Just in case include the first picture with the name more clear in your entry post ;)

Please describe the bug, if possible. Is it the "Play" button when the battle is almost full?

This contest we have very neat prizes for 3 winners only. In the future, we'll try to also reward the runner-ups.

As long as it remains the same original picture, yes.

Is it not loading at all, or doesn't let to join battles? Any specifics would be very helpful.

This V-LOG it won't be possible for sure, but maybe next, thank you for the suggestion.

I can tell you that even if you're Blizzard and make the biggest MMO around, day 1 on a big update servers will crash. No amount of testing can compare to all active players hitting the game at the same time. It's not even DDoS, it's harder. But people will learn, this update will teach our team what happens when you clash all of the servers into battle queue. I really hope we can prevent this from happening again.

I agree more communication on what is coming and why should happen between developers and players. This will take time.

I will be brutally honest and share how all of this works. The update was planned for reasons such as making it very easy to find a battle, and at some point, be it not enough testing, poor server planning or anyone else, things went wrong and the whole day our programmers spent fixing what should have worked from the beginning. Already we all see it won't be resolved until tomorrow, and we can just share our frustration, post what's happening in the game and wait for the morning. For very simple reasons, people who make decisions and who tell programmers go do this or fix that are not reading and will not read you, me or almost 30 pages of this forum thread. They will go to community managers and ask what players say and how they feel about the update. I will already tell the truth, which is not pretty, but those who move the whole project forward do not hear "remove the noob update", spamming the chat with hashtags or poking accounts will not make those decision makers suddenly remove the update. It just won't happen. But I'll tell you what will. If we all, players, mods, and me with other CMs gather plain, real data, saying how the battle progress gets rolled back, how "Play" button doesn't work when the battle is almost full, how your ping has suddenly hit triple digits - this will matter. Real Damn Data. So please, if you don't want to play Tanki anymore, I will not stop you. It is a free game, you can come and go as a free person. And if you decide to stay, if you care about Tanki, your friends who still play and want to play a better game - post details. What happened. How it happened. When it happened. Thank you for reading.

Yes, it is valid, and yes, you can edit a comparison pic to it :)

THIS is you helping, providing example and details, and not just posting the update is horrible, so I thank you. There are problems, there are bugs, lags and chat issues, and most of them will be fixed only in the morning. I want to ask everyone to please post details, about every problem you have, so mods and I can collect them.

Thank you, we're already discussing this problem and how to improve the Friends List system.

This is a known problem - with pressing "Play" and nothing happening - and we're working on fixing it. For now, please try to join battles that are half-full, or have more than 3 free spots. Thank you.

With what? You're assuming I'm sitting somewhere laughing at people's misfortune? The chat will be improved soon, as you pointed out everyone is in the same channel, not a lot of use for others. Does it happen if it's a new battle? Or the same, for 8/10, 11/12 and 3/10?

Is it the "Play" button? Do you remember, how many free spots were left?

They are now, we're monitoring the current server-load, and if needed, there can be another restart. Right now we're working on the remaining battle and chat problems.

Thank you for reporting, we hope for the issue to be fixed after the maintenance.

I've worked on enough online games to know that every major server update is the Apocalypse. I know the anger and the frustration. For now, while the programmers do their work, we wait.

The maintenance is expected to be over in 1 hour. All missions and daily mission chains will be kept.

LAGS, CHAT ISSUES, BATTLES NOT OPENING: We're working on addressing the chat and other issues, like lag, and I will update you in this topic throughout the day. I personally suggest to take a break, and come back after all of this blows over :)

Hm, thank you, closing/opening the client or opening browser version does the same, I assume?

Working on them, any specific places/features? Chat, "Play" button, in the game?

Is this the battle lag, and you're talking before and after restart? Any details will be much appreciated.

Well, the deed is done. Any ongoing issues with the chat or battles? :)

Should be none, your morning list is good ;)