I was thinking along the same lines but searched for "four hundred and eighty one" led me to post #481 on page 25 by Alklines here- http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=224487&page=25&hl=%2Bfour+%2Bhundred+%2Band+%2Beighty+%2Bone&do=findComment&comment=4013176 Wasn't really sure what to do after that. Something about the word 'recorded' in the initial clue drove me to look at youtube. He's done a video named "Map aggravation - by Alklines" on the 25th of some month/year. I thought maybe it had something to do with tanki maps (if the rest of what I figured of the initial clue fit in). But it didn't, so that was the end of my thought train. Later, I thought the word Aliens with the A in caps had something to do with the movie Aliens and not the paint alien coz it said aliens with an 's' (plural). Came up with this (notice TNT is present in the following) - http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=184693&page=8&hl=%2Baliens+%2Bmovie&do=findComment&comment=4446966 Read the description and it says the movie PIXELS is about a team of old school arcaders fighting aliens. I thought maybe it was something to do with esports. So I had PIXELS - ALKLINES or PIXELS - map aggravation or ARCADE - ALKLINES or ARCADE - map aggravation.... I scrabbled ALKLINES to spell "ALL IN". Result ARCADE - ALL IN. Keyword 'Champions'? Nope. LOL, I even went so far as to map TNT chemically with the clue. C7H5N3O6. Taking the 7th,5th,3rd and 6th words to form some sense of the sentence - "I guess the person after me loves Aliens". Came up with "Loves after the me" that could also be read like "Loves' after theme"? This didn't happen all in a day so... to say the least, I tried. But I still got no clue how 'Polygon CP' fits into this! Eagerly awaiting the explanation!

In fact, when starting out, I was super excited. The idea behind this contest is original and refreshing, it sure catches on like wildfire :) (for people who love challenges)! - a suggestion I have for the future is to involve more people behind construction/planning so there are more perspectives of thought, hopefully leading to a broader level of participation. Good luck all!

TNT, I've sent the keyword to your alt inbox - and the explanation about arriving at it. Can you let me know if it's right or wrong? :unsure: :ph34r:

Have the crystal prizes been distributed?

Yay!!! 3k :D Congrats to all the winners! P.S. - Grit, what'd I tell ya? ;)

These guys that own m3's asking for refund of m0-1-2's! Wow! That line of thought makes no logical sense. When you see everything in black and white, you miss a great deal of greys. Your concept of gain and loss needs retrospection. The world can do without the kind of values expressed in many of these posts.

:excl: Did anybody answer this ^ question? This needs addressal team tanki! The answer is not in your public communications so far. The scenario maybe rare, but that's not an excuse for trashing the validity of the query.

Long time coming, but it's definitely, positively, a good update. Just don't backtrack. Don't. Period.

LOL!!! I've seen some crazy entries that either cracked me up or left me scratching my head, but bro, to me you win hands down :D

War torn skies over the highland town crown the victors atop their throne as they revel in the pregnant calm before another storm. It has been a long winding road but there is little time to reflect. Facing the way forward - each with his vision, united in the singularity of direction, callous in the face of differences, undaunted at what is yet to come – another goal rises high and stark against a blazing horizon. Demons of defeat, banished into exile, are marked for burial in no-man’s land as booming echoes of distant thunder rail them on skyward. (Word count 98)

I rarely comment on stuff on the forum unless there's a TO issue that really irks me. From my experience so far (being ranks around major), the scenery is skewed. One thing i want to highlight is the oversell on the viking hulls. Too many viking kits and every tom, dick n harry has it and it unlocks pretty early at m3 to boot. I demand tanki start an insurance coverage plan for hornets ASAP. If this horneticide was intentional, i assure you, it's working too well. With the help of some previous tanki kit-goofs n a plethora of paints like prodigi, dirty, corrosion, fracture, tundra, digital, sandstone, blacksmith being added to the equation, life for my m2 railgun feels like a long slow constipated session. At major, my m2 railgun choked on killing wasps. And for a turret that has one of the highest DPS stats and requires a decent amount of skill/effort to use with that slow reload, this is quite a shame. I'm quite surprised that rail being such a popular gun, no one has much to say about the recent changes affecting a rails play (specifically in non-format battles).

I think the experiment is working as far as mults are concerned. There's a lot of bullying within teams now for flags. The goldbox drop seems fair too. But the down side to this experiment is that there's been a sharp increase in drugs (first aids to be exact) being used to win battles and overpowered thunders everywhere (thanks to a timely sale). Medium/long battles seem mostly unwinnable for non-buyers (at WO 1-5 and next rank atleast). Non-buyers will eventually be unable to sustain in the game.