I have exactly the same issues when I use Internet Explorer, and it's been happening with Microsoft Edge too - I just open the forum on Chrome.

uhm no I'm not I'm not here ok >.>

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Definitely... well, at least teachers seem quite a bit more reasonable in high school. I don't know whether that's because they think high schoolers are old enough to be worth listening to, whether high schools are just more focused on taking student feedback into account or whether it's because the students start getting taller than the teachers xD

That actually reminds me of an experience I had in primary school... I got into an argument with a classmate, who then walked to a teacher standing 5 metres away, started crying and told her that apparently I'd punched him. The teacher (who was known to be biased towards certain 'suck ups' including this guy) called me over and told me to own up - obviously I reacted angrily and said I didn't punch him, she would've seen if I did since she was standing so nearby. Then she said "You're lying, admit it", I repeated that I wasn't but she continued to call me a liar over and over until my poor 8-year-old self said "fine, I punched him" in exasperation. Then I was made to stand facing a wall for the rest of lunch break. That blatant injustice still gets on my nerves to this day...

He was wearing a bulletproof vest - he 'no ded'.

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If you're choking but still able to cough, it's likely there's only a partial blockage of the trachea, so trying to cough it up is the first port of call. It only gets really serious when you're unable to cough it up - then someone should first try 5 back slaps, then the Heimlich Manoeuvre (abdominal thrusts) x5, whilst making sure you're supported. If you fall unconscious and stop breathing, tilting the head back and starting chest presses as part of CPR can be successful in clearing the trachea, though not often. A medical professional (if you're lucky to have one at hand) might even have to cut a hole through your neck to allow air into your windpipe, something known as an emergency tracheostomy. So really, you experienced the the first stage of choking - shouldn't have caused any physical harm but it's definitely unpleasant. (Source: I'm a trained lifeguard)

So a person is just one person but it sounds dramatic to arbitrarily classify a person's reason as a separate entity, when really it's just a function developed by the brain. Without evidence to argue otherwise, your theory is no more credible than Russell's Teapot. Interesting concept, but this is a good example of pseudoscience...

Since when is it sexism to be courteous towards people of the opposite gender? I'm not sure I'm reducing my rights when I allow a person of the opposite gender to walk through a door before I do, lol. IMO this is a bit of a shallow interpretation of what's just intended to be a social nicety, one gender being selfless towards another doesn't diminish anyone's rights... The Internet always seems to find a way to call everything sexist or racist, which kinda devalues the significance of discrimination when it actually does take place.

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Yep, make it good :P

Thanks for the feedback! On holiday at the moment, but Fen's a noob and thinks that all answers are provided in the article and that you guys should have read it properly despite the fact we encouraged questions at the end (rolls eyes) As a result, I'll answer all of the ones posed in brief myself. A Railgun shot is always a Nothing, it just interacts with different Somethings (e.g. tanks) in different ways. So in your scenario, sometimes Railgun shots go right through both teammates and opponents without having any effect because they fail to interact with the tanks, often due to a badly-aimed shot or one made at an awkward angle. When they do interact, they have an impact effect on both teammates and opponents, but are only programmed to damage opponents - unless Friendly Fire is on, but even then it's still harder to damage teammates due to the auto-aim mechanism only applying to opponents. Yes, they definitely can. In fact, Somethings must always interact with other Somethings since both have matter, and so basically can't avoid some sort of collision interaction if they touch. Like all other shots, the Freeze fire is a Nothing with no matter, which is able to interact with Somethings such as tanks. What's programmed in for weapons like Firebird and Freeze is a 'range' parameter, which reduces the interaction of the weapons with tanks over distance (see 'The Manipulation of Nothings' section). Yep, whilst some of the game is made out of stuff, a lot of features in the game are made out of nothing whatsoever. Weird but interesting xD As for the first part I highlighted, technically the tanks don't quite move as if in space because a form of gravity with effects similar to that on Earth still applies in Tanki, although I get why you made that comparison. Also, I think the second highlighted bit would more accurately say 'lateral force' as you later put it rather than 'weight', although Fen's the equation expert. Apart from those minor technicalities, what you've said is spot on, that's a well-made point there.

Yep, it isn't disqualified. Good luck! :P

Sure, as long as it fulfils the contest criteria. Writing an entry of high quality is much more important than such technicalities, and I'd prefer entries were creative rather than restricted. Sorry for the late reply, on holiday with inconsistent Internet access.

Whilst there's no rule saying it must be, you are writing an entry for Tanki's Finest News Source so it'd probably be a good idea to make it relevant to an aspect of the game or community.

Good job on the effort, but the above post is downright lying to you - your English, particularly your grammar, needs work. Good luck improving in that respect, practice makes perfect and it might work better to consolidate your general ability in English first before jumping straight into writing articles.

Glad to see that at least one reader's grasped the stuff we came up with xD Well, the answer to that dilemma is that upon impact, the Thunder shot actually remains a Nothing. It's just that its range of interaction with Somethings is programmed in to be greater than 0, unlike other shots such as a Railgun shot which only interacts with the Something it hits directly. This allows the Thunder shot to interact with and damage multiple tanks. How do we know the Thunder shot's still a Nothing upon impact? Because you can actually drive your tank through the explosion without physically colliding with or being stopped by it, like Nothings such as drop boxes/foliage and unlike what would happen if you drove into Something with solid matter such as a wall. So whilst both Somethings and Nothings can interact with your tank, Nothings don't act as physical barriers since they don't have any matter whereas Somethings do.

An amusing excerpt from our discussion whilst developing this article... The mindreading skills though xD

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Yep, it's definitely not the best The Dictator we've put out and it was delayed from last issue, hence the out-of-date pieces - but the fact that we're publishing more regularly now should hopefully prevent that problem in the future. Thanks for your feedback!

You must be made out of copper and tellurium, because you're CuTe. ...I have actually made use of that line before, there's nothing more charming than a witty scientific reference xD

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Hmm... Multiple songs I guess, but probably a mixture of favourite songs (e.g. Paradise by Coldplay) and songs which happen to hold particular significance to me (e.g. Sail by AWOLNATION). ew...