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I'm not...but you're very welcome ;-)

Beg to differ with whom? I never claimed that attaining MSgt took a couple of hours. I can tell you it's achievable daily....i.e. a "handful" of hours and a new chat-ready account daily. If it is "fairly easy for mods to detect multiple accounts for one player" they certainly do not appear to care enough about it (and it isn't actually easy). Possession of multiple accounts is incredibly widespread. More sophisticated players use multiple IP addresses as a matter of habit. And those of us who have invested time and $ into several high ranking accounts would be justifiably upset over any attempt to undermine those investments. My guess it that Tanki looks the other way because those of us who continue to spend $ on Tanki make the salaries of its full-time staff possible. Well, that and the fact that Tanki membership would drop by at least 1/3rd if players with multiple accounts were forced to choose and use only one. ;-) happy hunting.

I have over 150 accounts now....a large majority over the new minimum chat rank from Gissimo to MSgt. :P Tanki's overlords have done this because they believe it will decrease the number of people who cause trouble in chat. In theory, it seems reasonable....if you can't chat you can't cause trouble verbally. And if it takes several ranks to chat many newer players will not make the investment of time to achieve the rank just to cause trouble verbally. Unfortunately, it's bandaid solution that is only minimally effective for two reasons: Trolling can be effectively accomplished without chat. Trolling includes such behaviors as blocking, flipping and generally annoying other players. And trolling can be doubly frustrating for new players who cannot voice their disapproval when they are victims of trolling. These relatively new players will probably never make the effort required to reach MSgt and simply choose to leave the game never to return. Tanki's new rule may, in fact, cause a sharp decrease in the number of new players who achieve MSgt and higher. Accomplished players who have already attained the highest ranks, and who likely have multiple high rank accounts as I do (two Gissimo and a Field Marshall soon to be my 3rd Gissimo), can achieve MSgt in a handful of hours. I hate to say it, but the highest ranks among us also appear to be the worst trolls. Many create new accounts to troll new players who lack the skills to defend themselves from trolling. Such pros posing as new players will simply non-verbally troll others until they reach the required rank, then they'll begin the verbal abuse. While I do not think it's a large percentage of players, it's apparently a significant enough problem that Tanki has increased the chat requirement by 5 ranks. Frankly, it'll only stop/deter new players. For experienced players....it's little more than a temporary inconvenience.

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