Hello everyone,

a few invite codes for those who neeed them. The first is from Lomli (1000g + 3 days prem):

5DN7P6VA3KUZ

three from Dewastacjusz:

PKR29F-94X3Y3
PKR29P-26E3C7
PKR29P-97D5N6

two from Windykator:

PH7TYR-K4AP8A
PKR29X-36W8H8

and four from Storm_olol (from Nvidia bundles)

6BN7UZ7MV8TF7M
6BN7DH8UM6RV3M
6BN7FT7CP7EZ7E
6BN7FN9TF8HY3B

As usual, you can get more from Alienware. Please note that many invite codes (perhaps even all) expire on 31.12.2013, so there is no point in hoarding them.

Hello everyone,

you know that I sometimes criticize WG discount/shop policies and that I didn’t like the fact that they put planes on World of Tanks portal. Well, as you might have guessed, I just LOVE what Wargaming did today:

First, let me start my rant constructive criticism by saying that these discounts are NOT a charity. Discounts (as any discounts really) are a business strategy to sell more product, nothing more, nothing less. Thus, the argument “we didn’t have to give you any discounts, you ungrateful git” are irrelevant, the discounts aren’t there to make me happy, but to make Wargaming money.

With that being said, I consider the shit above pretty nasty. Why? Well, not because WG gives us discounts or because credits sold for real life money are a waste of money, but for following reason:

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Hello everyone,

Swizsedtoast on US forums posted this very nice overview (thanks to Daigensui for linking it) – I hope it’s useful for you :)

On the first day of Christmas, Wargaming gave to me… first massive fail :)

Someone recently asked me to make a summary of 2013 Wargaming fails and I replied with “Nah, but don’t worry, I am sure they will have some new ones”. And sure enough…

But this time, for once, this fail is good for players. Basically, when you log on and play one battle, the Japanese part of the IS-6 mission (you, know, the one requiring 100k XP) autocompletes, giving everyone free 3 days of premium. The easiest 100k XP I ever grinded, the IS-6 just became quite cheaper :) Please note that it is possible the status of this mission will reset, but hell, it’s free 3 days of premiums everyone. Thanks, Wargaming :)

PS: Thanks everyone who sent me a link to this, right now I recieved 137 messages (not including the FB ones). No, seriously, you are awesome :)

Important: This bug is fixed, so you won’t get the 3 days anymore. The mission also got resetted. Those, who got the 3 days won’t lose them.

Hello everyone,

as some of you remember, I recently criticized Wargaming Europe for just dumping a load of cash on a massive charity. Some of you agreed, some of you disagreed with me, but that’s not the point of this post. The point of this post is the fact that Wargaming (not EU, but NA) can do it right (well, right in my eyes anyway).

Chieftain recently posted on his Facebook page about a little kid named Kurt. With his own words:

So, this is Kurt: A lad who has had an unfortunate coming of age far too young, dealing with Leukemia when most of us, when we were ten, were more wondering about things far more frivolous. Anyway, it turns out he was playing World of Tanks in the hospital, so to thank him for trying to recruit the hospital staff into players, we invited him up to the office, and then down to the local tank museum. He seems to have enjoyed himself.

You can find more pictures of the event as long on Kurt’s FB page.

This is something I can actually appreciate – taking an actual person, who needs and deserves help and helping. I think this is the right way and I really appreciate what WG NA has done. I hope WG NA will continue doing this and perhaps WG EU can learn here a thing or two about really bringing a smile to a child’s face.

Hello everyone,

so, how much will the IS-6 cost you in experience? Is it 700k XP, right?

Well, no, wrong. There are two things unaccounted for in that equation: free XP and the price of Japanese tree. If we disregard the XP needed to unlock other tier 6 vehicles apart from the Japanese one, it’s most reasonable to first grind the old nations: USA, USSR, France, UK, Germany and China. Each will cost you 100k XP, which means 600k XP in total, which means 30 thousand free bonus XP, that you can use to unlock the Japanese vehicles.

In order to get to Japanese tree tier 6 (shortest way possible, not necesserily the best), you need 66040 XP via the medium line and 65035 XP via the light line. You can dump 30k free XP for this tree, which will leave you at least 35035 XP to grind for, IF you completely disregard other vehicle modules. But then there’s the free XP gain from the remaining 35035 XP. Since you are always getting that 5 percent bonus, all you need to get is 33367 XP to get to tier 6, so the XP starts counting towards your goal. Thus, the IS-6 will cost you 733367 XP with the quickest route through the Japanese tree. At least I hope I have the numbers right :)

More reasonable (and perhaps faster) approach would possibly be to invest into other modules as well. To be honest, I think it’s a shame to skip the lowtier Japanese tanks just so. 30k XP is doable in one day, but not easily.

Hello everyone,

as you probably all know by now, we will be given a gift tank on 25th of December – the Light Tank Mk.VIc. Here are its characteristics (patch 8.10):

Crew: 3 (commander, gunner, driver)
Tier: 2
MM weight: 3
Health: 150
Hull armor: 14/13/6
Turret armor: 14/14/11
Maximum speed: 52,5/20
Viewrange: 300
Radiorange: 375

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Source: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/2866598.html

Hello everyone,

if you did read Veider’s stream answers, you might remember that in 9.0, first of the planned city maps will arrive – Kharkov. Asian server gives us a small sneak peak about how it will look like:

How do we know it’s Kharkov? Well, first, there is the file name (I kept it from the site original). Second, check the high buildings on the picture. And now this, a real life photo from Kharkov (courtesy of Yozas_Gubka, LJ forums).

Yep, it’s Kharkov. I am looking forward to the next city map :)

Hello everyone,

some of you probably remember the Veteran Tanker Charity I posted up 20 days ago.

So, it’s 15.12.2013 and by the notice of carramba66 (event organizer):

The event is officially over.

Also thanks to you, dear readers, the success of this event was completely stunning and none of us, who teamed up to advertise it around, expected it to happen like this. The goal was around 20000 CZK for one man (that equals roughly 730 EUR). By now, there are 158548 CZK (cca 5750 EUR) on the transparent account and it’s clear that the sum will be split amongst more of the former soldiers and tankers. Which ones – that will be decided by the veteran organization, shielding the entire transaction.

We all would – on behalf of the veterans – thank you all for your contributions. Especially surprising were the contributions from abroad, but our gratitude goes to everyone equally. What will happen now:

- the account will remain open for a while longer for the last payments to arrive
- after that, the account owner (carramba66) will transfer the funds to the veteran organization (ČSOL), that will then split the sum amongst the veteran tankers, selected by its representative
- carramba66 will record an interview with the veteran organization spokesperson for everyone to hear, what the money was used for exactly

So, thank you once again!

Important: Please note that from this point onward, all the paypal contributions for FTR will remain with FTR, they will no longer be donated, as the event is officially over.