playing on the NA West Server.

If you are streaming on Twitch.tv and you send a link to your stream with the time at which you face my team,  you will earn double your winnings.  This link must be sent in a PM on the forums to me by 9am on Monday morning.

Gold from this event will be distributed by Friday August 23th.

Laera: Fair point. Due to legal reasons, I'm not sure if we could publish a list of banned accounts but I agree that we could improve on our transparency.
Let me see what I can do.

Laera:
Fair point. Due to legal reasons, I'm not sure if we could publish a list of banned accounts but I agree that we could improve on our transparency.

Let me see what I can do.

Laera:
Fair point. Due to legal reasons, I'm not sure if we could publish a list of banned accounts but I agree that we could improve on our transparency.

Let me see what I can do.

Laera: Holding off this for now. Stay tuned for more information. Thanks folks!

Laera: Holding off this for now. Stay tuned for more information. Thanks folks!

Laera: Holding off this for now. Stay tuned for more information. Thanks folks!

Laera: Precisely. There's no need to encourage witch hunts here. Please take it to another forum.

Laera: If you wish to report someone for their behavior please leave a ticket for support.  

Laera:
Precisely. There's no need to encourage witch hunts here. Please take it to another forum.

Laera:
If you wish to report someone for their behavior please leave a ticket for support.  

Laera:
Precisely. There's no need to encourage witch hunts here. Please take it to another forum.

Laera:
If you wish to report someone for their behavior please leave a ticket for support.  

Captain_Judo: Tournaments like the Operation Olive Challenge are open to everyone. There's no gold cost to enter.

Captain_Judo: Special battles can be confusing at first. Try this link for a walk-through of the process.
If you feel that you're doing everything correctly, then please send us some screenshots showing that you were illegitimately given a technical defeat.

Captain_Judo: Tournaments like the Operation Olive Challenge are open to everyone. There's no gold cost to enter.

Captain_Judo: Special battles can be confusing at first. Try this link for a walk-through of the process.
If you feel that you're doing everything correctly, then please send us some screenshots showing that you were illegitimately given a technical defeat.

Captain_Judo: Tournaments like the Operation Olive Challenge are open to everyone. There's no gold cost to enter.

Captain_Judo: Special battles can be confusing at first. Try this link for a walk-through of the process.
If you feel that you're doing everything correctly, then please send us some screenshots showing that you were illegitimately given a technical defeat.

Yoott: F.A.Q.
Skirmish Rules
Discussion Forum Tier Limits
With a maximum of 8 players per battle, a team (maximum 11 players per team) must field a selection of tanks based on the below, maximum tier limits.
Teams/Players may only participate/register for ONE of the tournament setups below. Prizes will be awarded to winners from each one separately.
TEAM CAPTAINS AND PLAYERS PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE CORRECT TOURNAMENT ODDS or EVENS.
Teams and players will only be allowed to participate in ONE of the setups. Any team/player found to be in both may be subject to disqualification from the entire event so please only register for one.  
Please note: Team CAPTAINS ARE RESPONSIBLE AND MUST abide by the above tier and tank rules regardless of the maximum tier allowed within your special battle window. Victory Conditions
The winner of each round will be determined as the first to 3 victories on a given map.
Each battle will last 10 minutes.
The Standard battle mode will be used for this tournament.
Schedule
Note that only 64 teams will be allowed to participate. Teams will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis, see Registration for details.
The full schedule will be provided at the close of registration, once the final team count has been determined. Rounds will begin at 19:30 PDT (22:30 EST, 02:30 UTC the following day) each scheduled day. Curious what time this is in your region? Use this handy Time Zone Converter to help you out!
Round 1: Aug 19th
Round 2: Aug 20th
Round 3: Aug 21st
Round 4: Aug 22nd
Round 5: Aug 23rd
Round 6: Aug 24th
Round 7: Aug 25th (if needed) There will be a 2 minute break in between battles for each round.
Prizes
The following prizes will be provided to each member of the respective team, including reserves.
First place: 5,000
Second place: 2,000
Third place: 1,000
Fourth place: 1,000 Maps
There will only be one map used during Skirmish 32. The map will be Himmelsdorf for both ODDS and EVENS.

Yoott: F.A.Q.
Skirmish Rules
Discussion Forum Tier Limits
With a maximum of 8 players per battle, a team (maximum 11 players per team) must field a selection of tanks based on the below, maximum tier limits.
Teams/Players may only participate/register for ONE of the tournament setups below. Prizes will be awarded to winners from each one separately.
TEAM CAPTAINS AND PLAYERS PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE CORRECT TOURNAMENT ODDS or EVENS.
Teams and players will only be allowed to participate in ONE of the setups. Any team/player found to be in both may be subject to disqualification from the entire event so please only register for one.  
Please note: Team CAPTAINS ARE RESPONSIBLE AND MUST abide by the above tier and tank rules regardless of the maximum tier allowed within your special battle window. Victory Conditions
The winner of each round will be determined as the first to 3 victories on a given map.
Each battle will last 10 minutes.
The Standard battle mode will be used for this tournament.
Schedule
Note that only 64 teams will be allowed to participate. Teams will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis, see Registration for details.
The full schedule will be provided at the close of registration, once the final team count has been determined. Rounds will begin at 19:30 PDT (22:30 EST, 02:30 UTC the following day) each scheduled day. Curious what time this is in your region? Use this handy Time Zone Converter to help you out!
Round 1: Aug 19th
Round 2: Aug 20th
Round 3: Aug 21st
Round 4: Aug 22nd
Round 5: Aug 23rd
Round 6: Aug 24th
Round 7: Aug 25th (if needed) There will be a 2 minute break in between battles for each round.
Prizes
The following prizes will be provided to each member of the respective team, including reserves.
First place: 5,000
Second place: 2,000
Third place: 1,000
Fourth place: 1,000 Maps
There will only be one map used during Skirmish 32. The map will be Himmelsdorf for both ODDS and EVENS.

CatStalker: Also if you each wanted to have separate mod selections, you could duplicate the game folder and setup the mods in either folder differently.

Laera: Correct!

Laera: I don't have any information for you on that at this time. I'll poke Mugsy to see if he knows anything else once he gets in.

Laera: Bingo!

Laera:

Laera:

Laera:
Correct!

Laera:
I don't have any information for you on that at this time. I'll poke Mugsy to see if he knows anything else once he gets in.

Laera:
Bingo!

Laera:

Laera:

Laera:
Correct!

Laera:
I don't have any information for you on that at this time. I'll poke Mugsy to see if he knows anything else once he gets in.

Laera:
Bingo!

Laera:

Laera:

Jewel_Thief: Nothing yet. :(   ... ... ...but there will surely be fireworks/a parade/a national holiday proclaimed as soon as we can give you details. ;)
~JT

Jewel_Thief: This is a TOTALLY different process. Please continue to be patient and wait for news of open server transfers.
~JT

GeneralDirection: This is not a thread to vent your frustrations about game mechanics changes. Please use general discussion for that.