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Hello Tankers!

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In today’s episode we’ll be reviewing
last week’s live-stream.

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We’ll also be discussing a
new supplies experiment,

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and critical errors in the game.

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Last week we had a great live
stream with Semyon Strizhak,

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also known as Hazel-Rah,

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where we discussed a lot of your
questions, and hot topics in the game.

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Unfortunately we didn’t have enough
time to discuss everything in detail,

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and to answer live chat.

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But the most important thing is that we
realized that you liked this event a lot,

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which means we’ll be having
more of them from time to time.

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We haven’t yet decided how often,

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and whether they will be occasionally
replacing V-LOG episodes.

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But as soon as we decide,
we’ll let you know.

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If you missed last week’s live-stream,
you really should watch the recording.

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There were lots of interesting
details about future plans,

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and Hazel-Rah even showed
the Artillery in action.

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By the way, last week Hazel-Rah tested
the new turret on the main servers

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and changed some of its properties.

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Sometimes, a test like this

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gives much better results than a whole
week of testing on the test servers.

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In the meantime, we’re all pretty excited
about having the turret in the game.

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In the live-stream we also discussed

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the supplies experiment that
took place two weeks ago.

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No, we won’t be changing
supplies in that way

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It would make them too boring.

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But we ARE going to try
one more experiment

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this time with different settings.

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We haven’t decided on
the final parameters yet,

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but in general, cooldowns
will be much shorter,

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and there WILL be smart cooldowns,
but possibly with different settings.

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The most important thing is that

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tankers will be able to play with
regular supplies settings in PRO-battles.

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We don’t have exact dates yet.

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It might be next weekend,
or it might be later.

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One more point that was
discussed in the live stream,

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is critical errors in the game.

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So let’s have a look at
those in more detail.

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One of the top problems
in Tanki Online right now,

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is the dreaded Critical error,

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which affects both the browser version
AND the client version of the game.

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Some people only get it rarely,
some others get it often.

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The problem is that it always
happens at the worst possible time.

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Our programmers, analysts and testers,

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have been investing a lot of time into
understanding what causes the errors,

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and what they need
to do to eliminate them.

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What they’ve discovered,

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is that the general cause
for critical errors is

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lots of updates in the game.

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Some players insist that in
the past, we had less errors.

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And they are right!

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We had less problems because
there were very few releases.

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But throughout 2016, we’ve implemented
a huge amount of releases,

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and many of them need
to co-exist peacefully.

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When this doesn’t happen,

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the browser or game client goes nuts,
and triggers a critical error.

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For example, a tanker using Vulcan,

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increases the chance of the error
happening for others in the same battle.

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The problem here is the recoil
effect of the turret while it is firing.

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What’s worse, players don’t even
have to be looking at the turret.

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Just being in the same battle
is enough to trigger the error.

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The interesting part is that the problems

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did NOT start immediately
after Vulcan’s release.

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It was one of the updates that came
later, that triggered the anomaly.

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Now this problem is solved, of course.

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There are many such cases.

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Here’s one that appeared as a result of
two updates that are totally unrelated

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changing equipment, and mouse controls.

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So, a player is using keyboard controls,

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then uses the mouse to visit the
garage and change his equipment.

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If, upon returning to the battle,

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he clicks with his mouse in the game
window to activate mouse controls,

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and is also destroyed,
a critical error is triggered.

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This specific set of data is too
complicated for flash to handle,

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and that’s when the error shows up.

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And here’s my favorite scenario.

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A tanker plants a mine, then goes
to the Garage to change equipment.

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If another player gets close to
the mine and it becomes visible,

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AND the player who
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the critical error is triggered.

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Here’s why that happens.

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Flash asks the server, “is there a mine?”

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The server says, “yes... oh wait, no.”

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“Is the player who planted it still alive?”

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“Ehmm... no”

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“Is he still in the battle?”

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“Not exactly.”

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And the poor tanker
—as they say— is history.

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As you watch this episode,

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Tanki developers have already dealt with
many of the reasons behind critical errors,

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reducing them considerably.

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We’ll be telling you more
about our successes,

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in dealing with even MORE of these
issues, in upcoming episodes.

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So, as soon as you’re
done watching the V-LOG,

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make sure you log into the
game and try a few battles.

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We want to hear your
opinion in the comments.

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And if you feel that the
situation has improved,

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click the Like button!

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This will show us that
we’re on the right track!

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Last Saturday, February 25th,

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the Winter Tandem tournament
came to its conclusion,

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and the champions
from the last edition,

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managed to defend
their title successfully.

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The winners have already
received crystals, gold boxes

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and 3 months of Premium
account time each.

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Well done!

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Additionally, on the 21st of February,

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the Lords of the Points
tournament kicked off.

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The format is 7 by 7 battles,

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with minimal restrictions on
turrets and hulls, in CP mode.

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There are also two categories:

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WITH micro-upgrades, and
WITHOUT micro-upgrades.

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We already have more
than a hundred teams.

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The tournament starts with two group
phases and then moves on to play-offs.

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The winners will get the prestigious Acid
paint, tons of crystals, and XT items.

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At the same time,

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BLITZ tournaments are taking
place every week for ratings.

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These battles will go on
till the end of March.

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Then, depending on their ratings,

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some teams will go on to the
“Masters of the sword” tournament.

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Video of the week.

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Last time you had to shoot a frag
movie with the recently-buffed Isida.

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Here’s the best entry of all.

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For next episode, shoot a parkour-video

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using Hammer’s new, bouncing
projectiles feature.

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Make sure you’re wearing
the Metallic paint.

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That’s all for this episode, tankers.

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Subscribe to our YouTube channel

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to make sure you don’t miss any of
our upcoming V-LOGs and live-streams!

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Oh! One more thing.

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Remember the Test-box videos

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we used to feature in the
V-LOG some time ago?

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Great news!

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We’ve found one more. Check it out!

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Last time we asked you to guess

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how many shots it would
take Hammer to self destruct.

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The correct answer is... 10.

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Here are our winners.

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And here’s the new question.[]