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Right before leaving the Tanki community, most avid Forumers face the daunting prospect of concocting a leaving topic - a text wall of gratitude and tear-filled farewells. Some players keep it short and succinct, while others use their leaving topic show off their achievements, connections, and proficiency in English. Well, our newest Guest Writer, Initiate, has penned a comprehensive guide on how to create the perfect leaving topic (and then return to write a few more such topics). Get reading! Read Here! It's time to announce the results of the "Play to Win" contest! We don't have any extravagant prizes this time, due to the relatively non-competitive nature of this contest, but a few extra crystals never go amiss. Find out if you won! Results Here! We take this opportunity to remind you that you can still participate in an ongoing contest, "Apply for Helper". Participate now! Participate here!

It's time to announce the results of the "Play to Win" contest! We don't have any extravagant prizes this time, due to the relatively non-competitive nature of this contest, but a few extra crystals never go amiss. Find out if you won!

Right before leaving the Tanki community, most avid Forumers face the daunting prospect of concocting a leaving topic - a text wall of gratitude and tear-filled farewells. Some players keep it short and succinct, while others use their leaving topic show off their achievements, connections, and proficiency in English. Well, our newest Guest Writer, Initiate, has penned a comprehensive guide on how to create the perfect leaving topic (and then return to write a few more such topics). Get reading!

Beautiful. This piece has really helped me appreciate raps better than before (earlier, I used to consider a rap as a random string of words said very fast - it seemed pointless), and reading the lyrics of a rap is a very different experience (in a good way).

Hi there! Please go through the main post again. Read each an every instruction very carefully. You are supposed to apply for a Helper position (from the winning positions of "Design a Helper" contest). Based on what I have inferred, you have seemingly copy-pasted the qualities required to become a Meme Spammer, instead of applying for the position. Don't worry, your confusion is totally understandable (I have gone through this phase myself). Feel free to edit your post and submit a valid entry - there's plenty of time until 28th May! :) Any doubts? Please ask!

"Nothing is always right - it can also be left." ~ Venerable (or Photo)

See that tiny "General" below the default profile picture on the left-hand-side of your posts? It indicates that you're in the "General" Forum Group. I believe you need to be in the "Advanced" Forum Group in order to reply in the "Introduce yourself" topic. More information here: https://en.tankiwiki.com/Forum#Forum_Groups I'll probably look them up, yes, but it depends a lot on my real-life obligations. Also, when I <Like> a post, it usually means that I liked the post and have understood it or I agree with it. ? I have written in the AWS before, but don't do so anymore... Read this post of mine to understand better:

We'll find out when the results are announced - I won't say anything just yet. :x

Approved! Nice introduction, a1653. It's nice to know a bit more about a budding new writer in our Amateur Writing Section. To be honest, such an introduction topic is suited better to the Off-Topic Discussion section, or to the "Introduce yourself" topic in the Beginner's Zone... But of course, your introduction was quite big and the AWS is a great platform to share such pieces. By the way, I love Sherlock Holmes too! Edits: Just capitalized the first letters of Tanki, Sherlock Holmes, English, and YouTube (the "T" too, in this case ? ), and corrected a few tiny typos and comma-issues. Proofread your work at least once (by reading it out loud, preferably) before hitting that submit button. :)

Yes you can, admin sir, but won't it be fun to apply for the other positions? ?

El Shardo Conto And Mammoth Mk6 :D

What should you do when you come across Aladin's lamp? Just follow what our former Reporter Sacrifice did, and you're set. Don't waste your time - find out what Sacrifice did right here!

Approved! The AWS seems to be quite active again, for Lose has written yet another beautiful piece a few weeks after "A Lost Cause", leaving us Reporters yearning for that level of productivity. Again, I apologize for the late approval. Talking about emotions, beauty, time, etc. is quite a challenge - but you've managed to write about these "abstract things" well, and that too in second person. I loved how you described that night - everything from the emotions being experienced by the protagonist (for want of a better word) to the scenery around the graveyard(?). One begins to form images in one's mind immediately. In my opinion, you could've written the whole piece in second person; for example, instead of writing "A flower is put on a grave", write "You put a flower on the grave" or anything similar. I feel it'll produce a better effect: aided by all that imagery, the reader will almost feel as if she/he is experiencing everything that's going on in the narrative. Edits:

Go on guys, send those song parodies! If you're finding it so difficult, why not submit an entry for fun? A nursery rhyme parody, perhaps?

You can simply disable Drones and Overdrives in Custom Settings while creating a PRO battle.

OMG for real?!?!?! This no-drones-no-overdrives mode is going to be super fun... can't wait! #ndno ?

Brutus not needing batteries - ? Kinda apprehensive about the supplies update, but let's see how it turns out. Bringing vampire-like abilities back to Isida, but with an augment - hmm didn't expect that, at all...

But Striker Mk4... ?

Approved! Wow, another wonderfully written short story. You've written the whole story in dialogue, with minimal description, and yet it makes complete sense. That is commendable, and I really admire the way you wrote this story. Nothing much to say as far as grammar is concerned, but I do have a few tips on writing even better next time. Make use of italics for stressing on certain words in a sentence - you will find that the meaning of the sentence changes significantly. For example, in "I don't want to jump. I have to jump", you could italicize "want" and "have". So it becomes "I don't want to jump. I have to jump." Notice the change (albeit a subtle one) in the meaning. Adding a dash between the two sentences also works well. While writing phrases like "start new", it's always better to write "start anew" instead. Similarly, "start afresh" is better than "start fresh". Well, I really hope you're okay, because you've been acing the "depression genre" for almost a year now. ? Edits: Just the ones I explained above. :)

Totally up to you! ? You could even write a story, to be honest... let your creativity flow!

Approved! First of all, extremely sorry for the late approval - life has been busy, and Mr. Procrastination didn't help make matters better. On to your article. Your English is great - good vocabulary and grammar - but there are a few issues as far as the content is concerned. When your English is above par, what you write comes in the spotlight. I'll be honest here - you seem to be writing whatever comes to your mind, without actual planning. You are also making a large number of assumptions throughout the article. This is a major problem, because any reader who does not react to your article in the way you've expected him/her to, will not find this piece enjoyable, simply because your comedy is heavily dependent on those assumptions. What you need to understand here is that you cannot force a reader to think in a certain way (well, technically you can, but the execution is extremely difficult - only the best authors can pull off such a feat). I liked the way you provided some background material so that your jokes would make more sense, and I encourage this in case you intend to narrate comedic incidents (which only you have experienced) in the future, but doing this repeatedly is exhausting. I'd recommend you to actually plan out your article properly. Do not just write what comes to your mind. Let the plot simmer in your mind for a good while, then type out an overall article structure in a Word document (or a GDoc). The draft you type will form the foundation of the final article. Go through your piece over and over again, and make any necessary changes. Well, I wish you all the best for your next article! You're bound to become better with each article - and that is all that matters. Edits:

I received your entry, don't worry. However, since you copy-pasted the story in the Google Form, the overall presentation got destroyed. I still judged on the basis of your overall writing and grammar, ignoring the lack of proper spacing or line breaks. The Google Doc link which you provided did not grant me access to your story. Next time, please remember to allow anyone with the link to at least view the document, if not edit.

XP/BP is going to be fun again! As far as I can tell, Hopper is going to be 1-shot... @Watermelon, party time?

The results are out! Find out who won right here! I'd like to add that whenever you share a Google Drive (GDocs) link, please remember to grant at least viewing permission to whoever gets the link. If we are unable to open your story in GDocs simply because we do not have access to the document, we will be forced to disqualify your entry. (Don't worry, we'll try to reach out to you and get access to the document before taking any extreme action)