[Issue 42] Gaming with Buddies: Friends in Tanki

[TriNitroToIuene 4,765]

 

 

Friends.

 

Such delightful people to exchange accounts with pop in and have a good game in Tanki. 

 

They're the reason most people stick around nowadays.

 

Tanki without friends is impossible.

 

The End FLOODER Hy6 PLS

 

 

So basically, I'm going to try to highlight the importance of buddies in the game. Now, come on, face it. How many of us access the friends list the moment we enter a battle? I empathize with you. It's the only way you can maintain your sanity in a battle chock-full of noobs and you'll at least have someone to verify your negative statements when somebody types 'Gold plz admin'. It is heartbreaking to see someone decline your invite which took you three precious seconds to send wherein your D/L dropped by 0.003, but what most of us do in such a situation is To hammer the invite button till they accept out of frustration simply invite another friend.

 

Needless to say, friendship is a strong value - be it in real life or in Tanki, and playing without friends is, well, boring.

 

 

And so, in this guide, I'll be going through the nuances of the experiences of a typical friendly pair of lads in Tanki, including choosing a friend, playing with a friend, keeping a friend, and the advantages of friendship in Tanki. Sit back and use the information in this article to send friend requests to a hundred random people to treasure friendship - Once it's gone, it ain't comin' back.

 

 

Making Friends

 

 

To play with friends, you need to make some first. You can't just play with random people and call them your 'friends'. Yeah, with that logic, I can call @deadtoyou my friend because I trolled him a while ago in Monte Carlo. The basic principle of a friend is a person with whom you feel at ease, a person who understands your thought process (noob or mult as you may be) and with whom you can openly express your feelings, through carnage or simply raging in the chat (take care not to get banned for flood, though).

 

Making friends is far beyond simply clicking someones nickname and selecting 'Add to Friends'. It is a complex process, something even I cannot fully explain, but I will try my humble best.

 

First of all, make sure you actually know the person you are befriending. Ninety percent of us can't go into a server without our friend list getting flooded with requests. If you have not personally met that person, neither have you met him in a battle, then kindly don't accept unless you get to know him really soon. These kind of friends are those who won't let you have a minute's rest by constantly inviting you to their battle without spaces in them, forcing you to disable notifications and lament after the battle for missing your bestie's rankup.

 

The next requirement would be language. Make sure you and your friend speak at least one language in common, be it English, Russian, or your native language.

 

Here's how the situation would be if you go against my words.

Friend - Здравствуй

You - Sorry, what?

Friend - помочь мне с флагом

You - Yeah, I need Spectator Mode too.

Friend - я умер

You - Oh, that's so nice!

Friend - получить флаг придурок!

You - How many times do I tell you that the admin does not drop the gold box?

 

Kindly blame Google Translate for the grammar errors, if any.

 

Well, where was I? Oh, right. The languages. But anyway, moving on, we find the third requirement would be acquaintance. Here's a really good formula I put together for you math geeks (including me) - 

 

Friendship = f (Acquaintance)

 

Darn, where did that function symbol go? However, a better relation could be "Friendship is directly proportional to acquaintance". I hesitated from adding this formula because I don't know where to find that proportionality symbol on the keyboard :/ . This means, the more you play with someone, the more friends you become. Kindly refrain from adding someone to your friends list because you told them to stop asking for golds, and don't add others either because you called them a noob.

 

If, you've played with someone for over a month, say, and you're getting to know him quite well, feel free to add him (if he accepts, that is). Talk to each other in the chat - there's no use becoming friends if there's a formal atmosphere throughout. Also, a great place to know each other is the forum. What with all the trolling that's going on here the numerous places to exchange ideas and opinions, you're sure to find your perfect 'buddy' there!

 

 

Things to do with Friends

 

 

With friends, a whole new possibility opens up - suddenly, it's not about smashing your way through tanks anymore. A whole new atmosphere, a disappearance of a compulsion to contribute to the match all the time, and even a disappearance of the compulsion to play battles! You can carry out experiments in the game now that you have a willing 'lab partner', feel free to stray from the unwritten rules. Mind, I'm not responsible if you break the real ones, ok?

 

1. Chat

 

With friends, battles become less about the points and reward and more about the fun. You'll find that while playing with friends, you seem less concerned about the outcome of the battle and simply enjoy yourself by constantly exchanging words and abuses in the chat and have exchanges with friends about how spectacularly they flipped, and oh my, is the list long! Friends are a fantastic stressbuster and the simplest thing you can do in the battle is chat with them. I mean, who cares about 'mult leave'?

 

2. Mult

 

This was just to attract your attention ok, multing is banned. Please don't do it. With a friend, you can simply join a battle together (and alone) and horse around, flipping each other, barging each other into walls, or heck, even Mammoth/Freeze battles for a bit of out-of-the-ordinary gameplay. There ain't much fun being in a battle alone, but invite a friend, and the gameplay considerably spices up. Recent studies have shown that bla bla bla bla bla focusing less on the battle can actually boost your scores (unless you choose to mult, that is).

 

3. PRO Battles

 

Sometimes, when you get fed up of the noobs out there, and if you actually want to try something different without people swarming in to kill you every time, try playing with like-minded friends. They are more likely to respect your opinions and play the way you want, hence letting you enjoy some PRO/unorthodox gameplay without anyone taking undue advantage or calling you a noob. Incidentially, you can also call upon your friend to help you in missions (that's very common nowadays). I often play Fire/Wasps or unofficial XP matches with my friends, it turns out to be quite fun. You try playing XP with everyone around you joking like it's Comedy Central or something.

 

4. Parkour

 

Okay, I know this should come under PRO battles, but I was just compelled by greyat to create this independent section. You see, parkour is not just done in parkour battles, but also in real ones. Nah, not multing. If your buddy helps you to get on top of a building in Highland and you can pwn everyone from there, it's called parkour-fighting. This is a great way to improve your co-operation as friends, and will also give you the advantage in battles. Just watch out for innocent tankers who take a screenshot of you and post it in the Game Violators Section. Oh well, but at least the admins know all about you now.

 

5. Normal Gameplay

 

THIS IS WHAT FRIENDS ARE MEANT FOR. If you know your friend's thought process, and he yours, then you can efficiently attack as a combination without having to wait for any confirmation - you almost read each other's mind. This kind of skill requires great friendship, co-operation, and a slight bit of craziness. If all of you most of you can pwn the enemy in battles, then think of what will happen if a friend with similar train of thought joins you. What makes the pwnage more fun is the fact that you can actually banter with him/her in the chat.

 

 

Keeping a Friend in Tanki

 

 

Tanki friendship may be a lot different from one in real life, but the one common and most important factor that drives both is mutual respect. As long as you understand each other's choices and are comfortable with the other executing his actions, your friendship will blossom. However, if you are divided in opinion - say, about a particular update or garage equipment, or even unwilling to join another's battle because of *cough cough cough* jealousy that he/she may play better than you, your bond will dwindle. I mean, I know that sounds childish, but this is how I lost a lost of my old friends in Tanki. How I miss them.

 

Let's fast forward a little bit. If your friend has moved on, kindly do not pester him for reasons. He has is own personal reasons, and for the sake of that old friendship, respect them.

 

Secondly, a trifle for which many many many many MANY people tend to flip is constant invitations to battle. Just think about it. You're playing an intense Polygon DM and you're topping the battle. Suddenly, a friend invites you to a noob map (say, Farm) and you decline it. However, that friend does not relent and keeps flooding your notifications with invites. Thanks to this, you're distracted and end up losing.

 

That can be harsh.

 

Next, if you've just made a new friend in Tanki, kindly avoid stalking him. Your bond is new, and if you say stuff like 'remember me?' in the chat, that 'friend' will most likely be offended and move somewhere else. Friendship is not something to be hurried, it will take its own time.

 

If your friend kills you many times in a DM/a match in which the two of you are in opposite teams, please don't quote your friendship as an excuse for him not to kill you. You don't realize that you're losing the opinion your buddy had of you and you'll be at par with noobs on his list.

 

Lastly, something which violates the code of conduct both for a real and Tanki friendship. Do NOT cajole or blackmail your friend in a battle. Something like 'don't kill me or else I'll tell your secret to everyone' or 'if you don't come, I'ma make a false screenshot about you.' Guys, I know that none of you would even dream of doing such things, but a general message to all - a friendship is simply two people of similar interests coming together, but this does not mean that a person will have only ONE friend, ie you. 

 

Enjoy the time a friend spends with you, but don't interfere during the times spent with his other friends.

 

A friend in Tanki can be retained by any of the above methods, but remember, friendship is a psychological aspect, each of you have your own methods for dealing with stuff like this,

 

 

Advantages of Friends

 

 

I'm really sorry to be bothering you with these pictureless articles, but a rant is a rant, and I swear I'll add more pictures from Issue 44 onwards.

 

How does having a friend in a battle prove advantageous? Well, there are many, ranging from entertainment to upliftment of morale. However, such information is best displayed in a list, as your truly has 

 

1. Less boredom - More talk, less play.

 

2. Assistance in battles - If you're playing badly, call a friend. Do I need to say more?

 

3. Somebody to back you up - You'll win every argument ok.

 

 

Okay, so I'm sorry for the sans picture article, but sometimes, there are compulsions. Find me ONE example of somebody backing you up apart from a chat conversation. See?

 

Whoo, you made it till the end of this article. Now that you're well-equipped with the knowledge of friendship (or at least strengthened your knowledge), then go use this information in a battle - or as Semyon would put it, "make powerful and deadly alliances". Now there, go read the other articles of the newspaper.

 

And don't send me friend requests, okay :lol:

 

 

Edited October 7, 2015 by TriNitroToIuene

[drazeruzumaki 5,021]

+1 read a whole article after a loooong time :P

[Cor7y 13,862]

TNT, expect a ban soon. I made a video of you multing, trolling, and hacking when we were doing a fire wasp. Just you wait :ph34r:

[lukey0 27,543]

Nice article. ;)

[AnduinFX 8]

Don't worry. TNT. I'm gonna send you one.  :P

[13rilliant 8]

Nice article. :)

 

Lol. All those crossed out words. :lol: 

 

[anuclearbomb 220]

coozles

[Guest]

Nice. BTW we are already friends  :D .

[TriNitroToIuene 4,765]

Nice. BTW we are already friends  :D .

Oh lol, I knew XD

[Quarks 2,255]

I wish I had GOOD friends who are on when I am and don´t invite me to pro battles, it happens more than you think. And so I have gotten used to having to play random battles. I have plenty who are on, but very few actual friends. I iz so lonlyz.  :(

[Hex 11,520]

Im gonna be joining you soon bud :) Im applying for Reporter after these guides and stories I am writing xD

We gonna be buddies: friends in Tanki, you know XD

Cya soon!

[Amateur 829]

Excellent aritcle!

[The-Operator219 1,929]

My friends list exceeds the hundreds, and I hardly know some of them.

[suhas_best 334]

I troll people and make them my friends. Cuz they are noobs pros  :D

 

 

My troll: I speak to people in gibberish (well at least some pronunciation can be done).

E.g. I find a person who speaks english (in battle). I say something like "Bitly sopit goofe doli" which is NO language ever. Troll him, burn him, irritate him and then tell him that you speak English  :P. Then add him to become the "fun buddies" for rest of your time on tanki  :D

 

THIS RECIPE TRULY WORKS  ;)

Edited October 20, 2015 by suhas_best

[The-Operator219 1,929]

I troll people and make them my friends. Cuz they are noobs pros  :D

 

 

My troll: I speak to people in gibberish (well at least some pronunciation can be done).

E.g. I find a person who speaks english (in battle). I say something like "Bitly sopit goofe doli" which is NO language ever. Troll him, burn him, irritate him and then tell him that you speak English  :P. Then add him to become the "fun buddies" for rest of your time on tanki  :D

 

THIS RECIPE TRULY WORKS  ;)

I sometimes sing in the chat for no reason, but really I do it to raise morale.

But it seems nobody knows The Beatles!

[Ambitious 2,084]

Oh I remember that Monte Carlo battle!!!

 

Great article!

[momy950666 960]

+1 great article

[KillerGnat 3,135]

I sometimes sing in the chat for no reason, but really I do it to raise morale.

But it seems nobody knows The Beatles!

I started singing "Let It Lag" ( a parody of Let It Go) and one of my teammates got really mad at me and started calling me names :) . Guess some people just don't like singing.

[thunderousrailgunner 1,934]

Just Brilliant ;)