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Hello tankers, welcome to the V-LOG!

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In today’s episode we’ll be telling you
about the work of TO’s community managers.

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We’ll also be naming Miss Tanki Online 2015
and teaching you how to nail your enemies

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with Hammer.

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Let’s start!

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Guys, the most charming and feminine contest
of them all — Miss TO — has ended!

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It’s time to name the winners and give out
the prizes!

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Here are the best entries according to our
developers.

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The authors of the winning entries get fully
micro upgraded turrets, hulls and paints,

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as well as branded mugs and T-shirts, while
the number 1 entry also gets an iPad!

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Of course, we also have the best videos according
to your vote.

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The links to the entries of the Tankers Choice
category winners can be found in the V-LOG’s

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description.

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The contest was a real blast. We thank all
the tanki ladies for taking part and look

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forward to even more cool entries next time!

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Since the V-LOG has began its weekly marathon,
we’ve given you all sorts of info on our

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programmers, game designers, artists, customer
service specialists…

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but we’ve never really told you about us,
the TO community managers.

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Let’s straighten that out right now!

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Community managers are the Tanki employees
who are the closest to our players. They,

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or rather are WE, are the ones you see and
hear most often.

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For many players, Semyon’s spectacles and
Maksim’s shiny top are the brightest symbols in TO.

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And today, we’ll get to know the community
managers better. Let’s start!

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Our team of community managers, or simply
CMs, consists of 8 people.

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However, only 4 of us work directly from the
Tanki headquarters in Perm, Russia.

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Semyon Kirov is the team’s lead, as well
as the community manager for the English community

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and the V-LOG host.

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Maksim Khusainov is the Russian CM, and team
veteran, well-known for video blogs and numerous contests.

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I, Mariya Trusevich, am responsible for Tanki
Online’s German community and everything

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related to it.

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And of course, Nikolai Kolotov — our multimedia
specialist, is responsible for shooting and

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editing the Tanki V-LOGs and other videos!

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The other 4 team members work remotely from
other cities and even countries.

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Cedric Debono is our text expert and English
community manager.

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Cedric lives in Malta, but this doesn’t
prevent him from effectively working with

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the rest of the team.

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The main thing is keeping things organized.

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Hey tankers! Greetings from San Anton Palace in Malta!

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Dmitriy Nemtsev is Maksim’s colleague for
the Russian community and the person responsible

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for managing helpers.

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Dmitriy lives in another city, so regular
Skype calls are essential.

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The remaining 2 members of the team are Pedro
Abrantes and Mauro Campoi — CMs for the

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Brazilian Tanki.

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The time difference between us and the guys
is 8 hours, so working on the same project

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together is always a challenge.

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Hey guys!

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The best thing about working as a CM is the
diversity.

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We perform a number of tasks but the main
one is acting as the middleman between developers

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and players.

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This is not just about informing you about
changes to the game, events and so on.

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It’s equally important to analyze the community’s
mood and feedback, and keep the develpers

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informed about it.

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One of the central elements of a CM’s work
is the forum.

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This place hosts the most experienced players
and the most in-depth discussions.

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The forum audience is a small part of the
community, but taking good care of it is crucial.

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We do our best to make the forum easy and
pleasant to use.

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Another essential part is social media.

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Fan art, memes, contests, thematic battles
and events — all these can be found in our

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Facebook and VK communities.

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And if you like living on the go, check out
our Twitter and Instagram — it’s interesting there too.

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8 people for hundreds of thousands of players
sounds crazy.

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But we are not alone.

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Our volunteers are a huge help — they are
chat and forum moderators, consultants on

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social media, wiki editors and so on.

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More than 300 tankers help the game as volunteers
in the English, German, Brazilian and Russian

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communities.

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The number is impressive, but we have our
admins — experienced players who manage

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certain groups of volunteers on our behalf,
and report directly to us.

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Additionally, together with the marketing
department, CMs create plans for ingame events

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every few months: this includes discounts
on equipment and crystals, holiday events,

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and contests.

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And of course, let’s not forget the video
blog, which you are watching right now.

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All the team members are involved here: Maksim,
Semyon and Cedric take care of the script,

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Nikolai does the shooting, editing and post-production,
while the rest of the team creates the captions

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and posts the V-LOG.

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Every time it s a small challenge.

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We don’t always have development news, but
the V-LOG must always be engaging, which is

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why we came up with special sections like
developers’s stories and pro’s advice.

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And of course, it’s essential to keep the
V-LOG running like clockwork.

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Every episode goes live on a Friday.

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Always.

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Time for the Pro’s Advice! Today’s guest,
PARD from Arcade, will tell us all we need

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to know about effectively playing with Hammer.

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Hey everyone, this is Pard!

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Today we’ll talk about how to properly play
with Hammer.

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Let’s start!

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The first tip is obvious but really important.

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Never leave just one shot in the magazine.

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Destroyed an enemy? Nobody around?

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Just shoot the remaining projectile into the
air.

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It’s essential to always attack enemies
with a full magazine of 3 shots.

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Hammer fires pellets, so it’s able to damage
several enemies with one shot.

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If you see two tanks fighting in a DM battle,
pick an angle from which both tanks are close

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to each other and shoot right between them.

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This might give you a double kill!

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Hammer is an excellent choice for defending
the flag, especially when your base is on

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high ground, like the blue base on Silence…
or the red base on Barda.

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Thanks to Hammer’s high impact force you’ll
be able to de-stabilize the enemy tank with

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your first shot, and plant the second one
into it without suffering any return damage.

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And two shots are often enough to deal with
an opponent.

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Hammer’s huge impact force also makes it
a perfect gun for knocking off the aim of

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turrets with high damage per shot, such as
Railguns, Shafts, Thunders, or another Hammers.

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Since it’s appearance in the game, Hammer
has become a popular parkour tool, again hugely

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thanks to its kinetic impact.

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By the way, massive recoil makes Hammer a
tricky weapon to use with light hulls — put

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it on Wasp or Hornet, and a careless shot
might change the direction you’re moving

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in, or even flip you upside down.

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In my opinion, the best hull for Hammer is
Viking, due to its stability and good amount

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of health points.

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And finally, Hammer’s main feature — massive
damage per shot.

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But to make the best of it, you need to follow
3 simple rules: fight at close range, don’t

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miss, and keep your turret in an adequate
state — your Hammer should be able to destroy

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a Hornet with 2 shots without supplies, or
with 1 shot on Double Damage.

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If it isn’t, you should upgrade your damage
as soon as possible — otherwise your Hammer

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probably won’t be destroying medium hulls
with one magazine, which makes the mighty

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shotgun almost useless.

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That’s it guys. Play with Hammer and be
as cool as Thor! Good luck!

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Video of the week!

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This time 40 000 crystals go to RichRach and
his epic Thunder clip.

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Check it out!

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That’s it for this week, tankers!

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