Story [Issue 12] If Drugs Were Illegal, Segment 1: The Announcement

[jokjinari 160]

June 3, 2013

Hello, I guess... My name is Edward and I'm 13 years old. I've decided to start a journal, and not just any journal, but a journal about my favorite video game--Tanki Online. You may think that's strange, but know this: video games are important too. They are becoming a larger part of peoples' lives and deserve a bit more recognition. The other reason I'm writing this (and probably the more important one) is because Miss Reynolds (my english teacher) asked (commanded may be a better word) me to keep a journal for the summer and since my life is (usually) quite boring, I decided I'd write about Tanki. I'm not sure that this is what Miss Reynolds had in mind, but hey--she wanted me to start a journal and that's what I'm doing isn't it? I wonder what she'll say in September when she reads this? I doubt she'll understand much of it. Hopefully I'll be able to find things to fill it with; otherwise, this journal will be quite boring if "I got a gold box today" or "My daily bonus was crystals" are all that it consists of.



June 4, 2013

Hello again...I guess this is my first day of actual journaling--yesterday didn't exactly count, it was more of an introduction. Let's see...what should I say...? Well, yesterday was Tanki Online's 4th birthday so there is (and I assume there will be every year) a week of special discounts on all of the items in the garage! I really would like to get Isida M2, but unfortunately, I don't have any cry to spend on it (I spent them all on drug kits), and my weekly allowance (which I frequently use for buying crystals) isn't due for more than a week! Since I'm not able buy anything, I thought to myself: "Why not drug?" and, oh man, did I have fun. (I wonder what Miss Reynolds will think when she sees the word 'drug'!?! Hahaha!) All the other players hated me but I didn't really care; if they got to buy more powerful tanks, why shouldn't I make my tank more powerful with drugs? I won a ton of battles that way, but I probably wasted more crystals in drugs than I got from the funds... Oh well; sacrifices must be made.

Today, I pretty much played Tanki all day long (I know I shouldn't have, but what else is there for me to do?). I spent most of my time in a Silence CTF battle called ИЗИДА ЗАПРЕЩЕНА! (whatever that means) driving around and healing my team. My teammates loved me, because for some reason I was like the only Isida, which is really weird since usually there are Isidas everywhere. Anyway, after a few rounds of simple battling--a captured flag here; a captured flag there--the computer decided to spice things up a bit and drop a Gold Box on us. Even before the notification had time to fade away all the players had flocked to the drop zones, drugs on full. My heart rate sped up so fast that I could almost hear it beating and all of my muscles became tense. Almost as if they were acting on their own my fingers pressed 234. I had to get this gold! (Which is what, I'm sure, every single player was also thinking.) Since almost everyone had already converged on the right side of the map I decided to try my luck at the long ramp that was on the left. I parked myself near the top. Thankfully nobody was there. Above me were a few enemy tanks, but they did not attack me. No doubt if the Gold fell here they'd jump for it--but I was hopeful that they'd miss. Waiting seemed to take forever and ever. My fingers began to sweat and my heart rate showed no signs of getting any slower. All of a sudden there it was--a glorious golden box slowly drifting down right on top of me! I couldn't help but laugh at all the tankmen who had flocked to the other side of the map! What noobs! Then I remembered the players above me. They jumped down as one, pushing and shoving each other the whole time (I wonder if that could be called multing?), which wasn't very wise, since they just sailed right over the edge and into space. The Gold Box was mine! My muscles suddenly relaxed and my body felt weak. My fingers were shaking and I was breathing hard. I tried to play more, but I couldn't focus at all, so I left the battle. The gold had given me plenty of crystals--more than I would have gotten from the fund at least.

For the rest of the day I played in various Silence battles--winning a few, but mostly losing. After catching that gold it was hard to play very well.
Oh, and before I forget, the developers announced that update 157 would be released tomorrow. Something that would "Majorly improve gameplay," was what Bruce Lunga called it in the announcement. I wonder what? I really hope it's something awesome!


June 5, 2013

Oh man! Oh man! Oh man! Last night I could hardly sleep my mind was so full of guesses and expectations. It's all I can do to write in this journal instead of checking Tanki! Bruce said that it would change the gameplay, so all I can think of is that this is finally Micro-Upgrades or even... night-mode. Wait. It could be new tanks and guns. OH. MY. WORD. THAT would be super awesome! Okay, I just can't do it anymore. I'm off to check Tanki! Ciao!



June 6th, 2013

I'm terribly sorry that I didn't write in my journal again yesterday (Come to think of it, you probably won't care, because you'll be reading this all at once) but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I was too busy crying. If I had been told how my day was going to turn out, I wouldn't have believed it. The respon--Well, I should probably start from the beginning.


Just after I left my journal yesterday morning my mom asked (You'd probably call it forced) me to come with her and visit my Aunt Barbara's house. "You'll have a blast with your little cousin," was how she put it. It was pure torture. That's one thing my mom doesn't understand. I absolutely HATE small children. I know, I know, I was their age once too, but still. I just can't understand them. Anyway, I'm getting off-topic. After what seemed like eternity (You know what I'm talking about. There are certain houses that your visits to them seem to take forever and no matter what you do, your boredom does not decrease.) we finally came home and I was able to check Tanki. I went straight to the forum and there it was--right where it should be--in the Developers News section: Update 159 -- Removal of Supplies. I couldn't believe it. This had to be a joke. It was just the other day that I had spent nearly all my crystals on drugs and now Tanki was taking them away? This couldn't be possible. Still convinced it was a joke (There had been that April Fools prank before), I clicked on the topic, which already had 237 pages of replies.
The topic seemed a bit vague, but it said nothing about any kind of joke. Here, I'll copy it down:


"Dear Tankmen!
By popular demand we have decided to remove supplies and supply drops from the game. This will solve the problem. Battles now depend on skill alone! All the drugs in your garage have been taken away and refunded with crystals. As for daily bonuses you will now only receive crystals, a double crystal card, or a day long score multiplier pass. Share your impressions in this topic."


So I guess it must be true. But something feels wrong (Yes, Miss Reynolds, I know I you told me not use conjunctions to begin sentences, but seriously, who cares? It sounds good there). Why would the developers remove drugs? To what purpose? Why not just make no-supplies battles free? And why "By popular demand"? Yeah, sure, a lot of players hate druggers, but I'm sure everyone doesn't mind being able to drug once in a while. And why did they announce this so abruptly? There was no warning; the contents of this update were a total surprise. I'm telling you, something's up--something really strange. I'm nearly positive that the developers are hiding something and I am going to be the one who gets to the bottom of it.


To Be Continued...

[jtipt 30]

First.

Good journal :P

Edited May 31, 2013 by jtipt

[r_flae90 28]

Second.

Very nice journal i can't wait for the next part to come out

[monster0909 299]

I really love this article, it makes me want to finish it more than some of the others.

[Lankbouv 6,347]

wut.

[unholycloak5 1,814]

Speechless. :mellow:

[jtipt 30]

Speechless. :mellow:

:D i didn't thought jok will write journal

[SilverCenturion 0]

Nicely done mate! :D

[r_Firingsniper0 1,215]

Drugs are already illegal, IRL..

[r_SwagBoy110 421]

Drugs are already illegal, IRL..

No. You can legally by drugs for medicinal purposes. First Aid kits are for medicinal purposes, they heal you. :P

[hogree 4,179]

Lol. If drugs were illegal, Id probably chuck my journal in the bin and start a new one on "Why Tanki Online fails". Edward has far more self-control than me clearly. ^_^

 

Top quality article, you mixed in the right amounts of relativity to each circumstance but what could be better was a little more informality. I dont think the gold box complete talk was relevant for a journal of this style.. Maybe more exclamation marks :P

[Pig914 0]

Bravo boy!13 years old with such a good rank and nice journal:D

[ExtremeKiller26 443]

Great journal! I like how some of the good story writers are 13-14 but still write a lot of stuff, perfectly!

[hogree 4,179]

Erm.. who says that he is 13 years old? :P Do you realise that this isn't really an actual journal of jokjinari, but a made up one? :huh:

[jokjinari 160]

Thanks for the compliments and feedback guys. And, as hogree said, this is not my actual journal, this is a made up one. ;)

[GoldRock 6,165]

Your writing style for this article was really imaginative, and it enhanced the story dramatically. Like hog, I think you went into the gold box thing a bit too much, but apart from that, it's most definitely 'top quality'. I can't wait for the next one in the series! ^_^

Edited June 1, 2013 by GoldRock

[Finesse 968]

good article noob :P

[splitterpoint 10,986]

Wonderfull job Edward. ^_^

I'll check this topic frequently from now on.

[Corruption13 15]

Gr8 job Edward [if thats your name]!

[icerugby 1,886]

I reckon drugs are actually useful.... If a battle is dragging on what better to end the game with a few drugs. The problem is that some people drug the whole game making the non-druggers weaker......

[shadow144 3]

Very nice

[fattiest 0]

this is very stupid of the mods why take away drugs they are what level out the playing field most of the time and if you really suck then it just makes you average (if you are really lucky) so I say no to taking away drugs!!! :angry:

[canucks1 11]

Awesome story bud :)

[r_InFamous_Tank0 6]

Aren't you supposed to be 18+

[DeathKnight433 1]

so really supply is gonna be removed and we gonna get crystal and other things everyday?