not gonna watch udta punjab

so you're telling me the newspaper is basically a rolling pin if mults were dough and the size of my flatbread is still small? okay D:

what? we need at least a year and 57824737 cups of coffee to revamp the newspaper

I cannot make it since it is at 2:30 am for me welcome!! run, run, run as fast as you can! or else get sprinkled with pepper and tossed in a pan! :P

haha xD

looks like I missed a Forest training?

we must duel asap

Sorry, you're late.

Great work by Iceland and competent fight by Hungary! This Euro is definitely about upsets and I'm sure there are more fiercely contested matches like the Spain - Croatia one to come. My predictions - Round of 16 Switzerland vs Poland - Poland win Croatia vs Portugal - Croatia win Wales vs Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland win :ph34r: Hungary vs Belgium - Hungary win :ph34r: Germany vs Slovakia - Slovakia win Italy vs Spain - Italy win France vs Ireland - France win England vs Iceland - Iceland win :ph34r: But India will beat all these and win the crown. :)

Gareth Bale is correct, no other option here, sorry.

DM tournaments sound good

Your name reminded me of Polish mid Bartosz Kapustka :P :)

'ello :(

I was in Mumbai 11 years ago, but now in Pune I don't want to do the video welcome contest anyway :ph34r:

yup, aritz aduriz nudged vrsaljko on to silva, it wasn't intentional but maybe the ref didn't see it because even we realized it on slow mo but two yellow cards which could be avoided, for croatia darijo srna got one for arguing, and perisic for removing his shirt -_-

You have to vote for your team and top scorer by filling the form.

pogba did well vs switzerland (1st half only) second half had great counterattacks from sissoko (that pace doe)

[Live telecast commences with a flashy intro on the screen, as backstage staff jabber on for a few seconds] Presenter: Hello and welcome everyone! About a week ago, we saw the end of the Tanki Online Football Frenzy: Euro 2016 contest, undoubtedly one of the biggest, if not the biggest giveaway this year. It is a contest which could potentially reward a lot of tankers with oodles of cash; or maybe not, you never know! It was a perfect chance for tankers to assume the powers of psychic baby elephants and octopus oracles who have taken the world by storm in the recent past. To discuss possible techniques to crack this contest and future ones of similar kinds and put two and two together based on the ongoing set of circumstances in France, we have invited the self-proclaimed expert of all disciplines and chairman of the know-it-all organization... without further ado I present before you, Mr. Alec Smart! [shorter intro plays as audience applauds with mixed claps and giggles] Nerd radar shows a blip. Alec Smart: Hello everyone, thanks for the loud applause. I am normally used to a more impressive reception, but this one didn't disappoint. [chuckles, along with the presenter] [Presenter's chuckle slowly transforms into a grin as he turns his plush chair towards Mr. Alec] Presenter: Moving to the subject of this show, I'd like to start by asking you your opinion on this contest! Alec Smart: 'Twas great. Generous rewards and the popularity of the tournament made this contest an instant success with an astounding 11,738 entries! I could also imagine such a contest taking shape as a sweepstake. Besides that, it was shocking to see a few of the participants actually ponder over their choices and make good decisions. I wasn't aware of the existence of people except me who do that.. [chortles, but stops after realizing his failed attempt at humour] Presenter: Speaking of decisions, participants had to make one tough one, whether to vote a country that had already qualified for the round of 16 or do a little digging and vote for one that had the best chance of reaching the ultimate stage of the UEFA Euro. These Digletts would suffice. Alec Smart: [with a tone of self-assertion] Oh, certainly, that's what I was going to talk about. Personally, I would chosen the former. France, Italy, and Spain had qualified to the last 16 quite early, so they must have been the foremost choice of many participants. People usually go for the "safest" option, and these three could indeed guarantee you at least 5,000 crystals. Presenter: However quite a few have taken the risk, putting a possible reward into jeopardy. Because in reality, it's a contest and not a free hot dog cart. To name an example, there were reportedly entries backing even the teams most unlikely to win, the sheer minnows and underdogs. Speaks volumes about the patriotism and passionate support! Alec Smart: Certainly. [coughs] We did see some extreme cases of the latter, though. Presenter: Moving on, a lot of people relied on former European champions to potentially bag them the biggest prize. Germany and Spain, having won the European Championships thrice earlier, were understandably prominent choices, weren't they? Alec Smart: Naturally! In fact, the statistician that I had summoned to assess the entries told me that a staggering 49.6% people chose Germany in the poll. An amazing majority. Not trying to cook their goose, but I wouldn't be surprised by they didn't make it to the top and one thing's certain, it will spark a massive uproar if they lose. It sure will. However, I would never bank on history and although it has repeated itself on numerous occasions, upsets are really common. It all depends on the current shape and recent performances. Even in history itself, Denmark and the then Czechoslovakia, essentially dark horses had won the Euro. One could easily spot the potential in certain teams in the group stages - Hungary, Iceland while some teams proved their serious contention for the higher stages, like Croatia and Wales. Presenter: All in all, the best approach was actually doing a bit of research or actually watching the football. Deciding to blindly support a particular team was definitely not the best idea, because even the pick of the bunch have faltered in the group stage and playoffs alike. On a side note, this contest may have persuaded a few to watch the football. Alec Smart: [sighs] Call it soccer, but that'd be too American. In fact, association football would be better. Common names are for the layman. Presenter: [responds with a fake laugh] Anyway, it's time for some mouth-watering facts, brought to you by Bobruisk Lubricants. Great snakes, what?! [audience exclaims with typical oohs and aahs] Yes, you heard it right. In fact, that massive truckload of gleaming crystals may well be on its way to your garage pretty soon, given that Germany keep progressing like they have. A tough confrontation with the Azzurri (Italians) awaits them in the quarterfinals. As it stands, we have Germany, Italy, France, Poland, Portugal, Belgium and the two debutants Iceland and Wales in the quarters. Alec Smart: [clears throat] The unfortunate thing is that, 16.4% of the participants, the ones who chose England or Spain will have to settle for a meager 5000 crystals. England were shockingly suppressed by a surging Iceland while Spain were tactically beaten by the Italians. The former is being labeled the biggest upset of the decade, at the least. Presenter: On the other hand, comparing the community's predictions in the contest with real-world odds, we came across erroneous results as far as the community's predictions. Most agencies show a 20% probability of a German triumph while almost half of our community is backing Germany. This could probably be attributed to the many blind guesses or minimal thought. Moving on, we also had the poll for the top goalscorer of the tournament. As expected, three time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo led the list. [Alec Smart nods] Alec Smart: His eminence clearly showed, as people not well-versed with the football world would only have known a few top footballers like him. Ronaldo bagged a solid 1724 votes on the poll, as my statistician stated. Thomas Mueller of Germany and Dimitri Payet of France were a close second and third. Rooney, Lukaku, Gomez, Stancu and Pellè gained less than 100 votes each. Oh, and Messi too! Presenter: Besides these, we saw a ton of errant entries, from people listing goalkeepers and horrible spellings to smart alecks googling the highest goalscorer in UEFA Euro and jotting down the name of the retired Michel Platini. [Presenter laughs, accompanied by a few giggles from the crowd] Overall, someone will hit the jackpot, someone won't. Everyone will kept on the edge of their seats until the final whistle, or the final penalty in that case, on the 11th of July when the finalists will battle for the trophy. The Euro 2016 contest surely induced some football fever in the Tanki community. That's all for this time, folks! We'll be back with Mr. Alec Smart, some other time, some other day! [Audience applause as the interview draws to a close]

ronaldo missed a penalty, and two or three straightforward chances like the Iceland game portugal's chance creation not good enough

Have fun! Defector! :P

Previous articles in the series: - The Mid Ranker's Handbook: Gameplay The mid ranks, a broad-ranging term, include all the ranks starting from the Warrant Officers right up to Colonel. These ranks are brimming with learning experiences, but simultaneously, acquiring a decent garage and finding a play-style for oneself is of paramount importance. All of this, while coping with a mixed bag of skill levels, equipment modifications and fierce competition on the battlefield. "The Mid-Ranker's Handbook" will cater for the needs of such mid rankers. Preparing tankers for the challenging upper rungs and helping them glide through the mid-ranks will be this series' raison d'être. This edition will focus primarily on the nitty-gritty of gaining, saving and spending crystals. Crystals.. they are the thing that every tanker yearns for everyday. They could probably make a plausible reason for greed. The desperate struggles for gold boxes that you witness everyday can put that into words. In spite of this, the most coveted item in Tanki is still the most wasted one. What? Why? How? Read on for the full scoop. The Problem How often have you seen it? It's a common scene, I highly doubt that you wouldn't have. Imagine it. Imagine a helpless average Joe. He just ranked up and added another diamond to his glimmering First Lieutenant insignia. The crystals he got from the rank-up are a rare let-off from the usual drought. He is forced to use his Firebird M1, which he micro-upgraded but gave up midway, along with his weak Hornet M1. (For the record, we've all seen countless instances of people using M0s at this level, although those cases can be labeled as intentional foul play. Nevertheless, using M0s beyond the Sergeant levels is as obsolete as gripe water.) His financial woes had extended further after he bought a 100-supply kit to stay competitive. He enters a Polygon CP, and races to the lone point. Despite mustering up courage, his attempt turns half-hearted, owing to the unquestionably overpowering equipment he faces in the middle. He keeps getting slaughtered. Just look at the stark contrast, which is frighteningly real. Unfortunately, difficulty in coping with the said contrast is also the reason of hundreds of accounts getting abandoned at this stage. If you mess up your financials in the M1 ranks, you ultimately suffer in the M2 ranks. Battling suddenly becomes a tough ask and you find it difficult to get your M2s on time. This cycle is unremitting. Most new players are accustomed to "collecting" every M0 item available in the garage owing to their cheap prices, however it is often neglected that this to give impetus to finding the best combination that would suit you. As a result, players end up attempting to collect a multitude of M1s too, which obviously proves to be a impedance to the player when he/she realizes that it was a big mistake. The reasons contributing to this are varied. Let me enumerate a few of them that I've observed - A Second Lieutenant, Polygon CP regular buying Dictator M1 to quell his thirst for gold boxes Similarly, a parkour enthusiast, who bought Hammer M1 to be a better Jumper, at the cost of his savings for an M2 A similar guy, who just can't give up his penchant for "testing" out all the stuff All such incidents could eventually make you cash-strapped when it comes to buying the M2s, and such a condition should be avoided. Get only what you need for your regular battles first and once you find a considerable footing, then maybe you could aim for the equipment you need for the "mini-games", parkour and other activities. Remember, this game is not about building a full garage, but a potent one. There are achievements dedicated to collecting all the M0, M1, M2 turrets and hulls, but those should definitely not be your goals, at least primary. The Solutions Planning Ahead "Tanki Online is an online game, meant to be enjoyed", is what you'd say. However, a certain level of planning in turn will certainly help you enjoy the game even more by taking you one step ahead of your competitors. All that's needed is saving crystals and controlling your urge to splurge (I couldn't resist the rhyme). That includes abstaining from mouth-watering opportunities of buying a new modification when you have enough in your wallet or have a personal discount. Just don't buy it if you don't really need it. The first step is finding your style of play, and sticking to it. Now, if you have played Tanki for quite a while, you must have secured your play-style and conceived strategies with it already. If you haven't, then buck up, it's the most important thing you could do right now. In any case, experimenting is key. Try out your favorite combos in different maps, scenarios and positions. Assess them and decide, if they will be the ones to accompany you for the coming ranks. [Rank 30]Flexoo's Shopaholic Tip: Test stuff beforehand! Even a thorough well of knowledge is sometimes not sufficient enough without further testing. Probably the oldest, easiest and most widespread way to test equipment is running an alternate account.(Mult) Alternate account allows you to examine equipment you would not normally purchase on your main account. Advantages lies mostly in availability, since everyone can create one or even several accounts for this particular aim. On the other hand, building your alternate account takes some time, and also runs a risk that the testing on low-ranked level of the gameplay will not reveal all the information needed. Far superior testing precision is offered by test drives. Test drives randomly appear when player joins the battle, offering you the option to test equipment available on your rank for free. The major flaws emerge from the incredible rareness of this feature. Not only are test drives rare, but also time-limited, and constrained to single battle in which you are not allowed to change the tested equipment (otherwise it’s inevitably canceled). Moving to the last and most controversial way of testing. Quoting Cedric’s colleague, Amanda; “Test servers are made for the purpose of testing new updates and features, they are not meant to be used as playground for testing equipment!” Shoot me, cut my fingers off for typing this sort of stuff and bury my body while spraying holy water over this heretic’s grave, but I tend to disagree with latter part of the quote. Albeit, I must nod in agreement that tankers used to ignore the main purpose of testing updates whenever they happily get into the test servers, I feel some from the bunch have been successful with performing both activities at the same time. Of course, there would be no point in carrying the game on, if we could use test servers for casual gameplay, thus the access to it is greatly restricted for updates testing purposes only. Who doesn't mess around in the test server? :lol: Anyway, back on topic. In general, there should be an approximate range of ranks among which you should get all the equipment of a certain modification. This makes for a structured advance from the mid-ranks to the higher ranks. For example, M1 Turrets and Hulls: till Warrant Officer 3 M2 Turrets and Hulls: till Lieutenant Colonel Whether it's M1s or M2s, both of these are essentially interim equipment. It's the M3s that matter in the end. So, why spend a lot on something that isn't going to be with you, long-term? The update which allowed us to buy an M3 without buying the earlier modifications further strengthens this stand. Over-spending on M1s, which typically last you only up to the Lieutenant ranks is not prudent. Buying two or three M1 turrets, with forethought is. Normally, one early-unlocking M1 turret and one late-unlocking one can take you past the M1 ranks with relative ease. Of course, you can bypass all of this and buy a product kit instead. One early-unlocking M2 + One late-unlocking M2 Similarly, don't try to accumulate more than 2-3 M2 combinations. In fact, if you stick to a single combo, say a versatile one like Viking-Smoky, you can even forgo the trouble of acquiring more M2s and aim straight for your M3s. You could adopt an approach similar to the M1s, buying one early-unlocking M2 and then a better late-unlocking one afterwards. In short, being thrifty in the mid-ranks will work wonders for you later on. Buy less, save more. Race Against 'Experience' You've heard about a race against time. To save your crystals more efficiently, you should get acquainted with this race against the experience points; or the crystal to experience ratio if you prefer a more pragmatic point of view. There are a couple of ways to calculate this ratio, but there is no real need to delve in the horrors of mathematics for this purpose. You only need to roughly compare the experience points you've gained in a certain time-frame, be it a single day or even the whole week, to the crystals you've gained at the same time. The screenshot below shows a decent example of the ratio between score and reward. As you can see above, the ratio between the reward and the score is slightly higher than one (1.134). That's a sufficiently good ratio for a mid-ranker. By consistently maintaining this ratio close to one, you can make sure that you're gaining enough crystals per experience point. (As you advance to the higher ranks the adequate crystals to experience ratio may vary.) Alternatively, you could use the ratings page to keep your ratio in check, if you don't prefer doing that right off the bat after every battle. This is another decent example of the crystal to experience ratio, expressed by taking the whole week's crystal and experience gain into account. Here, you can also view your last week's ratio under the "Previously" column. Now, although last week's matters are water under the bridge, if your previous ratio was not up to the mark, you can act accordingly and make up for the deficit. However, maintaining your crystal to experience ratio doesn't solely qualify for a saving habit. Despite being a key factor is saving crystals, a good ratio merely indicates whether you are earning the correct amount of crystals for the amount of experience you gain simultaneously. To conclude this topic, I'll mention the ways by which you can have a good ratio - Playing high-fund battles (also includes Fire-Wasp battles) Winning battles Having one of the highest scores in your team Completing missions regularly All in all, your aim should be to stay abreast with the experience you earn by earning a similar amount of crystals. But to do that, you must enter and win the right battles, isn't it? Choosing Your Battles To save, you must gain first, and citing the aforementioned requirement, join and win the right battles. First and foremost, and probably a common suggestion — join battles where you are the highest rank who can join. It gives you a massive advantage, both in terms of equipment and experience. You have a better chance of ending up at the top of the scoreboard and hence win more crystals than the rest. In general, you may want to the go one server back once you log in to Tanki. For example, a first Lieutenant () is likely to find himself on the server EN3 once he logs in, but battles most suitable for him in terms of what we discussed before, are likely to be found often on the EN4 server. Secondly, you should be frequenting the high-fund battles, as I said before. Polygon CP is the pick of the bunch and undeniably one of the most common battles found, spearheading the widespread popularity of single-CPs. CTF mode generally has comparatively higher funds irrespective of map, but medium maps (Noise, Rio) are usually a better choice. Battles with a narrow gap in the team scores are more conducive to a better fund. This Serpuhov CTF that I stumbled across had a promising, narrow scoreline, and with two thirds of the battle yet to finish, I could have claimed this to be one juicy battle that I'd have loved to join. But look closely at the highlighted scores of 7 players. Zero. I had kept a close eye on the scores and the soi-disant zero-score "mults" had been there since the start of the 15-minute battle. That would mean that the battle had been an undesirable 6v7 confrontation with these 7 people doing nothing and making their respective teams suffer. Such battles almost never sport a high-enough fund and should be avoided whenever possible. Besides that, always try to play 60-min battles if you have time. Not only is the fund often higher than four 15-min battles combined, but also you tend to get a bigger share of it if you play for the entire 60 minutes. (Quite a few people build up a score, hence contributing to the fund, but leave abruptly in the middle of long battles. This means that you have a significantly upper hand in terms of score, as compared to the people who replace them; hence giving you a bigger portion of the fund at the end.) Fire-Wasp (FW) Battles Fire-Wasp is an "unofficial format" battle, held mostly on smaller maps like Arena, Island or Ping Pong. If you have a bunch of friends, then regular FW battles can serve as a steady source of crystals. They're best done with a PRO Pass, however. Utilizing Sales Be it Tanki's Birthday or the Tanker's Day, Tanki celebrations are always associated with discounts on various garage items. Percentages have been swaying from a lowly 25% to an irresistible 50% (or even more if you're really lucky!). Saving your crystals with future sales in mind is helpful. (Specially to avoid the horrifying moments after you realize you bought your Firebird M2 a week before a sale.) Let me cite an example from 2015's year-end sale. It had different discount percentages for different equipment; for example, Freeze and Shaft had a 50% discount while Isida received a 30%. Perhaps blinded by the finger-licking 50% discount, a few people relying on a low budget bought the likes of Freeze and Shaft, decidedly without thinking about their actual value or their playing style. Naturally, these players realized that the sale was perhaps a gesture to popularize the less-popular items, and they had been "coaxed" into buying them just because they were the most-discounted. What I want to clarify is that a sale doesn't mean you just have to buy some thing or the other. If you don't have the budget for a turret you dream of, then skip the sale. Don't buy something just for the sake of the sale. Similarly, don't end up buying too much at a sale. Remember what I said before, M1s and M2s are interim equipment! You could be better off by saving some for M3s at a future sale. [Rank 30]Flexoo's Shopaholic Tip: Most real life specialists would normally advise you to be attentive when it comes to sales. Sweet dopamine released in shopping mood may play games on your mind and cause over-shopping. The thing is, sales play huge role in shopping, especially for the less wealthy population.... Sales and celebrations have generally been periodic as history would suggest (although no one can know for sure, what future beholds!). However, one could customarily expect a sale to emerge every three or four months. Taking that into account, you should already be gearing up for a sale in the offing after a month or two! Personal Discounts? Personal discounts, however rare, have been cropping up every now and then ever since Tanki launched them last year. There have been a few lucky cases, from personal discounts showing up during sales for a fortunate few to abnormally high percentage discounts that have eluded most of the others. However, these are a few lucky cases, as I said; which are contrary to the popular experience with PDs. Personally, I have had no stroke of luck with PDs, having received quite a few for outdated equipment and the others simply not inviting enough. If you get a personal discount offering you the equipment you desire with a discount higher than 30%, then you should definitely cash in. Do not, otherwise, if the subject of the discount is not what you wanted hitherto, or the discount is lesser than 30%. Besides that, if the item on discount is "outdated", that is, unlocked more than two or three ranks before your current rank, then you'd better skip. The graph below approximately shows how Tanki equipment gets devalued as your rank increases. As you can see, it's best to get the equipment as early as possible, preferably in kits. However, this graph is heavily generalized. The case is different for each modification of a turret, and the "rate of devaluation" is affected by other factors. That brings us to another topic to consider while buying a turret or hull. What am I even talking about? I'll explain simply ahead. Garage Discounts Garage discounts were implemented along with test drives and personal discounts and have been quietly providing us with cumulatively increasing discounts as we buy more and more turrets and hulls of a modification. (For more information on how the garage discounts work - click here, and here) As suggested by my friend @Flexoo, garage discounts can save you even more crystals if you use them wisely. Consider that you have Hornet M2 but you want to buy two more M2 hulls, namely Hunter M2 and Titan M2. Now, once I buy one hull from those two, the next one will be discounted at 10% to me. We could utilize this fact. Titan M2 is priced at 92,900 crystals while Hunter M2 costs 94,100 crystals. If you buy the cheaper hull first, you can later buy the more expensive hull at a discount. Now that's smart! Buy or Skip? I've seen several instances of people asking others whether a particular turret or hull's modification is good enough and similar questions. Sadly, in the lobby chat's clamour, people often get misled. Anyway, answering the question "Buy or Skip" with regards to a turret or hull's modification is a relative concept, so I'll be underlining only the facts that'll help you answer it yourself. Firstly, you should check how the item in question fares in your everyday battles. You could also check the wiki to see the changes in parameters as you move up the modifications. Does the increase in parameters reflect in the price of the item's modification? If not, then you could consider giving it a miss after consulting more sources. The most important parameters include damage, reloading speed, range and impact force. [Rank 30]Flexoo's Shopaholic Tip: Be it sales, personal discounts, garage promotions or just a single compulsive feeling to idle away your hard-earned crystals; collect intelligence! Goes without saying; this sounds just stupid! Who would buy any equipment while having no knowledge about its features? Overwhelming majority knows at worst the basic information about the object of the purchase. In spite of that, we often catch ourselves buying stuff we have, let’s say, minimal knowledge of. This often happens when we have spare crystals we want to expend while sales are still present. This is not necessarily a blunder. One can easily adapt to differences like range, reload time, speed and such by simple practice. However, the extensive information sources at disposal (e.g. TO Wiki, the Newspapers, Forum topics) provide a fine background to base your shopping decision-making on. Followed by that, you should check when the item in question unlocks and when does its subsequent modification unlocks. If the gap between the two seems a bit too less, then you could "skip" the current modification and instead head straight for the subsequent modification. For example, you could consider the case of Thunder. Thunder M1 unlocks at Warrant Officer 4 , Thunder M2 at Captain , while Thunder M3 unlocks at Brigadier . The rank gap between M2 and M3 is unusually low, and so is the gap between M1 and M2. The various parameters of Thunder show a lesser increase from M2 and M3 as seen in the wiki, and hence I could safely say that one could "skip" Thunder M2. This is further emphasized by the fact that Thunder M3 is available a few ranks earlier in the Bulldozer and Man-o-war kits. Another example I could put up would be of Shaft M2. Shaft M2 unlocks at Major, only four ranks before its M3 counterpart. You could easily skip M2 and buy Shaft M3 directly. This is also perhaps the reason why M2 Shaft kits like Cyclops and Chiropractor are deemed less lucrative deals than M3 Shaft kits like Centaur and Sniper. Remember, though, you can't skip a whole modification and keep using M1s until M3s, don't even consider that for a millisecond. Here, I'd like to define a qualitative term called "skip potential". In the above picture, you can see whether the M2 modification of any turret could perhaps be "skipped" in lieu of saving your crystals for M3s. Although if you aren't so "cash-strapped", you could still not skip and afford a smoother ride. Is Micro-Upgrading Feasible? I could actually give a one-line answer to this - in most cases, it isn't. Of course, we are not talking about micro-upgrading M3s here. Micro-upgrading M1s and M2s fully should be out of question, unless you purchase crystals. However, micro-upgrading certain items a bit can be helpful. Earlier, there was another dimension to micro-upgrading as people used to MU the more important attributes like the reloading time, Shaft's scope damage, Firebird's afterburn and so on, but the micro-upgrading system was later improved to be simpler. I could illustrate a few examples here. Consider Wasp M1. You'd be playing medium to large maps with this hull and these are the same maps where you will find a handful of Railgun M1s who will be eyeing you for an easy one-shot kill. Honestly, getting killed like that repeatedly is quite a nuisance. Railgun M1 has a maximum damage of 115.53 hp while Wasp M1 has a measly 95.4 hp in store. If you micro-upgrade your Wasp M1 by 10-12 steps and equip the Falcon S-A (10% Railgun) module you can assure yourself of surviving the Railgun M1 shots. All this can cost you more than 10,000 crystals, but it is quite worth it if you were looking to drive into the Lieutenant ranks with this speed-specialist. Quite similarly, you might want to micro-upgrade the likes of Vulcan M2 and Ricochet M2 "a bit" to boost their ability as time passes by. It is to be noted that buying over 10-15 steps in most cases isn't profitable. Saving for Product Kits What I'm about to reveal is no magically-conjured trick. It's just another example of planning! Product kits are notoriously expensive and to afford such a high price, you need to choose the right battles and play a lot (don't be the person who just sits back and waits for contests!). This was explained before, but that's not the only thing you should be concerned about. Kits rotate every week now, as opposed to the every-fortnight rotation that existed before Tanki's recent birthday event. Besides that, a new line of kits were rolled out to almost double the amount of kits on offer. Once you see a certain kit in the garage, you can safely say that it won't appear for another two or three weeks. That leaves you with a time-frame that you can multiply and accordingly, earn crystals. For example, if I saw the Atlas kit come out today, I have about 15-20 days before it will reappear. My crystals to experience ratio is almost one and I have to get 150,000 crystals more in those 15-20 days. Let's say that I play four hours of Polygon CP everyday and gain about 7500 exp at the same time. This means that I earn about 7500 crystals everyday, and in 20 days, I'll get to the 150,000 mark and hence secure the Atlas kit. If you adopt a similar systematic approach while aiming for product kits, you'll waste no time. Paints: Still Worth Buying? With the advent of the recent paints update, paints were disintegrated into their protection modules and the corresponding purely visual paint elements. As it's being seen how this much-debated update pans out, the question arises, whether paints are still worth buying. The answer to that from me is undoubtedly positive. Although large maps go highly un-played today, camouflage is still used here and there, and has always been useful for deceiving inattentive onlookers with its chameleon-like characteristics. To my delight, many of the camouflage paints in Tanki got a heavily reduced price after this update. However, I would advise not to buy paints for their looks in the mid ranks, especially if you're running low on crystals. As explained by the developers, the paints are now graded by their "beauty-quotient" and priced accordingly. As you would realize, the looks of your tank mean nothing in the field of gameplay and hence are not a necessity. PRO Pass and Supplies The PRO Pass is essentially a gateway to parkour and supply-free battles. However, if you're looking for supply-free battles, they don't get too common until you hit the 20th rank, Major. So, the utility of the PRO Pass is heavily reduced in the mid ranks before Major. The only way you could satisfactorily use it would be with friends, preferably by joining parkour clubs or clans. In my opinion you shouldn't buy a PRO Pass until you get an M2 combination, although 5000 crystals a month doesn't need much effort, it will deliver small monthly blows to your budget if you buy it before your M2s. Of course, if you're in a clan, you should ignore this suggestion and buy it. Besides that, once-in-a-while Massacre "Catch the Repair Kit" battles are also quite enjoyable and so are parkour battles, however disorganized. Buying supplies in bulk is a strict no-no. Supply kits are the way to go, and you would definitely feel the need for one if you use them generously. Buying supply kits to help sustain your M1s is also not advised. Better get them after getting your M2s. Don't squander your supplies, specially if you don't want to buy supply kits and rely on daily missions. 'Save the Gold' also needs a supply kit or two, although you shouldn't really be indulging in that too much in the mid ranks if you have a light wallet. Thoughtful and apt use of crystals, is what I wanted to suggest through this article. I hope it did that, and hopefully you found something helpful for your journey through the mid ranks! Have any other ideas about this topic? Share it below, lets spark a discussion!

lol

IDK

who else is watching euro till 3 am besides me :ph34r:

Bad? Not really, it was because of Spain's glorious passing and composure! They created like 3 really good chances, but finishing was horrible (Yilmaz).