Other [Issue 37] What if Tanki?

[mcmonkey25 717]

Ever wondered 'What if Tanki did this?' Well perhaps now is

 

your chance to find out as I enter the theoretical parallel universes

 

that could have been...

 

 

In this series, I am going to think about what could have been in Tanki, if only something was different. For this issue, I have taken three questions from staff members and dreamed up what might have happened.

 

 

Question 1 from @sonofchrysalis3: What if there was only one server?

 

I guess that one server may have its advantages and disadvantages. If the developers managed to make enough room for the 70,000 players that are usually around at any one time, then I can see the benefits of a single server. First of all, all the battles would be in one place. I occasionally find myself spending a while sifting through servers to find a specific battle type. For example, I rarely see a good Kolhoz DM which isn’t PRO, but the likelihood is that someone will have made one. This also means that there will probably be a lot more available battles which one can join, instead of having to wait for a space to appear in the solitary Noise CTF you can find. However, when browsing for battles, without a more user-friendly interface, one may have trouble just scrolling through the masses of battles. Moreover, think of how clogged the chat would be. I doubt you’d be able to have a conversation without your message scrolling all the way up the board in about a second!

 

As we probably all know, RU1 can fill up quite quickly sometimes; so much so that you can’t access it anymore. This means that you have to go to a different game server or just constantly refresh the page until you get in. However, with one server, once it’s full, that’s it. There’d be nowhere else to go and you would be forced to either stop playing or wait until a space is available; not much fun really, eh?

 

 

Question 2 from : What if there were no V-LOGs?

 

Well, Semyon did suggest that without a V-LOG, the world might stop rotating or some other awful catastrophe, but I’m not so sure personally. We recently had to endure quite a long time without V-LOGs and some might say that wasn’t great, and it wasn’t. The V-LOG is essential for helping tankers who don’t follow the forum to learn about what is going on in the game. I would have no clue about the StarSeries if it weren’t for the weekly updates. As well as this, the V-LOG offers some extra entertainment and chances to get crystals. In my opinion, without the V-LOG, we would be sent back into a more secular community. Namely, those who follow the forum and those who don’t. That is really the key behind the V-LOG, showing people what is going on the game; what has happened and what is going to happen. If they didn’t exist, this would be gone and many more players would be clueless about what else goes on in the game. And without them, what else would I do on a Friday afternoon?

 

 

Question 3 from @DarkOperative: What if there were no moderators?

 

Now this is something that I think may cause a catastrophe. Although sometimes in the background and mainly unknown to new players, moderators are what keep the community running, in one sense anyway. The three different types of mods all have important jobs in ensuring that the game is fun to play. Using a specific example; without Chat moderators, there would be quite a bit of chaos in every battle or server chat. Players would be able to flood (until anti-flood is enforced), swearing would go mostly unpunished and the whole community atmosphere of the game would be lost. It is good to know that there is a group of people out there helping to get rid of people who violate the chat rules.

 

The other key moderator group is the forum moderators. For those of us on the forum (which probably includes everyone reading this), we all know that there are people who either troll or insult us instead of using the forum appropriately. If there were no mods, this would escalate, until the forum essentially became troll/insult central. The majority of the sections would be filled with rubbish, with proper articles or discussions breaking down quickly. And don’t get me started on forum games! If we already have a few people trying to spoil ‘1,000,000 posts’ then I guess we’d have given up by about 100 if there was no-one guarding it.

 

In addition, we can’t forget the Facebook moderators. Much like the former consultants, one of their primary roles is to help out players who have questions about the game. If it weren’t for their work, then I can sort of imagine a lot of tanks in a battle wandering around aimlessly, with no clue what to do; or is that just me lagging?

 

 

So, that was just a quick dip into what might have been, but do you have any questions yourselves? They don't have to all have bad consequences like the ones above! Post them below and I will pick a few to write about in the next issue.

Edited July 29, 2017 by Hexed

[Darren4Turbo 4,913]

Nice! :)

 

Good job monkey.

[rambobear11 21]

What if tanki didn't have a forum?

 

Can I do 2...

 

What if tanki kept moon silence?

Edited July 31, 2015 by rambobear11

[TriNitroToIuene 4,765]

What if there was no gold box in Tanki?

[sonofchrysalis3 3,719]

What if there was no gold box in Tanki?

I would cry harder than anypony has ever cried before.

[BlazingCoder 108]

What is there were no Turrets :P

[beaku 2,656]

What if I didn't ask this question?

[TriNitroToIuene 4,765]

I would cry harder than anypony has ever cried before.

Which wouldn't be much, since ponies don't cry.

[sonofchrysalis3 3,719]

Which wouldn't be much, since ponies don't cry.

Are you kidding me?  You should've seen Rainbow Dash when the release date for the next Daring Do novel got bumped ahead three weeks.  The girl became an ocean.

[TriNitroToIuene 4,765]

Are you kidding me?  You should've seen Rainbow Dash when the release date for the next Daring Do novel got bumped ahead three weeks.  The girl became an ocean.

Whoa, she melted damn fast then :O

[sonofchrysalis3 3,719]

Whoa, she melted damn fast then :o

You know what I meant.  She was a regular crying machine.

[TriNitroToIuene 4,765]

You know what I meant.  She was a regular crying machine.

Ponies became machines???? :huh:

 

Kidding, bro, I got your point :P

[sonofchrysalis3 3,719]

Ponies became machines???? :huh:

 

Kidding, bro, I got your point :P

AAARG.

[TriNitroToIuene 4,765]

AAARG.

Chill, I got it! Just messin' around....

[Darren4Turbo 4,913]

What if Semyon was crazy?

[Black_Knight_7_GGE 22]

What if tanki.... Held more sales and double battle funds like it used to! Wouldnt that be great!?

[Cor7y 13,862]

What if railgun and Hornet got removed from the game ?

[iamthebadboy2 168]

What if everyone in Tanki could ban a player for an hour?

[anuclearbomb 220]

What if railgun and Hornet got removed from the game ?

I WOULD REJOICE SOO MUCH!!!

i hate rail.

[Cor7y 13,862]

I WOULD REJOICE SOO MUCH!!!

i hate rail.

A majority of the players (including me) love using rail.

[Sleek 43]

1. Um, what if Pro Battles didn't exist?

2. What if you could exit your tank (as a person)?

3. What if you could design your own tank in-game (Physical features game mechanics, stats)?

 

I chose the last one as my final pick since I know it would make the game dreadfully unbalanced :D

[momy950666 960]

A majority of the players (including me) love using rail.

same

[momy950666 960]

if the drugs didnt exist?

[sonofchrysalis3 3,719]

What if I wasn't so cute?

 

And what if the 10 Crystal Boxes were brought back?

[Penguin40 1,714]

What if there were no reporters?