Nicely done.

Mini Contest Results The Mid Ranker's Handbook in Issue 54 had a mini contest which asked the readers to share their expertise and experiences in the mid ranks by answering three basic questions. We had a fair amount of decent entries to choose from, and here are the results! In first place, winning 20,000 crystals, is an extensive piece on the fundamentals of Monte Carlo gameplay... @randomperson123456 In second place, winning 15,000 crystals, is a concise description of the mid rank situation... @vansh10 In third place, winning 10,000 crystals, is another account of mid rank gameplay garnished with a few individual experiences... @Blackdrakon30 Besides these, we found a few entries worthy of a consolation prize worth 5,000 crystals. 's entry @Lethal_Injection's entry @leonidus77's entry Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all the participants for responding so well! Prizes will be sent by the first of August!

Three hundred and thirty-two legitimate entries. Over seventeen pages to sort through. Jokes that made me laugh, and jokes that made me cringe. Now, finally: the results for the crystal giveaway are here. Our grand winner, randomly chosen is.....(drumroll)......@F1ASC0. (Link to entry.) He and his nominated friend, , will each be receiving 10,000 crystals. Congratulations to both lucky tankers! ** Now as you all well know, entrants were also required to post a joke with their names. And there were some good ones, so below is a non-exhaustive list of my favorite jokes from the topic, in no particular order. Enjoy! Thanks to everyone who participated, and again, congratulations to the winner. Crystals will be delivered by the first of August.

Contest closed. Gl.

Contest Closed. Good luck.

:excl: Readers, don't forget to check out our special review of the paint separation update. You can find it here.

This was...not an easy contest to judge. I was both amused and amazed at the variety of completely unique thoughts outlined by the entrants. However, there can only be three winners, so after a good deal of consideration I present you with the craziest, most interesting ideas produced by the Tanki Community. In First Place, winning 25,000 crystals: A Tanki Online Zoo by: @eefschietscheef A Tanki Online Zoo A place where all the different tank species are held, to be visited, looked at and admired by tankers. From the Mammuthus Hastili to the Vesparum Isidus. From zebras to jaguars and from turtles to piranhas. Rumor has it that even a ghost appears in one of the cages from time to time. The zoo also has some exclusive mythological creatures like Minotaurs and centaurs. If a player likes one of the species he sees, he can tell the zookeeper which one he wants, and then buy it and take it home. Brought to life by: In Second Place, winning 20,000 crystals: J.U.N.G.L.E by: @Bugs.meeny In Third Place, winning 15,000 crystals: The Head Bonker by: @LaserShark Congratulations to the winners; however, theirs are not the only pieces worthy of recognition. Each of the following tankers will receive 5,000 crystals for uniquely creative ideas. - Smoke Bomb - Clothed Tanks @HaloScorpionV2 - New Moderator @Leaflet314 - Eagle Paint - Crystal Falls Again, congratulations and well done all. Crystals will be delivered by the first of August!

Chapter One: Dubiety by @Daniel898 “I swear I didn’t do it!” I suspect that he isn’t telling the truth, and neither do my fellow officers. Maximus selected his pen on the table beside him, and eyed the notepad carefully. “Stefan, you claim that Juniper did not access the office.” He pauses abruptly and commences to speak again. “But later, you declared that she waved at you upon leaving the office. I’m uncertain how this is possible. As you can see, this situation is unattainable. Someone cannot wave to you if they never arrived at a visual position to do so.” “I didn’t do it! I didn’t kill anyone, and I-”. Stefan roars across the table like a hungry lion, only to be hindered by the stale, calm voice of my colleague. “As recommended by our lie detector, you haven’t been telling the truth. You slaughtered your co-worker Juniper. You have been charged of second degree murder and you will serve 10 years of-.” Stefan screams in outrage, and lunges his body across the table. He begins to suffocate Maximus with his handcuffs. With Maximus’s neck hooked onto links of the handcuffs, Stefan swings him across the chamber, his head slamming onto the impenetrable stone wall and his body dwindling to the ground. He’s unconscious. I explore my pocket and feel for my gun. Crap. I thought. I left it with Randy outside. I speculate hastily and screech at my other colleague Liam. “Shoot him!” Stefan has obtained the key to his handcuffs from inside Maximus’s pockets and opens the lock with the key with his teeth. Liam begins to draw his gun. Stefan surges toward his legs and Liam capsizes. I observe in panic as his gun descends to the floor. Stefan clutches the gun and shoots Liam. I scream. I lift a chair and catapult it at him, knocking him over. He targets me with his gun as I flip the table over to sustain the charge. I gasp at the puncture holes inside the table. I launch another chair, and another. I pick up the last one and Stefan looks down. I gaze. He starts to chuckle, louder, until he shrieks at full volume. I drop my chair in fear. “W-wha-.” I begin. “I was there.” Stefan murmurs. His body shudders, I take a step back. I’m befuddled. He was there? “What do you mean, you were there?” He continues to grin. “Oh? You don’t remember. So you don’t know that your memory was-.” “It was what?” I demand, as he edges even closer. Before I could react, he jabs at my gut. Stefan lifts me up and baseball heaves me chest first to the wall. I feel my ribs shatter as I scream in pain. “You’ll never live to know about your memory.” He smirks, and aims the pistol at me. I prepare myself for the end of my existence. Abruptly, the siren blares. I hear voices outside, orders to sprint to room A5 hastily. This room. Stefan lowers his pistol, opens the door and sprints down the hallway. I cry out, seeing blood on my hands. But then, I see nothing. __________ Chapter Two: Hallucinations by @Lethal_Injection I slowly regained my consciousness. The pain in my chest was excruciating. I didn’t want to know how many of my ribs I had broke after Stefan had threw me against the wall. Darn it! Where’s Stefan? I thought, my vision still blurry. Suddenly, the building went dark, but just for a moment. The emergency red lights flicked on and a siren blared through the hallways. “Prisoner break from interrogation chamber A5!” a frantic voice cried over the intercom. “Fugitive is armed and ruthless, request immediate backup!” My brain was overloaded with stimuli. The pain, the alarm, the dim, ominous, flickering red lights, the footsteps of guards sprinting towards the equipment room. I remembered then the emergency medical pack that was always kept in each of the interrogation rooms. I crawled over to the corner and ripped out the morphine, injecting myself immediately. The pain relieved, I crawled over to my fallen comrade Liam. I felt his neck for a pulse. Nothing. Guards and a medic then burst into the room. They surveyed the scene, and ran over to check Maximus. It was about then that I once again slipped into the realm of unconsciousness. I awoke again. Only I was not awake, that much I was sure about. The fugitive, Stefan, was standing right in front of me. “It’s true, you know, that I murdered Juniper,” he paused, letting the confession sink in. “Who cares anyway, she was annoying as hell. One could never get any work done with her in the adjacent cubicle.” “Monster!” I lunged at him, but my legs would not obey. They were stuck in a surreal muck, invisible shackles holding them in place. Stefan chuckled. “Fool! You shall never catch me!” He pulled out the pistol that he stole from a guard and pointed it at me. I struggled against my invisible restraints. “One day, mark my words, you will atone for your crimes. For it is not only Juniper you killed. My friend and comrade Liam is dead by your hand, and I shall make you pay!” “Such noble words you speak, my friend,” he paused. “However, such ignorance you still continue to display. You are equally as guilty as me, you know.” “What you said about my memory… what did you mean?” But I never received an answer. The next thing I knew, I was lying on a bed in the prison’s infirmary, bandages generously swathed around my abdomen. I sat bolt upright, sweating at my subconscious encounter, and then shrieked in pain. “Stay down. You broke three ribs in your encounter with the fugitive. You also kinda overdosed on that morphine, you were probably hallucinating for a bit.” I looked up and saw my commanding officer standing beside me. “Commander! How is the situation? Where is Stefan?” The commander gritted his teeth. “Stefan has escaped the facility. He was not alone. He had an accomplice among the staff.” “Do we know where Stefan is and who his accomplice was?” “Police have set up a 10-block perimeter around the prison. Stefan can’t get far. As for the accomplice…” He trailed off. “Our primary suspect is your friend Liam.” __________ Chapter Three: Evanescent Memory by @BlackPanther101_XXX My heart pounded hard against my splintered ribs as the answer slowly sank in. How could Liam be the accomplice? I had known him for at least 6 years, and we had bonded like brothers. I held a hand against my chest to staunch the bleeding. “Commander, I think you have made a mistake, Liam would never do such a thing! You have it wrong!” My commander looked at me with a strange light in his eyes. He hesitated briefly, and then spoke. “There is sufficient evidence pointing toward Liam, and also, there is support that you are suspect number two.” My wrecked body and mind could no longer function as these two blows, like Stefan’s brute force, hit me like a tidal wave. The infirmary bed once again swallowed me, and unconsciousness took me. When I opened my eyes, I knew that again I was still dreaming, because instead of Stefan in front of me this time, it was Liam. I tried to moved, eager to talk to him again, thinking that he still might be alive. I looked at his face, and he seemed oddly calm, quite the opposite of Stefan. “Liam, I know that you know something about what happened with Stefan. Can you help me get the answers I need so his deed will not destroy both of our names?” Liam walked forward. “You have the answers inside you, but yet you fail to comprehend. Do you not remember? We three were there at the time of Juniper’s death.” I frowned at him. “Liam, we were not! All we were doing was…” To my surprise, I did not know what had happened at that time, or even where we were at. A gentle smile broke over Liam’s face. He looked me in the eyes, and said five powerful words, “Your memory has been modified.” Before my mind could react, he spoke one last time, “ I will give you one word, and you must do the rest: poison” My mind jolted. “What?! What do you mean about my memory? Poison?!” I shouted at him, perplexed. Suddenly, my chains vanished, and for one horrible second, everything became clear. Terror gripped me and clawed at my heart. Anguish and grief swam through my mind. Then I fell into a deep cavern of my own thoughts, falling, falling, falling… “You have been in a coma for the last three days.” My commander said dryly, looking at me as I opened my eyes groggily. I leaped up like a thunderbolt, ignoring the fire-hot pain in my ribs. Purpose burned in me; I had to tell him what had really happened. I struggled to sit up, blurting out words as they came, “Commander, I gave Juniper the cup of coffee that contained cyanide! I did not know, but Stefan handed it to me and told to give it to her. I did not remember beforehand; Stefan wiped me and Liam’s memory with a drugged needle, and then his own to hide the evidence! Comm-“ “Captain”, my commander said calmly. “This we already know. Stefan was captured and under the influence of Sodium Pentothal confessed and revealed everything. Do to much of the confusion and deaths, you and Liam have been determined not guilty, and Stefan has been charged with multiple accounts of manslaughter and battery and has been placed on life sentence.” I laid myself back down on the cool white sheets again, feeling a quite relieved, but sad. Everything made sense now, Stefan had been caught, my name had been cleared… but Juniper and Liam were gone. “Do not grieve Captain. Juniper and Liam will receive full honors, and Stefan is now jailed. Justice has been served, and as your commanding officer, I now order you to rest and heal properly. You need to move on.” Saying this, he left the room, leaving me with a new day, grief, and finally, the truth at last.

Deadline for the Mini Contest has been changed to the 25th of July. Sorry 'bout that everyone.

I was thoroughly impressed by the quality and thoughtfulness of your submissions, across the board. Never have I enjoyed hosting a contest quite so much. Thank you all for making this one a success. Now, just to reiterate, the question up for debate was this: Will machines (specifically AI) ever take over the world? Your answers are as follows. Category One: Best Supporting Persuasive pieces (Arguing that robots will take over the world) In First Place, winning 25,000 crystals and an open invitation to participate in a Reporter-hosted debate: @falcosenna1 In Second Place, winning 20,000 crystals: @Daniel898 In Third Place: N/A While well-written, the two entries below strayed slightly off the focus I was looking for and largely provided a more general perspective on AI rather than structured arguments as part of the debate. However, as they are good pieces in their own right, they both merit a 10,000 crystals consolation prize. @AhmadBinTahir @beaku Category Two: Best Opposing Persuasive pieces (Arguing that robots will not take over the world) In First Place, winning 25,000 crystals and an open invitation to participate in a Reporter-hosted debate: In Second Place, winning 20,000 crystals: In Third Place, winning 15,000 crystals: @Jwimmer And for this quality entry which missed out on a top 3 spot, a 10,000 crystal consolation prize: @ahmedch181 And again, one entry strayed off the focus of the debate a little, but still contained some very interesting perspectives... so winning a 10,000 crystal consolation prize: @ZaLette Now, to the two winners who will be participating in the Reporter-Hosted debate: We will be contacting you with details about that in the near future. Hopefully a time can be arranged that works for all parties involved, and then, let the debate begin! *Crystals should be delivered to your accounts by this Monday. Thanks for participating, everyone!

Contest closed. Good luck!

Deadline has expired, contest closed.

AWC Project: Best Tanki Memories The AWC's project this month was simple: Write a short piece on the best memories you've made while playing Tanki Online. The results were as interesting, entertaining, and as diverse as the writers who participated. Battle For Silence By: @Jwimmer My Best Tanki Memories By: @Penguin40 Tea Party With Godmode and Co. By: @Yisroel.Rabin My Tanki Career By: @Darren4Turbo Greatest Memories By: @Mr.Latvian All in all, I'd say this was a successful project. Well done folks!

Well folks, here it is. The winner of the third and final chapter of Continue The Story. Congratulations to @BlackPanther101_XXX for taking first place and 40,000 crystals, with his solid, well-written ending to this story. Of course, that was certainly not the only notable entry to be found. Congratulations are also due to KillerGnat and ismadjou, who both wrote pieces worthy of the 10,000 crystal consolation prize. @KillerGnat: Clarity - 10,000 crystals @ismadjou: Entry - 10,000 crystals A huge thank you to everyone who participated, you can find the finished product here. Even though this was the hot-potato contest in the judging department, it was interesting to see the story unfold. :P Well done all, for a good series. Crystals will be delivered on the first of August.

:excl: The deadline for this contest is now the 25th of July. My apologies for any inconvenience caused.

:excl: The deadline for this contest is now the 20th of July. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Hi guys. As you all well know, our 3vil dictator @Lhamster has recently stepped down from the administrative position, leaving a glaring vacancy in the ranks. After a whooole bunch of discussion in the reporter group, it was decided that I would be taking up the reigns as co dictator the second reporter administrator. (And I've got the awesome new avie to prove it. :D) Anywho, as Goldrock is busy procrastinating with irl stuff for all of this month, I'll be running the show on my own for this coming publication. But no worries, this is not a coup. He'll be back for Issue 56. All in all, I'm really excited and a bit nervous about this new opportunity. It should be a blast. NS (aka supremely 3vil co-dictator) signing out. P.S. Blame the NS.

no...second. XD

That's it!1! how did you guess?

-Aligned Left instead of Centered -Changed to Automatic forum color -Did a tiny bit of rephrasing... inserted 'the' here and there. Loved that you included an interview aspect. -Reformatted it. Overall, well done.

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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: The answer to that, is definitely. ^_^

Had to censor a bit due to language.

-changed font color I'd consider adding a few pictures... you do an excellent job with the writing, but a visual or two would make it far easier to show exact locations. You can access map views here. Excellent.