The Most Common Misconception About the Gold Box

[sonofchrysalis3 3,719]

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? ;) 

Edited January 29, 2016 by sonofchrysalis3

[dilsharox 2,395]

u mean "gold box admin"?

[golden5648 1,686]

 

 

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.

 

Nice topic but...

 

They are not always animators, some people go to test.tankionline and do this job.

[ArcticCow 454]

I like you article about why peoples ask for golds but what I do not like is why do you ask for reputation? We will give it as we like it. Most of the times people get bad reps due to asking.

[sonofchrysalis3 3,719]

 

I like you article about why peoples ask for golds but what I do not like is why do you ask for reputation? We will give it as we like it. Most of the times people get bad reps due to asking.

I asked for reputation points just as YouTube video makers ask you to like their video or subscribe to their channel.

 

 

u mean "gold box admin"?

Yes, that's another way of wording "THAT PHRASE".

[GeneralPie 603]

Gold bil?

[sonofchrysalis3 3,719]

It's been forever since I wrote this article, yet I still find a bazillion tankers begging the admin to drop the gold bil.  Shows how big a difference I make on this site!  :(

[Chameleos 157]

Wasn't it 1/8400 since the boxes removal anyway? Or some higher number anyway.

[sonofchrysalis3 3,719]

No, it's 1 in 7000.  Tanki edits their Wiki with each update, and the odds are still published as being 1 in 7000.

[Chameleos 157]

No, it's 1 in 7000.  Tanki edits their Wiki with each update, and the odds are still published as being 1 in 7000.

The wiki has 1, maybe 2 contributors, it updates very slowly, though I'm not sure if what I said is true, but I've read someone saying the odds have been reduced due to increased funds from the crystal boxes.

[drazeruzumaki 5,021]

Yes, that's another way of wording "THAT PHRASE".

u can quote now congrats and nice topic again man. i have read all ur articles and loved them :D

[sonofchrysalis3 3,719]

@drazeruzumaki -->

 

I wrote that back when IE let me quote.  This is a pretty old article, and my browser has malfunctioned since then.

 

Ah, for the good old days. :(

[sonofchrysalis3 3,719]

@chameleos -->

 

What crystal boxes?

 

If you want info on Tanki, you don't listen to some random faceless username, you go to Tanki.

[L.I.B.E.R.A.T.O.R 218]

I bet most of the people writing that line in chat is mostly for fun. :ph34r:

[Chameleos 157]

@chameleos -->

 

What crystal boxes?

 

If you want info on Tanki, you don't listen to some random faceless username, you go to Tanki.

You don't know what crystal boxes were? That's not even so old. And yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if they did that change silently (to the gold odds).

[sonofchrysalis3 3,719]

Yes, I know about the little blue boxes, but what you wrote looks as if you're talking about them in the present tense.

 

Must've misread your comment.

 

But no, they wouldn't change the gold without telling us, as evidenced by their announcement that the drop time has been increased by 10 seconds.

[Chameleos 157]

Yes, I know about the little blue boxes, but what you wrote looks as if you're talking about them in the present tense.

 

Must've misread your comment.

What I meant was actually that when they removed the boxes, they made it so their amounts went into the battle funds.

Agreed a lot with that, easier crystals for me. 

Edited July 8, 2015 by Chameleos

[ariking777 940]

Yes, I know about the little blue boxes, but what you wrote looks as if you're talking about them in the present tense.

 

Must've misread your comment.

 

But no, they wouldn't change the gold without telling us, as evidenced by their announcement that the drop time has been increased by 10 seconds.

Logical failure :D The fact that Tanki did actually announce one change in the Gold Box doesn't mean it will announce all changes in Gold Boxes.

[sonofchrysalis3 3,719]

@arking777 -->

 

So if they want to deceive us about the Gold Boxes, why don't they tell us that the odds are one in a hundred?  Or one in a hundred thousand?  Or that they can be spawned when a Twin shoots a Vulcan?

 

Logical failure.

[Truthteller 4,204]

I agree.

[sirogo 3,624]

This is an unsolvable problem.

 

Do you know how many players there are in Tanki? And can you imagine how many different languages are spoken, daily, in the tanki online chat? So making a video in 100+ languages, and forcing every player to see it, understand it, and respect is almost impossible.

 

Making a new rule prohibiting such demands woulb be pointless.

 

I'm afraid, my dear, that the only solution for you woulb be to turn the chat off.

[falcosenna1 8,320]

Your articles are so great that players start copying them!  :lol:

[sonofchrysalis3 3,719]

This is an unsolvable problem.

 

Do you know how many players there are in Tanki? And can you imagine how many different languages are spoken, daily, in the tanki online chat? So making a video in 100+ languages, and forcing every player to see it, understand it, and respect is almost impossible.

 

Making a new rule prohibiting such demands woulb be pointless.

 

I'm afraid, my dear, that the only solution for you woulb be to turn the chat off.

I'm afraid, "my dear," that you read something into my article.  At what point did I say that we needed to make a video?  Or that we needed to make a rule?  I'm just throwing a bit of information out there, saying "Thought I'd let you all know that admins can't drop the Gold."

 

I said nothing more than that.

[sonofchrysalis3 3,719]

Your articles are so great that players start copying them!  :lol:

OH MY GOSH!  I don't know if I should feel proud or outraged!  :lol:

[eg.tankman 218]

It is annoying that people will ask you when they join whether a gold box has fallen because they obviously have no clue how probability works. I just always say "No".