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Okay, free question avoidance coupon for me again! Has your school/work place shut down due to COVID-19?

Burgerville sounds like a fun place to have lunch. What's your favorite burger joint?

According to what kaisdf and I reasoned, cereal is not a soup. What is your favorite soup?

Confusion is common in these parts, specifically in calculus classes ? Ever wonder what to do when you're lonely?

...And yes, the results are finally here and I'm about to throw up because I've had it with the gory movies my teacher keeps showing us so I better type this before this keyboard gets a spray of vomit. Okay, back to what I was saying. It was great to read all those entries, thanks very much to all who have participated! I invite you to post your pieces in the Amateur Writing Section, regardless of your placing in the contest. Alright, enough chitchat from me, it's time to announce the winners! The battle for first place was quite an eventful one, but in the end, @Towns emerged victorious with his parody: "Revenge: A Tanki Parody of DJ Usher's Got Us Falling in Love" that reminds all us F2P players of the everyday struggle against buyers. Coming in second place, a strong showing by @Given (entering with lower account Wait_What) with his rendition of "Alone, Pt. II" that had me hooked with the coherent and lyrical storyline detailing the journey of budding tankers. In third, @Benefactor brings us a cringeworthy parody of Billie Eilish's "bad guy" that had me both laughing and cringing at the same time. Consolation prizes go to @I.No.Name.Look.Away and @Galdar. Thanks for participating, keep following the newspaper, and stay tuned for more fun contests!

Approved. I'm really into this series and really can't wait for another chapter! Every word makes me want to continue reading more maybe it might also help that my English teacher's voice is annoying and I need a good solution to distract myself from her lectures. It's great overall, though you might want to include more description over dialogue. While dialogue does do a great job with the describing and scene setting from a more subjective point of view (showing more intentions and emotions), the word descriptions are better at objectvely describing the setting to the reader, and I feel like even though you have incorporated more of that, you probably would like to balance dialogue and description more in future. Overall, it's a great piece with tons of potential for future plot development, keep it up! Edits: Just two small ones - a quick comma adding and a line break.

Approved. Very interesting story! The entire story sounds thoughtfully planned and has an adventurous, playful feel while still empahsizing the seriousness of the situation. I'm really hooked into this series and can't wait to see what the detective team finds! However, it still feels a bit faster than I would have liked, so perhaps you could try slowing down and describing the moment (e.g. how the characters felt during a critical moment, detailed descriptions of what they experience) to further enrich your story. I hope to see a concrete view of Tanki's master plan next time! Edits:

Lonely? So am I! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ It's another typical day in AP Physics. We're working on classwork and we've all finished early. Glancing around, I don't see a familiar face anywhere despite knowing everyone for at least a year. The people next to me pretend I don't exist unless I have answers or food. True, I have friends, but they're all playing surviv.io without me elsewhere and they won't bother to invite me. Every day I wallow around in loneliness in a class full of people who don't care about me, killing my self-confidence and happiness. I don't want this to happen, but I can't help it. There's no one here to save me. There's no one to lift me out of pain. There's nothing that I can do in real life. But I know that there's always people around in Tanki who are willing to help. Let's band together and find a solution to the omnipresent loneliness. If you find a cure for loneliness, post it below. If not, feel free to discuss anything you would like, including but not limited to intriguing questions, fun facts, rants, anecdotes, and hyperlinks to somewhere less lonely. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Let's band together and cure loneliness together.

There are at most 118.5 tulips, but it depends on the number of other flowers in the garden. (Yes, this is a bonus question but who cares, I'm bored.) Do you ever feel lonely in a crowded room full of familiar people? If so, why does it happen to you?

Avoiding things can be difficult at times, especially if you are a bit careless. What is something you think you should avoid?

New Year’s, Valentine’s Day, Halloween, heck, even April Fools’, they all get their own special topics, but who said a lesser-known holiday like Pi Day can’t get its own contest? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ As you may already know, Pi Day is March 14 (3/14) because the first three digits of Pi are 3.14. Well, you might be wondering why I’m telling you this. That’s simple. Because your challenge is to get as close as you can to a 3.14 K/D in Tanki Online. All you need to go is get into a normal Matchmaking battle, play until you get a K/D you deem close enough (or exactly, if you’re that skilled) to 3.14 , snap a screenshot, upload it, and send the link to this Google Form. Just make sure you’re entering with one account only and that the screenshot shows the entire screen (crystals, exp bar, embarrassing tabs, etc.) or else your entry will not be considered. After all entries have been submitted, the entries that get the closest to Pi will be rewarded accordingly. How to submit your entry? Please follow these points to submit your entry: Make sure you know where your screenshot is saved. Go to Postimage.org Click on "Choose images". Select your image through the popped up window. Let it upload. A series of link would be present in front of you. Choose the "second" link which says "Direct link". Copy it and go here. Fill in the required things. Send your entry. NOTE: Images sent through Imgur are also accepted. However, make sure the provided link works. Deadline: March 31 Results will be released within a week after the deadline. IMPORTANT: Delicious Prizes Table 1st Place - 25 000 crystals 2nd Place - 22 500 crystals 3rd Place - 20 000 crystals 4th Place - 15 000 crystals 5th Place - 12 500 crystals ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tankers, rev up your engines, polish your equipment, and gear up for battle! Good luck and may the best player win!

Coincidences are ambiguous. Are you an ambiguous person?

A namepass is for people who are often indecisive or for people who desperately want a nickname change. If you were forced to change your nickname, what would it be?

Approved. Excellent story! The plot was well developed and incited a decent amount of suspense with each step that the detectives made. It's definitely shaping up to be an eventful series. As you develop future pieces, though, make sure you pay special attention to your commas. Sometimes, your comma placement causes confusion due to the awkward breaks. Overall, it was a great story and I can't wait for more! Edits:

Approved. Excellent story, I enjoy the description and the light-hearted enjoyment of a Firebird match in TO, especially its relatability. You describe the Firebird-to-Firebird interactions perfectly. I'm thinking that you can fix your sentence flow a bit because it felt choppy with the "I... I... I..." structure, so you can try to vary up your sentences with different sentence styles (simple, complex, compound, sentence starts) in future pieces. Overall, great work; I'm very excited for more content from you! Edits:

- Not crashing it every time it plays. - Not making me have to reload EVERY SINGLE WEBPAGE I HAVE ON OTHER TABS when I log on quickly to get my premium bonus - Adding gifts in the garage (can upload it later, but these are my source of self confidence and joy so I'd want them back, please) - Not lagging like it's 1999 and the internet has barely begun when I get into any battle. - Not turning my tank into a kamikaze pilot every time the computer lags. - Some issues with graphics with me. The skybox loads before the map, the foreground before the background, etc etc... - More coming soon, I just need to get up and take a short 5 min walk.

A very big congratulations to @Sacrifice for becoming Newspaper Reporter Candidate! I knew you'd make it there, good luck and enjoy the journey.

A map can be created by many means, I hope that made sense. Will someone design a new mapmaking technology?

Hey there, sorry for taking so long senioritis has struck because I hang out with seniors too much xdd. I'll take care of it soon.

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I'm not sure what this is, but hey, at least free question avoidment! What's your favorite word?

A person's ability to answer a question depends on the person's knowledge as well as the context of a question. Don't you ever find yourself unable to answer a question because you have no context about it?

Approved. Excecllent story, can't wait for another chapter! I really liked the personal aspect of the story, which lets the reader almost get to experience what you as the writer was going through. I'm thinking you can try to improve your grammar (especially commas) because there were many comma fixes. Perhaps using an online proofreading service or asking someone you trust to proofread will help fix this. Anyways, great work and good luck on future chapters. Edits: Topic locked on owner's request.

Okay, thanks for the confirmation. Please make sure to post the original lyrics and song in your contest entry by editing your post so that your entry may be considered.