Very informative, thank you. I've used the blocking technique by putting my tank in front ot the enemy, knowing I will die, but still block the escaping tank. However, i have a tendency to use my tank side-ways instead of head on. I've tried the head on approach, but the escaping tank can easily swing around me. But using my tank side-ways blocks a larger area, especially in tunnels. Another tactic I've used at times and sometimes works. Occasionally, you will see a tank with a spinning turret and you have a tendency to ignore them. I've used this to my advantage. I sit near the flag turning my turret around clock-wise. When the enemys back is to me, POW, right up the tail pipe. I've helped my team mates with the ghost tank. If I see a team mate ghosting me, I'll try to lead him to the flag and while I use my Freeze on them, my team mate spawns and grabs the flag. There are a lot of techniques that can be used, but unfortunately, many of them require the help of a team mate and you don't know where that team mate's mind is. So many of them are point happy and will risk losing the flag just so they can get a few extra points for destroying an enemy's tank while carrying the flag. In a recent CTF, I was carrying the flag but had no life left. I was afraid I would get shot before reaching our base. I dropped the flag in the spot of a respawning team mate. He finished his respawn, sat there a moment, then carried the flag towards the enemy for a few extra points. He died in the process and lost the flag. I've seen this happen too many times. I'm relunctent to hand off the flag, now. Another incident comes into mind. Our Asida worked very hard keeping us alive and blocking tanks while we made our get away. He was an excellant Asida player who seldom went after the flag, but instead, made sure we made it back to base alive. So, at one point during the battle, I carried the flag back to our base where our Asida was ( he had just respawned). I dropped the flag in front of him to make the capture. He picked up the flag, but instead of making the capture, he roamed around the base area. I stayed to see what he was up to. Four enemy tanks arrived and and still the Asida didn't make the capture, instead he tried to destroy the enemy tanks. I did the best I could to help, but they were better armed than we were and he lost the flag. One survived, grabbed the flag and they made the capture points instead of us. I try to be a team player, but so many others are not team players. They play on a team, but it's all about themselves and not the team. I've been in CTF battles where our team will fight to get one flag, but after that, they change into TDM mode. If the enemy grabs the flag, they could care less. They just camp and wait for the next wave to come. I've seen the same thing happen in a CP battle, especially on Polygon. The other team has possession off the CP, but our team doesn't try to take the possession back. Instead, they are destroying the other tanks, leaving one or two to try to take possession. I guess I can see the mind set....Keep the numbers down. This tactic works if the other team has less numbers, but not when both teams are full. This isn't really a rant, though it may sound like it. I'll keep reading this section of the newspaper and try to improve on my game by learning techniques that I can employ and try to learn some that require team work. But team work only works when you have team players that are playing the same game you are. Not when they turn CTF or CP into TDM or an XP battle. Keep up the good work. I'm sure it will help those of us who are more interested in improving our skills.

I used to play Robot Rage until chat was taken away and then it became very difficult to connect with anyone for a challenge. Been looking for another with tanks or robots for about 4 years. I found a link to Tankionline on Miniclip.com (which also carried Robot Rage). I clidked on the link, tried the tutorial and now I'm hooked. :)

Cool explosions!?! You wouldn't think they were so cool if you saw your Buddy die in it! :angry:

I was playing CTF. I had stolen the flag under heavy fire, blew up a tank of the other team on the way to our flag. I got to our flag and was just a fraction of a second from scoring when I was "booted" out of the game. Message: "Foul play discovered. You have been disconnected from the game." Foul play? Playing by the rules is considered foul play? I was not experiencing any lag at the time. Why was I 'booted' out? I was also using my own consumables (armor, power, speed).