Or, for simplicity, you could try a REVOLUTIONARY NEW IDEA and have everytanki use twins, and everyone concentrate on capturing the point rather than destroying enemies, which was the original point of my article: you are playing Polygon CP so that you can C the P. You are not playing Deathmatch so that you can see what turret destroys the most tanks.

Spike convinced me to try an aquamarine. It was extremely crunchy but with a nice alkaline flavor, sort of like eating a really cold iron ingot. It was a nice change, but I believe I'll stick with the traditional changeling "breakfast".

Did anytanki happen to notice the content of the this topic, or only my response to dilsharox's comment?

On February 15th, 2015, a tanker was leading his team to victory at Boombox CTF. He had just caught the Gold Box ten minutes before, and he was now carrying a flag back to his base with fifteen seconds left on the clock. If he could capture this flag, which would be his tenth in the game, he would rank up to Sergeant Major and unlock a much-coveted turret and hull kit. With five seconds on the clock and about a meter from the flag base, a wandering tank intersected his path, flipping him over just short of the base. Game Over. Score: 12-3, Red team wins, led by sonofchrysalis3 with a very high battle fund. Was I excited with the battle’s outcome? Oh, no. I was outraged by the bumbling tank who kept me from a hard-earned rank up, and I said things to him that I will never forgive myself for. The day after I published “Chat Traps to Avoid”, I was on a different site’s forum, where I received a PM that put me in tears. “Remember me, sonof? The... what was it you called me... the ‘(censored)’ that flipped you over at Boombox? Yep, just read your article on Tanki where you said everyone needed to be kind and respectful. Just wanted to make sure you know that you’re the biggest hypocrite ever. ‘(Censored)’.” I sat staring through burning, filmy eyes, wanting so badly to go back in time and kick myself in the face. This is why I was reluctant to even write in the forum. There are tankers out there who remember very well what I was like just a few months ago, and I’m surprised that they’ve stayed as silent as they have. If I could write a letter to my former self, here’s what I would write. Change your Attitude. Celestia and Luna have been begging you to do this since you first took refuge in Canterlot. That’s why they sent you to Ponyville, so you could learn about proper attitudes from Princess Twilight and her friends. I know you hate to hear about it over and over again, but it is so crucial that you understand this lesson: your behavior now will determine whether you spend the rest of your life in bliss, surrounded by friends who love you; or whether your life will be eternally overshadowed by the mistakes you’ve made. 1.) Your attitude is a matter of choice. Your rage boils inside you whenever somepony even mentions the word “attitude”. You feel like you are being told to do the impossible, because you are attached to an incorrect view of yourself: that you are a product of your environment and upbringing, and therefore can’t change yourself. You CAN and you MUST. Remember when the Apple family’s entire crop was wiped out by disease? That was a devastating loss of money, time, and back-breaking work, yet they picked themselves up and moved on. They could’ve wallowed in their loss, but they decided that they would be happy in spite of their loss. 2.) Your attitude now sets the bar for your life. Ponies show attributes of their future selves almost from birth. If a baby tends to be talkative and sociable, he will almost always grow up to be an extrovert. Athletically inclined youngsters almost always grow up to be athletes. Hateful and vicious individuals who make no effort to change will suffer the loneliness and regret that comes with such behavior. 3.) Your attitude will define your legacy. You think that your nastiness now will have no effect on you in the long term? Correction: the ones you have wronged will remember what you have done, and, if you don’t make amends fast, they will come back to haunt you, tearing you down when you are doing well and kicking you when you are hurting. You will develop a reputation of being unapproachable, and the one reason you left the Hive, finding somepony to ease the emptiness in your soul, will be forever beyond reach. * * * * * * * * Months ago, I learned that how you view yourself, your situation, and the important responsibility you have to others will determine whether you live in peace or in shambles. And while I have changed quite a bit from the brawling little colt I was, ghosts from my past are still out to get me for what I have done and said amiss. To the tanker who flipped me over, my conscience has never let me get past what I said to you. I don’t expect you to forgive me, so I won’t ask, but please do understand that I would take back every word if I could. To all the other tankers whose otherwise carefree visits to Tankionline were marred by my poor attitude, I sincerely apologize. I allowed the mere act of capturing a flag to become far too important, and I lost my sense of the spirit of the game of Tanki. "Enjoy the company of like-minded friends around the world and around the universe, even as you are blowing them to bits."

Number one - i have talked to quite a few human parents who say that they don't want their children knowing those words at such young ages. Keeping them out of your chats and comments is a matter of courtesy. Number two - Notice I snuck in that DEE-HEE-HEEVIOUS little phrase "As a brief aside from the usual practical information and advice". I thought I'd throw you all a fun flight into fancy, but NOOO, can't have that! :P

@dilsharox please edit your reply to make it safe for young tankers to read

Yesterday, Pinkie and I were web surfing and found a site that listed every day of the year and a fun holiday for each one, like Spaghetti day, Talk Like a Pirate Day, and Hop on One Foot Day. We were inspired! We put our heads together and, after a minute and a half, we came up with our own list of holidays for the month of June. If you like this list, let me know, and we’ll make one for July. And so, as a brief aside from the usual practical information and advice: Rather Wacky Holidays June 2015 (Celestial year 1567, days 29-60) *Mad Scientist Appreciation Month* 1. Delusions of Grandeur Day 2. Unemployed Fairy Godmother Awareness Day 3. Satisfied Buzzard Day 4. Obviously Expired Mouthwash Day 5. Adopt a Stick Day 6. Unidentified and Possibly Icky Liquid Day 7. Dream of Electric Sheep Day 8. Nightmare of Electric Wolves Day 9. Find that Missing Puzzle Piece Day 10. Motivational Bubble Bath Day 11. Punch a Snowman Day 12. “Disc Cannot be Read” Day 13. Playdate with an Imaginary Friend Day 14. Mute Telemarketers Day 15. Hug a Pony Day 16. Hug that Pony Again Day 17. Just Hug Me, Already Day 18. Doris Day 19. Dackwards Bay 20. Picnic in a Grumpy Neighbor’s Yard without Permission Day 21. Leaky Waiting Room Aquarium Day 22. Incorrectly Installed Water Heater Day 23. Step on Your Own Foot Day 24. Joel Hodgeson Day 25. Shopping Cart that Pulls to the Left Day 26. Good Grief, What a Big Balloon Day 27. Mop the Ceiling Day 28. Give a Dentist a Bandage Day 29. Groucho Marx Will Be Dropped Soon Day 30. Outrageously Long Commercial Break Day (Sigh) I have a feeling this is going to go over like an iron jellyfish :(. Please, do not use the comment section below to suggest new holidays. We will be coming up with these on our own, not accepting submitted ideas.

Dude, that is all kinds of creepy.

Thanks a bundle, buddy. I'm so thrilled with the positive feedback I've been getting to my articles. My dream job is professional writing, specifically for human television, but I'm pretty sure that my applying for the reporter position would be turned down quickly, since I was once banned for flooding on the forum, then I incorrectly named this very article when I first posted it. I don't believe I'm worthy of the job, and I think the ones in charge would agree :(. I kind of wanted to try it, but I guess I blew my chance :(. I should have devoted more time to studying the rules. Oh, great, now I'm starting to cry.

Earths and Pegasi use a pencil or a stick to push keys. Unicorns simply use their magic. Why? How do humans type? :huh: And how in Equestria did you get this picture?! :blink:

Onions. I can't stand the things! I once tried peeling one while wearing a hazmat suit, but to no avail. I looked like Rainbow Dash on the last day of apple cider season.

Hi kids! Ever wonder how you can get away with typing whatever you want in the Tanki chat box? I sure have! And after toiling for hours in front of my computer, studying the dark art of illegal chatting, I have the answer! YOU CAN’T!!! I have been on Tanki for about six months, and I have seen some pretty sick and twisted attempts to dodge the website’s built-in safeguards. Like the designers of all reputable internet gathering places, Tanki’s showrunners have done their best to make the site a clean, safe place for tankers of all ages to relax and enjoy themselves. Chat boxes and forums are carefully filtered by a spell checker and a spam blocker, and where those programs fail, the moderators and administrators are always around to ensure the time you spend on Tanki is as pleasant as can be. But, despite the fact that these safeguards exist and remain consistently effective, there are still a few less-than-innocent tankers who seem to have nothing better to do than abuse the chat box. They are not very creative, usually repeating something they saw sometanki else type, and they rarely last a minute before they are noticed by a moderator, who then delivers a swift and reasonable consequence. I want to highlight the most common actions of the “chat chumps”, as we call them around here, and emphasize the importance of keeping your text innocent and courteous. 1.) Abbreviating dirty words and phrases. Humans have an odd vocabulary. I had never heard such words until we got internet, and I was puzzled when I saw some of the things tankers were saying in the chat box. I asked Luna what they meant, and she told me not to worry myself with it. Hey, I always do what my princesses say. Even if that means wearing a kangaroo costume. Don’t ask, just keep reading. The spell check that Tanki uses to filter its chat box is very well made, but it is not omniscient. Tankers bent on breaking the rules can abbreviate unkind text and get it onscreen undetected. This boggles me to no end. Why in Equestria would they want to post such pointless and destructive sentences? Because it amuses them? Well, I certainly hope that a month-long ban amuses them as well, because there’s always a moderator a few clicks away, and, while a tanker may get away with dirty language once or twice, justice always catches up with them. 2.) Flooding and Spamming Honestly, how is typing the letter “M” over and over again a fun way to waste the day? With all the exciting battles unfolding around you, I would think you could find something better to do with yourself. It is nothing more than a nuisance and an invitation for a ban. ALSO! I wanted to throw this in while I’m on the subject. I have been banned once, for a day, because I broke a rule I was not aware existed. Typing a long, uninterrupted string of posts in the forum is also considered flooding. I did this in the Ideas and Suggestions page about a week ago. I had just discovered the page and was SO EXCITED to find an outlet for my ideas, but I mistakenly thought that each idea required its own separate post. So I made six posts in six minutes. Our good buddy 1stwhitesuperdragon tried to warn me, but I thought he was just another chat chump and ignored him. *KERBLAM*, out the window went my perfect record. I appreciate your attempts to warn me, superdragon. HOWEVER, I do not appreciate your ever-present rebuttals to the ideas I posted. I looked for your name in the list of tankers who run the Ideas page, and, I might be mistaken, but I’m pretty sure your name wasn’t on there, which leads me to believe that your sneers carry exactly zero weight. May I suggest that you try suggesting your own ideas instead of piling on mine? I promise I won’t treat you the way you treated me. Cross my heart and hope to fly, jam a cupcake in my eye! My apologies for the detour. Where was I? 3.) Exchanging and transferring accounts I’m the most spoiled changeling in the Equestrian Empire. I have so many friends; it’s just not even funny. If I ever got tired of being sonofchrysalis3, which I don’t see happening, I would simply give my account to a friend. But maybe you don’t have a friend to give your account to. That does not mean you should go to the chat box and ask if sometanki wants a free account. This is one type of violation that the automatic filters almost always catch instantly. You should never offer your account to someone, especially if you have purchased crystals, because in order to transfer the account, you have to give them both you email address and password. Your email can then be hacked, or worse, your credit card or PayPal account can be compromised. In the end, you’ll wish you had let your Tanki profile sit in dormancy. 4.) Offers of free crystals or score boosters This is the same as email phishing. A chat chump goes on the chat box and asks if anytanki wants free crystals or rank-ups. Tankers who say “yes” are then asked for their password and email. Seasoned tankers see through the ploy immediately, but newcomers, not yet used to how Tanki works, can be too trusting and give up their account. If it sounds too be good to be true, it usually is. I have done my best to emphasize the danger of being banned as a result of breaking the rules of common courtesy and decency that Tanki established and tirelessly enforces. But I still get replies from tankers I’ve warned, usually saying something like, “Well, I don’t really care, Stratus. Tanki can ban me if they want to.” You don’t care, eh? Then why are you even on this site? That’s like saying you can’t stand salad, even as you are chomping through an acre field full of lettuce. The mindset of such tankers concerns me greatly. Breaking rules and getting away with it, albeit briefly, desensitizes people and ponies to the gravity of the damage they’re causing, meaning they’re more likely to break more rules, even beyond Tankionline. As Princess Celestia once told me, if you continue an action, you develop a habit. Continue a habit, and you develop a lifestyle. Continue a lifestyle, and you develop a destiny. Please, my friends, don’t destine yourselves to a lifetime of penalties more serious than anything on Tanki. Treat everypony with the respect and grace that your kindness and common sense urges you to.

I stumbled onto Tankionline about a week after our village received its G.A.S. internet modem from the magicians’ lab. I was fascinated by the fact that humans even existed, but then to see what your species has created! “Wonderstruck” is the only word I can think of to describe how I felt when I clicked the START button for the Tanki tutorial. The first few times I played, I simply wandered around, amazed at the alien worlds I could explore without leaving home. I jumped off of things, grabbed supply kits for no reason, and somehow managed to get on top of the tower in Aleksandrovsk using only a Smoky. Eventually I started shooting at other tanks, and I got pretty good with my Railgun. Then I caught my first Gold Box at Rio. I saw it floating down with nopony near it, and, at first, I was scared to touch it, not knowing what would happen. I took a risk and grabbed it. When “sonofchrysalis3 has taken the Gold Box” appeared over my tank, I knew I was in this game for the long haul. From such humble beginnings came forth a fearsome warrior whose exploits will be recounted for millennia to come. Okay, maybe not, but I did devote a good bit of time and money to the game, and, as a result, I became a pretty skilled tanker. My first fascination, interacting with another manifestation of intelligent life, was gone, and now all that interested me was the push and the shove for what falls from above (#GOLD BIL). That’s when I started to notice myself changing. “Cheap joke, Stratus,” you say, “changing is kind of what changelings do.” I mean my behavior started to change. Tanki was consuming more and more of my time and attention, and it was having both positive and negative effects. 1. I had something to do on boring, snowbound days. When the winter storms marooned me in my home, and Twilight was too busy with royal duties to zap herself over for a visit, I could spend my time doing more than just stare at the sky and wonder what possessed the Pegasi to make such a heavy snow. Tanki became my sanity-saver. 2. My priorities were messed up. Yes, it was good fun when I was separated from my friends, but it was still fun when my friends were not only available, they were actually banging on my door, trying to get me to come outside and enjoy the snow. I didn’t have time to go out and spend time with my pals! What if the Gold Box dropped? I would miss it, and that would be a tragedy. So my friends left me alone, and I sat staring at my screen. 3. My ability to solve problems and develop strategies improved. I’m in Brest. The opposing team has our flag, and we have theirs. How do we end the standoff? I learned how to coordinate my team and shoot our way to victory in dramatic fashion, and that sort of brain-training has helped me solve real-world issues. 4. I became more and more irritable. As time wore on and my skills improved, I started to get very upset in team battles. My less-experienced, less-addicted teammates just seemed so maddeningly incompetent. I felt like the only tank on my team, trying in vain to capture the flag or point while the other tankers ran around in circles with their hooves shoved up their noses, making spitty noises and stumbling over their own tails. No one seemed to care except my opponents, who never lost sight of what was important: winning by a ridiculous amount of points. I got so frustrated that, at times, I would open the battle chat box and start yelling at my teammates for their apathy. “I’m pretty sure you guys didn’t trip and fall onto tankionline.com today. You probably logged on because you wanted to play Tanki, so how about you all GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF THE CLOUDS AND PLAY THIS CONFOUNDED GAME!” My heartless rudeness ran a lot of players away. If you, the reader, happen to be one of those tankers I mistreated, I sincerely apologize. I can only wonder what my penalty would’ve been had my hideous abuse of the chat box been reported. When I finally emerged from my house after a hard day of losing, my friends were actually surprised to see me. They were unnerved by my short temper and periodic yelps of pain. Every beat of my heart pulsed inside my head, and I felt like my unicorn horn would pop off from the pressure. Getting up before sunrise and playing nonstop until the afternoon caused headaches so terrible that everything smelled different. The worst pain was the hunger. My friends were slipping away, and I was apathetic. But my deteriorating body was screaming for the nourishing power of their camaraderie and fellowship. If you know anything about my species, you know we can’t survive long on apples and oats. We aren’t designed that way. I love Tanki. It has an unmatched ability to unite people and ponies of all nations, languages, and creeds. I respect the extraordinary individuals who created it and keep it timelessly entertaining. I will always be a tanker, and that’s something I’m proud of. But I know very well that the game’s designers never intended for it to overcome me. The changelings have a long and ugly history of addictive personalities, tracing all the way back to our Mom and the addiction that turned her into Chrysalis. She never made an attempt to enjoy that... “unfortunate magic” in moderation. But I have resolved to be different. I will be spending less time on Tanki, only playing it for an hour each Saturday (which I think is Tuesday for some of you and Wednesday for others). Don’t misunderstand me; I am not pushing Tanki away like it’s an abomination. It is, like all other fun things, good if enjoyed in moderation. But I need some time to focus on what’s most important in life: my real friends. They can give me love and purpose like no chat box friend can. Playing Tanki has changed me. It has changed how I view myself, my friends, and the importance of keeping the two together.

I asked for reputation points just as YouTube video makers ask you to like their video or subscribe to their channel. Yes, that's another way of wording "THAT PHRASE".

Everytanki wants a Gold Box. For some players, there's no other reason to play. They study how the Gold works, tactics to give them an advantage, and where they drop most frequently. Then they play for hours, waiting for that twenty-second event that stops the heart of every tanker on the battlefield. And, often, after hours of fruitless goldhunting, they got to the battle chat and start typing... "THAT PHRASE". I must be very careful what and how I write concerning "THAT PHRASE". It is my biggest Tanki peeve, without question. I get so irritated when sometanki types it, I often leave for the sake of politeness. GOLD PLS ADMIN. Honestly. With all the resources that Tanki has provided to give information about the Gold Box and what makes it drop, there really isn't a reason to be typing "THAT PHRASE". In case you didn't know, "THAT PHRASE" is typed by tanks requesting that the administrator manually drop the Gold Box. Experienced goldhunters are scratching their heads. Tanki has been writing and releasing entire articles and videos screaming THE GOLD BOX CANNOT BE DROPPED MANUALLY for quite some time now, yet many still beg the mythical administrator to manually drop the Gold. I remember when I used to type "THAT PHRASE". I was enlightened by a neighbor and fellow tanker, my good friend Rainbow Dash, who told me bluntly to step back and use the ol' noggin for a second. "At any given moment," she said, "there are about fifty thousand players on Tanki, playing an average of six thousand battles. Tankionline needs to make money to stay in business, so they must limit the number of employees they have in order to turn a profit. Hire too many workers, pay too much in wages, make no money." She then gave me this weird grin and asked, "Do you honestly think that Tanki has six thousand people whose jobs are simply to drop the Gold Box?" My cheeks must've been as red as a beet, because she was laughing her cutie mark off. I hate it when she makes sense. The very idea of the "gold pls admin" thing is a tad on the silly side. I suppose some envision an unseen being floating in the clouds over their map with nothing better to do than wait for someone to request the Gold Box, prompting him/her/whatever it is to mash a button labeled DROP THE GOLD BOX. I realize that the tankers who type this simply don't understand how the Gold Box works, and that's why I'm writing this. I am certainly not judging you to be a doofus for thinking that an administrator, a hacker, or any other tanker can drop a Gold. It's easy to think, "The people are in charge of the game, so they must be able to drop them manually!" Remember, I used to think the same thing. Back in the olden days, Golds were dropped when battle funds reached 700 crystals. Now they can drop at any battle fund size, and the odds of a drop are 1 in 10000. That means the odds of a Gold dropping are pretty high when your battle's fund reaches 10000 crystals. That, of course, does not mean that it will drop immediately at the 7000 crystals mark, just as you don't have to buy 10 million tickets to win the lottery. But it sure helps. Oh, and I got all that information from Tanki's wiki, which says not a word about administrators dropping Gold Boxes. I also want to mention that the YouTube videos of tankers who appear to manually drop Golds are very, very fake. They were carefully crafted by animators who had quite a bit of time on their hooves. If you, the reader, happen to be an administrator, feel free to jump in and back me up on this. All the rest of you, please keep I mind that the penalty for impersonating an administrator is massive. There, I think I did an admirable job of not blowing up into a passionate rant, don't you? ;)

1) Vulcan is a fine weapon to use in Polygon. I suggested the shaft because i was thinking of the towering wall on the east side of the map that enemy snipers, railguns, and thunders like to camp on and fire on the point. Vulcan has some difficulty hitting targets on that wall, and if it does, the fire is not concentrated enough to destroy the enemy before he can hide. But for targets around the point, Vulcan is a good alternative to the shaft. 2) The tunnel is actually a poor place to hide. I'm sure someone who reads this would love to regale us all with the epic story of how he single-hoofedly won a Polygon CP battle by a bazillion points simply because he hid in the tunnel, but the average, mortal tanker lasts about three minutes in the tunnel before a firebird or some other scattergun comes along and destroys him and whoever else is in there. The best way to defend the point is to capture it, back away from it, and shoot anytanki that tries to recapture it. Counterintuitive, the whole backing-away thing, but it works. And often, if you're on the losing team, you'll notice the opposing team capture the point and then scatter around the map. Learn from your victorious adversary! 3) Isidas are a must-have for capture the flag mode, but in Polygon CP, where tanks explode like they're in a Cross DM regardless of any healing equipment, you really need that extra twin to defend the point. An Isida can be used with good effect if the right tanker uses it, but in most cases you should just stick with a midrange scattergun and be ready to jump back into the brawl if you're destroyed. 4) Heavy hulls are essential for Polygon CP (YES, i know that wasps and hornets have sat on top of the leaderboard before, but they were on the winning team!). But there is a need for speed that must be considered. Viking and Dictator can shrug off a decent amount of fire, and they can rush to the point if an enemy slips through OR if they are destroyed. Mammoth and Titan are okay, but their mobility is their handicap.

"What if your computer doesn't have a monitor and you have to stumble around with just a keyboard and a sound system?" Then buy a monitor. "What if sometanki uses antitwin paint?" Then upgrade your twin or use a double damage. There's all sorts of what if's you can throw in here, but it all boils down to "Do you want to win the fight or don't you?" A team can doodlebug around, wallowing in all the reasons it isn't going to win, why the plan isn't going to work, why this isn't right and why that isn't right. Or it can pick itself up and make a valiant effort to win. Or everytanki can quit and take up golf. Might I suggest Everfree Pines Club, just outside of Ponyville? Beautiful old course. Got my first hole-in-one there.

@NatchGa 1) If you're playing Mammoth 1 vs 1, you obviously are not gold hunting. 1 vs 1 battles almost never have Gold drops. I'm not saying that they don't EVER have Golds drop, but they will be extremely rare as the battle fund will never be very high. 2) Yes, Mammoth can be pushed. Any hull can be pushed, provided you don't push back. Mammoth is immoveable unless you just sit there. 3) 1 vs 1 fights are lots of fun though. I've only been beaten once in Duel, and that was by my best friend Fluttershy. She's as sweet as can be outside of Tanki, but give her a railgun and your game is over, pal. ^_^

@NatchGa I agree with you about the need for heavy hulls. Viking and Dictator are the two best hulls for Polygon CP, with good armor but enough speed to dart back to the point after being destroyed. Titan and Mammoth arrive at the point too late to prevent the winning opponent from snatching the few precious score points your team has been working hard to take away. The firebird and freeze, however, are not going to turn the tide of battle. They might capture the point for a moment, but they don't have the necessary range to defend the point. Your opponents will hang back and shoot you off of the point, then move in. You must be able to destroy opponents before they arrive, and you don't need the snail-pace reload of any other impact gun as the enemy will be in your face before you've fired enough to stop them.

@kayitsiz 1) Upper level players often do have a nice stockpile of mines, from daily bonuses and purchases. 2) In theory, everyone will use anti-twin paint. In practice, no one changes a thing. 3) Maybe the sniper wouldn't be effective in a drug battle, if he didn't use drugs himself. 4) Finding a team that will coordinate this way isn't that difficult, you just need either personal friends to play or online friends to accept your invites to the game.

Polygon CP is arguably Tanki's most popular map. It offers high battle funds, frequent Gold Box drops, and nail-biting competition. Actually, forget that last part. Typically, playing here guarantees one of two things: your team will either win by a landslide or lose by a landslide. Neck-and-neck, down-to-the-last-second fights are a rarity at Polygon CP. Scores of 200 versus 30 are the usual story. For the winning team, this means a fat and easy battle fund. For the other team, the only way to make the round worth the time is to catch the Gold Box, and how often does that happen? I've heard that the Capture Point mode will soon be reworked to prevent such horrific score imbalances, but until then, there's really only one strategy to turn the tide of battle on this map. My team has used this method on several occasions to come back from 100 points down, so I know it works. It just requires everyone's participation. When the score degenerates too much, most tanks will simply doodlebug around the map, hoping the Gold will fall. You can turn the tables, but only if everytanki concentrates on the objective. You need one sniper. ONLY ONE. This guy can provide fire support to the others as they push for the point. Everytanki else should use Twins. Most players reach for the Firebird when the going gets tough, but you need the range and steady fire of Twins to keep the other team away once you capture the point. Mines aplenty. Drop mines everywhere, especially at intersections and around your sniper. Don't stay in the pit. Once you capture the point, GET AWAY FROM IT. You wouldn't sit on a Gold drop zone because you'd be the first tank to get shot. Same with the point: back up and shoot the opponents as they try to get into the pit. Hog the supplies. Make sure your team catches most, if not all, of the supplies that drop. Your opponents don't need to have that extra power.

Gold hunting can be, and often is, a very frustrating way to spend your time. Unless your name is WMI or O.U.F.A, the infamous Klondike Kube tends to be impossible to attain. If you ever do spot it as it drifts to the ground, there's always some other tank in your way, and the two hours you spent waiting are lost. But I, in my quest for the Crystal Quadrilateral, have recognized a few that I always seem to grab. I'm not saying that this information will ensure you grab a Gold every time you play. But if you play these maps and keep an eye on these drop zones, you have a better chance than you would stumbling aimlessly around like usual. The corner box at Brest. This little-known Gold is arguably the easiest Gold to get in Tanki. It drops in the back left corner off the map, behind either one of the forts. Most other tanks think it will drop on a bridge or in the valley, so they won't see it. The perimeter boxes in Iran. Every tank on the field thinks the box will drop in the center, so you will have no trouble snatching one that drops outside the town, IF you can locate the drop zone. Between the buildings in Island. You need to have a Mammoth hull for your best chance at grabbing this one. Rather than hanging back and waiting like you do with normal Golds, get on the drop zone as soon as possible and have a repair kit ready. Everyone will naturally try to shoot you and push you off the zone, but you're wedged in between the buildings like a cork in a bottle, so there's not much pushing that will keep you from this Gold. Any box in Madness. Finding another tank is hard enough to do in this level. Finding the Gold drop zone is a nightmare. If you do happen to find it, and no one else is around, you pretty much have it in the bag. Sit on the reticle and "play dead", making it look like you just spawned there so no one will suspect that you're hiding the drop zone under your tank. Overpass boxes in Highways. Every tank seems to think he has to be a sniper if he's going to play here. Since snipers tend to stay put, especially in team matches, you'll have little competition for this box, provided you're not a sniper yourself! Position your tank next to the drop zone, perpendicular to the overpass. Any tank that comes along will have to push you to get to the Gold, and they'll wind up pushing you right into it.