1 00:00:16,260 --> 00:00:19,859 Hey guys, the Tanki V-LOG is on air! 2 00:00:19,859 --> 00:00:25,900 In today’s episode we’ll be announcing an exciting new contest and telling you about 3 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:28,490 another year of TO’s history. 4 00:00:28,490 --> 00:00:29,350 Let’s go! 5 00:00:30,789 --> 00:00:31,949 Tankers! 6 00:00:31,949 --> 00:00:34,549 November is coming to an end. 7 00:00:34,549 --> 00:00:41,600 With just one month left till the new year, the atmosphere is begging for a new contest… 8 00:00:41,610 --> 00:00:44,570 So we’ve decided to organize one! 9 00:00:44,570 --> 00:00:52,949 Next Wednesday, the 2nd of December, we are launching a contest called “15 seconds to the New Year”. 10 00:00:52,949 --> 00:00:59,539 To take part, you’ll need to make a 15-second video where you give your new year wishes 11 00:00:59,539 --> 00:01:01,160 to Tanki Online. 12 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:07,350 The more unusual and amusing it is, the higher your chances of winning. 13 00:01:07,350 --> 00:01:15,280 Prizes are hundreds of thousands of crystals, months of Premium Account, Tanki mugs and T-shirts… 14 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,800 And of course, a Dream Tank! 15 00:01:17,810 --> 00:01:24,250 More information on the contest will be showing up soon on the TO homepage. 16 00:01:24,250 --> 00:01:25,550 Follow the news! 17 00:01:28,260 --> 00:01:34,980 Last Tuesday we opened registrations for the 3style tournament, and your enthusiasm for 18 00:01:34,990 --> 00:01:37,560 the event really made us happy. 19 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:44,259 In fact the 64 teams needed for the tournament came in a lot faster than expected. 20 00:01:44,259 --> 00:01:53,090 The race for the Acid paint and 700 thousand crystal starts on November 30 — this is 21 00:01:53,090 --> 00:01:57,310 when the first battles of the group stage will take place. 22 00:01:57,310 --> 00:02:03,490 Make sure you follow the tournament via the special site and our Facebook page. 23 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:09,020 Of course, the final battles will also be streamed live on our eSports channel. 24 00:02:09,020 --> 00:02:14,300 So, good luck to all the participants... this will be a lot of fun! 25 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:24,220 We’ve told you about TO’s future and present, now, it’s time to go back to the past. 26 00:02:24,220 --> 00:02:30,720 Today’s episode will be about what happened to Tanki in the year of 2010. 27 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,020 Let’s watch it! 28 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:39,700 2010 was a period of major achievements and serious growth for Tanki Online. 29 00:02:39,700 --> 00:02:45,290 To give you some perspective, the game had less than 100 thousand registered users at 30 00:02:45,290 --> 00:02:46,910 the beginning of the year… 31 00:02:46,910 --> 00:02:50,680 But by the end of it, it had more than a million! 32 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,040 But, let’s keep things in the right order. 33 00:02:54,040 --> 00:03:01,750 February and March saw the first contests in TO ever — Mister and Miss Tanki Online. 34 00:03:01,750 --> 00:03:07,510 Soon afterwards, a competition for creative tankers was held, where players needed to 35 00:03:07,510 --> 00:03:12,319 draw or craft something Tanki related, or write a story. 36 00:03:12,319 --> 00:03:19,400 By the way, the 2nd place in the crafting nomination went to Maksim Khusainov, who obviously 37 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,950 wasn’t a community manager at the time. 38 00:03:22,950 --> 00:03:31,330 One of the biggest achievements for the game was the launch of the Chinese version of TO in April. 39 00:03:31,330 --> 00:03:37,019 The name was changed for the Chinese market, from TO to 3D Tank. 40 00:03:37,019 --> 00:03:41,379 　Tanki　 is a strange word for China, they don t know it. 41 00:03:41,379 --> 00:03:46,150 Second reason is... tankionline.com, it s too long. 42 00:03:46,150 --> 00:03:52,840 Additionally, due to Chinese legislation, servers had to be placed in a separate cluster, 43 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:58,689 which meant players from China never faced tankers from the European version of the game 44 00:03:58,689 --> 00:04:00,670 on the battlefield. 45 00:04:00,670 --> 00:04:08,700 Without any doubt, the primary milestone of 2010 was the launch of the so-called 2nd Tier 46 00:04:08,700 --> 00:04:09,980 of equipment. 47 00:04:09,980 --> 00:04:17,400 6 new items — 3 turrets and 3 hulls — extended the arsenal of existing equipment. 48 00:04:17,410 --> 00:04:25,199 Thunder, Freeze and Ricochet expanded on the concepts of Smoky, Firebird and Twins... 49 00:04:25,199 --> 00:04:32,990 While Hornet, Viking and Mammoth were basically upgraded versions of Wasp, Hunter and Titan. 50 00:04:32,990 --> 00:04:40,420 The new items affected the game in a truly major way — starting from Warrant Officer 1 51 00:04:40,420 --> 00:04:45,940 it was virtually impossible to find any Tier 1 gear in battles. 52 00:04:45,949 --> 00:04:52,910 The reason was simple — for example, M0 Hornet was faster, nimbler and better protected 53 00:04:52,910 --> 00:04:57,290 than M3 Wasp… it was also cheaper to buy! 54 00:04:57,290 --> 00:05:03,900 The only items that weren’t affected by the 2-grade system were Dictator and Railgun 55 00:05:03,900 --> 00:05:07,630 — a standard eSports combination back in the day. 56 00:05:07,630 --> 00:05:11,280 The reign of Hornet in this field began later. 57 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:16,259 And probably the main peculiarity in the game’s economy at the time... 58 00:05:16,259 --> 00:05:23,030 At the rank of Second Lieutenant a tanker had access to all turrets, hulls and paints 59 00:05:23,030 --> 00:05:24,400 in the game. 60 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:32,160 Beyond that point, going further up the rank ladder was a lot less motivating than it is now. 61 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:38,789 By the way, the looks for Hornet and Ricochet were totally different at the testing stage. 62 00:05:38,789 --> 00:05:45,160 Hornet had 2 sets of tracks on each side, while Ricochet had several barrels and looked 63 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,600 a lot like today’s Vulcan. 64 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,900 In June, Tanki celebrated its first birthday. 65 00:05:51,910 --> 00:05:59,560 About a month later, on July 7, the first issue of the Russian TO newspaper was launched, 66 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:03,449 made completely by the community’s enthusiasts. 67 00:06:03,449 --> 00:06:10,789 After that, dozens of issues followed, providing tankers with a constant flow of guides, reviews, 68 00:06:10,789 --> 00:06:14,020 contests and fictional stories. 69 00:06:14,020 --> 00:06:21,580 The second Sunday of September — Tanker’s Day — saw the first ever discount in TO’s history… 70 00:06:21,580 --> 00:06:25,810 which provoked unexpectedly negative reactions! 71 00:06:25,810 --> 00:06:31,960 Of course, the community soon realized how beneficial these sales were and started looking 72 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,440 forward to them on every holiday ever since. 73 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:39,940 In November, TO took part in the Runet Prize. 74 00:06:39,940 --> 00:06:45,979 The game had to compete with the biggest players on Russia’s gaming market, but managed to 75 00:06:45,979 --> 00:06:49,740 get into Top 10 in the people’s voting. 76 00:06:49,740 --> 00:06:58,639 The last milestone for 2010 was the New Year Holiday. Themed decorations, unique map, discounts 77 00:06:58,639 --> 00:07:04,779 — this is when all the traditional attributes of any Tanki event were born. 78 00:07:04,780 --> 00:07:13,060 In the meantime, AlternativaPlatform’s masterminds were still working on the ambitious Tanki 2.0, 79 00:07:13,060 --> 00:07:19,360 while TO’s community began hearing rumors about a new turret called Shaft… 80 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:23,280 But, more on that in the next episode of the V-LOG. 81 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:31,500 Now, let’s check out the best video sent to us since last Friday! 82 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:37,460 Oh, and by the way, the topic for next week stays open, just like last time. 83 00:07:55,740 --> 00:07:58,240 That’s all for this episode, guys! 84 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:06,220 Make sure you discuss the V-LOG in the comments below and hit the LIKE button if you enjoyed what you saw. 85 00:08:06,229 --> 00:08:07,409 See you next week![]