Dava_117, on 01 April 2020 - 03:02 PM, said 3) When I joined the Dingers. It took me some time, but in the end
I recognized my noobness and got me a home in the best clan in
game, the only one where forum post count is better evaluate than
WN8 or WR.

Dwigt: I think every Dinger remembers the day and how he joined the
clan

I still have my "Dinger application" saved on my desktop.
_Carpaccio_, on 01 April 2020 - 03:17 PM, said: Then when I started playing WoT actively, and started learning all
the game mechanics, maps, ... properly, struggling in battles after
trying "copy" plays in videos I saw (easier said than done right,
or for WoT easier to watch unicorn, harder to play it yourself

), but getting slowly better and better, to my
current level. Old battle where I responded to guy calling us
tomatoes: hey I am almost yellow.
Dwigt: I can relate!

If he can do it I can do it! But that's
how you learn and improve right?As long as you enjoy the game then
no need to worry much about stats.
Desyatnik_Pansy, on 01 April 2020 - 05:20 PM, said: Well I haven't done even one of those bold points (ok maybe
one technically, which was Duck Hunt organised by IronShinobi way
back when). Does seeing the back of Jogga's head at the one
Tankfest I went to count?

On a more serious note, if I
had to go with three things: 1: The creation of the
Forum Bar. I still remember
actually asking iScending (the main mod dude at the time)
for permission to make the thread! The community formed because of
it; even if a lot of folks have slowly disappeared over the years
as they move on from WoT; is 10/10 And has led to a number of
things, even if the thread has slowed down nowadays thanks to stuff
like Discord being just better for the casual banter. Posting a
link to it honestly reminded me I should probably edit the actual
OP For the first time in a long while. 2: This one is
technically a twofer. The main focus definitely has to be on my
Forumites Christmas Skin Special,
starting in 2016 (and oh how far we've
come from there!). Within the community I think this stands out far
more and is basically a community event. However I guess at the
same time I have to include my actual introduction to modding in
general which eventually led to it. I learned how to modify
camouflage patterns through Milkym4n's (now Mirukii) old camouflage
pack, though what led me to actually try editing them is beyond me.
From there I created my own camos and at the urging of Barumites
such as TankSchmidt, I created my first public mod; the
Custom Camouflage pack. From there I then
stepped into reskinning and created my Bronze Green British tank
skins, and would from there learn how to make tanks Gold/Silver and
create the Christmas Special. Later down the road I even began
remodelling thanks to Mirukii and TheFalkonett, though I have since
stopped remodelling well over a year ago (and no longer have the
programs to continue anyway). I haven't left the modding scene and
still support one active mod of my own, as well as still being part
of a small modding Discord channel with even some modders from over
the pond (that is to say, the NA Server). All of that stemmed from
me roughly just realising I could edit .dds files in Paint.NET. You
start small don't you?

3: Honestly, I'm
surprisingly kinda lacking for a third. Or well, something that I'd
consider as memorable as the two above. I could go with something
like the brief time I was in the Dingers, or how the O In GLO
Stands for "Pansy is awesome", but I'm favouring a specific battle
instead. Of all the "Hero" medals and whatnot I've achieved, I
think
this still stands out the most. Achieving a
Kolobanov's and a Pool's in the mighty TOG II, now that's
just.. something. It's funny too because it's both a game that
I don't think I played that well on (I mean.. you'll see)
and is from the rare time I had XVM And had actually concluded the
game a likely loss if I tried to push forward anyway (not the
winchance though, it was more me basing it on the shown stats of
the enemy Mediums). It's one of the rare replays of mine actually
on YouTube
thanks to lordchipmonk, since among the many
things WoT Has led me into luckily I've avoided ever trying to get
into YouTube or anything. I guess that
works.

Dwigt: Now I get the "Bartender" thing

and wow! I didn't know that
bar existed! 6 years and still going nice keep it up Indeed,
that's the way to play the TOG II. gz
tvih, on 01 April 2020 - 05:26 PM, said: 1. Teaming up with my brother for one of the competitive challenges
back in the day (Sept 2011). It was the "platoon of 2" category,
goal was to get as many kills as possible, I think over best three
matches or something? We were in T-34s, and placed second in the
category and won ourselves some gold and a metal mouse pad (that I
still haven't used at all, hah!).
Dwigt: That's cool! A nice collector's piece
to own

I don't know if we still have
them! Do you still team up with your brother? Or do you go to
Tank/WoT events?
Cobra6, on 02 April 2020 - 07:58 AM, said: I started playing back when I was still in university , I actually
read an article on PC Gamer I think about this game called World of
Tanks and that is was in Closed-Beta, so I went to the website and
applied. Shortly afterwards I got accepted, downloaded the game and
took my loltractor out on Erlenberg. Remember driving up the hill
near the mill and seeing people fight in town. Don't think I ever
crossed the field to go have a look but saw an enemy Panzer II
coming my way so I ran away behind the hill. He came over and
obviously killed me, so that was my first match, enjoying the
scenery and getting killed

Afterwards I sent my brother and a friend an email with
the game link, they got accepted as well into the beta and we've
played for years. Sadly they left around 2014, then came back in
2018 and left again shortly afterwards. They've had their fill of
WoT and are still annoyed by the same problems that were present in
this game years ago. Managed to get all the way up to the Tiger II
and Panther during closed beta and play roughly 8000-8500 matches
or so, didn't care much for the Soviet tree although I did get the
IS. From joining onwards I also have been very active on the
forums ever since, it's a really nice place to hang out and chat
actually and had some really cool, funny and interesting
conversations, meme's and drama over the years. Best community I've
been part of I think. My Top 3 for best memories are
the following: 1) Getting featured on Best Replays of the Week in
my CDC (Found it! My match starts around 3:40). Never did get the
special BRW camo though

2) Getting the 3rd Mark on the Panzer
V/IV before it was in the Black Market, back then one of the harder
marks on the server as the requirements were very high and only
unicums were playing it pretty much. 3) Playing this
game, and being part of this nice community, for pretty much 10
years now which is quite a long time I'd say! 3a) Playing
this game shortly after it left beta and all matches were filled
with Beta Shermans, Pz5/4's and Mutants for the first day or two, a
lot of fun! Cobra 6
Dwigt: 2) Getting the 3rd Mark on the Panzer V/IV before it was in
the Black Market, back then one of the harder marks on the server
as the requirements were very high and only unicums were playing it
pretty much. 3) Playing this game, and being part of
this nice community, for pretty much 10 years now which is quite a
long time I'd say! 3a) Playing this game shortly after it
left beta and all matches were filled with Beta Shermans, Pz5/4's
and Mutants for the first day or two, a lot of fun! Cobra 6
Nice! You're a WoT Veteran

I agree with what you said on the
forum and the WoT community. I honestly go during my spare time on
the forum just to see read some funny posts! Most of them are from
The Dingers

. But it's nice to see
passionate and committed players. Thanks for
staying active on the forums and in game!
Pansenmann, on 02 April 2020 - 11:32 AM, said: So many memories... we all met at gamescom 2013
where, after drinking too much Kolsch I gotten that bonus code card
for Type 59 from Victor Kisly at 4am. (I sincerely hope no pictures
were taken as everyone was hopelessly drunk)
Dwigt: That's the way to get your Type 59! Like a boss
Jumping_Turtle, on 02 April 2020 - 12:35 PM, said: Ohh this is fun: We also have a Dinger whatssapp group where
we share a bit more than just ingame news. A lot of them become
real good friends. Last year Eric and Undutchable organized
a Dinger beer afternoon/evening in The Hague were Dingers from The
Netherlands came for some beers and to finally meet eachother in
person. YPR even travelled three hours by train to get there.
And than Tankfest arrived last year. I thought it would be
fun to meet as many Forumites as possible so I asked the forum gods
permission to start a topic and they allowed it so we started
planning how and where to meet. Dingers will be Dingers so at one
point my phone rang and I heard some English accent I had never
heard before and it took me a while to figure out tht it was
Wsatnutter who was calling from England telling me there should be
a Dinger dinner party and beer evening. In the meantime Joggaman
was doing his legendary stuff and made us all tshirts. Dont know
exactly how much players I met at Tankfest but it worked out pretty
well. Didnt knew that many Wargaming staff at the time, but
ran into Eekeeboo and Ecchidna within 10 minuts of me arriving at
Bovington and we had a nice talk. Later I went to try out this game
called World of Tanks with Jumpmaster and had some trouble logging
in but some nice bloke from WG came and helped me out. When he saw
my nickname he smiled and showed us his accescard that said Vuque.
Another one met. The planned dinnermeeting with Eekeeboo & Co had
some trouble with the planning so we held a meeting at the
tankmuseum where we handed him his Dinger Mascotte Tshirt and had
some Golden Drinks with him and _Sael Wonderfull few days with the
Dingers there in England.

So when typing this I realized that
the game itself hasnt improved much for me personally and it doesnt
look like it will get better and sme things removed or added I just
plain hate. But the out of the game friends I have made and also
this forum still keeps me going and am having lots of fun with.
Still made some new ingame goals for myself, but thats about it.
But the fun in CNUT and The Dingers make up for a lot of bad things
that Wargaming does to this game.
Dwigt: First of all thank you for sharing "all" your memories with
us! It's great that you guys meet up and create those
relationships beyond the game.I'm really looking forward to
Tankfest (if it's going to happen). It shows that you had an
awesome day at tankfest. Also, like the tshirts (credits to
Joggaman). And finally, to each one of you,
thank you for sharing your stories, memories and for staying
around after all these years. It was fun and interesting going
through them all and let's hope we get more of them soon!Stay safe
and take care