Parkour Announcements

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Parkour fans!

Through this topic, you can easily stay updated on changes, needed information, and more concerning Parkour.

This topic is for all announcements related to Parkour. Follow the topic to always stay updated!

For reference, a similar topic was used previously: https://en.tankiforum.com/topic/366955-parkour-news/.

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A very happy and good news to all parkour lovers!

After quite a long time, the physics of the current version (the new HTML5) of Tanki Online were fixed for parkour yesterday, 11 February 2022!     

More information about it can be found from 5:52 to 7:14 in Tanki's v-log 330.
 

And now that the developers have fixed the physics for parkour, you may want to check some videos posted by our community's parkour clubs in 2021 for whatever reason, find them all here: https://en.tankiforum.com/topic/394641-all-our-parkour-videos-of-2021-in-one-topic/. Happy parkouring!

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For those who found it difficult to parkour because it was not possible to chat to players in the other team, and to everyone in general who disliked it, good news, they have re-enabled the ability to chat between teams today as part of the Patch Update #695. So open the game and try parkouring with your friends in the old way again! 

We (and I think others did too for different reasons) requested them to make this change, it is quite significant for the parkour community as it makes it easier to socialize within the game itself and that in turn can help parkour grow

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Masters of Parkour 2023 (MoP 2023) was announced today! 

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Hello everyone!

I'm very pleased to introduce the "Parkour Rules", the "Parkour Club Support Program", and the "Official Parkour Club Program" to you through this announcement. I just published the Parkour Rules and launched the Parkour Club Support Program and the Official Parkour Club Program!   

The Parkour Rules will become effective on 7 December 2023. The Parkour Rules, the Parkour Club Support Program, and the Official Parkour Club Program are made for all locales, but it was decided to currently only implement them in our locale, the EN locale, and implement them in other locales later. My plan is to discontinue the Parkour Club Rules, the Parkour Club Support (previously named "Parkour Clubs Support"), and the Requirements for Official Status when the Parkour Rules becomes effective 

The following forum topics were just published:
https://en.tankiforum.com/topic/395377-parkour-rules/
https://en.tankiforum.com/topic/395687-parkour-club-support-program/
https://en.tankiforum.com/topic/395376-official-parkour-club-program/

If you would like to discuss or ask questions about anything written in this announcement, feel free to do so here

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On 7 December 2023, because the Parkour Rules will become effective and the Parkour Club Rules and the Requirements for Official Status will be discontinued, I will remove the official status and the official parkour club paints from all the official parkour clubs of the EN locale. And on the same day, because the Parkour Rules will become effective and the Parkour Club Support will be discontinued, I will remove all the supported parkour clubs from the Parkour Club Support (supported parkour clubs are only in the EN locale)

And please note that one reason why I decided to make the Parkour Rules effective only some time after it was published is so that I can see what everyone thinks about the Parkour Rules. Everyone can send their feedback, complaints, ideas, suggestions, questions, etc. about the Parkour Rules here, and I may update the Parkour Rules according to them if needed either before or after the Parkour Rules becomes effective

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As announced, the following things happened yesterday, 7 December 2023:
- The Parkour Rules became effective
- The Parkour Club Rules, the Parkour Club Support, and the Requirements for Official Status were discontinued
- The official status and the official parkour club paints were removed from all the official parkour clubs of the EN locale

I did not remove all the supported parkour clubs from the Parkour Club Support yesterday, 7 December 2023, as announced, because it was decided that doing so is not needed as discontinuing the Parkour Club Support is enough to make all the supported parkour clubs no longer a supported parkour club or a part of the Parkour Club Support

Also, because the Parkour Club Support was discontinued, I removed all the leaders of all the supported parkour clubs from the Parkour Club Support Discord server yesterday, 7 December 2023, and I removed the Parkour Club Spectator accounts from everyone today, 8 December 2023

The Parkour Club Support Program Application and the Official Parkour Club Program Application will be opened very soon, each of them will be opened on different dates, the dates will be announced in this forum topic

To all former supported parkour clubs, thank you very much for being a part of the Parkour Club Support! And to all former official parkour clubs of the EN locale, thank you very much for being an official parkour club of the EN locale! 

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The Parkour Rules became effective on 7 December 2023 (UTC). To all the Parkour Clubs that are still not in compliance with the Parkour Rules, please comply with the Parkour Rules within 24 hours from now, otherwise necessary action(s) may be taken

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The Parkour Club Support Program Application will be opened tomorrow, 14 December 2023. Get ready to apply!

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The Parkour Club Support Program Application was just opened!

There is currently no plan to close the application after some time. Good luck to all applicants!

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The Parkour Rules was just updated. Some of the changes that were made are as follows:

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• Edited "4.5.11. Videos published by Supported Clubs must be at least 3 minutes long and consist of at least 8 parkour tricks (that are not one-man, tandem, or trio parkour tricks) to get approved for Support Resources." to "4.5.11. Videos published by Supported Clubs must be at least 2 minutes long and consist of at least 8 parkour tricks (that are not one-man, tandem, or trio parkour tricks) to get approved for Support Resources."

• Edited "4.8.1. Supported Clubs must publish at least 4 videos that are at least 3 minutes long and consist of at least 8 parkour tricks (that are not one-man or tandem parkour tricks) per year." to "4.8.1. Supported Clubs must publish at least 4 videos that are at least 2 minutes long and consist of at least 8 parkour tricks (that are not one-man or tandem parkour tricks) per year."

• Edited "5.4.1. Official Clubs must publish at least 4 videos that are at least 3 minutes long and consist of at least 8 parkour tricks (that are not one-man or tandem parkour tricks) per year." to "5.4.1. Official Clubs must publish at least 4 videos that are at least 2 minutes long and consist of at least 8 parkour tricks (that are not one-man or tandem parkour tricks) per year."

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I just deleted the question about first name and the question about last name from the Parkour Club Support Program Application, because it was decided to do so

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The following forum topic was just published:
https://en.tankiforum.com/topic/395626-parkour-administration/

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[FTL] FeatherLike, [TFP] The Flying Parkourists, and [FoG] Flight of Gravity were just accepted into the Parkour Club Support Program and hence they just became Supported Parkour Clubs! Huge congratulations to them!   

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I just assigned the following Support Levels to the following Supported Parkour Clubs:

• The Gold level to [FTL] FeatherLike and [TFP] The Flying Parkourists
• The Silver level to [FoG] Flight of Gravity

Support Levels are assigned solely based on the total number of videos (only videos that are related to Parkour and are at least 1 minute long) each Supported Parkour Club has on their YouTube channel(s). Congratulations to them! 

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[FTL] FeatherLike and [TFP] The Flying Parkourists received the Onyx paint yesterday, 13 January 2024, for being in the Gold level of the Parkour Club Support Program! Congratulations to them!   

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The Parkour Rules was just updated. The following change was made:

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• Edited "5.1.19. The Administration opens the Official Parkour Club Application for all locales on the same date for 1 week during July of each year (this means the application can be expected to be open for all locales only once every year and only for a week). However, the Administration may open the Official Parkour Club Application for all locales on the same date for 1 week during months other than July if needed." to "5.1.19. The Administration opens the Official Parkour Club Application for all locales on the same date for 1 week during July of each year (this means the application can be expected to be open for all locales only once every year and only for a week). However, the Administration may open the Official Parkour Club Application for each locale for 1 week on different dates during months other than July if needed."

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The Official Parkour Club Program Application was just opened! 

The application will be open for 1 week. In other words, the application will be closed on 21 January 2024 after the 1 week duration is over. Best of luck to all applicants!

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In case you don't know, you can use the following promo code to get the "Extreme Lightweight Construction" augments that were mentioned in Tanki Online V-LOG: Episode 495: TNK00-00000-0674E-PO3LP-PFNYX

And there is a "Combat Parkour" special mode scheduled for 2 February 2024 to 9 February 2024 as part of the Lunar New Year 2024 event, make sure you check it out! 

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The Official Parkour Club Program Application was just closed. Thank you for applying! 

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The following forum topic was just published:
https://en.tankiforum.com/topic/395375-parkour-clubs-information-bulletin/

You can find some important information related to Parkour Clubs in the forum topic

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The Parkour Rules was just updated. The following changes were made:

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• Removed "5.1.18. Clubs must meet the Threshold Assessment Score (abbreviated as "TAS") to get accepted into the Official Parkour Club Program. The Threshold Assessment Score is confidential and intended only to be known to the Administration. More information about the Threshold Assessment Score can be found here."
• Added "5.1.18. Official Clubs are reset once every year in all locales before the Official Parkour Club Program Application is opened. In other words, the Official Club of each locale is removed from the Official Parkour Club Program before the Official Parkour Club Program Application is opened each year. Official Clubs that got removed from the Official Parkour Club Program because of the reset can join the program again at any time, they are not required to wait 24 weeks (from the date they got removed from the program) to join the program again."
• Edited "4.2.2. Members of Supported Clubs are strictly forbidden from sharing any of their accounts. If a Member of a Supported Club shares (access to) their account(s) (while being a Member of a Supported Club), their membership in the Club will be terminated by the Administration. They cannot join any Supported Club for 24 weeks from the date they shared their account(s). If someone violates this rule 3 times, they cannot join any Supported Club indefinitely." to "4.2.2. Members of Supported Clubs are strictly forbidden from sharing (access to) any of their accounts. If a Member of a Supported Club shared (access to) their account(s), their membership in the Club will be terminated by the Administration and they cannot join any Supported Club for 24 weeks (from the date their membership in the Club was terminated by the Administration). If someone violates this rule 3 times, they cannot join any Supported Club indefinitely."
• Edited "5.2.2. Members of Official Clubs are strictly forbidden from sharing any of their accounts. If a Member of an Official Club shares (access to) their account(s) (while being a Member of an Official Club), their membership in the Club will be terminated by the Administration. They cannot join any Official Club for 24 weeks from the date they shared their account(s). If someone violates this rule 3 times, they cannot join any Official Club indefinitely." to "5.2.2. Members of Official Clubs are strictly forbidden from sharing (access to) any of their accounts. If a Member of an Official Club shared (access to) their account(s), their membership in the Club will be terminated by the Administration and they cannot join any Official Club for 24 weeks (from the date their membership in the Club was terminated by the Administration). If someone violates this rule 3 times, they cannot join any Official Club indefinitely."
• Edited "5.1.8. Clubs do not have to meet the Eligibility Requirements at the time of applying (i.e., at the time their application was submitted). However, their application may get rejected if the Administration finds that they are not meeting the Eligibility Requirements." to "5.1.8. Clubs must meet the Eligibility Requirements of the Official Parkour Club Program before applying (i.e., before the date and time of their application submission) for the program and continue meeting them even after applying until their application is fully processed (i.e., is accepted or rejected), and if it is accepted, they must continue meeting them as long as they are a part of the Official Parkour Club Program. If a Parkour Club doesn't meet the Eligibility Requirements before applying for the Official Parkour Club Program but starts to meet them later after applying, then their application will be rejected."
• Edited "5.1.16. When an application submitted to join the Official Parkour Club Program is in Stage 4: Approval, the Community Manager approves or disapproves the Club of the applicant to join the program." to "5.1.16. When an application submitted to join the Official Parkour Club Program is in Stage 4: Approval, a Community Manager approves or disapproves the Club of the applicant to join the program."
• Edited "5.1.20. After the Official Parkour Club Application is closed for a locale, the Administration assesses and scores all Clubs that applied to join the Official Parkour Club Program in the locale and the Official Club of the locale (with an Assessment Score based on the Assessment Criteria according to the Assessment Formula to give a Combined Assessment Score)." to "5.1.20. The Administration assesses and scores all Clubs (that applied to join the Official Parkour Club Program in the locale) in Stage 3: Subjective Assessment with an Assessment Score for each category of the Assessment Criteria (based on the Assessment Criteria) and uses the Assessment Formula to give a Combined Assessment Score only after the Official Parkour Club Application is closed for a locale."
• Edited "5.1.21. After all the Clubs that applied to join the Official Parkour Club Program in a locale and the Official Club of a locale are assessed and scored, the Club with the highest Combined Assessment Score can become the new Official Club of a locale if approved by the Community Manager of the locale. However, if the already existing Official Club ends up having the highest Combined Assessment Score, then it can remain an Official Club at the Administration's discretion." to "5.1.21. After all Clubs that applied to join the Official Parkour Club Program in a locale are assessed and scored in Stage 3: Subjective Assessment, the Club with the highest Combined Assessment Score can become the Official Club of a locale if approved to join the program by a Community Manager of the locale in Stage 4: Approval. If multiple Clubs have the same Combined Assessment Score simultaneously, the Administration will decide which Club becomes the Official Club of a locale."
• Edited "5.1.15. When an application submitted to join the Official Parkour Club Program is in Stage 3: Subjective Assessment, the Administration assesses and scores the Club of the applicant with an Assessment Score (abbreviated as "AS") based on the Assessment Criteria according to the Assessment Formula and gives a Combined Assessment Score (abbreviated as "CAS"). The scoring is done by the Administration using the Scoring Scale. The Assessment Criteria, the Scoring Scale, and more information about the Assessment Score and the Combined Assessment Score can be found here." to "5.1.15. When an application submitted to join the Official Parkour Club Program is in Stage 3: Subjective Assessment, the Administration assesses and scores the Club of the applicant with an Assessment Score (abbreviated as "AS") for each category of the Assessment Criteria (based on the Assessment Criteria) and gives a Combined Assessment Score (abbreviated as "CAS") using the Assessment Formula. The scoring is done by the Administration using the Scoring Scale. The Assessment Criteria, the Scoring Scale, and more information about the Assessment Score and the Combined Assessment Score can be found here."
• Edited "4.1.3. Clubs that left or got removed from the Parkour Club Support Program for any reason can join the program again only after 12 weeks (from the date they left or got removed from the program) at the Administration's discretion." to "4.1.3. Clubs that left or got removed from the Parkour Club Support Program for any reason can join the program again only after 12 weeks (from the date they left or got removed from the program) unless otherwise stated in the Parkour Rules or by the Administration."
• Edited "5.1.3. Clubs that left or got removed from the Official Parkour Club Program for any reason can join the program again only after 24 weeks (from the date they left or got removed from the program) at the Administration's discretion." to "5.1.3. Clubs that left or got removed from the Official Parkour Club Program for any reason can join the program again only after 24 weeks (from the date they left or got removed from the program) unless otherwise stated in the Parkour Rules or by the Administration."
• Edited "4.3.6. To be in the Bronze level, a Supported Club must have a total of at least 5 videos (that are related to Parkour and are at least 1 minute long) on their YouTube channel(s). To be in the Silver level, a Supported Club must have a total of at least 15 videos (that are related to Parkour and are at least 1 minute long) on their YouTube channel(s). To be in the Gold level, a Supported Club must have a total of at least 30 videos (that are related to Parkour and are at least 1 minute long) on their YouTube channel(s)." to "4.3.6. To be in the Bronze level, a Supported Club must have a total of at least 5 videos (that are related to Parkour and are at least 1 minute long) on their YouTube channel(s). To be in the Silver level, a Supported Club must have a total of at least 10 videos (that are related to Parkour and are at least 1 minute long) on their YouTube channel(s). To be in the Gold level, a Supported Club must have a total of at least 20 videos (that are related to Parkour and are at least 1 minute long) on their YouTube channel(s)."

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I just promoted [FoG] Flight of Gravity from the Silver level to the Gold level of the Parkour Club Support Program, because they met the number of videos required to be in its Gold level! Congratulations to them! 

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[FoG] Flight of Gravity received the Onyx paint today, 28 March 2024, for being in the Gold level of the Parkour Club Support Program! Congratulations to them!   

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[FTH] Fly To High was just accepted into the Parkour Club Support Program and hence they just became a Supported Parkour Club! Huge congratulations to them!   

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