[Issue 48] Contest: Tanki Mythology

[TriNitroToIuene 4,765]

 

Are you ready....... to rediscover Tanki's past?

 

 

Mythology. We've all heard of it, haven't we? Gods bashing up the bad guys, colourful creatures causing earthquakes, and the other sort of stuff they tell you when they're training you to become someone tough. (That is, unless, you decide to base yourself on a wimp).
 
Anyway, the aim of this contest is to write a short story/poem mythically depicting how something happened or why something is as it is.
 
And, since mythology is incredibly diverse, here are the topics out of which you must choose one and base your myth on your selection -

• The existence of lags
• @Godmode_ON
• Creation of a turret (any turret, take your pick)

 
And also, to ensure you don't get carried away by the prospect of participating in such an awesome contest, let me list down the rules before you trip over yourselves in your hurry.

• Thou shalt writeth thy piece of mythology to suit an UNOFFICIAL limit of 500 words, give or take a few. Any article above 525 words shalt not be considered.
• Thou shalt submitteth thy entry on or before UTC 1500 hours, on February the 17th.
• Thou shalt not copyeth the works of others.
• Thou shalt not chooseth a topic apart from the three given ones.
• Thy entry shalt be in the form of a reply to this thread only, PMs, shalt not be accepted.
• Thou shalt not reserveth posts in this thread.

 
What do you get for writing a piece of mythology? Bask in the potential glory of crystals as the winners will get :
 

The reward for the first prize is 30 000 crystals

The reward for the second prize is 25 000 crystals

The reward for the third prize is 20 000 crystals

 

And also, you receive Tankiwide acclamation for your writing skills, and you get to test them out amongst your fellow tankmates! What are you waiting for? Whip your keyboard out and start handing in your submissions NOW!
 

 
Wait, not yet. To give you an idea of what we're looking for in this contest, I have written an entry on the theme 'Removal of crystal boxes' - and yes, it's not among the three given topics, but you guys have to submit your entries on the three given topics only.
 
Feel free to create your own heroes - gods (though nothing related to existing religions, please), demons, heroes, creatures and places! All that matters is your originality in your entry. Read on.
 

 

And the heavens flowed.

 

It was a tough time in Highland. Sickel, the overlord of the plateau, was sickened. Sickened by the madness of his people. Sickened by their obsession.
 
Sickened by their greed.
 
His army's generals, who had been respected and feared throughout the province for their strategic and weaponry skills, were now waddling around, stuffing sacks with them. His traders, who had been responsible for increasing Highland's revenue exponentially, were now increasing the width of their own stomachs. His people, who had a reputation for being honest, were now honest only to the lure of them.
 
Those damned crystal boxes.
 
Since the first one fell three years back, his city had long forgotten what their morals were; what their ideology stood for. All they cared about was those crystals. Although ten crystals might not be much, his people knew underground brokers in Kolhoz who invested in them for a profit. A HUGE profit.
 
Worse still, he had received espionage reports that the crystal boxes were in fact a product of the filthy rich Dusseldorf empire - far off in Europe, a deliberate act to conquer the province.
 
Below his palace, shouts of "Lord Semyon be as gracious!" echoed around.
 
Sickel shook his head. The Lord of the Province was a figment of imagination to him. The real gods, however, lay within - in the heart.
 
Sickel knelt and prayed, reaching out with his mind to the one person who could help cure all this. And in a flash, the chief of the XTs stood before him.
 
The XTs were a race of Wasps who had evolved to form golden wings, giving them the magical ability to fly. Trusted by Sickel, they were the only ones who could stop this.
 
"Go," choked Sickel.
 
And the chief took off.
 

***

 
As he scanned the skies for anything peculiar, he noticed a glowing light off the coast of Highland. The site of crystal box manufacture. An impregnable fortress. The chief couldn't see how its destruction could be ensured. For a split second, he considered giving up.
 
No. Highland is in trouble. It is my duty to help it out.
 
And then the solution hit him - The Railgun.
 
The mightiest weapon in the province, the Railgun was situated a mere two kilometres from the manufacturing site. All he had to do was reach out to the General and given an order for fire.
 

***

 

The General pressed the button. The chief of the XTs was his superior by about a hundred ranks, and even he was aware of the impending crystal box problem. An orange glow lit up the barrel of the weapon, and a beam of pure light flashed. And then, a massive boom lit up the skies as the manufacturing unit crumbled.
 
Above Highland, the flow of crystal boxes ceased.
 
The chief of the XTs watched in grim satisfaction from the skies.

 

 

***

 

Sickel watched from his palace as his people grumbled, and launched strike after strike. When he refused to react, however, they just went back to their jobs. The invasion of Dusseldorf was still imminent, but Sickel wasn't afraid.
 
At least his people would be prepared.
 

***

 

 
While this entry may not exactly be 'mythology', it certainly gives you an idea of the basic stuff you have to do. So what's the big dilly-dally? Whip out your keyboards! The clock just started ticking.
 
 

Edited February 12, 2016 by TriNitroToIuene

[omrot 2,327]

The Creation of The Faithful Isida

Many tankers have never heard about the story of the creation of the loved and loving turret, Isida. The tale has been long forgotten and so you probably never heard of it. Shall I begin?

Our story takes place  at the year of 2011 when most Tankers had no idea what was heading towards them.

 

It was a long year of killing and destroying tanks. Your only chances of survival were relying on your agility and the rare repair boxes. Many Tankers have died before, every wasp left with almost no health after being shot by a railgun, had to be quick and repair itself. Those were times when every tanker fought for himself. When i look back, those days seemed dark and dreadful.

 

Disgusted by what has happened with Tanki Online, the god of love and caring, Semyon Kirov, has decided to create a perfect turret. It might seem to you readers as if this turret was just like any other, a machine created to destroy, but you are mistaken. The god of love created it with his gentle hands, curving the sharp edges and adding a touch of a wave-like laser beam which unlike the deadly railgun was created to heal.The first turret to be capable of helping your teammates. A turret created solely for helping. A turret of love.

 

Upon bringing the creation of the new gun to all tankers, Semyon faced a problem. Most tankers seemed to ignore the perfect creation because at the time, tankers were hungry for raw power. The god, infuriated by the ignorance, sent a devastating attack towards the Tanki world, known as the mighty Lag. Tankers, unable to play the game to its finest, cried for mercy from the god of love and caring. The god has forgiven. But the lag he created was too powerful for him to handle so in return he added the the ability which seems quite normal to us. The ability which caused hundreds of tankers to use isidas. The ability of Self-Healing. Tankers started using the turret as their primary weapon, but Semyon was depressed. His beloved turret of healing was used for destruction. He. Has. Failed.

 

omrot

 

This story is dedicated to Semyon

I will miss you

Edited February 12, 2016 by omrot

[awsmeplayer 59]

My opinion

sounds way too boring

sorry

 

[omrot 2,327]

loooooool... look at the deadline  :P

[i..Overlord 2]

                                                    The "Gofight"

 

                                                  The nightmare of the Campers and the myth of the cowards

                           The myth says he use a rare Twins and Titan, his paint is like Guerrilla but with bullets holes

                   If you was camping for a long time and receive a push from back and dont stop camping he will came

                                                He will appear from your back and will force you to get out

                                           If he do this and you dont stop camping he will simply kill but you

                                                                           But if continue camping...

                        I will kill you with his Twinz ( infinite range ) while is putting a lot of mines on Camper zones

                        And worst of all, you will no able to leave the battle and you can not change your equipment

[Lhamster 4,081]

loooooool... look at the deadline  :P

Fixed :ph34r:

[newrohan 1,040]

The topic was created on 12 Jan. So was it hidden all this time?

[Zenyth 6,494]

The topic was created on 12 Jan. So was it hidden all this time?

Yup. PM. :ph34r:

[LOLKILLERTOTHEDEATH 1,921]

Nice words, but it didn't seem to evoke much spirit. I will try, of course.

[r_TIGER_BOY_20140 78]

                                                                                                 ...........HERO OF TANKI........

 

 

                                   Nobody is saving tanki from GODMODE_ON the person who beat all the greatest tankemens of tankionline. I came to tankionline when I checked all the tankionline players is crying with emotions. I told them wat happend? They told me about GODMODE_ON  said to them he needs to beat his 100 victims because he beat 99 victims . But i told them with self confident I will beat  GODMODE_ON. They tursted me.The tankmen were generous with me. I was also tolernat . I am ready for the fight I said to them.I turn to new leaf for the fight. Focus about him for the fight. Today is the day I will fight with GODMODE_ON. 5hours but still he didnt came. 6hours to ago finally he came. He  is using  vuclan and mammoth I am using  firebird and horent. For end of tanki's career. Match is become interesting my tanks health is nearly to death and GODMODE_ON 's health is nearly to death. 1shot 1 beat who's gonna win .All the tankmen is  nerovus about me and him. Because if GODMODE_ON beat me he will rules the tankionline forever. Whos gonna win me or him. We two were ready with double damage. Every bodys heart is beating. I burn his tank he shoot vulcan to my tanki. After the great match the ring explosde with the two great shots. who win? who lost? did i beat him? or did he beat him? so many questions and confussion because of the dust?. Explostion is over . Refree checked. The winner is me. Now I am the hero of tankionline. And finally GODMODE_ON lost . And he promised that he will never do it again.

Edited February 6, 2016 by r_TIGER_BOY_20140

[Leaflet314 18]

Here is mine:

 

 

Godmode_on

One day, a long time ago, the air raid sirens started to blair. All of the highest ranking fighters knew that somewhere, a gold box was falling. They raced around frantically, looking for the most valuable item in the land of Tanki. Then, one person saw it. Dropping far
away, he saw the speck descend lazily to the ground, It's parachute flapping in the breeze. Madly excited, all of the players started using all of the supplies they had access to. They rushed as a mob towards the place it was falling, ignoring everything except for the falling object in front of them. When they arrived, however, the gold box was a large tank, not a supply drop! The players took one look at his evil red paint, his mammoth and thunder M3, and his fully activated supplies, and knew he was trouble. As soon as he landed, he was mobbed by the smaller and faster tanks. The players soon figured out that this was no ordinary tank, however. The fighters that wielded the freeze and firebird weapons quickly realized that their turrets dealt no damage to this powerful monstrosity. The isidas, then realizing that this was their job, came in to attack. Splitting off on to either side, they started doing some real damage. But it was not to last. The foreign tank was repeatedly using repair kits, and it proved to be too much for the isidas, as they were wiped out. The players then thought of a new idea. Talking to each other in the chat, they switched to fast, light, hulls, with shafts and railgun. As they spread out, they decided upon a different strategy. Circling around the newcomer, one person fired. Immediately afterward, the next person did the same. The rest followed suit, dealing a continuous stream of damage that had no end, for when the last person had shot, the first had reloaded again. This proved to be too much for the beastly tank and it's health went down quickly after that, even repair kits not being enough to save him. His health dwindling, he made one last final move. Hacking the system, he made his reloading time much shorter. Firing repeatedly, he wiped out most of the players. And as he fired one, last, shot, he died. With his death came celebration, for it triggered almost enough gold boxes to fall at once so that each player had one. With this departing finale, a message told all who he really was; "Godmode_On has left the game"...

 

[omrot 2,327]

Here is mine:

 

 

Godmode_on

 

One day, a long time ago, the air raid sirens started to blair. All of the highest ranking fighters knew that somewhere, a gold box was falling. They raced around frantically, looking for the most valuable item in the land of Tanki. Then, one person saw it. Dropping far

away, he saw the speck descend lazily to the ground, It's parachute flapping in the breeze. Madly excited, all of the players started using all of the supplies they had access to. They rushed as a mob towards the place it was falling, ignoring everything except for the falling object in front of them. When they arrived, however, the gold box was a large tank, not a supply drop! The players took one look at his evil red paint, his mammoth and thunder M3, and his fully activated supplies, and knew he was trouble. As soon as he landed, he was mobbed by the smaller and faster tanks. The players soon figured out that this was no ordinary tank, however. The fighters that wielded the freeze and firebird weapons quickly realized that their turrets dealt no damage to this powerful monstrosity. The isidas, then realizing that this was their job, came in to attack. Splitting off on to either side, they started doing some real damage. But it was not to last. The foreign tank was repeatedly using repair kits, and it proved to be too much for the isidas, as they were wiped out. The players then thought of a new idea. Talking to each other in the chat, they switched to fast, light, hulls, with shafts and railgun. As they spread out, they decided upon a different strategy. Circling around the newcomer, one person fired. Immediately afterward, the next person did the same. The rest followed suit, dealing a continuous stream of damage that had no end, for when the last person had shot, the first had reloaded again. This proved to be too much for the beastly tank and it's health went down quickly after that, even repair kits not being enough to save him. His health dwindling, he made one last final move. Hacking the system, he made his reloading time much shorter. Firing repeatedly, he wiped out most of the players. And as he fired one, last, shot, he died. With his death came celebration, for it triggered almost enough gold boxes to fall at once so that each player had one. With this departing finale, a message told all who he really was; "Godmode_On has left the game"...

 

 

 

 

I might not win this contest when you are here

[omrot 2,327]

anyone knows why Godmode_on isn't in the ratings?

[r_MaquinaDeGuerra0 207]

My new entry

Totally new

 

 

 

The Skill Maker

One of the first turrets

The most popular turret actually

The Railgun!

When it was created was called "Fear Machine"

Because his damage was amazing

A turret created to be the 1st

It was created with the ability to cross tanks

When it was created had a huge size

With the power to flip tanks

The railgun also was the mother of the parkour

It is used to show your Tanki skills with a XP duel

The most important gun definitely

Every tankmen had the railgun

Without it, the game would be different

...

Actually is a legend

 

Edited February 11, 2016 by r_MaquinaDeGuerra0

[TriNitroToIuene 4,765]

                                                    The "Gofight"

 

 

The stealthy

Please stick to one of the three topics!

[Hex 11,520]

Entry:

 

 

Name:@Godmode_ON

Rank:, or

Age: Unknown. Thought to be ~115 years old.

Address: Drug Farms, Godland, Tankiverse

Nickname: Nikolai Kolotov

Specialty: Join battles, kills, drugs, kills, drugs, kills, drugs. Finally dies. Drops three gold boxes.

Can climb houses, walls, bulidings.  Has a special paint and unlimited drugs.

Curiosities: Legend says that he's a hacker; or a Russian TO Developer. Likes chicken and potatoes.

Famous lines/quotes: La-da-da-da-dahh. It's me, the tank-eating G-O-D!

 

And from here I ought to start my dig into the treasures of the Tanki Online History. @Godmode_ON. Chronological order? You got it.

You also may want to read the very first line of this thread. Because ~

... Gods bashing up the bad guys...

 

Godmode_ON started out as the timid green Smoky + Hunter. Returning from the Training Fields, he thought that only if he was a developer of this game, hmm... But of course, he had to prove himself first.

Then, on an evening of 1901, 115 years ago, Godmode_ON found the Tanki Online forum. To satisfy your response on the date, here's what I mean ~

 

 

See? This guy is a legend. Although 0 posts could mean this guy was a bit shy of the general masses.

Now, lets move on to his daily routine. What combo you might say. Let us use the Ratings page ~

 

 

As we expected, no results. But wait, we can still use Leprotanki ~

 

 

Well, never mind. Albeit, there are some pictures of him... Using Mammoth M3/4 and Twins M3/4 or Thunder M3/M4, he was seen numerous times in the battlefield. Here are some of his moments deliberating everything in his path, a.k.a the Godmode_ON thug life ~

 

 

Moving on; to his paint it is. Lord, Devil, Lord of the Paint, whatever people call it, here is what it looks like ~

 

 

This paint is said to have 88% protection against all turrets; although some rumors say that 98% against all but 100% against Firebird and Freeze.

Now, lets pen his special capabilities. With the paint, and unlimited drugs, Godmode_ON was literally unbeatable. But, sometimes  strokes of good luck do tend to happen; and when they did, three gold boxes dropped from the sky. Some legends say that Godmode_ON could climb houses, walls, buildings and get an advantage over his opponents.

 

Official let-offs, sayth thou?

1. January 4^th, 2014. A holiday paint was released in the Garage featuring a Godmode_ON theme.

2. September 12^th, 2014. V-LOG 13 of TO showed Godmode_ON in real life, in the shadows. It was announced that Mines have been disabled in the Silence map for three days, controversial?

3. April 3^rd, 2015. V-LOG 40 of TO shows Godmode_ON catching 5001 crystals worth April Fools Day gold box.

4. April 24^th, 2015. V-LOG 43's QOTW featured Godmode_ON shooting six tanks.

5. August 15^th, 2015. V-LOG 55 of TO features various employees of Tanki; in the end, a line underneath Nikolai Kolotov read 'Not Godmode_ON' 

 

They say that the scariest monsters are the ones who lurk within our souls. Could Godmode_ON still skulk the penumbra of the Tankiverse? Beware!

To a new world of gods and monsters it is!

 

"Silence milquetoasts! For it is Godmode_ON"

 

 

 

 

- 525 words

Edited February 13, 2016 by Hexed

[Big_Red_Ball 5]

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Once upon a time, In the MMO of tanki there was made a turret called Twins. The twins was made to be used by recruits, it was only to be used at M0. There were M1s M2s and M3s. These were jokes. They weren’t actually possible to buy until... A tanker named KillerGnat bought the twins M1. But nothing happened. He sat for awhile staring at his screen, waiting to see the tank equip the Twins M1. It never did. After 5 flabbergasting minutes he decided to PM the god of tanki called Devs.  He didn’t get an answer but, the next time he came to check his garage he notice that he was equipped with the ThunderM1 HunterM1 and Jaguar paint. He amazed at the power of the ThunderM1 and used it with the HornetM1 because he prefered speed. Devs added the Twins’ modifications into the MMO  because he knew that if tanker see, tanker do. 

 

Sincerely

Edited February 7, 2016 by Big_Red_Ball

[Big_Red_Ball 5]

If you were wondering, the cool fonts are from [post=http://cooltext.com/][/post] and this is in no way calling KillerGnat a noob or as he likes to say, nub. I admit here and now that he is a better tanker than I.

[r_TIGER_BOY_20140 78]

next time i will try my best

[assolik 134]

Hey this looks like fun

[assolik 134]

Where do you post the entry's? Please tell me!

[Superlative 500]

Where do you post the entry's? Please tell me!

In this topic. ^ Please hide one of your identical  posts. 

Edited February 8, 2016 by Superlative

[VaudeVille 1,428]

If you were wondering, the cool fonts are from [post=http://cooltext.com/][/post] and this is in no way calling KillerGnat a noob or as he likes to say, nub. I admit here and now that he is a better tanker than I.

The only thing ik about him is that he is the biggest grammar Nazi in the forum

[Rayyan 3,415]

The Wrath of Fear Machine

 

Twas the time, the time when firebirds and smokies ruled. Dr. Semyon had created a perilous hazard. He wanted to test his machine in the field of battle, so he went in sandbox with his huge hull as he was the dictator of that area. He called his most fearless warriors to test the mechanism of this machine. Yet they were feared by the looks of this turret, they tried it out. It was over-powered. A shot made the opposition's tank flip. And whenever he had joined a battle, everyone cried "Zeus, please save me from him". Seeing everyone was feared he kept the turret's name, the "Fear Machine". He made many of them and traded it at market place for supplies. And everyone had this machine. Mostly, everyone had this turret now, Zeus being jealous made this turret to a normal turret and shouted "This is turret should be called as "Railgun" ". Now in 2016 Fear Machine is known as "Railgun". But there are some people in Tankiverse that has the "Fear machine" still in their Garage.   

 

Edit: Added word count, 184 words.

Edited February 11, 2016 by Quasar

[Zenyth 6,494]

The Genesis of Thunder

 

         A great while ago, when the world was chock-full of wonders, tragedies, miracles, miseries .. in a way, as it stands before us today, in the province of Halcyonia lived the righteous King Avanchel in his kingdom of tranquil. All was well; the farmers, the labourers, the knights, the barons, the guardsmen, the craftsmen, the officials, all of them were content and living a peaceful life. Perokmol, the wise local sage however, had predicted a negative shift in the kingdom's long drawn fortunes which the people would succumb to. However, the people had ridiculed him, stating that he was never a benefactor of the King's capability and rectitude.

         But, tragedy struck the kingdom soon as the sage had foreseen. One day, King Avanchel's front-line lookouts informed him about a massive buildup in the vicinity; evil sorcerer Raketa had summoned all her proponents for a ceremony which ennobled her as the supreme leader of all sorcerers. King Avanchel began to think about the possible reasons for this, but his courtiers mocked the lookout's jive, stating that they had no need to contemplate about minor activities of an evil sorcerer when peace was traversing each nook and cranny of King Avanchel's kingdom. Hence the King dissolved the issue brought up.

         However, Raketa and her patrons had indeed gathered for a purpose, an evil one. They had built up a whole army, replete with warlocks, mages, club-swingers, barbarians, wizards and conjurers from across the country. Raketa had announced that she would soon become the most powerful person ever seen, and with that she and her army, demonic instincts in mind, started marching across the country, plundering treasuries, torturing, toppling thrones, raiding and pillaging every home in sight. Having heard of this from several lookouts, the King and a few of his courtiers were worried. The King, afraid of being too complacent, sought to alert his troops, but the other group of courtiers, insisted that no witch or sorcerer could touch his kingdom. King Avanchel was in two minds, but he decided to strengthen his borders and ordered reinforcements. 

         The time had come, Raketa having conquered and destroyed much of the south had turned her focus to the north, and on the way came King Avanchel's peaceful realm that was now on her target. Catapults, mages, rams ambushed the walls of King Avanchel's kingdom, and his few thousand guardsmen were totally overwhelmed by the millions of troops Raketa had managed to gather. The King and his advisers, totally unaware of the magnitude were shocked. The King's courtiers fled as the evil army cut inroads to the core of the kingdom. 

         The King, left alone in his palace watched from his window as fires and destruction raged on at the horizon. There was no time left. He sat on his knees, looked up at the sky and closed his eyes. He had never imagined that evil Raketa would strike even when his kingdom had never come in her way. He opened his eyes and was left astonished. It was raining, it was a thunderstorm, there were a hundred cannons, shooting exploding balls of fire at the evil. Thunder was here.

 

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Word count: 524 words

Edited February 9, 2016 by Zenyth