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Hello tankers!

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Today, we’re celebrating
our Open Beta anniversary.

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It is only thanks to your support
that we’ve managed to overcome

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the challenges that now lie behind us,
and for that, we thank you.

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But what lies ahead is even more exciting!

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Our celebration event is in full swing,
and will continue till the end of this week.

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There are only two days left,

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so if you haven’t yet added the celebration paint

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to your collection, you’d better hurry up.

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Last week, we told you about
the upcoming update called “Arms Race”.

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In this episode, we’ll be clearing up
some more details about that,

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and answering some of the most common questions
about the new leveling-up system and modules.

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The new update will bring twelve new modules.

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These will be split into three categories,
which we will call “tiers”.

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For example,
blueprints for the third tier of modules

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will be obtainable while playing in the gold league.

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They will also drop in the silver league,
however the drop rate will be very low.

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The “Target Focus” module
will be removed completely.

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Its function will become available to all
players,

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and there will be the option
to turn it on or off in the game settings.

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We’ll be telling you more
about the new modules at a later date.

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Now, let’s move on to the
Q and A part of today’s episode.

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Question: What will happen to the modules
that players currently own?

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All the modules that our players currently own,

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no matter how rare, will be dropped to level 1.

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Why?

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Well, a lot of the new modules
will be implemented,

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and we think it’s better to give our players
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before deciding which modules
they want to use.

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And thanks to the compensation model,
they will have enough blueprints to do that.

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Question: What level will our turrets and
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after the conversion,

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and are you thinking of compensating players
for the crystals they have spent on their upgrades?

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The maximum number of upgrades
will be reduced from thirty, to ten.

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The conversion of turrets and hulls
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will take into account both upgrades and mastery.

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Upgrading will become free of cost,
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the majority of the crystals that were spent
on upgrades in the old system.

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Question: Will we be compensated for the
resources and crystals spent on the old modules?

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We will compensate players with
new containers containing blueprints.

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Whatever’s left,
will be compensated with Crystals.

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We’ll give more details about that
at a later date.

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More importantly,
we won’t just take into account

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the modules that players
currently have in their garages,

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but also every resource they have spent
on recrafting modules.

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Please note that during this week
and the following,

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we’ll be publishing even more answers
to questions about the update,

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and we’ll be gathering all of them in a
forum post,

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to make them easier to find.

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The link to the post, is in the description.

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As you might know,
last weekend

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we had a tanki meet-up in Moscow,
called “Tanki in the City”.

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We’ve prepared some cool footage
from the event to share with you.

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Have a look.

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Tanki in Moscow!

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The dev teams for Tanki Online
and Tanki X have visited the capital.

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And now friends

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Moscow, September, Saturday, Brooklyn

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Morning is gone, and so is lunchtime,
and from the devs you get a loud hello!

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Tanki is a little over 8 years old
and that’s how long it has taken us to get

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to Moscow.

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And who’s the main guest for tonight?

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You!!!”

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The fan meetup took place
in “Brooklyn Hall”,

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a club in Moscow, not too far
from the Paveletskaya metro station.

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More than 500 tankers came to the meetup,
and everyone received in-game prizes, gifts,

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answers from the devs and,
of course, lots of positive vibes.

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As the city prepares for Moscow day,
we’re preparing for our Tanki in the City meetup.

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It took us almost 2 months to organize the
event.

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We had to look for a good place,
sort out all of the gifts and prizes, and much more.

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The meetup began with
a live Q and A with the devs.

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Vladimir Beletskiy, project-manager for Tanki X,

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talked about “Arms Race”

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— the biggest update for the game since
its launch.

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After the Q and A, Vladimir,
and community manager Darya Steel,

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answered players’ questions
about the upcoming changes.

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Semyon Strizhak, from Tanki Online,
showcased the new overdrives

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for all hulls in the game, together with a
demonstration of their unique visual effects.

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This update is now in active development.

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After the presentation Semyon and Max
answered some of our players’ favorite questions

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about Tanki Online, as well as a lot of new ones.

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I’ve been playing Tanki
for more than 7 years now.

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After seeing today what Hazel
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I’m really excited about future updates.

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I’ve always been very interested
in player meetups,

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but I was too young to go alone,
so I could only watch.

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I’ve been waiting for a big,
crowded meetup in Moscow,

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hoping to be a part of it.

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I was even spamming the forum
“Come on, it’s time already!”

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I’m excited the most about Tanki X.
I’ve been playing since the closed beta.

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Eventually I even joined internal testing,
and now I’m part of the Tanki X newspaper.

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I expected a huge party tonight,
and that’s exactly what happened!

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I’ve chatted with other players,
with developers, with everyone I know

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and everybody who came from Tanki X.

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After the Q&A everyone participated in
a live quiz about both games.

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Max quizzed players
about the history of Tanki Online,

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and Darya did the same for Tanki X.

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Those who answered correctly, received
promo-codes for in-game bonuses and gifts.

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The second round of the quiz
featured harder questions,

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but bigger prizes, and was a tough
nut to crack for everyone participating.

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I played Tanki a lot, then stopped,
and then started playing again, and still do.

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I stream Tanki Online and make videos.

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Today I won a flash drive,
answered a question correctly,

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and won a promo code for 50 supplies.

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My classmates will totally be jealous.

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In the middle of the event there was a
live performance of the band “Garage Band”.

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Tankers got the chance to chat,
have a quick bite to eat, and even dance.

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I don’t know about the younger crowd,
but for me it’s all about communication.

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I play Tanki after work,
to relax and have fun.

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I’ve spoken with these people
on TeamSpeak for several years,

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and today I’ve finally met them face to face,

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and that’s exciting.

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Live meetups really bring people together.

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Even losing a battle isn’t sad,
if we had fun playing together.

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Our Tanki helpers were a tremendous help
when it came to organizing the event.

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They helped with tickets at the entrance,
handing out gifts,

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and acting as technical backup for the team.

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One of these helpers,
is the tanker known as Wadja.

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I traveled here from Odessa,
in Ukraine.

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It was a long trip…

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I’ve been on the road for 24 hours.

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But the meetup was worth it,
and I’m glad I’m here.

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The place is packed with positive vibes,
so many emotions… it’s really cool.

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I’m so happy that Tanki Online
has given us this opportunity.

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This is awesome!

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A top quality event.

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The culmination of the “Tanki in Moscow”
meetup,

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was the live giveaway,

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where we handed out many gifts,
the hottest one being a gaming chair

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from our event partners at Warp.

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Ten guests got up on stage,
but only one of them was the lucky winner.

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I’ve been playing Tanki for a long time.

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Some time ago, I took a small break,

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but now, thanks to my girlfriend
I’ve started playing again.

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I heard about the Tanki in Moscow meetup
and got very excited.

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I’d been wanting to come
to an event like this for years.

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So here I am, and it’s been absolutely worth it!

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Up until now, I’ve been playing the game
on an old laptop, sitting on an old chair.

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I’m very happy, because now I can continue to play,

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but with even more intensity.

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I don’t know how to explain this.

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I’ve never had any luck with giveaways,

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but this time, I had faith that
somehow it would happen.

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I wish everyone would play more Tanki Online.

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It’s a very cool game.

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And make sure you never miss
events like this one.

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Wherever you are - come!

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This has been amazing.

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So much fun, such a cool crowd,
great contests, and now I’m in an awesome mood!

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The meetup was very interesting.

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It’s amazing how many people turned up.

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The wide age group is also really evident…
anywhere from 15 to 56 years of age.

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It was great that players were so interested
in what’s coming to the game.

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There were many questions
about new updates, current events,

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and what maps and features
will be introduced.

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And Hazel talked about
new ideas for overdrives.

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It’s really interesting, and even I didn’t know

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everything about these plans.

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For me, working at such an event
was a new and exciting experience.

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Tanki has conquered Moscow.

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Both developers and guests
received a blast of positive emotions,

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met new friends,
and returned home with gifts.

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Until the next meetup, tankers!

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That’s it for today, guys.

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The next episode of developer’s diary
will be coming out in October.

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Make sure you follow the news on our website
and social media pages,

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and buckle up,
because the “Arms Race” is about to begin.

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See ya.[]