Hey everyone, welcome to Event Spotlight! This holiday, we had a lot of great surprises: a COVID-19 vaccine ready to go, early Helper of the Year announcements, and of course, amazing festivities. One of these little celebrations was created by a group of players who now run Quirky Events. Here’s a quick recap of their Christmas Events! _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This Christmas, I woke up to a ping from a few of my Discord friends advertising a Tanki server about Christmas events. I wasn’t really sure what it was since I was barely awake and didn’t know much about events themselves. Then it started to blow up. I then heard how Marcus and Goges were in the events themselves and the events had a huge amount of players joining in. Later on, my French counterparts conducted an interview with the event organizers, and the attention they were getting was immense. In due time, I began recapping all about these events right here in this new segment: Event Spotlight. Let’s see what events they held during the holidays. Quirky Events’ Christmas Festivities Let’s take a moment to familiarize ourselves with the events and get rolling on the recap! These events were mainly organized by @Graphics, @Sylvian, and @Sylviana and received support from the CM @Marcus as well as @Goges, who helped with funding gold boxes and creating the battles. With the dedication from the event organizers and support from high-ranking admins in Tanki, the events easily became an overnight success. But it wouldn't have gone all as well without the support of current Event Helper @MR.S_H_K_S_B_E_R, who guided the event organizers through the process of organizing and holding events. Only with such useful guidance throughout the process could the team bring the best events to the stage. Here, we’ll be going over the events and the winners, but if you want to get even more information on the events and inside info from the organizers, then check it all out in our French Newspaper’s interview with the main organizers of this event! Without further ado, let’s get into this section. Tanki Race It is, of course, the fabled Tanki event we’ve all played in. Simply race around the track, stay on course, and be the first one to make it. Check out the course right here. The first two runs were traditional Tanki race across this course, and six speedy racers took the prize: night_rider, sumedh3947, and nicksrage for the first run, and legendaryboi, Tiffany, and demaka_bavel for the second run. The event organizers decided to spice it up with two juicy extras: the first variation included a few extra mines hidden around the track which racers had to avoid as well as an increased prize. In the first variation, the mine race, sumedh3947 took second again, accompanied with Rename and another player known as AbdulGhafoor on Discord. Next up, it was a run-and-capture: players all raced to be the fastest to take the flag and rushed all the way back to bring it home. In the unfortunate event of a flip, another player could steal the flag, so players needed to be both fast and careful to succeed here. Of course, given the highly competitive nature of the novel event, it was undoubtedly the most action-packed of them all. Three players managed to capture the flag: Referee, GiorgunaTankeri, and a-pr0-from-greece, who managed to pull off this tricky feat not once but twice. Catch the Promo If you’re familiar with Tanki events, then this event will be somewhat reminiscent of the Box Collector event, but only a tad tougher. Instead of catching the more common Double Damage supplies, participants competed to take the Repair Kits, a much more daunting - but rewarding - task: winners took home coveted promocodes. Players lined up around the depths of Massacre, and when time came, they flocked around the drop zone and pushed and parkoured for the marked green box. Only a dozen of the participants caught the repair kit and earned the promocode. See the spoiler for results below. Race For Gold Along with Save the Gold, Race for Gold is one of the classics for player-made events - loads of fun. It was as easy as the event name implies: simply just wait for the gold to drop, rush across the map, and fight for the right to take the gold. Many, many golds were dropped at a time, leaving players racing across maps such as madness to In addition to the traditional gold boxes dropping, players also saw a few surprise containers falling from the sky, all courtesy to our wonderful Community Manager Marcus, bringing up appeal for the event. Needless to say, it was a blast. Not just literally. Tanki Quiz Traditional trivia with a twist; this time, there are prizes for everyone. In this event, simply answer questions to earn points, which will go towards the gold box prizes. And for those striving to be the best and the fastest, another prize is on the table - promocodes. Perfect for anyone with a sharp mind and lots of Tanki knowledge. The questions ranged across all areas of Tanki gameplay and players raced to answer the questions the fastest. It was a tough race going neck and neck with the sharpest tankers, but in the end, Alsarbon and Judoai_Baltas took the crown with 90 points apiece. Click the spoiler to see the full leaderboard. Highlight Reel Missed out on Quirky Event's Christmas festivities? We'll recap them here! To recap their amazing success during the Christmas Events, Quirky Events released two highlights videos, edited by the players @Graphics and @Spektrix respectively. Check out their amazing work here! Upcoming Events What's up next for players to enjoy? Find out some spoilers from our event organizers right here! After such amazing success following their Christmas Event kickoff, Quirky Events decided to continue holding these mini-games every weekend. They’re branching off from their original few event ideas and creating fun new ones with each week. You never know what they’ll come up with, but it’ll definitely be creative and fun! If you're an event regular and looking forward to new events, then we're glad to inform you that we have caught wind of their team's new plans. Be sure to stay tuned for an upcoming Musical Chairs event as well as a much larger surprise event to come! Haven't participated but still interested? Click the Discord logo to join! By the way, Quirky Events hosts regular giveaways on top of their fun-filled events, so if you want chances at Discord Nitro and in-game prizes, join their server! _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ And that concludes the first episode of Event Spotlight - we'll be covering many more, including the second season of the famous Tanki Jeopardy Discord Event. Got an event you want to see featured in the Newspaper? Let us know in the comments below and we’ll do our best to cover them. See you around later!

Approved. Welcome to the AWS! Excellent first effort - I see a lot of solid points that come from game experience and a well-organized article. There are still a few works to improve on, though. I would have liked to see it longer (add a few more tips - the examples are already quite strong by themselves) and with a few more images. For example, the flag/ball hog, you can get a picture of two tanks fighting over a flag, and for the Isida tip, you can ask a friend to demonstrate with you a proper and improper method of using Isida. Other than that, I like the concept of this article and hope you'll continue to write consistently in the future! Edits: major rewriting, minor grammar changes.

Approved. Let's pretend that I'm contributing to my English group and not doing Newspaper work. *coughs* I'm glad to see a strong writer return with yet another great story. In my opinion, the theme and plotline are very clear and laid out and I really enjoy the repetition of the lines "I was broken" and "Maybe tomorrow will be better" for emphasis. However, I think it would be even stronger with even more emotion and description if you can add it in. Otherwise, it's a great story - a strong start to 2021 - and I hope to see even better works as the year progresses. Keep it up! Edits: minor grammar fixes.

I was looking through some of my Tanki pictures taken by RaS, but I stopped when I saw this final screenshot... what is this? Could it be... a tissue? A remnant of a virus from quite a while ago? We'll never know. o.O

Approved. Wow. Two years of an amazing plot line, and we have finally reached the glorious conclusion. As always, the plot and battle description was excellent, and I was completely hooked to the action scene. I'm also glad to see the well-written imagery, which painted a complete picture of the final speech, as well as the lovely bit of humor slipped in with Sir Rodney at the parade, which brought back the early-chapter memories. Overall, I've really enjoyed reading this series from beginning to end, watching the storywriting grow along the way. I cannot wait to see what stories you'll be writing in the future - success awaits! Edits: minor grammar changes, hyperlinked the links and placed them in a spoiler.

Or did someone? We will never know. There are many, many more people who were not chosen. ?

By the way, if you need to stockpile some extra crystals to buy Crusader the second it comes out, then don't forget to check out the winners of the Great Giveaway here! You never know, you might be one of the lucky winners!

The Tanki Newspaper is back again with a perfect article to start off the year. If you're pondering whether or not to spend your hard-earned crystals on Crusader, then you're in the right place - we've got a complete review of the hull. Check it out right now!

We checked for alternative accounts when picking the winners of this contest. Don't worry too much about it. If there was someone who submitted an alt, they would not be able to win. ?

Let's unveil our winners of the Great Giveaway here! Were you lucky enough to be gifted a special prize package? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ We've got ourselves ten lucky winners of this contest. Wow, you've got a really kind friend - be sure to thank them! You're getting 25 000 crystals, 5 containers, and 10 gold boxes. Give Moof @Merovingian @superstar40_PRO @abhishek1000 @mjmj5558 laura2017a @mjmj5558 (once again, he was selected by two different players) maximka345 Dilet Ten additional people will receive 10 000 crystals for being a good friend. The order that these are listed may or may not correspond with the order of the winners above. Niou @BloodPressure @Towns @T879 @fghjkl54 @OUTAMYWAY @hari3692 @Given @SirAlswang @VIPIN123 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Congrats to the winners! Be sure to thank your friends by sending them a Blue Sph- oh, just thank them anyways. See you later!

That is correct. If you are chosen, then you win. If not, then you will not receive a reward. It's more of a gamble to get more 21's (but being slower, thus reducing your chances of winning) versus getting one 21 and increasing your chances of winning.

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I am an amazing boomer, so I qualify for this group. Yes, once more have I made it to the N.O.O.B. group! ?

Yikes! Should say 21 soon. All number combos should be 21. Was using a duplicate form from last time and missed a 14 when clearing everything up ? Must be 2 then 1. Good luck!

Ahhh, it was so nice to cover so many months of eSports. Enjoyed all of it and hope to continue to do so in 2021!

So if you submit it and you have 3 21's, you can win extra 20210 x2 crystals. However, it's a gamble - if you search for multiple 21's, you might miss out on being the first one to enter and lose the guaranteed chance to prizes (you may still be chosen as a random winner and get the extra prizes for multiple 21's but if you are not chosen then no 21 prize).

This wasn't what I meant when I said I wanted something other than 3.5k crystals... ? It just lagged a bit so I scrolled to the ultra container instead of pit stop box lol

Badmin ! Who did this? Oh... it's me ? Fixed.

Approved. Sorry for the slightly big delay in approving - I wanted to finish it earlier but didn't get to. I've got to say that the description on the article is one of the best I've read recently as it paints a very clear picture of the new island you've arrived on. However, it is a bit short, so I would suggest lengthening a piece like this in the future. Other than that, it's all good; I hope you'll be bringing more pieces to the AWS in the future! Edits: A few minor phrasing/grammar changes. "In the distant" was swapped for "In the distance" twice, so just keep an eye out for that.

Approved. Wow, this series has continued to progress even more, and now, the epic battle and conclusion is inevitable - I feel it coming! I really enjoyed the buildup with the plot and characters over time. At first, we were introduced to some great personalities, and now, we've got a descriptive and engaging plot to read. Absolutely cannot wait for the finale as well as more pieces from you! Edits: Minor spelling changes. Just make sure to read it through and double-check prior to submitting and you'll be all good!

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Hi Thank you everyone for the kind wishes ?? Let's toast a great new year of awesome newspaper content!

No new year is complete without some more crystals (and some nice resolutions, MAKE SOME RIGHT NOW before the big jinx), so dive into this new 2021 edition of the Gear Score Hunt right now!

In today's issue, LOLKILLERTOTHEDEATH dives deep into the nitty-gritty of the AP Augments, letting you know if the new drop from today's container is an augment to invest time into. Check it out right now! P.S. Don't miss out on the hidden treat - come and read quick!