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Hello tankers!

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In today’s episode, we’ll be discussing
the latest changes in battle creation,

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and announcing a new sale.

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We’ll also be telling you about
the latest office Hackathon.

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We want to start this VLOG with an
important piece of news.

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As you might have already heard,

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the “Create Battle” feature is now only
for Pro Pass holders and Premium users.

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Semyon Strizhak is going to explain
all the details of this update.

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Today I want to talk about the reasons
and logic behind the latest update.

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We want to draw a sharp distinction
between two types of Tanki users:

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We’ve made the system easier for casual
Tankers who just like to play to relax.

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They can just enter the game,
press the “Battle” button, and play.

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This is a task that the
server can easily manage.

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On the other hand, for those
who want to play with friends

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on unusual maps with advanced options,
to resolve a dispute in a duel, or to do parkour,

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we have PRO-battles,
requiring the special PRO pass

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that has now become cheaper
for the majority of ranks.

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We decided that mixing together these
two kinds of players would be wrong,

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because there would be a lot of
situations where —for example—

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a player might press the «battle» button
and end up in a duel,

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when in reality he or she is
only interested in a regular battle.

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Of course, it was to be expected that
some players wouldn’t like this update,

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because it’s changing a functionality
that has been around for many years.

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A number of players are concerned

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about how they will manage
to complete Daily missions

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that require them to earn XP on
specific maps after this update.

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Don’t worry.

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The server automatically creates battles on
the same maps that are used in missions.

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So if you have a mission
on a specific map,

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just pick an appropriate
battle from the list.

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Right now it might be a bit harder to do
so since everyone has PRO passes.

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But next week it will be easier.

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So what are the advantages of this update?

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Battles will be always full

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There will be more variety of active
battles on different modes and maps

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The PRO pass is now cheaper
for the majority of ranks

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Any disadvantages?

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Yes.

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It’s a new system and it will
take some getting used to

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Is it worth it?

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We think yes, definitely.

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Moreover, as we already said,

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this update is the first step towards making
a comprehensive matchmaking mechanism

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that will help us create
something like ratio battles.

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Press the button and —based on your skill level—

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the system will bring together a bunch of tankers

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and create a battle that is impossible
to join in any other way.

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Thanks to this mechanism,
all players will be able to play

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with other players who are more
or less at their same level.

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It will also resolve the sabotage problem.

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HOW?

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One more time — it will be impossible
to join this kind of battle after it starts,

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therefore no one will be able to
plant a mult in the opponent’s team.

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The Masters of Parkour contest is going strong.

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At this point in time, we already have
more than a hundred video entries,

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and some of them are pretty good.

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Remember, there’s only one week left
for you to send us your video.

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So hurry up!

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As part of an experiment in AlternativaPlatform,
last week we organized an event called Hackathon.

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Hackathon (which is a combination of
the words Hack and Marathon)

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is a marathon among developers, aimed
at rapid task development within the project.

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It doesn’t really have anything to do
with Hacking in the conventional sense.

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Such events are held in a variety of industries
and are aimed at solving different tasks,

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but they have one thing in common:
a 48 hour marathon of rampant development.

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For the Hackathon event, the Tanki Online and

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Tanki X teams split into several smaller teams,

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in order to develop a new game
feature in a short amount of time.

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Programmers, artists, and game designers
spent days and nights in the office,

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making sure to finish their
task in the allotted time.

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For the final presentation, each
team showcased their feature

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with arguments and comments on
why their feature is important

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and what benefits it will bring to the project.

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One of the coolest things about the Hackathon

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is that you can see and test the
functional product behind the idea,

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see it in action, and evaluate its potential.

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Besides that, the time is very limited.

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This forces the teams
to decide on developing

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the idea or feature that they
think will be the most useful.

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Unfortunately, we cannot
disclose any of the ideas

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and features developed
during the Hackathon,

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as they are only prototypes waiting
to be approved for future development.

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Video of the week.

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Last time we gave you the freedom to
create a video on any theme you wanted.

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So let’s check out the
best video of the lot.

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For next week, we want
to see a rank-up video.

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Make sure you’re wearing either the blue
paint, or the Master of Parkour paint...

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It’s up to you.

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We believe
it will be Legendary!

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Nobody likes Mondays...
except when it’s Cyber Monday!

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This Monday, November 28th, we’ll
be having a sale on all SHOP items.

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Different items will have different discounts,
starting from 20 percent, and up to 50 percent.

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Crystals, Premium packages,
gold boxes, product kits, unique paints

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it’s all there, and slashed.

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So, give your week a great start
with our Cyber Monday sale!

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That’s it for this week guys.

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See you next time. Bye.

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Last week we pressed the “Battle” button

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and you had to guess to
which map it would send us.

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The correct answer is...

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Highland.

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Here are our winners.

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And now, the next question![]