Interview [Issue 1] Interview - Koolwalky *

[cablaz 32]

Hello koolwalky

Hello

How did you get into TankiOnline?

I played a game called Minions with my friends on the "Casual Collective" But as the developers stopped updating that game people started to leave. I was invited into Tanki
by a player called 0uchie. We were in a small community in that website together.

What made you stay on TankiOnline?

At first it started a little badly, the first battle that is, it took some time to load so I thought I can't play this game. But after that I was never alone in the game for as long as I can remember. I started together with some friends at the start and we played together to get to First Sergeant. The forum community and the "friends" part was the factor that kept me on Tanki.

How did you get into the Moderator position and what made you stay?

As the chats separated around late 2010, I understood that all of the moderators before that were Russian speaking. So I asked an Admin in the forum about how to apply to become a moderator. I was told to contact help@tankionline.com and so I did. I recieved a Private Message from AndreiKin on the forum some weeks later saying I was selected as a moderator, and he'll be contacting me on Skype.
I stayed because at first, because of the fact that I was the only English-only moderator for the first few months until dingus got accepted, After that I just didn't want to quit the job because I could help the game in one way or the other. That's when I applied to become a Forum moderator and got accepted.

Do you have any goals in TankiOnline? If so, what are they?

I believe no matter how many times I have declined it my goal would be to become a Marshal. But that is everyone's goal. Apart from that I have always hoped for a Clan championship, with a valuable reward just for the English speaking clans. As I think we are being ignored. There is some good potential in the English clans and we have seen some of it in the little tournament that we hosted ourselves. Clans like TTF, DC and IC are able to become the next Shadow Strikers or Dare Devils if they had an aim.

When playing Tanki games, do you have any strategy or tactics?

No, Strategies or tactics in regular games are highly overrated, they only work if you know what your enemy is going to do. Which is never true in a game of tanks.

What would be your favorite Tank, Weapon and Paint? Your favorite combo?

It was always and still is Viking, Thunder and Prodigi.

Do you prefer playing with friends or unknown players?

I hardly play games with unknown players. I think Tanki is more of a social game with the World chat and the Clans. There is no fun in playing with strangers, Maybe that is because most of the strangers speak Russian or maybe that's because there's a high chance you won't meet that person ever again in Tanki specially because of the absence of a friends list.

Do you have any final opinions on Tanki? Any suggestion on how TankiOnline project can improve?

I think after the last update on things that Bruce gave Tanki is going in the correct path. Instead of upgrading directly from the current version to Tanki 2.0 they'll be much better to implement things one by one.
In my final opinion, I would say work a little on the forum, make it a little more stable. It is usable right now but not helpful as much as we would like it to be. Perhaps completely separate the English and the Russian forums.

As a final Opinion, I'd just like to say that Tanki is an amazing game and my life would be completely different (not better in any sense) if I hadn't played this game, I met a lot of friends over here that I will probably keep in touch with for a long time.

A great thanks to 0uchie for referring me to this great game.

Edited July 31, 2017 by Hexed

[datie9 72]

like it!

[yussef777 0]

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

[r_Mshakel0 1]

:lol: nice .. good luck Koolwalky :wink:

[r_nuclearbom0 62]

I love this interview :D

[hogree 4,179]

Awesome how the CC is mentioned :mrgreen:

[Lhamster 4,081]

Nice! :thumbup:

[Snyper22 15]

Good story...

[r_CaptCannon0 1]

Nice article. I have found that Koolwalky is a very good moderator! I have seen how he has handled some situations and I have been impressed with his ability. Something he said in the article really stuck with me, about how he only plays with his friends and not strangers. He's right about one thing If you meet an English speaking player, it seems unlikely that you will meet them again in Tanki. As a person who found Tanki on their own with no connection to anyone, I have found it very difficult to connect with anyone in the English speaking community. I have been here only since January of this year, and it's only been like in the last three days or so that I have begun to find anyone in chat that I speak with regularly. And then only because I happened to stumble upon these two guys when I was put into a certain server. So I am glad to see this newspaper because I think it will help us as an English speaking community to get to know each other and perhaps make friends. I am here because I enjoy the game and it has kept me here. But I sometimes wonder, as good as Tanki Online is, if some players may leave because they have not been able to make that connection. Now that we have a voice in the newspaper (ok, the forums are alright too!), I think we shall see the English speaking community come together and become stronger. Nice job on the interview with Koolwalky!

[shadowball899 0]

oh my god, koolwalky, ur from the cc? u know 0uchie? ITS LIKE A REUNION BUT YOU DONT KNOW ME!

[gleb64 2]

lol koolwalky

you are a good mod =)

[r_PC-JACK0 91]

good interview -- respect your service to Tanki even more u r cool LOL ::))

[Raaish 26]

Nice, like the way you got invited by 0uchie .(Sucks that Natsu invited me >.>)

[ninja21503 0]

koolwalky, you rock! LOL im serious, u rock! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

[wertweuri 76]

Nice job , tanki reporters.

 

I hope some day , you guys will be able to interview me:roll:

[cablaz 32]

Add me on skype cablaz2

 

;) and maybe we will

[wertweuri 76]

Wow, thank a lot brother! good luck to you in the press :wink:

 

btw, going to skype now :twisted:

[juli96 29]

Thank you to koolwalky to mention my Clan TTF in this Interview.

 

Moreover it is an awesome text. Thank you cool hope we will have you long time ;)

 

Your juli96 and scholzi96 :)

[cablaz 32]

Moreover it is an awesome text. Thank you cool hope we will have you long time ;)

We will try our hardest to stay in this position and produce Top quality newspapers ;)

[kavanj 0]

Hey this is very nice piece of work...congrats to both Cabalz and Koolwalky...hope to see more such good work in future....

[iact0 2]

nice i love it :!: :!: :!: :!: as for me i just started playing just over a month ago and i am a sergeant.maby you code intervew me somday (like that will ever happen :roll: )

[swordfish12 12]

Nice 1 Cobblez.

[r_12457120 0]

lol koolwalky

you are a good mod =)

поугттсииЯ мав царниуц имгуг стмося ими 13 451 мсполц

пигимогц :thumbup: :thumbup: :mrgreen: :tank:

[jvpski3 0]

bump

 

nice interview

[r_AdvocatusDiaboli0 861]

Le bump :D