Story [Issue 14] If Drugs Were Illegal, Segment 3: The Discovery

[jokjinari 160]

 

Previously...

 

June 12th, 2013

 

...Later the same day...

 

Okay, I'm back. My mom was having me teach my little brother (Yes Miss Reynolds, I have a little brother and you'll probably be his teacher in the future) how to tie his shoes. So I'm sorry I had to leave, although come to think of it, you most likely wouldn't have noticed anyway, because you'll be reading this all at once.

 

So, as I was saying, something GREAT (and yes, it is GREAT) happened to me earlier when I decided to play Tanki again. I was puttering around in a battle and had only just convinced myself that the gameplay wasn't too much different than normal, when an enemy tank respawned right in front of my camping spot (Camping with Isida like a boss!). I stayed still and was like "Okay, hopefully he doesn't notice me," but inevitably (maybe I shouldn't think things like that?) he turned around and started shooting me! Without thinking I pressed 2, 3 and 1 in rapid succession and although there were no drug slots in the corner and no icons appeared above my tank, I'm sure it WORKED! Oh yeah! I mean like my health bar filled up super fast--way faster than just my Isida would have done, and I vaporized the guy in just seconds! So drugs still work (I tested it after that, multiple times), they just don't appear above your tank. I still don't understand HOW this works, but it does and that's all that really matters! Anyway, I won that battle, and everybody was like "Woah! Cheater! Nub!" and I was like "Yeah, that's right, haha!" I think, or at least hope that I am one of the only players who has discovered this bug, although out of 20 something million, there's bound to be somebody else. I may be breaking the rules; I don't know. I do think I did see somewhere that it was wrong to exploit bugs, but maybe this isn't a bug. :o I still have my questions though. Does this only work on my account, or can other players still use drugs too? If so, the Tanki technicians should be smarter than to leave a bug of this magnitude behind. Why haven't they noticed it? Is it really a bug at all? I need answers, but I'm scared to ask anybody. If word gets out, this glitch could be fixed, and I want to keep my drugs.

 

June 13th, 2013

 

Tanki is now funner (for me) than it has ever been! It's weird, but I guess the devs haven't figured out about this 'bug' yet, because it still works perfectly. Sooner or later though I'm sure I'll get pegged as a cheater (don't worry Miss Reynolds, what I'm doing isn't bad... I hope...) and banned (which I hate) for who knows how long. For now though, I am pretty much winning all my battles and I've earned like around 10k crystals in the past day and a half! If this keeps up, soon I'll be able to buy Isida M2! Speaking of that, I wonder how many drugs I have? Unlimited? I doubt it. They haven't run out yet, but at the rate I'm going, I wouldn't have been surprised. If/When my drugs do run out, I'll only know that they've stopped working; whether it was the devs fixing the bug, or me running out, I won't know. I hope it never happens though, or at least not for a long time. 

 

 

June 14th, 2013

 

I was talking with my friend Martin (He's actually the one who introduced me to Tanki), and I wanted to ask him whether drugging worked for him too, but as soon as I brought up Tanki, he changed the subject and started acting all weird. For some reason he seems to hate Tanki now and gets mad at me whenever I talk about it. I don't know why; it can't be because of the drugs update thingy, 'cause he was always wanting supplies removed anyway. He started hating tanking back before that, around the time when there was this writing contest he 'didn't' want to enter for some reason. Sorry, I'm rambling on... Anyway, I think I know Martin's password, and as long as he hasn't changed it, I'll try signing into his account (Don't worry, he won't care) and testing whether or not he can use drugs too. I would just create an alternate account to test it on, but I already did that and there are no signs of drugs working. Maybe only the people who already had supplies in their garages before the update can use them. Maybe it's just my account. We will see.

 

June 15th, 2013

 

So, I did go on his account (God forgive me), and he DOES have supplies! I was right! I played (and won) a short battle with his awesome Hornet/Thunder M1 combo and got him a nice 10k crystal fund. The enemies didn't know what hit them! I'm still really surprised though. If this bug is on every single player's account, I have absolutely NO idea how the devs missed it. I guess not many people have discovered it, and the ones who have, like me, aren't telling anybody. Hey, I just thought of something! How will players jump over to the different sides in Monte Carlo without using drugs?!? Hahaha, the devs forgot to think of something! As my mom always likes to say "Always think, and think a lot before you do anything!" Well, I doubt people are going to be playing on that map much anymore. I never found Monte Carlo fun anyway.

 

...This is the same day, but later... I was playing in a battle just a minute ago, (My own account this time) and I was in first place and all when suddenly it just ended abruptly and kicked me from the server! I mean, I got the fund and everything, but then suddenly I got a message saying "The server is currently being updated" and the page just went blank. On the main Tanki page right now it says "Update 161 in progress. Servers will be down until 5:00 AM UTC +0 on the 16th of June." That sounds really ominous. I wonder what it will be. Hopefully they're not taking away my precious drugs for a second time! Well, I can write more when I know more. For now, I'll go play with my little bro.

 

[jonathanjoseph 71]

Nice article, once again! This story is pretty cool!

[UAA619 97]

Great article. Was waiting so much for this one. :)

[Raphael2 3,263]

I love this serie.. Looking forward for Ep.4 !!

[jonathanjoseph 71]

I like how you brought up "Martin"!

[AngeIs.And.Demons 1,988]

Wow

[r_nobodygood0 2]

im addicted