Not sure whether this appeared in English yet, so here goes. Hopefully it’s correct – wasn’t sure what some bugs mean.

- many fixes in the Team Battles window
- Achievements window got a special tab for Team battles statistics
- fixed some small bugs in visual models of Waffenträger auf Pz. IV, VK 45.02 (P) Ausf. B, M7 Priest, Type 64, Pz.Sfl. IVc, IС, Rhm.-Borsig Waffenträger, КВ-1С, AT 15A, M103, BТ-2, Объект 140, Waffenträger auf E 100, StuG III.
- fixed tank icons for Waffenträger auf E 100, Rhm.-Borsig Waffenträger, Pz.Kpfw. V/IV, ИС-3, Pz.Sfl. IVc, Pz.Sfl. V.
- fixed the freezes of the client when being in training rooms
- fixed battle type descriptions in battle menu
- fixed bugs in the new battle menu

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Source: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/2728397.html

A post on Russian forums announces that Wargaming is looking for alpha testers for World of Warships.

Apparently, only Russian forum members (or rather, Russians – or at least people who speak Russian) are to post their application in any form into the abovelinked thread. What criteria are considered for an alpha-tester, in order of importance:

- World of Warships forum activity (at least 250 good posts, no spamming)
- WoT and WoWp alpha test veterans do get a priority
- experience in alphatesting other games
- being a professional tester, or an IT specialist
- proactivity and decency

What has NO effect on the application:

- amount of battles in WoT and WoWp
- winrate
- age
- country
- city

So I guess even the foreigners can apply, as long as they speak Russian? The demand of speaking Russian is not mentioned anywhere, I concluded it since this appeared on RU forums, might be wrong.

Hello everyone,

okay, here’s the thing. Remember that T-34-3 video I posted by FredTMK? Well, it didn’t gather too good feedback (in fact, quite the opposit) and I took it down as a result. But, since I do believe Fred has some potential, I decided to cooperate with him on the 8.9 patch review, mostly by checking his scenario and the video content.

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Just a reminder for all those of you still not decided whether to sell the Super Pershing, or not. The option of selling it for gold will be here ONLY until 8.9 goes live, after that you’ll be able to sell it only for credits.

Hello everyone,

it seems that Wargaming is going all-out in Asia. After all, it’s a big market. On Korean portal (translation courtesy of Daigensui), we can read that WoWP is one of the games to be played for the “ROKFA Chief of Staff Air Warfare Simulation Contest”. Strangely enough, they translate this via World of Tanks Korean portal, but I suppose it’s a huge success.

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Hello everyone,

remember how I wrote that WG EU Czech WoT portal is a disaster? You thought I was discriminating and bashing Czechoslovak crew? Don’t worry, I am not discriminating anyone: the English crew is just as incompetent.

Let’s have a look at the at the Alpha Force special. At first, we have wrong icons:

Well, that got fixed, but what have we here? For some strange reason, the English neews seem to be translated from Polish or something, this is a second case in two weeks when there was a Polish text in the English post.

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Hello everyone,

two invite codes courtesy of Dalkus

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In the RU forums Q&A thread, SerB gave an example of a hull upgrade for the T-54: 120 mm of front armour, or 100 mm, with higher top speed in return. I will take a look at what other upgrades potentially exist for Soviet tanks in-game. Since there is a great deal of them, the article will be split into parts. This part will discuss light tanks.

Let’s start from the top, the venerable MS-1. The tank was in service with the Red Army until the start of WWII, and was modernized several times. However, it did not undergo very notable hull changes, aside from a change between welded and bolted armour in 1930. Despite being a significant change in real life, it would only be cosmetic in game. Other visually interesting changes result from the MS-1a hull (T-26 suspension, simplified rear section of the hull) and T-18M (elements of the T-38′s suspension).

MS-1a: MS-1 with elements of the T-26 suspension.

T-18M: MS-1 with T-38 suspension elements and simplified rear hull.

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8.9 CT round 2 should start today, it’s just a minor patch apparently.