Review [Issue 29] 1 Year of Godmode_ON

[Fen-Harel 1,176]

 The way it all started

 

October 30. 2013.- Players open the forum page and quickly check the developer's news. With excitement, they click on the "Halloween 2013" topic. The topic is filled with good news, with gold boxes having increased value of 3000 crystals, a special map and a 13% discount on the entire garage, this certainly isn't an event to miss. However there's one more thing that is mentioned- a mysterious tank that roams the universe of Tanki. We weren't given a name, just a picture of a bloody-red painted heavy tank.
               

The encounter

 

As the players try out the special map, they quickly see a message written on a wall of a house. "Beware of Godmode_ON". Many speculate that the message is written in blood, while others tested the liquid and determined it's ketchup. Whichever one it might be, we are finally given a name of the demonic tank. Afterwards a discussion topic is opened in both the English and Russian community so that they might find out who is this mysterious figure. Quickly players tried to hunt the strange tank. A topic worth noting is that Godmode has been seen in different ranks, ranging from to . These rank changes are suspected to be based on servers, with different servers allowing him to have a different rank. However, at the moment it would seem his rank is the same everywhere. So, while hunting Godmode some succeeded to kill him, posting videos which would show another strange property of Godmode. It took an extraordinary amount of power to destroy him, and after killing him, 3 gold boxes dropped from the sky. Such an event caused players to even more enthusiastically scout the maps for his name, but only  a few lucky ones ever saw him. Now the next question was raised in the discussion topics: What is that paint?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vdxOgDuluE

 

 

The question

 

Godmode's mighty paint is his greatest weapon. A paint with protection far beyond what anyone has seen, making the Champion paint look like cheap decoration, it became the signature sign of Godmode. Players immediately tried to figure out its properties. Along with a large protection percentage, the paint defends Godmode from both fire and ice, making the burning and freezing effects of close range weapons useless on him. After some time, the name of the paint was revealed. Devil.
 

 

The Devil

 

Days passed and many were guessing the percentage of Godmode's paint. "98%", "92%", "88%", "66%"... No one knew for sure.  However I do think that the accurate protection has been calculated, since, at one point, GM appeared in the question of the week "How many smoky shots does it take to kill Godmode?".

The video can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=654285601284399&set=vb.221587754554188&type=2&theater
Calculation by @blackseac: http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=183327&p=3501248

So from this we can conclude that the protection is close to 88%. This to me makes sense, as there is a certain symbolic to the number 88. Also, Godmode's user number is 64, which is 8² or 8*8. However, there's still the question of how much the hull and weapons were micro upgraded, so we can never really now for sure. In the end, I think it's highly likely that the protection is 88%, seeing as it has both symbolic to it, and a reference to Godmode (user number 64).

 

As for the tactic you're to use if you encounter this mysterious tank (along with everyone targeting him) I would recommend using mines, as I doubt his paint has protection against those. But there's a problem with this. He changed his paint on April 1st. I suspect he didn't just change the paint for the looks, but to adjust the properties of the paint and add protection against mines as well, as many players used this tactic. He said it himself that it's an improved paint, and we know that paints can have mine protection because of the Masters of Parkour contest (main prize being a 30% protection from mines and railgun). Still, it's worth an attempt to bring down those 3 wonderful gold boxes from the sky, right?

Godmode's improved paint:

 

               

The man in the shadows

 

Now to engage the mystery of Godmode himself. Why was he added to Tanki in the first place? He is a welcome and fresh addition to the game, but I suspect he might bring some fun facts in the future. GM's user number 64 is 8*8, where the two 8s have a certain reference to them. Next, the date of registration to the forum is 13.12.1901. and along with his last activity we can conclude that GMO is at least 108 years old. However, interesting thing is his activity on the forum is different  in the RU community.  This makes things interesting. The registration date on that forum is 4th of April 1986, the date the accident at Chernobyl happened. Though searching the map Chernobyl left me with nothing interesting, it's a notable fact about Godmode. Perhaps he was somehow related to the accident? Could that be the source of his paint? Currently there isn't enough information to reveal answers to these questions, but it does show a clear connection. The last forum activity was 6th of August 1991. the day the World Wide Web got publicly available. I see these as  rather interesting dates, though couldn't find anything interesting in the EN community.

 

To summarize, I think the EN and DE forum show us Godmode's age, while the RU forum gives us certain facts about who he is. He is somehow connected to the accident at Chernobyl, whether he used it to obtain his paint, caused the accident, or just survived it is unknown (although that could be the reason his face is shrouded in shadows). As for who he is as a person... I'm honestly not sure he's a developer as many suspect. I've talked to Semyon at one point, asking him about Godmode and he said he couldn't reveal anything. When I asked why, Semyon worryingly replied: "He's keeping my family hostage." If GMO is really a developer, I don't see why he would kidnap Semyon's family, which in my opinion is a pretty nug move. It also means we'll eventually have to make a "Semyon's family rescue team" as well.
If you have any more info on this shady character feel free to post below or in this topic:
http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=183327

Edited July 30, 2017 by Hexed

[applications_tanki 129]

wow -_-

[shayanshiny 1,925]

:o

[FaaiqBilal1 795]

funi

[MA3CTPO_HA_XAHTEP 832]

great article :)

[JJ410 221]

Great article lad!

[EpicTroll99 572]

Great work Fen, you did great research!

[babitaarun 1]

:O OMG WOW

[GWLGUPTA 511]

Awesome!

[babitaarun 1]

Godemode_on got his new paint on conquring Rio skyskrapper contest that is VERY old and masters of parlour is latest contest his new paint us not related to masters of parkour

[lukey0 27,543]

Awesome! It would be nice if the Deve's could bring out another video. ;)

[jazz20 1,181]

TBH, the man in the shadows really ruined the secret and mysterious aspect of Godmode_ON in that one V-log he appeared in. originally, to many tankers, Godmode seemed to be a secret and rarely seen tank roaming around the servers. After the V-log, it was obvious that the account was probably made so the Devs could have fun whenever they got bored or stuck on a project. Ehh that's my theory......

[lordmostafa 3,821]

Amazing work! I had a blast!

[crackgold2 399]

. When I asked why, Semyon worryingly replied: "He's keeping my family hostage." If GMO is really a developer, I don't see why he would kidnap Semyon's family, which in my opinion is a pretty nug move. It also means we'll eventually have to make a "Semyon's family rescue team" as well.

If you have any more info on this shady character feel free to post below or in this topic:

http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=183327

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[AngeIs.And.Demons 1,988]

ooook! Rescue team c:

[danilo8667 234]

Ok.So, who's the first to try rescuing the Semyon's family ?

[Mr.I3oSS 557]

Interesting o.O ;o

[newrohan 1,040]

Somewhere, I Read that Chernobyl incident is connected with Godmode_on With Number 3(3 gold Boxes Fall)I Don't remember what exactly happened but it was something with 3.

[naca7 143]

Great Article!

[general_abrams 424]

Any rational person could tell that Semyon is obviously lying.

 

God_Mode is either a specific player or group of players that work at TO. The developers gave him, or them, an account with special paints and unlimited drugs for no reason, other than to create a mystery and interest in the game.

 

Who else could have given God_mode such things other than the developers? They know all about him, or one of them does.

 

It's okay to have fun, but we can't escape reality. God_mode is just a regular person who is somehow related to or works with the developers at Tanki Online, and they gave him the mystical qualities that he possesses.

Edited December 2, 2014 by general_abrams

[TigerBeGood 28]

The registration date on that forum is 4th of April 1986, the date the accident at Chernobyl happened.

Chernobyl disaster happened on 26th, not 4th. A little mistake there. ^_^

Excellent article, by the way! ;)

Edited December 2, 2014 by TigerBeGood

[I3lueI3lood 6]

BEST ARTICLE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WAS TOUCHED :D (IN MY PAINTS OF FEAR
 

[ToBaPuLIL-uHcTpyKToP 136]

Cant it be the creator of tanki? Because he said that GM is keeping his family hostage  :ph34r:

[Jesse_X99 47]

Its semyon's stepmother.

Assuming anyways.

[smokyandthunder 0]

if this is an article I loved it great :) ...

if this is true im taking him down beware of the kraken which I am....

Edited December 2, 2014 by smokyandthunder