Thanks man :)

lol I know right?

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KEEPIN' IT REAL #3: FINISHING 1st IN A BATTLE One thing that every tanker loves while playing Tanki is finishing first in a battle. While most people succeed in doing this at least a few times, others are unfortunate not to every finish first in a battle. In this article, I will be teaching you how to finish first in a battle almost every time! In Capture the Flag, you need to knock your teammates out of the way. This way you'll have an advantage on them to capture the flag. Turn into their tank and keep pushing against them until they hit a wall or building. When you have knocked them out of the way, this gives you a few seconds to gain an advantage on them while racing toward the flag. In Team Deathmatch, make sure YOU are the one to get the kill. Make sure that YOU get all ten XP from destroying the opponent. If this means blocking your teammates, then that's none of your business. You shouldn't have to lose crystals because of your teammates destroying the opponent. In Control Points, when you are trying to capture the point, make sure none of your teammates are around. If they try to help you, block them from doing so. This will prevent them from taking XP for themselves, and you will get all of the XP from capturing the point. It doesn't matter if an enemy is attacking, you should stick with your plan and will be in an all-or-nothing situation, and having all of the XP is better than having a few XP. If an enemy is attacking, make sure you block your teammate from getting any shots off and make sure that YOU are the one to kill them, just like in Team Deathmatch! Lastly, make sure to lay mines all over the place. Waste your ENTIRE supply of mines in one battle. This way you will surely get first place. The opposing team will not know how to get around the mines and they will trigger them, resulting in you becoming the winner of the battle! That's all for this time tankers. Remember, make sure to block your teammates when racing for the flag or capturing the point and to block their shots in Team Deathmatch. Good luck tankers! See you on the battlefield! ~by Ruodrik~

I'm not that much of a "picture book" sort of guy. Writing is my specialty, photography isn't. Thanks!

Thanks guys!

KEEPIN' IT REAL #2: RANKING UP Ah, we meet again tankers! The last time I wrote an article, I talked about how to catch gold boxes. Today, I will tell you how to act and how to earn that last bit of XP before ranking up. Grab your popcorn, yank the person nearest to you (even if it's a stranger) to your electronic device, relax, and get ready to dig into this article about how to rank up like a boss! Before you even rank up, you need to make sure to get that last bit of XP. Even if you're only one kill away from ranking up, you need to start a sixty-minute battle to make it almost certain that you rank up! Wait for someone else to join the battle on the opposing side, then kill them. It may take a few minutes to finally destroy them, but when you do you will rank up. Even after you rank up, stay in the battle. You need to make sure you claim the crystals you were awarded. If your opponent leaves and nobody else joins, this benefits you because now you will be receiving the most crystals in the battle. The most important thing about ranking up in recording it. But why should you record it? You will never play it back to yourself, and the most you will ever get out of it is a quality video on YouTube. Even if you have a famous Tanki YouTube channel, you'll probably only get around 2,000 views out of it. Who cares about that little of views? Unless you're expecting to get ten million views out of the video, you should rather savor the moment for yourself instead of showing it to the world. The next important thing is how to act when you rank up. When you rank up, you will most likely receive a comment in the chat congratulating you on your achievement. You may think that this is a polite thing, but really it is a low degree of SABOTAGE! If they take five seconds out of the battle to tell you "congratulations" they are potentially risking the capturing of a flag in CTF, being destroyed in TDM, or losing the point in CP (or if the point isn't yours, risking potentially getting the point in the nick of time to win by a point or so!) This will result in a loss of crystals that you could have had if they hadn't stopped for five seconds to tell you "congratulations." If THEY are going to waste THEIR time, then it's your duty to tell them to get back to playing and to stop chatting. This way they will think of you as a leader and will continue to battle for your team. They will respect you more as a leader but know they are being disciplined for their actions or inactions. The only form of congratulating after a rank up is to fight harder for your team, to make sure you win the battle you're in as a "congratulations" gift. That's all for this time tankers. Remember, when you're about to rank up start a sixty-minute battle and stay through the entirety of the battle, NEVER record yourself ranking up, and make sure nobody congratulates you when you rank up so they continue to fight hard for your team. Now that you know the protocol, get right into a battle and start working towards your next rank-up today! ~by Ruodrik~

What does "gz" mean? Also thanks!

KEEPIN' IT REAL #1: GOLD BOXES Hello tankers! Today I'm going to be telling you how to properly catch gold boxes, and teach you a few tricks that will work every time you play! First off, when you hear the siren signaling the gold box is dropping, make sure to look around for it. If you find it, go to the opposite side of the map and wait for the box to appear. This helps because you will be the first one to know when the box is actually dropping. When it is visible, rush towards the box. There is no need to use speed boost, as it will only make people dislike you and call you a "hacker" for using supplies. Secondly, when you are heading for the location of the gold box, make sure to stop and destroy everybody that is around you. This way there will be less people blocking you from getting the gold box, meaning you will not have to worry about people destroying you while you are heading for the gold box. Thirdly, make sure to dodge all of the supply boxes from the moment the siren goes off to the moment the gold box is caught. This way, people will not think that you are selfish and will probably thank you later. There is nothing worse than people on a computer game calling you selfish for taking supply boxes. Fourth and finally, don't try to get the gold box at all! This will make people think that you are incapable of getting the box, so they will ignore you the next time it drops and will not try to kill you. That's all for this time tankers! If you follow these steps, you will be a gold box king in no time! You'll be known as the best gold hunter in all of Tanki! This includes the Russian community, English community, Dutch community, etc. So what are you waiting for? Log into the game and start collecting gold boxes now! ~by Ruodrik~

Do you really have to spend money to get a gold box supply? Because if you do...

Yeah I didn't mention it because nobody brought up having to buy anything to win. And it is pay to win because like you just said the only solution is to buy crystals.

So basically that makes Tanki a "pay to win" game, in which case it's no longer a "free" game. Still doesn't make sense why someone who tries their hardest and does really well in a battle would get less of a reward than someone on the other team who came in with around two minutes to go and barely even tried at all.

What about me? Hehe just kidding!

Yeah but not fair in the way that you can try your hardest and have the rest of your team sit back and not try at all, and then you get awarded nothing for it.