Happy B-day @cody1999 and @nakindian! Have an extremely nice day ;)

Huh, well said. A tad liberal yes, but nonetheless well said. You've published countless articles during your time as a Reporter; all quality articles, I will admit, but this one has invariably appealed to me the most. Without your in-depth comparison and review, I wouldn't be the Twins advocate I am today. Many thanks there. But I'm going off topic. So with that, I'll conclude and wish you the best of luck in life. ;)

Phenomenal. Absolutely phenomenal! The two of you deserve to earn a Nobel Prize in Physics for your irrefutable research and investigation into TO mechanics. I'll try to put in a good word for your article with my colleagues in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. ;) Cheers!

^ Um.... what? Thanks for editing and improving (I think) upon @mateies's grammar in the comment, but I am not sure if your, @Rico_Viking_9000's rank up video solves this problem. :huh: Back to you though @mateies. Normally, if one were to notice that their crystal amount has suddenly been reduced, this would be a clear indication that someone else has hacked into their account, or by some means acquired their password. However, since you know for sure that nothing has changed within your garage (including turrets/hulls/paints, micro-upgrades, supplies, passes and/or kits), this may not be your case. In order to hopefully recover your lost crystal, it would be in your best interests to email your issue to help@tankionline.com, where you may then be referred to tech support. I've never encountered this issue before, but that's what I'd do. Unless anyone else has a different solution to this, that may be more helpful to you, that's the way to go. P.S. Changing your password wouldn't hurt. Just in case...

Oh, woe is me, T' have seen what I have seen, see what I see!

That is a really good question. Bravo! ;) However, I don't really care much for t-shirts. I prefer tear-shirts, fabricated from the tears of my enemies. Sorta like this...

Absolute

I suppose I'll just recall my first gold box... catch. Since all the subsequent catches have been like *meh*, just happened to be in the right place at the right time. You know, your everyday 'the universe is aligning' for me moments. If memory holds right, this catch occurred on my first day (evening) of playing TO, way back when. I was in the map Aleksandrovsk, then called 'Happy New Year's', when I heard a blaring siren go off in the middle of the match, and the words "Gold box will be dropped soon" (I think) appear on my screen. As you would expect, I thought to myself, "oh ok, a gold box? uh cool". To my luck, every other player in the match (recruit rank) had no knowledge of this "Gold box", and therefore remained as unaware of its almighty, almost heavenly, secret, as I did. Next thing I knew, a gold colored box is descending to the ground (huh gold colored Gold box, who would've guessed). So little old me drives my M0 Hornet up to where I guesstimated the box would drop, and alas, a few seconds later I became 3000 crystals richer. Seeing that my crystal amount jumped not 10, but 3000 crystal, clearly left me ecstatic and overjoyed. I'm fairly certain that after I caught the Gold and typed "yeaaaaahhhh" into the chat system multiple times, I received a warning for my spam. :mellow: And that's the story of how I got caught my first warning Gold box.

That 1550 crystal though...

1. 556 days, 5 hours, 52 minutes and 33 seconds. 2. Through WOT. Some noobs nubs (thank you Chrome auto-correct) were poking fun at TO's graphics, and I wanted to see what all the hullabaloo was about. 3. Massacre and original version of Silence. 4. About -0 hours on main account, but 1-2 hours on alt account. 5. Umm, I don't know. A few hundred $$$... perhaps. Don't feel like looking through old credit card bills. 6. M3 Thunder and M0 Wasp. (works like a charm in CP matches) 7. Original Off-Topic Discussion topics. A separate TO/AlternativaPlatform branch located somewhere in the Western Hemisphere? Sorry, creative juices weren't flowing as they usually do.

Before I begin, I'm always open to your's, as well as other's opinions; and I unconditionally respect that. ;) As a response to your comment, I agree with you, but also wish to ask you this. Were the "millions of humans" that were lost necessarily in vain though? As @T.O.T.A.L.W.A.R already mentioned, it's unfortunate, but true that a substantial degree of advances within the fields of science and medicine (oh, and don't forget technology... if you consider it a science) only occur as a direct result of human conflict, or war. Sure, a great deal of advances and innovation during war are directed primarily to 'defeat the enemy'; but in all this death and destruction, we find glimpses of positive, humanly-morale (if that's even possible) innovation and improvement. Take these for example - Let's take a look at the field of medicine. Hmm, the first and most obvious example that comes to mind (at least for myself) is Penicillin. But wait, wasn't Penicillin discovered by accident between WWI and WWII, and therefore not a direct outcome of wartime progress and advancement? Yes and no. While it is true that Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928, it's arguable that his motivation for research and eventual discovery was influenced by war (just not immediately), in attempt to prevent further human loss to disease. Fleming's horrendous experiences during WWI (being a rank of , for reals) as a battlefield doctor, is often what's recounted as his inspiration for later becoming a bacteriologist. Would he have still became a scientist of medicine or discovered Penicillium mold had he not been sent off for war, or come across that horrid scope of reality that no man, or woman, should ever have to endure? Who knows. So maybe, just maybe, the sudden and unexpected discovery of Penicillin occurred in-between global conflicts; but maybe, just maybe, his atrocious encounters that transpired during war inadvertently, 'down the line' lead to the introduction of Penicillin. And surely, myself nor anyone else, can wholeheartedly say that the eventual creation of Penicillin is not a +1 for society. One more example, just for reinforcement. Nuclear energy. Yes, yes, nuclear energy. The oh-so harbinger of death and total annihilator. Yet ironically, it deterred the use of itself in modern warfare (no, no, not the game, but the military term). Oh but wait, I'm referring to nuclear weaponry, not nuclear energy. But alas, we can't have one without the other. So nuclear energy. Interesting... had it not been for the Manhattan Project, we wouldn't have nuclear weaponry and energy; at least, not as soon. Sure, other countries, such as the U.S.S.R. also developed their own customized version of this weapon of war, but of course, later on. (I don't feel obliged to cite and credit all of the other countries that helped bring about nuclear weapons; but these are the two most common text book examples) What I'm getting at is this. While this invention (debatably) show-cased the worst of human inventiveness, it still had a silver lining to it. After all, you can only develop nuclear weaponry with the science and knowledge of how nuclear energy works. And now that deterrence ran the game (and hopefully continues to), we had to do something else with this newly developed field of science. So what did we do? We used nuclear energy to benefit humanity. Clean (mostly?) energy that now helps power a great extent of our society. *hooray, air five* For once, humanity got something right. Out of all this mess and disorder we managed to again pull something positive out of the grips of war. (don't quote me on that) So what was all this rambling on and on about? Why did I make you or anyone else go through the torture of reading what I wrote typed, when they could of effortlessly passed it up? Or waste their time reading my rubbish, that they could potentially and entirely disagree with? Easy. To get my simple point across. (don't forget, still human and open to contrasting opinions) As ferocious and inhumane as war can be, it always presents itself hand-in-hand with scientific, technological, and don't forget medical; advancement. And just to make it clear, I'm not fond of, nor aspire war, but I merely point out its 'break in the clouds'. So in conclusion, (yes, I know, finally) would you, or anyone else I suppose, consider those "millions" of lives to be lost in vain? Well, then it's impossible for human civilization, at least. We're such novices, dare I say, newbies, in the cosmological scale and measure of civilizations (Kardashev Scale). Type 0 *pfft*... -_- Might as well be type -1. appologize for short response, was a bit exhausted ;p

The highly anticipated update is finally within our grasp. And furthermore, good luck to all those undertaking the mighty XT Challenge/Daily Mission... in a reasonable amount of time, of course. :P

I wish especially good luck to those of you that are setting aside extra time to complete this "challenge", but in reality have an actual life. As for the rest of you, *meh* try your best. ;)

Rest in peace Satoru Iwata. Your successes and great leaps within the gaming world will not be forgotten.

As for you friend Lollytwist, I commend Lolly on her self-imposed technique/etiquette, as well as your chronicling of it. You don't find a plethora of players willing to abstain from 'drugging' of any degree; or completely, for that matter. As for the topic itself, I thought "topics about specific players" was against the Section Rules. Not that I strongly desire for the topic to be closed, but just an honest assumption. Please correct me if mistaken.

Hmm, there is only one thing that I fear...

DanTheKiller1 and dilsharox are both indeed correct. The headquarters of TO (and therefore AlternativaPlatform) is located within Perm, Russia. In addition to this, there are other branches/locations of AlternativaPlatform based in other countries. ==> http://help.tankionline.com/topic/707527-where-in-perm-russia-is-the-tanki-online-headquarters-located/

Hmm, I'd have to go with 25 as being my favorite number. Why? It's funnier than 24. *wink, wink* reference

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^ I wouldn't worry too much about how others judge us. Because after all, are they the ones that should really be judging? On an unrelated note, Happy Belated 4th of July! Better late than never I suppose. ;)

Salutations :)

Such technicalities on the components of Mines and Repair Kits. :huh: Nonetheless, swell update.

Time to purchase myself the oh-so 'superior to Twins', coveted M3 Ricochet. EDIT: How ungrateful of me... I almost forgot, thanks TO! ;)

Happy B-Day @Shar0n and !

Thank you, thank you. I always try(hard) my best. ;) Curious, what level of math are you currently enrolled in? PreCal?