The title was perfect!

I've said this before and I'll say it again: there are plenty of better ways to complain in a slightly more civilized way without being toxic or too negative. Also, I personally believe that every single post containing useful feedback is read, but this doesn't necessarily mean that the Developers simply must do something about it. I've played plenty of matchmaking battles, fret not. I have raged and got frustrated too - I just don't like to express my raw emotions publicly without processing them. What do I expect? Civil discussions, constructive feedback, and fun - is it too much to ask? P.S. Frankly, I see no problem in anyone saying "good update" - it's their opinion, let them like the update if they want to! And yes, there may be the occasional Helper who says something nice for no particular reason, but even then... why should that be a problem? If I recall correctly, Spy had acknowledged this "issue" (of sorts) and plans to do something about it - or has probably already done something about it.

Oh, very! I think you can get a feeling of just how lively and fun this place was by going through the now-archived TO Newspaper and Forum Games sections. That we didn't quote a post while replying to it could probably be considered a decent measure of liveliness, because people actually had those fast, exciting conversations. No one waited for intermediate posts. In forum games, there was this dread floating around that someone else was going to post the next reply, and you simply couldn't let that happen... Now - well, now it's not there. It's just not there. I've been feeling quite weird on the forum recently, because even though there's not much activity, there's this subtle affinity towards negativity. People rarely react to funny, informative, kind posts, but a caustic reply to such posts gets immediate attention. It's unnerving, to be honest. But - that's probably me thinking too much. Patch notes/updates have always been posted in the "Patch Notes" section, but Marcus started posting a copy in the News & Announcements section after each update to get feedback from players - and this started in... not sure. Looks like it started here:

@NikmanGT bro what...

Happy birthday! ?

Yep, definitely dead... One whole day without a single new post! Preposterous!

Fortune favours poverty, not powerty. ?

Is that Scorpion's protection module or a new turret? ?

Dad: Are ya winning, son? Me: Well yes but actually no...

Feedback/Suggestion(s): Frankly, I expected a higher degree of customisation than before. Something like the ability to turn off protection modules, or an option to customize the turrets/hulls/drones that can be used in the battle. It would be great if these options (and anything similar) get added to PRO-battles.

Feedback: Please add this text (or anything similar) above those boxes below map name: "Players", "Time Limit", and "Flag Limit"

My idea too!1!1!1!1 Why don't you just mark all similar ideas as "Completed", and then Hazel will be "guilted" into implementing this feature? (sic) AAAAAAAA I'm happyyyyyyy

True, but then I didn't really have a choice, because "codex" was the first word I could think of from the remaining letters (and when fewer letters remain, it becomes quite difficult to form words without repetition)... I didn't try shaft because I had already used T in "myths".

I'll try to explain as simply as possible, because it's a long and dumb story... So I like to use "Hard Mode" (players compulsorily have to use those letters which have been guessed correctly by them, and green letters must be used in their own place) in Wordle even when it's not on :x Also, this happens to me many times: I can clearly see that a letter is yellow in a certain position, but I think of a word in the next second which seems plausible to my mind even though it has the same yellow letter in the exact same place, thus risking a complete wastage of that attempt. It's weird because I don't think twice before typing the word quickly and tapping/pressing <Enter>, and I regret my word-choice immediately after that... ? So — "codex" was my attempt to eliminate a few more letters to make my life easier (and to deviate from my habit of using Hard Mode even when it's off), but I guess my life is meant for taking L's ?

(Old Wordle screenshot... for those of you who don't know "Wordle", it's basically a game in which we're supposed to guess the "word of the day" in 6 attempts.) I used a W only to get an L https://i.imgur.com/Qz6EWmk.png

I was too busy laughing at that Firebird-Hunter fallen on its side... and so I managed to get flipped while zooming across the central platform, thanks to new hovering-hull physics (one side of my tank went down faster than the other while coming down the edge of the platform, so I kind of did a sideways 180 degree vertical turn — it was all planned though, I just wanted to show off the under side of Crusader, that's all... )

I got Urban, finally... (Also, mobile sniper now, eh?)

Every single one of the reactions that I mentioned (Confused, Hmm, Shrug) had a purpose — Confused for... well... showing that you didn't understand a post; Hmm for interesting/intriguing posts, as you said... And Shrug for "I don't know, maybe"... But these reactions were used as dislikes, and there's no denying that. What's "wrong" with dislikes? Nothing! But most (if not all) humans would naturally feel bad or demotivated if they suddenly start getting genuine hate for their opinions. Ideally, we should take criticism in a positive way, but then it's not fair to expect this attitude from everyone... : ( We cannot always control our reaction when someone criticises or mocks us, right? Also, we all feel like replying to the people who disagree with us and then perhaps even insult them. This does lead to a vicious cycle of toxic replies and counter-replies (although this doesn't happen all the time) that just make the forum a very unpleasant place.

There are many! Some of the commonest are "Tanki is already dead" though... Personally, I think that in the current situation — large-scale DDoS attacks and political tensions — Tanki will most probably shut down temporarily. If the situation escalates, however... Well, let's hope it doesn't. ?

If someone — anyone — wants to pick a fight, then would it not be great if they aren't given any fight? But I guess that's a bit too idealistic, so let's not dive too deep into it. There could be reasons behind not revealing information — the most obvious one being to avoid unnecessary toxicity over a seemingly "simple DDoS attack". That they need so much time to deal with it already suggests that it's a pretty serious issue, with possible political involvement. But then there are other ways to interpret this, and most people choose those ways because... well, it's rather convenient to call the Developers "incompetent", isn't it?

Oh well, it had to be done... Started off with <Confused>, then <Hmm>, and then ended with <Shrug> ? (Maybe I got the timeline wrong, not sure ?)

Can't relate... I daydream ?

Just for... Oopsies

Fret not, it happens... Welcome to the Forum, by the way! You seem quite new here, although you do have slightly older posts too.

My friend, that eyebrow was raised because you asked free-to-play players to buy something...