Yikes... did we just spend the past few pages arguing over this? #game-discussion please ?

I knew it ? Congrats to my fellow nub Team Leader @adab_online on becoming the new parkour clubs manager! Well deserved ?

Oh great... Why didn't my Tanki Horoscope tell me to buy Magnum on sales? Now I can't even play "3D Angry Birds" on Tanki ? Alternatively, text CRYSTALS to 858585 to raise funds for Person_Random to buy Mk5 Magnum we better be getting 1 million crystals in 1 week or else

Good luck! Adab are you the new Parkour Clubs Manager ??

Congrats @asdasemm on becoming an Event Broadcaster Candidate! Best of luck on passing your candidacy! ?

Hello all, Your friendly neighborhood reporter here looking for some parkour clips, preferably unedited and of one trick, to analyze in future Crash Course: Parkour Physics articles and potentially be featured on the Newspaper as well as my webpage. If you have some clips of some cool tricks, please feel free to Forum PM me or send it to me on my Discord, random#1784. Thanks!

Congrats time to my eSports buddies ?? Congrats to @Vegas for becoming an eSports Spectator Candidate. Best of luck on the candidacy! Congrats to @Penta for becoming a full eSports Designer. Well deserved!

Noticed that we're talking about challenge rewards. Why don't I join in ? I dunno, this is just my two cents, but I honestly don't need too many paints ignoring the fact that I just bought like 29 paints to increase my container chances. I already have about 4-5 paints that I regularly use in battle (*coughs* helper paints) and for me, I think getting more paints, minus the exception of paints I desperately want, like E236, is pretty pointless for me. So maybe if the slots for paints are replaced with items that players want more, like Tankoins, containers, and supplies (especially Gold Boxes, which are quite hard to obtain), shuffled around once in a while (meaning that reward types and quantities are provided in different tiers instead of x crystals, x supplies, x containers as always), it might be more appealing. Maybe I might even try to reach more than 200 stars in a challenge ?️

Hello Tankers! After a bit of a delay, Ares was released. Finally, we’ll get to cover all the facts and figures about this hull! Let’s dive in! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TNK00-00000-03MB?-4?WD2-S2VXI Here we are with a complete review on Ares. Of course, we’ve all been busy and haven’t gotten to test Ares as much as we wanted to, but here goes. Let’s start with a quick visit to the Garage. First Impressions I have to say, when I opened the garage, my first reaction was “Wow”. The designs were aesthetic and smooth, giving a very modern look to this new hull. The little hover engines were especially well-styled, and the metallic hints and attention to detail really contributed to its appearance. Lookin' snazzy! The cost wasn’t too bad, not that I paid too much attention to them. As it turns out, it came to around the same costs as Mammoth, which definitely wasn’t too bad. Not bad. Ares also came right between Titan and Mammoth in terms of speed, weight, and some other good stuff. So far, so good, typical of a heavy hull. Then the hard part came: trying on a turret with Ares. I had Railgun equipped at the moment, and it just looked plain silly with Ares. The rest of the turrets didn’t look much better, but in the end, I decided on pairing Ares with Ricochet. With that all checked out and done, I headed to battle. Aramid and Driver did their best to save face, but Ares and Thunder just couldn't get along. In Game Unfortunately, my first reaction to Ares in battle was quite negative. I couldn’t find out how to somehow right myself, stuck driving sideways. After a quick toggling of the mouse control settings, relief settled back in and I rejoined the battle. Throughout most of it, I was easily shot by Gausses and taken out by Firebirds and Freezes with no chance to retaliate with Ricochet. In short, Ares is an easy hit for melees and a huge target for longer-ranged turrets given its shape, and being a short-range turret, you need to respond fast and accurately in order to fend off any attacks. Other short and melee range turrets returned similar results, showing that for the most part, Ares is just not compatible with shorter ranged turrets. On the other hand, longer-ranged turrets like Railgun and Shaft had some better synergy with Ares. The harder part was just trying not to accidentally move while trying to snipe or aim and reveal my location to opponents, but despite that, it was much easier to respond to enemy shots with clean snipes. Looking at the score and star difference in those first two battles, it’s easy to conclude that longer-ranged turrets are definitely much more optimal when working with Ares. Of course, after that short half-hour drive around Tanki, there were some concerns about Ares’ mobility. Despite the fact that Ares basically prevents you from flipping upside-down, I couldn’t help but wonder why Ares was… so… slow. It was just like driving in a tub of maple syrup! For a hull that didn’t need to deal with everyday problems like friction, it should have been at least a tad faster. Another issue was the fact that it needed severe assistance getting up steep ramps in maps like Cologne and Yorkshire. While it had its little quirks in moving around, nothing was as bad as navigating just one ramp. Trying to make my way up to the top level of Cologne was nearly impossible; most of the time, the hull slipped and gave out halfway through, and when I had made it up, almost a full minute had passed, which was definitely frustrating. Overall, though, it was a mostly positive experience with Ares, especially when Overdrives entered the equation. Sacrifice shows off his classy lookin' Ares - he's ready for the catwalk! Overdrive The first time I used my Overdrive was out of something like a last resort - I had just made it up the ramp in Cologne and a pesky Firebird was spitting flames in my face. Immediately, I received the healing effects and did a tad bit of damage; if I had aimed that better, I definitely would have had a better shot. In the next battles, with some practice, my Overdrive handling improved considerably, allowing me to experience its full power. Obviously, the Overdrive is pretty nice, quite potent without the ability to be easily exploited for quick gains like Hornet. I especially enjoyed the healing effect, for after months of getting accustomed to Zero Supply, this was a step back to those good old days, getting some well-needed health with each overdrive. Mobile There’s very little that needs to be said about mobile. Ares is truly beneficial for any mobile player as the controls are much more intuitive. With this change, our team experienced much higher scores using Ares than prior to using the new hull. It’s obvious: Ares is very mobile-friendly and perfect for a quick game. Instead of previously earning small amounts of battle score and experience (10-50 score), we reported scores of around 130-200 points. Sweet earnings! Last Word Overall, it is a pretty great hull, though, of course, if it were to be released on Tanki’s birthday, it would have been awesome. Now that it’s out, it’s giving mobile players a helpful feature to facilitate gameplay. But it doesn’t mean it’s all mobile as playing on a computer did not make Ares any harder to use (provided that you disable mouse controls). There definitely were a few concerns about its strange mobility and compatibility with shorter-ranged turrets, but other than that, it was definitely an exciting new addition to the garage. Pros and Cons Pros Cons + Relatively easy for both mobile and PC users - Doesn't fit with any other turrets + Quite hard to flip over on your own - Not very compatible with shorter-ranged turrets + Powerful but not overpowered overdrive - Sometimes harder to navigate Ratings Price: B Not bad, but Titan was a bit cheaper... Looks: C- By itself, definitely good-looking, but it didn’t fit with any turret, which was definitely quite frustrating. Mobility: A- Kind of slow, hard to navigate some places, but hey, no more embarrassing upside-down moments! Synergy: B+ Works best with longer-ranged turrets, shorter-ranged turrets are at a disadvantage. Overdrive: A Definitely the best part of the hull, beneficial for the individual tank as well as the team. Overall: A Ares is a great hull, though of course, if you want to buy it, the best idea is to try it on the test server or a low account and buy it during sales for the best effect. Enjoy! Oh, and if you noticed that there was a special treat, well, you may have also noticed the two question marks. Hint: the letters/numbers are two the of the following: HULL ARES 2020.08.14. Good luck! Huge thank you to @Sacrifice for those awesome shots of Ares (and the mobile screenshot). Lookin' sharp! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ And that’s it! Hopefully you get a better sense of how Ares is as a hull before you buy it (or maybe you’ve already bought it, in that case, before you embarrass yourself in battle for not being familiar with it). Thanks for reading, and see you around later!

Wow... new chat moderators! ? Congrats to @iFros and @Pseudonym on becoming Chat Moderator Candidates. Best of luck on those candidacies! Pliz no ban

Before Sales: After Sales: Now I'm poor again ? but at least now I have a max GS of 7891

Sorry all, they should be coming next week ? no ban me plz

Alright, I guess it's time to complete my Augments collection... only about 23 to go ? and prots and upgrades of course but

Ah, so my secret's out...I need to go make a youtube video 100% not clickbait 2 billion views titled "1 year natural BOT transformation 13-13" now, don't I?

Ah yes, of course, the informal does have its own appeal. Just a handful of jokes would be perfect, but I think this example below is a bit too much. I have added some minor commentary here. I also marked a few grammar fixes in green thanks to the proofreader in me. Hopefully, that helped clarify what I meant. I do like a few jokes, but that "yikes" was a bit too informal in my opinion.

Just a note, I personally do not deliver the prizes, le master kaisdf does them. I will let you know when they are on their way, hopefully before sales ?

Awesome! Now I can finally attend the Tanki Meetup during school instead of skipping school!

Sorry all, rewards have not been sent yet. It turns out that a lazy mult has forgotten to give it to kaisdf. Rewards will be delivered ASAP.

How much did he have to bribe you to say that @Spy ? Otherwise, I have to say, nice forum updates. However, I feel that the topic is a bit informal at times. Is it possible to fix that?

Sure, I mean that you can enter up to two Dictator entries for consideration in the next Dictator issue. Good luck!

Finally, after a short delay, the winners are out - the most newspaper-worthy horoscopes! Thanks for participating; your hard work has just won you some awesome prizes!

For many of us, "The Dictator" has been the epitome of humor and creativity all in one. Got a funny bone that just can't be satisfied by the Dictator alone? Well, you can write a piece and take home some crystals!

I knew that I should have checked my school portal more - I just got some more homework! How much homework do you have?

Haven't been here in a while, and now I have so many congratulations to hand out :D Congrats to @Tidebreaker and @LOLKILLERTOTHEDEATH for passing their (extremely long) Wiki candidacies. Whew, that took a while... Congrats to @T-B for becoming an Event Helper Candidate. Hope you pass your candidacy soon! Congrats to @Pout for becoming a full Event Organizer! Congrats to @Spy for becoming a Content Helper Candidate. Congrats to @Yesayan for becoming eSports Spectator Team Leader! And of course, our dear eSports Veterans. Congrats to @GG_reg, @Andra, @Marekos1111, @I_Live_WiThouT_LaWs, and @Lost on earning Veteran paint. Well deserved! And finally, congrats to all the best helpers in August! Keep up the great work!

And after a minor delay, we have finished judging the entries. Behold, the winners of this contest. First of all, let me just say that I was impressed by the number of high-quality entries. I'm so glad that this contest has had such great input. Okay, fine, I'll stop talking, let's get to the prizes. In first place, winning 35 000 crystals and 3 Containers, is @Bydo. This entry was a cut above all others (yet again) with so much detail put into the entry. Congrats! Entry Next up, in second place, we have @At_Shin. Nice way to incorporate some big names of Tanki into those horoscopes - it earned you 25 000 crystals and 2 Containers! Entry And coming up in third, it's @Volturo. Really juicy entries with a bite of humor. Awesome, you just won 20 000 crystals and a container! Entry A consolation prize of 15 000 crystals goes to: @PatientZero @Railguns @SHREYA88 @E_polypterus Thanks for participating and good luck next time! Let me know when you want this contest to return. See you later!