And with this, I bid you farewell.

[kaisdf 3,320]

I started the game way back in 2011, off the playground recommendation of a school friend of mine - who has of course long since quit the game. I played for long enough to unlock Shaft at the mighty rank of WO4, and then quit because my Intel Celeron laptop could no longer handle the game. 

 

I popped in briefly over the years, watching Starladder and playing very occasionally, before a proper return in 2016. I joined my clan Happy Dragons in October 2016, and had a very happy/spammy few years with them, contributing to the third largest topic on the forum before getting our clan topic locked by SuperNick for being too active… Much love to the crest, it was an honour working under and alongside you, and thanks for the recs for my helper apps haha.

 

As you can tell, I will probably mention a few names, apologies if you feel missed out, I’m writing this in one unhinged bout of word vomit and if I’ve forgotten you I swear it was unintentional - but I guess unhinged word vomit is unsurprising given my first ever position - Newspaper reporter. TTC wins and organising the AWC Tournament gave me the chance to join under the watchful eyes of Flex & Viksrall, alongside true legends of the forum like yis and twee, and I took the AWC under my wing, giving budding young writers a fresh place to start, fostering many people who would later become my colleagues.

 

About a month later, I joined as a discord mod, back when it was still an unofficial position, spearheaded by Torben, Hex, Nives, and Optic (the unsung hero). - but more on that later.

 

In 2019, I joined the eSports News team by accident - I thought I was just helping out with some proofreading, and then out of the blue Marcus announced that I had passed my candidacy (and immediately before he announced it I guessed the announcement was for someone else entirely!). I met so many amazing people there too; I created the public side of the server, ran the short-lived esports news show, and wrote/proofread hundreds of articles. I briefly tried out for Commentator, and somewhere out there is a 1v1 between Greg and someone else that Esmail & I commentated from back in 2019/20.

 

I was one of the founding members of the proofreaders team, I sent the first message in the channel on 30/04/2020 - didn’t realise even that had been almost 5 years… There’s a very high chance that if you’re reading something in the game, I’ve contributed to it, especially the Katakana paint, which was originally planned to be called Hieroglyphics before it made it through me and that amazing team.

 

I’ve been SM admin since Jan 2020, and have been honoured to take the mantle of the server over that time. So many people I’ve seen come and go, and I hope that you’ve all made friends or at least enjoyed your time under my tyrannical rule - but see #discord-news in the server for a proper goodbye there. 

 

Perhaps my favourite time of all was the year or so that I was an Event Helper. I loved every member of that team so much, and I will always remember all the calls we had, yapping constantly with each other, while knowing that we were bringing so much joy to the community as well. I worked my way up to admin, and even briefly ran the team solo, and fighting for my life in STG or Save the Princess (and later the joys of sitting in spec watching my colleagues struggling to do the same) was easily the peak of my long career. 

 

In what I’ve now been told is the sunset of my career, I’ve spent 18 months as a wiki editor, contributing my TTC-winning game knowledge to hit 469 edits, and leading the GT team - for which my greatest contribution was allowing Sabry to flourish to his full potential.

 

 

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From my wiki page -

 

Ex: Newspaper Admin, Event Admin, Game Translations Admin, SM admin, Proofreader, eSports Content Helper, Wiki Editor - 469 edits ;)
 

Played since Sept 2011
Joined my ex clan Happy Dragons Oct 2016
Helper since July 2018
Admin since Dec 2019

HotY 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

 

 

 

[kaisdf 3,320]

And then I suppose I have to ping a few people, but I'll leave it to the comments to keep the post clear

To the amazing Newspaper team

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Flex
@Flexoo,  PR
@Person_Random , Vene (@Photophosphorylation), Regy (@Regency), Tide (@Tidebreaker), Pythor (@Pythor), Sacri (@Sacrifice), AND @LOLKILLERTOTHEDEATH - thanks for my intro to the helper community, it was a pleasure to lead you all.

To eSports

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Abobo @Abovo, Max @Dosheg, @Adab, Hazeral (ahah) - I hope you all liked the HotY messages I wrote for you all, thanks for making #esports-flood so fun to be in.

All the amazing Event Helpers, organisers (Poot @Pout, jutska @jutska, emra @emrakul, @Legendarni, as well as annoyingly named
@chinufire & @chinufire1 - and most of all nat, my beautiful co admin @natrolite

 

Obviously all of the many people who have in the SM team, far too many of you to @ all of you but NB to luci, sabry, hugo, niko, Edu, Zack (sorry it went down how it did man), and aqw, as well as all the Elves and everyone else.

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@Lucifer @Sabry @Hugoslav @niko_konac @Edu_Gamer @Zackery459 @aqwzsxedc

 

 

I will also be hosting my final rankup / community photoshoot this Friday, 14th March at 18:00 UTC - all welcome, tho priority will go to friends I'm afraid.

Edited March 9 by kaisdf

[natrolite 1,049]

[chinufire1 119]

It's been an honour mate, I wish you all the best!

[Sabry 1,072]

Thank you for everything mate, it's been a real pleasure to be a Co-admin with you, a reporter, a SM helper, you'll definitely be missed, you have brought soooooo much to the game, while being an admin, that it's impossible to count. You will definitely missed, and in your own way, you've left a mark on the game, which I'm sure everybody will remember forever. I remember the first time when I was still a player and you became head moderator, like if that was yesterday. My respect for you is immeasurable, and I really hope all your qualities will lead you to the best moment of your life

 

You've definitely entered in the history of the game as a legendary admin, and one of the nicest person ever  

 

~ Love from Sabry

[WieLKo-PoLski 318]

[Maf 32,300]

^{noob runners}

[AnotherRules 14]

[Adab 2,896]

Very sad to know you are leaving. Thank you so much for everything you did for Tanki Online and its community. I wish you all the best in everything kaisdoof, I think I will always remember you as the greatest Social Media Administrator of Tanki Online!

[Slime 24]

Even though I have nothing to do with you, i have noticed your work despite everything. i hope and wish you the best

[Destrod 2,634]

See you tomorrow 

[Venerable 2,967]

wth man

bai i dont wanna see your mario face ever again

(i don't need to wish you the best, you and chinu1 are already doing great irl afaik... you'll soar high! im not sure what to feel about this sudden departure, it's defo sad and yet not as bad as one might think, y'know? but I can only imagine how much it means to you both, especially to you cuz I've had the best time working with and getting to know an admin like you )

[Person_Random 4,991]

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kaisdf retirement post

Feels like this day never would come - kaisdf heading the Tanki Discord has been a constant throughout the time I've been active in the game. The server is going to feel so different without you.

It's been a pleasure and honor to got to know you and have worked with you; hoping you and chinu1 enjoy retirement.

Edited March 9 by Person_Random
smh i forgor how to post images on forum

[squirrellover 11]

It was great working with you! Good luck in your future endeavors. 

[Lose 881]

I don't have too many memories with you, but the ones that do exist are all very fond ones. Thanks for everything you've done for everyone here over the years. Enjoy being old

[Edu_Gamer 38]

Kais
You are an incredible person
I am truly grateful for everything you have helped me with during this time, you have been an excellent administrator.
You are certainly an inspiration to many assistants, with many years within the team.

You can always count on me and there is no way to thank you for everything you have done for me.

- Edu

[Devastate 108]

You were a great person player and staff member.

I wish you the best for whatever is ahead.

Cheers,

the tanker formerly known as bozo88

[Bydo 20,119]

All the best on your future ,

Enjoy Life

 

And I also agree that the Event games and stuff made this game a lot of Fun .. Too bad they wont bring it back

 

Good Luck

[Maf 32,300]

I have to ask tho, what's the lore behind staying on General rank for like 6 years?

[Sabry 1,072]

On 3/10/2025 at 10:29 AM, Maf said:

I have to ask tho, what's the lore behind staying on General rank for like 6 years?

So he never meets you in matchmaking, and we never have that legendary battle kaisdf vs maf, but I'm kind enough to summarize it

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 Vs 

 

[Incorp 2,084]

Ah. I think that is the last newspaper reporter to leave tanki as a helper right?

Or was nikman a reporter too i forgot.

Anyways uvprolly dunno me but i rly enjoyed your works. It is always sad to see talented people like you leave the game, but i hope to be able to keep reading yoyr works if you ever write new ones. 

 

 

P.s. ur also getting medal of merit right?

[Pythor 1,354]

On to bigger and better things. You'll find valhalla is quite nice this time of season...

[JustBlackWolf 875]

On 3/10/2025 at 10:29 AM, Maf said:

I have to ask tho, what's the lore behind staying on General rank for like 6 years?

Best looking rank after Marshal tbh, i always used to play with that rank in every test server i played.

[JustBlackWolf 875]

Well at least bro says he's getting fired rather than leaving himself with some excuse.

[DRAKO523 795]

Never thought I'd see the day come. Goodbye noob @kaisdf