He’s using a Mac. Have you tried Opera? Opera never fails for me.

Oh God, by succeeding Issho in TTC "Master" I have also seemed to pick up on his text-walling habits. I think I'm the best Candidate right now for writing text walls. :mellow:

Thank you very much for understanding our circumstances. ^_^ We can't simply listen to every player's requests. Well, this is very interesting. Perhaps, in future, I will ensure that the Wiki is 100% reliable in terms of information and everything in order to prevent this confusion in future. TL;DR - probably rely on Wiki. :) Not only rely on Wiki but the most appropriate page of the Wiki, for we can't remember every single Wiki page but can keep the most applicable one correct/reliable.

Read my previous post carefully. If you followed everything I said, what I said was that (before I got the info that Wiki was wrong) I was under the impression that the Forum Announcement lacked the full information, whereas the Wiki had everything according to Developers' documentation. I cannot venture into exact details but all you need to know is that the Wiki received incorrect information. Also, the question was not counted. Everyone who the question affected was granted the question as correct PROVIDED they put the next closest to right option "alex7668-rak." If they chose anything else, they were completely wrong. However, I still admire that the people who chose "ufos92" used the correct Wiki source and the question was just given lowest priority. Like I said, though, no one was affected, everyone got their score bumped up.

I just contacted someone from the RU Wiki and there is an ambiguity. I just want to make some things clear now, though. Basically, the question will not be counted but I still stand my ground on my decision to previously still count it. This was because of a few things: a) Enough people already got the answer right for it to be considered a "fair question." b) I recently received information that there was a slight discrepancy between the Documentation of the Devs and the actual Forum Announcement. There were some complications regarding the person who won that edition of The Game, which meant that the Wiki's information is wrong. The Wiki is at fault here, for we (namely myself because I made the page) believed that our information was correct and weren't made aware of the complications. However, as a TTC man-in-charge, I still stand by my decision, as not counting a question is an absolute last resort. I will always strive to be as fair as possible but I will only disclude a Question under extreme circumstances. In this case, the circumstance was that there were discrepancies between Forum/Wiki sources and that was quite unfair but there was a possible solution. Although, the major issue was that Wiki information was incorrect, thus rendering the Question unfair. Well obviously it was ... lol. The Wiki was not properly around until late 2014. It used to be run by Semyon Kirov and some others but only started a proper system in late December. The GAME was of very little priority and thus, only recenetly was a page made dedicated to it.

Well, the information was taken from the RU Wiki which seemed to have contact with Devs or something for information.

It was not incorrect, there was just a lack of documentation, in which case you should have looked for the correct page showing all of The GAME events. Well, that wasn’t the most relevant page to go to. Most of my other proofreaders and a substantial amount of players went to the correct page, which doesn’t justify the need to disclude a question entirely. 1) No, it wasn’t. We went through this Quiz thoroughly and most of my proofreaders agreed that the difficulty of finding the page complemented the theme that it was a hard Quiz. You guys asked for a hard quiz, that means that answers also won’t be spoonfed, you have to look in the correct places. 2) I have the proof of The GAME Wiki Page, which is valid. 3) The announcements weren’t wrong, there was a lack of documentation for them. The Wiki Page doesn’t get all the information from those topics, the same way those topics don’t tell you what winners chose as their Dream Tank. 4) Nope. Wiki page was created nearly a month before the Quiz went live. It was 6th of November, not December.

Nope. It was unfortunate that the Forum Announcements were wrong but the Wiki page should’ve been your go-to place, as it has much more information than official announcements. We had enough 12/12 scoring participants to deem it fair. They most likely will be. :)

Try Safari. I also use a Mac and barely encounter any issues unless the Wiki is actually down.

There’s a certain location for all of those but I’m not telling you where. :ph34r:

You’re welcome, son. Mom’s feeling extra generous today. :d I did not spoon feed the answer. I had to say what I said in order to prevent everyone from spamming the answer everywhere, if anything, I gave a necessary hint but prevented people from posting the answer everywhere.

Sorry but it will be counted. I suppose you could somewhat argue that the players who got it right to begin with sorta had a time advantage. Just tryna be diplomatic, sorry. 2h, 6m, 10s. :)

Yeah, as I was posting that I contemplated disregarding that bit but felt it was necessary. Sorry :( Ninja advised me to put "MAKE SURE YOU USE PREVIEW POST" as a note but it would spoil the question so I didn't.

55m, 21s. Nah, it was "Hard." Wouldn't speak so soon. :ph34r: 1) This one was easy if you understood the question. Also, no, you could easily just use "Preview Post." 2) There was one easy place to go to for that. :D 59m, 40s.

You guys DID ask for harder Quizzes. I delivered. B)

The prizes could come at any time during today.

UTC+10, it's awful.

G'day reader! Yes, I'm the new kid on the block (not Jenny from the Block), the debutant, the newbie or whatever you wish to call me. Some of you may know me by previous names, those being "marc.jp_44," "Phenom," "that Australian guy" or "the guy to go to if I haven't been picked as a winner for TTC this week." Well, for those of you who don't me, this is an introductory piece. Let's get right into it! My Grassroots | 2015 I began my journey, so to speak, somewhere in April of 2015. I used to play another game and played it for quite a while but my friend in real life introduced me to Tanki, which he found through Miniclip. I soon found the Game extremely captivating, there's nothing that can quite capture the starting stages of a good Game. Within my first few days I managed to rank up pretty quickly. On the 25th of July, a certain loading bar caught my eye: The certain banner that interested me. I had many questions when I saw this banner: What is a Clan? How do you find a team? What are friends? I have none :c The biggest and most important question, though, was "where can I find the Forum?" In my previous Game, I used to be quite active on the Forum as I liked the concept of being able to chat about something you are interested in with people who share a mutual appreciation for the Game. After finding it, the first thing I sought to do was find a Clan. Like a dog to a bone, I sniffed out the best low-rank Clan and immediately applied. Back then, I judged Clans according to how cool their logo looked. Within an hour, I scouted a Clan bad enough to accept me worthy of my presence: Greatest application, eh? From then, things moved pretty quickly. If my memory serves me correctly, the Leader took way too long to accept me so I ended up applying to a new Clan, which I then left because another Clan accepted me. Basically, trying join a Clan was a dog's breakfast back then! My intention of joining a Clan was never to train, "training" was a foreign concept to me, as a vastly inexperienced gamer. I only joined to befriend a few blokes to play with on the battlefield. Within a couple of weeks, I had already started my new Clan (which FYI I still have bookmarked for sentimental reasons ^_^). I contacted some random underground designer to design my Clan page for me and pretty soon, I managed to prepare a swanky new Clan page. The Forum/eSport Mods were really helpful, even back then. Me, unlike most people, actually read the Guidelines thoroughly to creating a new Clan and made sure that my page would be perfect (apart from the fact that I forgot my Skype ID, thanks Darky <_<). The oldest picture I can find that I took was a battle in Esplanade CTF, I still vaguely remember the battle: Ohh, the nostalgia! Esplanade battles were a major hit at lower ranks. I found a few friends, such as DejanSavic2000 (now @xX_I.Love.Her_Xx) who were really supportive during the whole process. I became friends with their Clan (Unstoppable Gold Hunters) and they helped me grow mine. Within just a month, the stress of managing a Clan got to me and I "merged" with Unstoppable Gold Hunters. Somehow, we acquired 106 pages in this small month (HD ain't got nothing on me, I was doing it before it was cool B)) and nearly 30,000 views (this was actually the highest amount of views in Newcomers at that stage). Little did I know that these friends would be with me for a few years and I'd even end up being colleagues with some of the Moderators who helped me out. After a few months of staying under the radar but visiting the Forum, I decided to pursue my passion for writing by enrolling in Tanki Writers Group, which, in hindsight, probably led me on to become a Reporter. This group was a lot of fun. Somehow, I actually whipped up a couple of pretty decent Articles (here, here, here, here and here). I finished my year by purchasing a lovely Tornado Kit to test out my new XP/BP "skills." I also made my first discovery of a wild XT in a Polygon CP match: Here lies the elusive "Hornet XT" contrasted with my slightly less cool Hornet M2. Unfortunately, there were some major issues with TWG, which leads me on to my next year. Exposure | 2016 Fortunately for us, the Reporters let us enjoy our New Year festivities but then exposed the fatal flaws of the Club. On the 30th of January, 2016, Fen made a long rant explaining how things such as plagiarism and blatant disrespect, which is understandable but he was a bit too vague, not taking everything into perspective. Drama aside, this total collapse of TWG actually indirectly sparked the rise of AWC - a much more organised system used for unofficial Articles to be posted, with guidance from AW Staff. In 2016, I started really venturing into the Forum and found it extremely interesting. Mid-way through the year, I also pursued my interest in XP/BP by joining an XP/BP Clan. 2016 was very fun for me and I probably reached the pinnacle of my playing career (in the aspects of skill and enjoyability). I also joined a thing called "STG Club." It was an unofficial group of players who used to regularly play Save the Gold battles. These STG's soon became a massive craze. Ironically, the STG events were far more enjoyable prior to the release of the Gold Supply, which removed the value behind trying to get the Gold Box to drop. Towards the middle of the year, I developed a newfound hobby of editing Tanki videos. I made compilations/gameplay videos and slightly edited them, this started on my rank-up to Lieutenant General. It was an interesting period and it was fun to try out some new things. Going back to the STG topic, these were some of my most enjoyable experiences in the Game. One of the slightly more memorable "Save the Golds," where the Gold Box dropped at 28 fund. Given the fact that Gold Boxes did not simply just drop at the touch of a key, there were rather harsh rules and penalties for those who cheated or took the Gold Box when they were not allowed to. In saying that, however, these rules guaranteed that the Events would be super fun to participate in, for everyone just wanted a fair match. When I decided to join an XP/BP Clan, I had some extremely fun moments, too. Weekly trainings was always a highlight as we used to play for fun and occasionally in rare maps. This brought diversity to each training session, as well as an aspect of not knowing how the Gameplay of the map works, instead of playing the standard Sandbox CTF match every week. 2016 was the year in which I really became active on the Forum and started venturing into new departments of the Game. I started the year at Second Lieutenant ( ) and finished the year at the rank Fieldmarshal ( ). Service | 2017 2017 was undoubtedly my defining year in Tanki Online. It was the most enjoyable year for me in the Game, despite the fact that I actually played very little. In the first few months, my Clan that I was a long-term member of underwent some large changes in operation and I was no longer with the Clan anymore. I was not liking any of the updates hitting the Game and I felt that overall, gameplay was becoming stale. Despite this, I still found the Forum an enjoyable place to relaxe and socialise in. On the 13th of March, I submitted my Wiki Application. It was essentially a final reach for me. If I made it, I made it but if my application was rejected, I most likely would have quit Tanki for a few months. Thankfully, 6 days later, I was accepted as a Candidate. My Candidacy was extremely enjoyable as everything was so new and foreign. A large part of this was because I had a very reliable Admin who was extremely supportive. The first project I was tasked with was updating the Hulls pages in the Wiki. It was a long and extremely gruelling task. The amount of micro-upgrade updates that were being rolled out was insane. Each Micro-Upgrade table took about 10-20 minutes to do and you had to remain extremely focused, for mixing up values would be a disaster. On the whole, however, I thoroughly enjoyed being a Wiki Editor. I was finally accepted, together with @N_O_C_T_U_R_N_E on the 1st of May. In my early Candidacy days, I gave up on trying to play on my Main Account (. I picked a cool username and picked a combo I was comfortable with, then began progressing through the ranks. I have to admit, playing on a brand new Alternate Account is extremely entertaining ... until you come across buyers. Gameplay is pretty overpowered for those of whom are already seasoned players but I must admit, buyers somewhat ruin the entertainment but sometimes, they also provide some competition! A few months passed and again, I found Gameplay becoming a little boring. This time, major updates weren't hitting and I was feeling very comfortable in my current role of Wiki Editor. I felt like I wanted to give back more to the community. The idea to restart Tanki Thinking Challenge was always lingering in the back of my mind, so I finally decided to give it a shot. On the 17th of November, I flicked Sergei a PM and we eventually took the conversation to Skype. The prizes, details and rules were clarified before I officially launched the brand new edition of Tanki Thinking Challenge. It was a very proud moment for me, as it's always great to see something that you've invested a lot of time into flourishing. Since then, Tanki Thinking Challenge has seen many weekly Quizzes with millions of crystals and dozens of Gold Boxes being awarded to Tankers. It's been a good few months managing it (even when I was greeted with a picture of me being hunted down by Tankers with pitchforks because one Quiz accidentally stuffed up :ph34r:) and it has been even greater to know that we contributed to making someone's day just a little bit more exciting. Last but not least, when I felt like it was time to turn over another page in the Chapter of my Tanki career, I decided to apply to become a Reporter. It was a long-term goal of mine, ever since I was a Warrant Officer. Time will tell how I end up serving in this role but there's one thing for sure, I can't wait to find out! __________________________________________________________________________ Stay tuned! Hope to see you in my next article!

That page was mostly updated by Nocturne, who left a while back but might get Toby on it when he's free. :D Thanks mate. ^_^

Earned as a token of appreciation for a significant contribution to the game. This can include performing Staff duties, winning it exclusively in a tournament or by receiving it from Developers as recognition for contributing to the game.

Yeah that’s a good way of putting it except players will say “we EARN crystals and buy paints, thus EARNING Paints, meaning that all our paints qualify B).” Easier to avoid any confusion by redirecting them there.

To be on the safe side, https://en.tankiwiki.com/Paints, “Tournament and Award Paints” + “Helpers’ and Developers’ Paints.”

They will certainly lose their sentiments but will still be “Special” in the sense that they aren’t freely available to everyone. That record could be a bit dodgy (the one Nikk holds) if he had paints that are now available in Containers. If he did, we’ll Archive his record and make a new one without special paints I think.

AFAIK Special Paints are only Staff/Helper Paints but it could also branch out to include paints like Moonwalker, Synergy, etc.

You could almost call it a .... *drumroll please*