Thanks to EnsignExpendable for posting this.
Yesterday, we talked about ads, so let’s have a look at how to do a good one for a change :) This is a Russian ad for World of Tanks.
After the grandpa opens the window, the gangster says: “Grandpa, how many battles have you played?” and on the bench, the granpa said “I’m telling you, it didn’t penetrate!” and the gangster replies “No! Didn’t penetrate how?”.
I actually laughed (and I rarely do that with ads) :)
Partial source: http://world-of-kwg.livejournal.com/269679.html, Zarax’ posts and articles
Hello everyone,
this is something that kinda… bothers me. Today, on developer blog, Yuri Pasholok posted about the VK7201K (Failowe) – according to him, it was a real project with a 150mm (149mm) gun KwK L/38 and a rear turret. There was some development, the Lowe project got cancelled and the attention of Hitler and his merry band turned towards the Maus. This is how the model looked, according to Yuri Pasholok:
The picture above is a model (mock-up) of a rear-turret Lowe variant, mistakenly named “leichter Lowe” (“light Lowe”) by the site called Achtungpanzer (responsible for numerous myths about German tanks). Yuri Pasholok claims this vehicle is historical, but in a serie of articles (the Lowe history is actually pretty complicatged), it was argued by Zarax (and me (see the Tiger Maus section)) that that’s just crap. There was never such a rear turret project of such a weight, the ingame Failowe is a Wargaming fake (the picture above belongs to a proposal for a light vehicle of 70 tons).
Hello everyone,
for those who are interested in streamers, Rita is streaming right now with Jingles and will be for a while, so you might want to check it out. If you don’t know how, just press the “STREAM” button on the FTR bar below the logo.
- SS
- Storm confirms that RU251 will be the tier 8 German light tank
- it’s possible that the Malinovka “houses” at southern base will be possible to destroy by fire
- there is no different reward for damaging various types of modules (SS: as in, you won’t get more credits by damaging engine than tracks)
- there are no plans to introduce more features for premium accounts for now
- sniper medal will be reworked apparently, there will be new conditions too for the “hero of the battle” condition
- platoon search interface will not be made the way team battle interface is made now – for now
- 1vs1, 3vs3 and 5v5 battles are not planned for 2014
Source: http://world-of-kwg.livejournal.com/269546.html
Hello everyone,
Storm made another blog post, where he encourages players to ask about the New Year “KTTS” edition (the one with HD graphics introduction). Here’s what was answered in the discussion:
- the turrets will fly (after ammo rack explosion) off even for those with Havoc disabled, as it is calculated server-side
- the issue whether it will be possible to shoot a house and bury someone in the rubble is still being investigated, but this will most likely not come
- behavior of the tank will not change by the introduction of the independent suspension, the independent suspension is only client-side visual, the movement pattern will be the same for all the models, because the server doesn’t have the capacity to calculate every roadwheel movement independently
- in historical battles, the amount of ammo carried will be similiar to the real values (SS: limited amount of gold ammo)
Hello everyone,
since the “Legion” series I posted here around Christmas was apparently successful, I will be continuing the story. I hope you find it to your liking. The previous Legion series part one can be found here, part two here and part three here – if you haven’t read them, I suggest you do that before you read this post.
Summer, 1918 – the city of Samara on river Volga
After the crushing Czechoslovak victory near Lipyagy on 4.6.1918 against the bolshevik forces, another obstacle to overcome on their journey east was the city of Samara. It was a fortified city, it housed the headquarters of an entire Volga district and it was home to both local military command, but also to a strong garrison under its commander of ruthless reputation, Soviet Comissar Dolgushin.
The area looked like this (the broken line from Lipyagy over Kryazh to Samara is the railroad and there is a railway bridge marked over river Samarka too):
When they heard about the fate of the bolshevik troops at Lipyagy, the Soviet staff members tried to secretly negotiate with the Czechoslovaks, because they realized in full that the bulk of the elite Soviet forces in the entire region was destroyed there, but it was also clear to the Czechoslovak Legion that with the elite of the bolshevik army gone, Samara was practically defenseless against the Legion. In a move previously unheard of, the Soviet (ruling committee) of Samara even offered the Czechoslovaks the right of free passage through Samara, despite the fact that only days earlier they called for Czechoslovak destruction and would never even consider this option. Lieutenant Čeček (the commander of the Legion force) refused this offer – for one, he had nothing to gain, since Samara was ripe for taking, on the other hand, he didn’t believe the sincery of the Soviets, fearing treachery.
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this video was posted by Yuri Pasholok on his blog. Basically, what happens in it: during the November 2013 airsoft session in Alabino (Moscow), there were military tanks present on the range for some reason. One of the tanks managed to get stuck in a pit full of mud and water – it had to be towed out by another tank. The video actually shows really nicely how rugged the vehicle is and how the engine struggles to get the 40 ton beast from the watery trap. I wouldn’t want to be the guy cleaning it afterwards…
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today, we are going to talk about the upcoming (allegedly in 8.11) Soviet tier 7 medium premium tank. But – you might ask: how can we talk about the vehicle noone has ever seen in combat? We have no idea, what it will do in random battle! Well… now we do:
Picture linked by ApplesauceBandit (US)
Hello everyone,
one of the things I find most annoying are the obnoxious animated flash ads with “games”. We probably all know this crap from World of Warplanes, but War Thunder has this “very special” ad, beating anything Wargaming produced. And when I say special, I mean not a “special occasion”, but “my mum said I’m special”. Or “special kind of hell, reserved for child molesters and people, who speak in theater”.
Hello everyone,
check this out, Wargaming has given us some amazing offers!
Oh look! 3000000 gold!
Or not.
Seriously, does really noone proofread this stuff? I can only imagine how retarded the WG magazine will be in English, since noone even bothers to doublecheck portal news.
