I'm glad I'm not the only one who realized this. :D :) :D

Keep any eye on the Patch Notes / Updates section, as they may add info about it there soon. The Railgun impact force increase and increase in Hornet's weight was due to the recent Rebalance of Turrets and Hulls (this may or may not have been update 349, I'm not exactly sure ;))

Well well, we actually got a post from Mariya Trusevich instead of Mr. Kirov. Anyway, love the sales. I'm greatful to Tanki Online for doing them. :)

Yeah, I know right. What happened to those "Unaltered" odds? :wacko:

Okay, yes yes, I know that everyone has their own ideas on what would "make Tanki perfect". However the point of my paragraph is to say that over-sized Gold Boxes are really nothing to get excited about. Anything further than that is mostly personal preference and speculation.

↑ Are just some of the reasons why I hate increased Gold Box values. ↑ For whatever reason, even though Mr. Kirov and others deny it, the Gold Boxes with bigger values fall far less often, and the bigger they get, the less they fall. No, it's not our imagination, developers, I see at least 5 regular Gold Boxes in one day, but I've only seen one per day for the last 3 days. On top of that, you have more of the average Tanker's worst enemy: GOLD MULTS!! God they tick me off. In comparison, double battle funds are a far better option. We players are encouraged to play more, plus the Gold Boxes fall more. It's basically like regular Tanki on steroids. There is nothing attractive about larger Gold Boxes in comparison. Just a note for the future. ;)

In Pleasure meeting you all.

Excellent article. This reasons in particular: ↑ Are why I hate playing low rank battles in my alternate accounts. New players are selfish and foolish in their maneuvers toward their teammates, pushing them off edges and blocking their path. About rank is when this behavior begins to slow. I can't play on my alternate account(s) for more than 15 minutes without tearing my hair out over some idiotic and intentional prank pulled by a teammate. :angry:

So many players don't know how to use the "/vote" command properly, I've found. In a 8 vs 8 at Polygon, 4 players would have to vote a saboteur, and it is rare that that many players know how to, and even then, the mult is likely to see the commotion, and start playing or leave. So even if the Moderator/Game_Violator comes, he/she can't do anything. Recording videos of mults is time consuming, and usually pointless as well, as the violator sees the player circling them trying to record a video, and begins playing or leaves. The only method that I have been 1/4 successful with to get mults to leave, is to use the "bully" technique. Basically, the idea is that you get as many of your teammates as possible to hurl threats at the saboteur and say that they're recording videos and going to report. Sometimes the mult gets scared and runs (Yes!) Other times, he digs in his heels and laughs at us. "Ahaha, go ahead, report me!" This issue definitely needs to be resolved. The reason why mults don't run when they're threatened with reporting or "/vote", is because they know that it is rare that they will be recorded and reported, and even rarer that a Moderator will come along and ban them. There needs to be some constant danger of ban to scare them a little more. Since we can't obviously employ half the players to become mult-patrollers, we need to use the "fear" tactic. If Game Violator patrollers are actively patrolling the game, and players are aware that they are there, it is less likely that they'll sabotage or perform other violations.

I'm home-schooled, or was. :)

This is most likely caused by slow internet. Are you using WiFi (Wireless connection) to connect to the internet? If so, try connecting directly by using an Ethernet plug. If you're already using a direct connection, or if a direct connection simply isn't possible, then please go to http://speedtest.net and test your internet speed. If you're internet speed is less than 3 Megabytes per second (Mbp/s), and/or if your ping is higher than 30, you may have to consider upgrading your internet to stop the lag. Also, in the future please be aware that putting unnecessary symbols in the titles of your topics is a violation of the game rules: ;)

If you sent a Email to them already, then give them a few days to respond. If they don't respond within a few days, go here, and follow the instructions. Next time, please check Tanki Online's help source before posting. :)

You could at least be grateful...

Well, I was expecting 50% off at least one area of the garage (paints, hulls, etc.) for May Day. Didn't get that :(. However, I think the deficit has definitely been made up for. Four days of x2 funds, 5000-9000 crystal Gold Boxes ( :o ), and a day of unlimited supplies! This all sounds like a record-breaking amount of crystal earning, and a lot of fun. I hope I still have a few crystals left to invest in MU's after the 25% off sales. :wacko: Thank you Tanki Online. :) :excl: EDIT: :excl: It would be nice if you could do a Payapl/Credit Card sale though ;), I have some extra $$$ to spend. :D

^^^ Additionally, posting such things here will not help anything. Please read the section rules next time.

In most cases, refreshing just makes it crash. The best thing to do is to have the link(s) to the server that you're playing on, and should Flash Standalone crash, you'll need to close it, reopen it, and enter/click the link in the "File..." menu. Usually, if you're quick, you'll be able to get back into the battle and keep your score, since Tanki Online has an automatic return feature if you reenter the same server within 30 seconds or so of being cut off. (List of server links can be found here: http://en.tankiwiki.com/Running_Tanki_Online_using_Standalone_Flash_Player) Hopefully, the upcoming update for "Ability to leave a battle without losing current achievements;" will help us Standalone Flash users. :)

I agree with this.↑ What Tanki needs more, in my opinion, is a new staff position: "Game Violator Patrol". Unlike Chat Mods and "Game Violator" Mods, this could be a group of tankers that would actively patrol the game for mults/hackers specifically. I know that they say that "Chat Mods do that," but honestly, Chat Mods already have a lot on their plate, and there really aren't many of them, why not create a special group that is specifically assigned this task? They could either be official staff members, with the privileges to ban players immediately, or they could be a selected and discrete group of trustworthy tankers who would be given Spectator Mode and perhaps some other special tools, like the one suggested in this topic, to get ample evidence of violations and report it to official staff. Either way though, the main reason why there are extreme amounts of mults/hackers, is because there is minimal chance of them being discovered and punished. True, there are Chat Mods, and there is the risk of a video being taken and submitted to official staff, but Chat Mods are often busy, and many players either don't have the equipment or the patience to take videos of violations and submit them. Besides, of all the hackers and mults that I've reported, of which I'm sure many were NOT just "laggers" and "campers," only a fraction of them have received punishment. Now, obviously, you're probably never going to get rid of these unlawful tankers completely, but if there was at least something to strike fear into these violators, the game would not be plagued with so many of them. If my suggestion isn't possible, then there needs to be something else, something that will make the chances of getting caught and punished much larger than they currently are.

Great! I hope that at least 30,000 tankers will show up to watch the super-final tomorrow so that we can have a balanced x3 crystals day! I also hope that the Mods are ready for some serious MULT PATROL! :ph34r:

--Reserved

For those who don't care to be involved in "CS," I could understand that, but this AR12GAMING is an old friend of mine, and from all I can understand, he was pretty into Cyber-sport. :P

I'm looking forward to watching the matches almost as much as I am looking forward to the battle fund increase. However, it is of interest to note that this will only be the 2nd time that the battle funds have been increased all year. Finally... GO GGWP!!!

I'd have to agree with @hogree that GGWP (Can't Stop) has what it takes to beat the seemingly unprepared Arcade this year. If it comes down to a fight between these to powerhouse teams, you definitely won't want to miss it!

You do realize, Tanki Online, that the removal of free private battles and removal of flag limits from regular battles has completely ruined many things? Although 5 000 crystals might be easy to get at my rank and similar, for players below , it's quite a lot. No one wants to waste that amount on a pass that no one else at their rank has or cares to use. RU1 and RU2 are the only servers in which PRO battles have the majority. Other than that, they are extremely lacking in popularity. If you had to basically make PRO battle passes a necessity, you could've at least lowered the price on them. The removal of flag limits from normal battles has ruined the "Goal" feature. Players quit twice as easily now. When the flag difference is 10-5, and the clock only has 5 minutes left, most of the players on the team with 5 flags say "I'm out of here, we can't capture that many flags that quickly," and leave. :( Countless battles, ruined. Needless to say, I hope that the sudden surge that this sale is going to cause in PRO battles is not going to affect your confidence level in either of the above mentioned things, as you should know that the surge is only temporary. If you truly want "Game balance," you should try to make PRO battles a little more popular among all ranks. First suggestion: Lower the price!

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10/10 stars on this article, one of the best I've ever read. Truly amazing. I remember those days of weekly discounts, it was so fun. I hope that Tanki will soon go through another romance with sales :D.