For now, only in Russian (thanks to Maiorboltach from RU community for posting it)

(Edit: fixed with English version)

In it (apart from video):

- at the time WG went out, models had 8000 polygons, more advaced models had 18k, but now, models will have 50k or so, with the most advanced ones over 100k
- there will be round roadwheels (no more octagonals)
- explanation of new shaders
- night maps, weather effects and thick smoke failed to make it to the game because of the FPS drop
- constantly snowing maps with reduced visibility (300 meters)
- dynamic weather (triggered by server, if for example snows 5 minutes in battle, reducing visibility)

Source: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/

According to Storm, Test 9.0 will come tomorrow. The first round will consist of only 3 HD models (Tiger, Sherman, T-54), there will also be historical battles.

Hello everyone,

so, FTR is back after a nasty crash. Truth to be told, we don’t know what EXACTLY went wrong, we think it was the hotlinking, that caused the server to overload. That’s why I will (unusually) not re-host the pictures on FTR, but I will link to the Imgur picture hosting. That means that for full size, you have to right-click the picture and press “view image”. You can check the entire set here.

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Source: http://bitly.com/bundles/karsun/1, thanks to Mr_Deo for sending this to me.

Hello everyone,

okay, here’s an interesting thing. A lot of people have been hunting the 50-100g codes from Wargaming these last couples of days. As we all know, it works by scanning a QR code picture and then you get sent to a page with the code, such as this (whoever invented this method is a complete moron, but whatever). These past few days, following codes were redeemed:

7.3.2014 – WGLGRANDF1NAL
12.3.2014 – TEAMSWGLGRANDF1NAL
14.3.2014 – HOWWEROLLWGLGRANDF1NAL
15.3.2014 – WARSAWWGLGRANDF1NAL
19.3.2014 – MONOL1THWGLGRANDF1NAL

Now, the effort to bring more attention to WGL is commendable I guess, but sorry, I don’t give a crap anyway and am in it for the codes. Apparently, more people think like that as well. Someone named “Karsun” sort of leaked the code addresses in advance two weeks ago. These leaks proved to be accurate, as various codes were activated in turn. The addresses, that are still left, are:

worldoftanks.eu/content/docs/WGLGRANDF1NALROLLSOUTONFB/
worldoftanks.eu/content/docs/WGLGRANDF1NALTWEETSTANKS/
worldoftanks.eu/content/docs/WGLGRANDF1NALSHARES1MAGES/
worldoftanks.eu/content/docs/WGLGRANDF1NALWHENANDWHERE/
worldoftanks.eu/content/docs/WGLGRANDF1NALGFHASSTARTED/
worldoftanks.eu/content/docs/WGLGRANDF1NALKEEPONWATCH1NG/
worldoftanks.eu/content/docs/WGLGRANDF1NALSTREAM1SL1VE/
worldoftanks.eu/content/docs/WGLGRANDF1NALDAY3/
worldoftanks.eu/content/docs/WGLGRANDF1NALPORTAL/
worldoftanks.eu/content/docs/WGLGRANDF1NALFIRST/
worldoftanks.eu/content/docs/WGLGRANDF1NALS/
worldoftanks.eu/content/docs/WGLGRANDF1NALFEELTHEPOWER/
worldoftanks.eu/content/docs/WGLGRANDF1NAL5CODESHERE/
worldoftanks.eu/content/docs/WGLGRANDF1NALTHANKYOUTANKERS/

Basically, these are the links, that are inactive right now, but are going to be activated as soon as the code gets published. I have no idea which link exactly comes next or how exactly did the author get to them, but considering the fact that he was right before, I would say that it is legit. Not sure whether this is of any use to anyone, but at least we know (if the info is correct) there will be like 14 more codes.

Source: polygon.com

Hello everyone,

looks like Wargaming is going to have even more competition, even though it is covering different vehicles. Obsidian Entertainment (the guys behind Fallout: New Vegas for example) announced its new tank MMO, called Armored Warfare.

From its description, it seems to follow the basic World of Tanks pattern (battles of tanks with support tech, such as artillery), but it will focus on modern vehicles instead. On its official page, you can sign for beta as well. Apparently, the game will also have PVE content and will run on CryEngine.

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Hello everyone,

I recieved one extra invite code (for new players only!) from Abrakadabra77 for EU server (with T2LT, 3 day premium and 1000 gold)

FRY73-MCXT8-SSE9K

If you have any spare INVITE CODES and you want to share them, please send them to me at fortherecord@gmail.com and I will post them with your name of course.

For those who do not know, WoT Blitz is WoT for mobile devices, currently entering closed beta testing stage.

Hello everyone,

today, we are going to have a quick look at one of the imported Soviet vehicles, used by the ČSLA (Czechoslovak People’s Army), the ISU-152.

TSD-152 is the name, under which the ISU-152 self-propelled guns were serving in the Czechoslovak army. The name itself means “Těžké Samohybné Dělo” (heavy self-propelled gun). First were imported in late 40′s (apparently by 1949, we had 20 of them). Altogether, the overall number of imported vehicles from Soviet Union reached 36 (in May 1951), while in August 1958, 31 were kept in reserve in Slovakia and in April 1961, 22 were still held in reserve.

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MONOL1THWGLGRANDF1NAL

I wonder who had the brilliant idea of publishing a bonus code at 2AM CET (or 4AM for Russians).

Hello everyone,

just a quick update, apparently today a new code was supposed to appear and it seems that Wargaming EU messed up the code. Either way, there seems to be some confusion about it, I will be keeping an eye on the situation, so if there is a code (either from EU or from RU sources), it will appear on FTR as quickly as I get to it.

Stay tuned.