Developers posts on forum

Vallter: "NES-style World of Tanks" is the contest of gameplay videos, performed in the style of 8-bit games of 80's. We expect you to create gameplay videos, which must combine the diversity of battles and other original ideas with 2D overviews and suitable themes, shot in the game so that to form decent movies.
The contest starts April 6 and ends April 24.
Important features for the entries:
- We welcome everybody to take part in the contest. One player - one high-resolution gameplay video;
- The video can be captured in any battle;
- Duration - not shorter than 1 minute, and no longer than 5 minutes;
- The video (or link to it) must be posted in the proper forum topic;
- The gameplay video should not violate moral, ethical, legal or any other game rules;
- 2D poster for the video is required;
- 2D view is obligatory (side view or top view);
- The video can be made in 3D, but should not lose the spirit and beauty of 8-bit style;
- The video should present life of a tank in the 8-bit style.
Specifications of contest rules:
- Film inserts in the video are strictly prohibited;
- Usage of photos, pics, etc. of famous historical and other persons is prohibited;
- Videos can contain one or several themes;
- Videos should be lively, funny and active;
- The video can be made in the style of 8-bit games (passing levels and final battle with "Boss").
The winner will be granted 9,000 in-game gold, and his/her high-quality masterpiece will be placed in the "Video" section on the official website of "World of tanks".
The player, who gets second place, will be awarded 6,000 in-game gold, and the third place will be credited 3,000 in-game gold.
Winners will get their prizes after the release of World of Tanks
This Contest is over and is presenting its winners. Full news here http://game.worldoft...bit-wot-winners

Vallter: "NES-style World of Tanks" is the contest of gameplay videos, performed in the style of 8-bit games of 80's. We expect you to create gameplay videos, which must combine the diversity of battles and other original ideas with 2D overviews and suitable themes, shot in the game so that to form decent movies.

The contest starts April 6 and ends April 24.

Important features for the entries:

-   We welcome everybody to take part in the contest. One player - one high-resolution gameplay video;

-   The video can be captured in any battle;

-   Duration - not shorter than 1 minute, and no longer than 5 minutes;

-   The video (or link to it) must be posted in the proper forum topic;

-   The gameplay video should not violate moral, ethical, legal or any other game rules;

-   2D poster for the video is required;

-   2D view is obligatory (side view or top view);

-   The video can be made in 3D, but should not lose the spirit and beauty of 8-bit style;

-   The video should present life of a tank in the 8-bit style.

Specifications of contest rules:

-   Film inserts in the video are strictly prohibited;

-   Usage of photos, pics, etc. of famous historical and other persons is prohibited;

-   Videos can contain one or several themes;

-   Videos should be lively, funny and active;

-   The video can be made in the style of 8-bit games (passing levels and final battle with "Boss").

The winner will be granted 9,000 in-game gold, and his/her high-quality masterpiece will be placed in the "Video" section on the official website of "World of tanks".

The player, who gets second place, will be awarded 6,000 in-game gold, and the third place will be credited 3,000 in-game gold.
Winners will get their prizes after the release of World of Tanks


This Contest is over and is presenting its winners. Full news here http://game.worldoft...bit-wot-winners

ARGO: Having your tank elited excellerates training as long as you have chosen that option "checked the box".

ARGO: The most likely reason your seeing high troll activity is that there are a few bad apples out there that may not be playing after release so they think for fun they will ruin you and everyone elses. It's sad to think people can behave like that but it happens. We are well aware of these individuals thanks to player reports and screenshots and we are very active in seeking them out and making sure that if they wish not to join the rest of us in WoT but want to make trouble for those who do, that we are here to insure and expidite their speedy exit.
See a Troll, A flammer, TKer, Bot? Screenshot and Report them.....Together we can make sure that those who play fair get treated fairly.

Tanitha: Link/update/discussion guide.
Discussion on the current release version. v6.3.10
General discussion for V6.3.10
General Discussion of the current version
The Tracking System for V6.3.10
Tracking System Thread
The Matchmaking System for V6.3.10
Matchmaking System Thread
The Spotting System for V6.3.10
Spotting System Thread
Clan's and Clanwars.
New sections have been added to the clan sections of the forums.
So clan related discussion is now held in those sections. Clan Section
Discussion on particular vehicles.
Vehicles in game, have extensive sections for each type of tank. IE German mediums, American lights, etc.. Vehicles in Game
Artillery/TD's/Heavy's, have their own sections/threads in the vehicle comparison section. Artillery , Tank Destroyers , Heavy Tanks
Other Vehicles and Weaponry that are not in game Other Vehicles
Developer "Questions and answers"
If you have a question that needs a developer to answer, that's not already covered within the forums. You can here... Dev Q&A
**Under construction.**

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Vallter: 1) You are free to play on the same PC with your family/friends/girl(boy-)friends, if you can prove in a case of necessity, that you are different persons (sending copies of your ID's and photos with your ID's in your hands, etc.) Same is practiced by such services as PokerStars.net and some MMO games.
2)Chinese server will be separated from others and not included into the server crossing system. This is not our desire, but a demand of the Chinese government. But we will think about opening another Asian server.
3)Clan Wars will be released in the first half of May. We will try to implement them earlier, if possible.

Vallter: 1) You are free to play on the same PC with your family/friends/girl(boy-)friends, if you can prove in a case of necessity, that you are different persons (sending copies of your ID's and photos with your ID's in your hands, etc.) Same is practiced by such services as PokerStars.net and some MMO games.

2)Chinese server will be separated from others and not included into the server crossing system. This is not our desire, but a demand of the Chinese government. But we will think about opening another Asian server.

3)Clan Wars will be released in the first half of May. We will try to implement them earlier, if possible.

Tanitha: Correct.. there also is a official pre-order discussion thread. So this new thread brings nothing to the forums except a biased broken poll.
Closing the thread.

Tanitha:

Tanitha: Cleaning the forums in preparation for release.
This thread is long out of date now, there will be no wipes before release, and release will mean a full wipe.
Clan will survive past the wipe on release, and so will account names, and some promotional tanks that came with special beta codes.
Closing this thread now..

Overlord: At least 3-4 months from now.

Overlord: They are in the focus of our attention already.

Overlord: Renault FT17 is the ancestor of modern tanks. French implemented some very curious ideas like multiple turrets/guns, automatic loading, oscillating turrets. And I guess tier 7 light tank will be fun to play.

ARGO: That would be known as "DUMASS" Doesn't Understand Military And Scouting Skills. This eventually will lead to PUTTS if left untreated and let's face it, who wants to be on any team with a DumAss. However, you also have one called "SMARTASS" Superior Military At Recon Tactics And Scouting Skills, We all strive to be a SmartAss but never a DumAss.

ARGO: I like these ideas and also like the better amount of vehicles.

ARGO: Go to home page and press "Support" button on lower left side in yellow. There you can seek assistance.

ARGO: Just when you thought it was safe to climb into your IS4 it suddenly hits you.....Holy O' Crap it's almost time for the big bad wipe!
Oh yeah my fellow players, It's comming like a virtual tsunami and with it all you have achieved all you have earned will be gone....
sigh....
So now what are you going to do? Well, you can come away from this in many ways but I will share with you how I plan on doing it seeing that it's inevitable.
The way I see it is that I myself having gone pretty far since July last year and I am sure theres many others who have achieved what I have or greater so how do you re-start? How do you begin anew? And where do you even begin.
1. Planning: When we all 1st started, we had no real plan because it was all new to us. We could really only speculate what we wanted by history or by what looked good or sometimes what kicked our butts a lot. Now, having a good working knowledge of what good and what not for you, you can begin to map a plan for how you want to attack each tree and also you now have the know how to go up the trees faster than you did before.
2. The forums: Here in this forum is a wealth of information created and shaped with the combined experience of hundreds if not thousands of players who have made and learned from their mistakes and shared that knowledge with you all. No amount of gold you buy will ever be able to attain the culmative experience shared in this forum.
3. Added trees / Tanks / Maps: Now this is one great thing to look forward to to say the least. Who doesn't like new stuff.
4. Gold: Sure some of you may be unhappy you are not getting it free but look at it this way, You now won't have to wait to build it up either now that you can purchase it, you are your own master of your WoT destiny.
5. Clans / Company battles: Yes the clans are here and the best part of starting over is your not going to get thrown into a room filled with Mauses and IS7s.......ahhhhhh the relief.
6. Finally the wipe itself: With the wipe we are all put on an even level playing field, we all start again from scratch. There should be little balancing issues, no one shotted tanks "persay", and pretty much no rubbing how many battles won in your faces. We all get to do it again and not make whatever mistakes or bad decisions we made the 1st time around which if you really consider it will actualy take a bit of the sting out of going up the trees again.
What I plan to do is to take a screenie of my statistics and my crews and go back to get the tanks I liked and maybe for nostalsia's sake give the tanks the same crews names and faces as before. Yeah the wipe bothered me at 1st but it's not like we all havn't known it was coming since practically day 1 and now when I look at it, I see it as not a bad thing but a chance to better my game and to meet new friends......
These are my thoughts / plans, So how are you planning to do it?

Tanitha: Hello, this is the USA forum.. But you say you selected the EU server..
The EU forums is here.
http://forum.worldoftanks.eu
The EU client is here
http://game.worldoftanks.eu/update
To play on the Eu server, you need a Eu client.
If this does not help you, please provide more information.

Tanitha: There is a 24/7 support system/team in place. For example i can see 32 support/mods/admins online at the moment that i can easily contact via the mod/support chat system..
All mods are in contact with support 24/7 via the above internal chat system.
And there is their support ticket type website. As per the support photo/link in the top right of the forum.
support.worldoftanks.com for USA
or
support.worldoftanks.eu for EU
I'm not aware if they intend on adding a phone support or not.
I'm not sure if that helps your questions or not.. But its all the info I have at the moment.
Regards.
/Moved to dev suggestions..

Overlord: Where did you get this figure from? Anyways, no adjusments are planned for T30 in the upcoming patch.

Tanitha: Hi shire..
Are you trolling? and being sarcastic?
The video doesn't really show the game in a good light..
I cant really comment on the players, but if i could the comments wouldn't be very good.
And I'm not sure how you can say you made a "good" video, from those "bad " actions..
And as you know, TK reporting, and spam reporting is done to support, and is not allowed in the forums.
It seems to me, that this is just a way to avoid and bypass those rulings.
And your video is nothing more than an attempt to name and shame, while disguising the video under another topic..
This is further proved, by your inclusion of a screenshot as-well..
So please, in future, just lodge it to support..
Ive forward the video and screenshots to support anyway.. while I was here.
The spammer was chat banned for the max possible.
And the TKer also was game banned for the max possible.
Conduct like that, just isn't acceptable.. And isn't tolerated..
But still, reporting onto the forums isn't allowable either, no matter how you try to disguise it..
So I'll remove your video, and screenshot, and lock and dump the thread..
Regards.

Vallter: What fan sites do you know (except European)? Please, post here links on them. We will add the best of them to the special section on our game portal.

ARGO: It was the best of times in WoT, And who knows....Maybe we can all do it again......

Overlord: There will be no wipes after the release.

Overlord: Don't forget that the servers are in NC, US.

Tanitha: IE Its, another way to gain credits and exp, without the participation or with passive participation
IE its a way to gain credits and exp without actively playing..
IE its covered in that rule.
For excessive and repetitive. not for afking in one game because something cropped up.

Tanitha:

Tanitha: There is a topic for matchmaking.
And a section for Russian medium tanks.
Please continue the discussion in the right places.
Closing the thread /Tanitha.

Tanitha: Some virus scanners look for "virus like" activity..
Some virus scanners pick it up as a possible virus.
So wot needs to change some coding to prevent this. And also contact the virus scanner makers to make sure this problem doesn't occur.
The only problem I'm aware of, was with a virus scanner AVG. But maybe there is other scanners that are picking it up incorrectly.
There is no virus's within the wot program. You may stop the scanner while installing if you wish. Or wait for the above changes to be made so that its not incorrectly picked up by some scanners.
Sorry for the inconvenience..

Vallter: The event has ended, now it's time to give away some cookies-) Here is a list of players, who will receive gold after the release. We are still missing 1 Player team. We've lost their nicknames because of technical issue. But, we will search in the logs and add them to the list tomorrow.
The following players will receive 500G:
Kurt_Knispel[TB]
LordLothair[TB]
Quickzor[TB]
gorlock[TB]
Darth[TB]
Standamongst[TB]
Hastyr[TB]
Bruceson[TB]
Sierra317[TB]
lolinekoguroftw[TB]
breyd1971[TB]
Rabul
charlio5
ColHammer[1VB]
Kamustaka
Lheurex[LNF]
SpicyWeasel
joey791[DHO]
DD65 Lost
Camalus[DHO]
Tankzilla[CB]
dundee2007[3E]
VII_Angel_of_X[CB]
Vengeance[CB]
Distant[TT]
VonHerring
darkblue_nc
Nemore
restoff69
sherman255
KGBAgent243[CB]
P0tentat3[CB2]
Percutio[CB]
capnhuff86[CB]
cbulkley001[CB]
Kungfusion[CB2]
Zerthios[CB2]
dustyboots[CB2]
GumpEleven[CB2]
Illusion[CB]
Nasty[CB]
akeem
sgtmorgue
rommels
Batmanuel[7ATC]
Stuffz1[7ATC]
badE1221
DrNo2005
Rhino1961
obviouslynotanenemy
commandx
VoidBreaker
TazzMaRazz[DSA]
clone44[DSA]
PanzerGuard[DSA]
ir0nfist[DSA]
Blackshirtskickrule[DSA]
DSA_Casandra[DSA]
Terminator98[DSA]
billd
mlanteign[DSA]
Steelmaster[DSA]
Blue_Flame
BarnBuster[DSA]
Jsmooth[WOLF]
Kragenskjold[WOLF]
Rendaz[WOLF]
GOOFY[WOLF]
Sempronius
Srap
ElectroPulse
ElectroSurge[WOLF]
darkterren[WOLF]
KlockWerx
samus1001[RS]
chaddy1972[RS]
Oldpenfold72[RS]
BlindSide[CONDI]
MajorTomm4star[IR-2]
pbkat[_SBT_]
Lert
ESAWARFARE[BG]
Odyssey[BG]
vespid[_SBT_]
SgtStryker[GBH]
CaptainNopants[BG]
Max100rf
Revelat0r
gamertrav[3E]
Shinzok[WNX]
misiu[3E]
Gneisenau_43[2AD]
Livewyr7[DSA]
hotshot123
sharky1991[3E]
cripels
demontank
Rylee
MGSamuel[503TW]
kaiser116[503TW]
ted543[503TW]
joe62017[503TW]
amakura[503TW]
gaisuke155[503TW]
wilson_komachi[503TW]
yua[503TW]
MizukiNana
solly
Erwinkc[503TW]
Asakura[503TW]
And here is the list of champions. They will receive 500 gold as well.... and 500G more for the victory, 1000G in total:
Canadian
ZeGerman
GLP4X[CORE]
Styo[-L1S-]
Echo_Sniper[3E]
alpoc[CORE]
Kikusaku[CORE]
ScooterLSG[-LSG]
Cry
Branoo[CORE]
Rasar[AOD]
etac28[AOD]
Gristle6[AOD]
MrCaruthers[AOD]
Cobretii[AOD]
TheBLACKPrince[AOD]
Harshe[AOD]
StealthT[AOD]
deathsheads[AOD-W]
fox911[AOD-W]
Zakarus[RS]
ninjafroggie[RS]
ThePfeil[RS]
Hell_March[RS]
quarrel[RS]
vect[RS]
greg032375[RS]
Mirador[RS]
Ronwiser[RS]
JAYGO[RS]
captjade[RS]
whitefang89[RS]
MKMAN200[503TW]
r123219[503TW]
Klaustis[503TW]
Akiba[503TW]
nut123456789[503TW]
CardGameDan[503TW]
Kain5566[503TW]
Virkful[503TW]
Faratia[503TW]
futaba[503FTW]
kamira[503FTW]
WZC[503FTW]
Warlord_15
Dreadful
Bison[IR]
Fire4ge[IR]
deathTouch[IR]
TauMutantHamster[IR]
patreal2000[IR]
vladdaimpaler[IR]
ArmyGamer[IR]
Esad[IR-2]
MrNoNo[IR-2]
AdrianTexas[IR]
1Spartan
LazarusTank
Stewy[RUS]
Vovchik[RUS]
lm2f
Jubei66
tarakan[RUS]
Shyoto
amerikos[RUS]
Lancer
TyKeRo
tentacruel[PZMOE]

Vallter: The event has ended, now it's time to give away some cookies-) Here is a list of players, who will receive gold after the release. We are still missing 1 Player team. We've lost their nicknames because of technical issue. But, we will search in the logs and add them to the list tomorrow.

The following players will receive 500G:

Kurt_Knispel[TB]
LordLothair[TB]
Quickzor[TB]
gorlock[TB]
Darth[TB]
Standamongst[TB]
Hastyr[TB]
Bruceson[TB]
Sierra317[TB]
lolinekoguroftw[TB]
breyd1971[TB]
Rabul
charlio5
ColHammer[1VB]
Kamustaka
Lheurex[LNF]
SpicyWeasel
joey791[DHO]
DD65 Lost
Camalus[DHO]
Tankzilla[CB]
dundee2007[3E]
VII_Angel_of_X[CB]
Vengeance[CB]
Distant[TT]
VonHerring
darkblue_nc
Nemore
restoff69
sherman255
KGBAgent243[CB]
P0tentat3[CB2]
Percutio[CB]
capnhuff86[CB]
cbulkley001[CB]
Kungfusion[CB2]
Zerthios[CB2]
dustyboots[CB2]
GumpEleven[CB2]
Illusion[CB]
Nasty[CB]
akeem
sgtmorgue
rommels
Batmanuel[7ATC]
Stuffz1[7ATC]
badE1221
DrNo2005
Rhino1961
obviouslynotanenemy
commandx
VoidBreaker
TazzMaRazz[DSA]
clone44[DSA]
PanzerGuard[DSA]
ir0nfist[DSA]
Blackshirtskickrule[DSA]
DSA_Casandra[DSA]
Terminator98[DSA]
billd
mlanteign[DSA]
Steelmaster[DSA]
Blue_Flame
BarnBuster[DSA]
Jsmooth[WOLF]
Kragenskjold[WOLF]
Rendaz[WOLF]
GOOFY[WOLF]
Sempronius
Srap
ElectroPulse
ElectroSurge[WOLF]
darkterren[WOLF]
KlockWerx
samus1001[RS]
chaddy1972[RS]
Oldpenfold72[RS]
BlindSide[CONDI]
MajorTomm4star[IR-2]
pbkat[_SBT_]
Lert
ESAWARFARE[BG]
Odyssey[BG]
vespid[_SBT_]
SgtStryker[GBH]
CaptainNopants[BG]
Max100rf
Revelat0r
gamertrav[3E]
Shinzok[WNX]
misiu[3E]
Gneisenau_43[2AD]
Livewyr7[DSA]
hotshot123
sharky1991[3E]
cripels
demontank
Rylee
MGSamuel[503TW]
kaiser116[503TW]
ted543[503TW]
joe62017[503TW]
amakura[503TW]
gaisuke155[503TW]
wilson_komachi[503TW]
yua[503TW]
MizukiNana
solly
Erwinkc[503TW]
Asakura[503TW]


And here is the list of champions. They will receive 500 gold as well.... and 500G more for the victory, 1000G in total:
Canadian
ZeGerman
GLP4X[CORE]
Styo[-L1S-]
Echo_Sniper[3E]
alpoc[CORE]
Kikusaku[CORE]
ScooterLSG[-LSG]
Cry
Branoo[CORE]
Rasar[AOD]
etac28[AOD]
Gristle6[AOD]
MrCaruthers[AOD]
Cobretii[AOD]
TheBLACKPrince[AOD]
Harshe[AOD]
StealthT[AOD]
deathsheads[AOD-W]
fox911[AOD-W]
Zakarus[RS]
ninjafroggie[RS]
ThePfeil[RS]
Hell_March[RS]
quarrel[RS]
vect[RS]
greg032375[RS]
Mirador[RS]
Ronwiser[RS]
JAYGO[RS]
captjade[RS]
whitefang89[RS]
MKMAN200[503TW]
r123219[503TW]
Klaustis[503TW]
Akiba[503TW]
nut123456789[503TW]
CardGameDan[503TW]
Kain5566[503TW]
Virkful[503TW]
Faratia[503TW]
futaba[503FTW]
kamira[503FTW]
WZC[503FTW]
Warlord_15
Dreadful
Bison[IR]
Fire4ge[IR]
deathTouch[IR]
TauMutantHamster[IR]
patreal2000[IR]
vladdaimpaler[IR]
ArmyGamer[IR]
Esad[IR-2]
MrNoNo[IR-2]
AdrianTexas[IR]
1Spartan
LazarusTank
Stewy[RUS]
Vovchik[RUS]
lm2f
Jubei66
tarakan[RUS]
Shyoto
amerikos[RUS]
Lancer
TyKeRo
tentacruel[PZMOE]

Overlord: A minor hardware issue, it is being worked on at this time.

Overlord: It should be released it April, if nothing extraordinary happens.

Overlord: M4A2E4 tank will be added.

Tanitha: There should be, because I remember it. The rule I remember was something like.
No excessive or repetitive afk playing..
It looks like it was removed, and is just covered in the macro's or "similar methods"
But the catch is/was excessive and repetitive. IE someone who's at work, and just starts a game every 10 mins and then goes back to work.
Going afk in one game, isn't a problem. R/L happens, sometimes people knock at the door, the phone rings, the baby wakes up, etc..
Doing it intentionally game after game, is picked up by the bot/macro detector and covered by 4.06

Overlord: You are twisting things actually,
1) T32 is overperforming. That's true.
2) T34 is ok mostly, but we do have some ideas how to improve the situation.
3) T-54 is ok. The gap is not that big to be seen to.

Overlord: This is the engine limitation. We are working on it, but there is a long way to go still.

Overlord: It does.

Overlord: Vehicle specs are the same for all three servers, and they always will be. It's important with global clan wars approaching.
By saying T-54 is "slightly worse" than the Panther 2 and Pershing I meant that it earn a bit less experience per battle and has lower win ratio than the other 2 tier 9 mediums.

Overlord: Tanks win ratios, for sure. Each one should bring his driver approximately the same chance to win, the rest is up to the player.