interview Interviewed: Best Helpers of 2020

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Our Helper team dynamic has changed so much in the past year, and this year has brought out a record number of amazing, innovative, and productive helpers. Let’s meet the shining stars of the year - the best helpers of 2020 - in this interview. Enjoy!

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2020 was a year for the ages. We had ourselves a record number of amazing applicants who went above and beyond during these twelve months, putting players first and working their hardest to bring the best Tanki experience possible. After a year of dedication and diligence, fifteen of the best earned the prestigious Helper of the Year title. Today, I have the opportunity to chat with six of these accomplished individuals about their amazing achievement. Please welcome:

 

 Hey all! Could you please introduce yourself?

@Adab: Hi, I’m Adab on Tanki. My previous nickname was adab_online — from the moment I registered my account in 2014 until January of this year, 2021. I think most of you know me by that name. I’m an English eSports News Team Leader, eSports News Show Manager, Help Site Consultant, and Parkour Clubs Manager. 

I’m currently also in two parkour clubs — leader and founder of FeatherLike and member of The Flying Parkourists. I am also one of the former members of Fight & Flight. Besides, I was also in some eSports clans before.

However, on Earth in real life, I’m Aadil. To say a few words - I love chocolates, pizzas, chips, and other delicious stuff; and I guess I like discovering new things.

@i.Alfi: Hello, my nickname is i.Alfi. I am an eSports Helper and I love video editing!

@Levi: My nickname is Levi, I'm an Assistant and a Translator. I like web developing. I also like to mess with Custom ROMs (don't mess with it a lot or you will get into a bootloop like me right now). I'm also working as a support specialist in FMCS.

@Mosad: Hello, my name is Mosad and I was an eSports Official and Forum moderator in the English community.

@natrolite: Hello! I'm natrolite. I'm an Event Administrator as well as a Social Media Moderator. I joined the Events team in January of last year. I'm an introvert for the most part, a part-time weeb, and I'm musically religious. My favourite food is noodles and I'm very big on hugs.

@Seel: Hello everyone, Seel this side! I am an eSports Commentator. I like clubbing and meditating; ironically, both are way different activities. LOL!

 

 Great to have you all here. Let’s get started with the age-old question: How'd you become a tanker and a Helper?

@Adab: My bro abad_online — that’s his Tanki nickname — found this game on Miniclip and showed to me very soon. That’s how I discovered this awesome game. Well, I think I have shared this in at least one interview before.

About Helper — well, to be honest, I really wanted to be a Helper so bad and it became my dream since 2015 mostly as a Chat Moderator and also later after some years as a Contest Organizer. I think that was all because I like such things, mainly the work and responsibilities, and I have never been in any such kind of positions ever before online. Before I became a Helper, I used to help a lot in the official Tanki Online Discord server, especially in the #support channel. I also became a ‘Candidate Elf’ there, a role given to players who were very helpful, particularly in that channel if I remember correctly; well, sadly, that system was removed before I passed the candidacy. I always liked Helper positions in Tanki so much. I had some tries and fails, but I didn’t want to give up.

Then MSI, a friend of mine and a Helper back then, already knowing my interest in becoming a Helper, suggested me to apply for eSports Content Helper and write articles, that is, to become an eSports Reporter, when we were chatting one day during July of 2019. I don’t think I would have applied for that position, at least any time sooner, if he hadn't suggested it to me that day; I was already thinking about applying for it when the position first came out, if I’m right, during early 2019, but I didn’t for some reason. And then eventually on July 27, past midnight of July 28 for me, I was accepted into the team under the leadership of rus0806, a great person and writer. After that, I became an eSports News Show Manager, a Team Leader of the English eSports News team, a Help Site Consultant, and also a Parkour Clubs Manager. Thanks a lot from the bottom of my heart to MSI and everyone else who helped and supported me in my path to becoming a Helper, including Marcus and rus0806. I think they have all helped me achieve my goal of becoming a Helper and make this moment true, which otherwise might have not been possible.

@i.Alfi: So I first discovered Tanki Online in October 2014 because of my friends from school. And in May 2019, I was accepted to my current helper position.

@Levi: I joined the game at the end of 2014, my first position was an Event Helper in January of 2019.

@Mosad: I was invited to join the eSports referees team by @The.L-E-G-E-N-D in February 2018. He encouraged me a lot and helped me to understand how everything worked in the community.

@natrolite: Like many, I discovered the game while flailing around MiniClip, and instantly fell in love with the game. It was towards the end of 2013, and since then I've mainly been playing Tanki. I've always held Helpers in high regard, since they're volunteers and they almost always try their very best to uphold the highest standards of community engagement and assistance, and so I've wanted to become one for quite a while and I'm happy I've been offered the opportunity to do just that.

@Seel: I joined the game around April of 2014. I became an eSports Commentator last year. SuperNick, our admin, messaged me via forum PM as he heard me commentating on unofficial tournaments. He liked me and decided to recruit me.

 

 Those are some Inspiring and deep stories. You all went through quite an eventful and amazing journey, and towards the end, you earned the Helper of the Year award. How did you feel when that happened?

@Adab: Actually I was chatting with Held, one my close friends on Tanki, and he suddenly notified me about it providing a link to that official “Best Helpers of 2020” forum topic.

To be honest, I truly felt very happy about it, and I think that was because this was the first time I have achieved something like this, and this is something that naturally recognizes every Helper’s hard work throughout the entire year, every year. 

I may have done enough so far for the nomination, but I honestly don’t think I have done enough for my own satisfaction yet, I still have many things and ideas in my mind that I like to accomplish.

@i.Alfi: I was shocked and really happy at the same time. I was just hanging out with my family and all of a sudden, I got so many discord notifications on my phone as my friends were congratulating me for becoming the Helper of the year. I really can't express my feelings enough.

@Levi: Surprised. I didn't even know that I got it since I was busy and someone told me.

@Mosad: It was a bit surprising since I thought I lost the opportunity to be in the list the day I left my positions, I am so happy that the community still appreciate my work and honored to be in the list again for the second time in a row.

@natrolite: To be honest, I was quite surprised. I've hardly been active the last few months due to life complications, but when I found out I was one of the recipients of this title I was quite shocked, honoured, and obviously quite happy to hear about it. :P

@Seel: I like commentating and even if I don't get awards, I would still enjoy it and love it. But when I got to know that I was prized helper of the year, it was indeed a great feeling.

 

 Awesome. I could say I felt the same way as most of you - I was notified by others and didn’t really notice myself, which made this moment all the more special. Let's move on to your positions. Could you all describe your role in your helper group? For example, I am a Newspaper Reporter, so naturally, I write articles, but I also do other tasks like organizing the issues and writing in-game alerts.

@Adab: Well, as a Team Leader of the English eSports News team, I mainly lead the team. I also write and proofread articles sometimes, and I also proofread and edit in-game alerts related to the team before they are published. Plus I write scripts for the eSports News Show episodes and manage it and its team as an eSports News Show Manager, I have also instead proofread and edited a script before, meaning I have gladly written scripts and managed the team for 30 episodes so far. And one thing I didn’t mention, I’m also an English Discord Moderator for the eSports Discord server, allowing me to further have the responsibility of moderating the server.

Inside the Help Site team, I do the normal job of a Help Site Consultant, answering players’ concerns and working with articles.

As a Parkour Clubs Manager, I manage everything related to parkour clubs and parkour in general in the English community, and also the Parkour Club Support for DE parkour clubs.

@i.Alfi: Well, my role is a video editor in my helper group. I edit eSports highlights and eSports News Show episodes as some of you might know.

@Levi: As an assistant, we have different tasks, one of them is answering Google Play reviews and as a translator, I translate the V-LOG to my language.

@Mosad: I had 2 roles, the first one was eSports Official and my role in it was to work alongside the eSports admins helping them to create and host tournaments, suggest changes in the rules, spectate battles to make sure that everyone is playing according to the rules and answer the players' questions and complaints through the ticket system on the website. The second role was forum moderator, and my work was to make sure the forum is clean from any violation, answering players questions and to be sure that every topic is in the right section.

@natrolite: As an Event Organizer, my job is to ensure the event runs smoothly through coordinating helpers and players alike. I watch from the skies and monitor the overall procedure and guide the event and take whatever measures necessary to ensure the players have a good time partaking in the events. I also have to keep a keen eye on ensuring no one can mess with the event and issue punishments to any offenders to make sure the event runs smoothly. As a Social Media moderator, I'm in charge of making sure the EN TO server is clean from any harassment, overstepping, trolling, etc. and we also take care of the EN official pages for Tanki on Instagram and Facebook, where we moderate the comment section and respond to PMs for players seeking assistance.

@Seel: My main role is to commentate an eSports game. On the back end, I help run the stream smoothly by letting our broadcasters know what viewers demand from us live during the game. I sometimes help in selecting what games will be on stream and make sure the game is of high demand in the eSports community.

 

 Sounds interesting indeed. What do you enjoy the most about your position(s)? What makes you want to continue working there?

@Adab: I enjoy the satisfaction of helping and doing something for the game and its community whilst also learning, developing, and building experience for myself in the process, in all my positions.

I think the excellent environment and atmosphere we have and the fact that I like and enjoy what I’m doing makes me continue as a Helper.

@i.Alfi: I really love to edit eSports videos, it's quite fun. It also helps me to improve my video-editing experience and to think more creatively.

@Levi: My team and administrator are special to me and I like to help people and see them happy.

@Mosad: Helping players is an interesting thing to do. But mostly the reason I stayed for more than 2 years was my colleagues, they were so kind to me and helped me a lot throughout my journey as a helper which made my work easy and fun to do.

@natrolite: In events, I really do enjoy the calls with the events staff. They're always a joy to be in and we almost never have a boring event. The satisfaction of interacting with the community members is also a great pleasure that helps me keep going. As for Social Media, it's the numerous friends I've made in the TO server and the fun times we've had together, as well as, same as events, the satisfaction of knowing I made a difference even if it's small to a community.

@Seel: I like commentating. It is thrilling and exciting. You get to talk to your fellow commentator staff and of course the viewers via live chat. Sometimes the games get way intense and the atmosphere gets so exciting and nerve wrecking that we as commentators sweat, but in the end, this is the fun of a live eSports game and I enjoy every bit of it.

 

 Definitely. Each position has its own appeal, and I’m glad you enjoy your respective positions. Let's not dwell on this accomplishment alone and take a look ahead to the new year. What do you want to achieve in 2021? Any goals in Tanki and in real life?

@Adab: Being a Helper, I desire to achieve whatever goals I have or I get on the way, I wish I will be able to turn all of my ideas into reality and improve the Helper team, the community, and the game as a whole, as well as myself more in 2021.

@i.Alfi: I don't have any specific goals set in 2021.

@Levi: Become a battle moderator.

@natrolite: I hope to influence the community more, in a positive way of course. I wish I can have an impact that will last and that I'll be remembered well when I'm gone one day.

@Seel: I will be true to my position and will continue to commentate as long as I think it is fun. I will help my admin grow our team and our team will definitely try to stream a lot more.

 

 Wow, those are some great goals. I wish you all the best of luck on achieving them. Any advice to give to players/helpers who want to become Helper/Helper of the Year in the future?

@Adab: Be yourself, never give up, learn how things work and give your best without hesitation. Best of luck from my side.

@i.Alfi: Work hard, keep yourself motivated. Do not postpone your work to the next days because you might not be able to finish it in time.

@Levi: Work hard but always give your real life higher priority.

@natrolite: Always be enthusiastic about what you do, otherwise don't do it. Always try to have a smile on your face and a cheerful friendly attitude as well as a willingness to help and make a difference. For you, you'll help many people throughout your career, and perhaps from your side one of them might not matter as much, but for that player, it will matter. Because while you receive dozens of messages per day, that player will only receive one from you. So always make sure it's a good message!

@Seel: Choose a position that you really like, not a position that you want just for rewards or to flaunt your "special" paint. Enjoy the game and just be you!

 

 Great words of wisdom indeed. We’ve reached the end now and I thank you dearly for accepting and taking part in this interview. Do you have anything else to add before we conclude?

@Adab: I would like to genuinely thank a lot to everyone, including all of my Administrators and fellow Helpers, who helped and supported me so far in my journey as a Helper for everything. The same to all of my friends and everybody for everything in general. Thank you so much for having me, glad to be here, Randy!

@i.Alfi: It was a pleasure to answer these questions. I have nothing more to add, thank you for the interview!

@Levi: No, I need to fix this bootloop at the moment.

@Mosad: I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my admins (SuperNick95, Maf and ControlledChaos) they were so patient and kind with me, also I would like to wish good luck to @NlTALlC with his new challenge and I am sure he will prove himself in that position and thank you for interviewing me.

@natrolite: Thank you so much for this interview! I'm honoured to be a part of it. I hope everyone had an amazing holiday season, and happy new year! May this be a better year than before for each one of us individually, for us as a whole, and certainly for our dear game that we all love and enjoy. :)

@Seel: Thanks for having me! I want to say one last thing, that this year was tough for humanity but let's all hope & pray that the coming years would be better and a lot more peace and happiness comes to everyone. Thanks again!

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And we've reached the end. Thanks for reading on so far; I hope you found these stories motivating and inspiring. If you want to become a helper, then feel free to apply here on the recruitment portal - work hard and you might just earn Helper of the Year as well!

Addtionally, huge thanks to @Pout, @Spy, and many other spectators for their pictures as well as @Pout and @Dosheg for making the banner and art. And of course, to all the administrators and helpers of the year who helped out with the many photoshoots we had. Oh, and here's a spoiler of a few of the pictures we had.

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This last one is an exclusive only found by scanning said QR Code.

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Want to know more about our hardworking helpers? You got it - join us for an exclusive chat with a handful of the best helpers of 2020!

By the way, read the French Newspaper collab right here!

[Adab 2,896]

Remarkable interview. That was awesome, thank you again @Person_Random.

[Risk 1,249]

Excellent article, I enjoyed reading!

[Alsar 592]

Nice article im still laughing with Levi's answer at the end 

[chinufire1 119]

This was a very interesting read, it gave good insight of what its like to be a helper. Thank you

[Happier 193]

Nice and interesting article.

[Levi 611]

That's an amazing article!  Also, I like the avatar 

On 2/8/2021 at 8:33 PM, Person_Random said:

What do you want to achieve in 2021?
 

@Levi: Become a battle moderator.

Achieved 

 

aaaaaaand, i fixed the bootloop long ago but lost the IMEI and had to use a backup :x