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WARNING: This video may potentially trigger 
seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy.
Viewer discretion is advised.

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In today’s episode we’ll be talking
about Matchmaking in Tanki,

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discussing changes to Gold Box drops

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and we’ll also be talking about
how tank controls will change.

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Hello, tankers!

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It’s been awhile since we 
talked about Matchmaking,

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except that it is “being made”.

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During the development
a lot of things become clearer,

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and today we’ll tell you 
about something new

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and remind you what 
we’ve talked about before.

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In August of last year a 2 day
Matchmaking test was held on
the live servers of Tanki Online.

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Back then developers received
a lot of negative feedback
about the new system,

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which is understandable -- at that time
the new feature was unfinished,

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not ready to be tested or played in full.

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Battles were loading for too long,
and, sometimes, wouldn’t load at all.

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We saw the negative feedback about
the test version of matchmaking and
agree with it,

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but the main goal of the test was to see
the live performance of the new feature.

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It was important for us to understand
if the servers will handle the pressure,

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and if they will continue to
work until the next restart.

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And here the system did well --
servers did handle the pressure.

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So let’s remind everyone:

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the most noticeable thing that will be
removed with the release of Matchmaking

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is the ability to choose the battle.

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Standard, non-PRO battles
will disappear from the battle list,

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meaning you won’t be able to
choose a map and enemies.

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Also, after battles end, you won’t
be able to stay for the next round.

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Here’s what tankers will get:

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Balanced matches.

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A special system will choose players
for battles and divide them equally
among the teams.

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This doesn’t mean that all players
in the battle will be of the same level

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-- there will be both strong and weak,
but they will be split between 
teams in a fair way.

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A new option will be added to play
with friends by creating battle groups.

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This will be much easier,
than to invite each friend
individually into the battle

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or wait with friends looking at
the Battle List for free spots.

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The duration of battles will be shorter.

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Right now first several minutes
of the battle are saved for
gathering enough players.

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After the update, battles
will start with full teams.

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And one of the most important
changes for many players --

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it will be impossible to send a passive
player to sabotage the enemy team.

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Also, the way battle fund is calculated
for standard battles will change.

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Right now there’s a problem in the game:
a lot of maps, on which tankers don’t play

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because the battle fund grows slowly.

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On the other hand, Polygon is a hit!

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And that’s not because the map has
great balance or unique gameplay,

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it’s just because on Polygon there’s
always a brawl, meaning
battle fund grows faster.

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Battle fund in standard battles won’t
depend directly on the number of kills,

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captured points or delivered flags.

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It will be worth playing on
all maps in the same way.

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The system behind experience
and battle points will also change.

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Now they are separate from each other.

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It so happened in Tanki, that earning
crystals and earning experience is

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always tightly connected.

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To earn a lot of crystals and only
a little experience means you will

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play longer on the same rank,

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but your tank will be more powerful.

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And if you ranked up a lot, but didn’t
upgrade your tank -- it’s not good,

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because everyone else did.

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We want to better highlight stronger
and more efficient players.

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If a player does the most useful
actions for the team in a game mode

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-- meaning captures points, steals flags,
destroys enemy flag carriers and so on,

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this player will get more battle points
with the same amount of experience,

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and more battle points will get you
a better prize at the end of battles.

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At the same time we don’t want to
slow down the speed of ranking up,

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and the right actions in battles will
help you upgrade your tank faster.

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Now about Gold Boxes.

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They won’t depend on the battle fund.

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Right now players of lower ranks
see Gold Boxes drop very rarely.

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And containers even less.

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We want to make so that they drop at the
same rate in all battles and on all ranks.

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Everything we’ve told you about
just now applies to standard battles.

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In PRO-battles there will be minimal changes.

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For example, as we said before, the battle
fund will stop increasing in private battles.

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These fights will remain as practice
matches and for shooting cool videos.

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Also in these combats, experience
will almost stop increasing.

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Any action -- kill, point captured,
flag delivered and others -- will

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earn you +1 point of experience.

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This was made to keep it still
possible to record Rank Up videos.

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During recent holidays, as an experiment 
we reduced the delay between the sound

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of the Gold Box siren and when the Gold
Box actually drops down to 15 seconds.

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Just a reminder, the delay 
used to be 30 seconds.

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After the change 
here’s what we saw:

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There’s now a lot more 
new gold catchers.

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It means that the small miracle
of catching a Gold is now possible

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not only for professional Gold Farmers
and you know for who else,

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but also for a wider 
range of tankers.

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Also very soon battles will become shorter.

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And there, 15 seconds of bonus
free time will be very useful.

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With the nearest update we’ll reduce
the delay between the Gold Box siren
and its drop and will keep it in the game.

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It will be 15 seconds, or 
maybe 10, or maybe 20 --

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we’ll decide closer to the release
and, of course, will tell you about it.

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The mobile version is getting closer and closer.

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Currently, we’re working on the code
optimization, user interface and also

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on tank controls.

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Today we’ll discuss the latter.

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Testing the controls, we faced one
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which is intuitive for PC players,

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and which is extremely uncomfortable
on phones or tablets:

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When you’re controlling the tank,
coming out of a turn you have to

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micro adjust the turning at the
very end to stabilize the tank.

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For keyboards it’s easy to do,
but for mobile -- very uncomfortable.

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Here’s the solution:

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when coming out of a turn, the
tank will stabilize itself quicker.

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Thanks to this, it will be
easier to play on the phones,

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and on computers the tank handling
during the turns will be more predictable.

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To put it simply, right now tanks behave
like cars while turning, and after that

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they will behave more like tanks.

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The update is scheduled for next week,
but before that you will be able to

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test the new tank controls during an
open test on Saturday, March 17th.

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On March 15 a new tournament started for
all eSports fans of the European community,

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with 16 clans competing over the title
of Champions among the English,
German and Polish communities,

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and it will be held until April 15th 
in two stages: Group Stage and PlayOffs.

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Prizes for the tournament include
a new special paint, limited-time
Spectrum M-B module,

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a mountain of crystals, hundreds of
containers, and plenty of Gold Boxes.

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Follow the tournament news in the official
Championship topic on the Forum,

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watch the best European clans compete
live on the official Tanki eSports Channel

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and support your favorite team!

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The links are in the description.

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And for the fans of parkour, a new round
of Parkour Survival started on Monday!

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You still have time to find a team
with the help of a special topic on the Forum,

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come up with a unique strategy
how to beat the first challenge

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and continue onto the next round
to win a special paint, lots of prizes

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and different rewards for each challenge!

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But remember, only those who survive
every new challenge will get to the finals.

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Look for the event links 
in the description below.

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Video of the week, or, to be correct,
of the last two weeks.

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This time the winner will get 50 thousand
crystals with an additional 20 containers!

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And the theme was 
“How much I miss V-LOG”.

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Let’s watch the best video:

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Correction:
Video by june151

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For the next video, the V-LOG crew
has prepared a new CHALLENGE

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on Stadium in Rugby!

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The challenge must be completed
in Space mode, with all participants
on the same team.

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Wasp equipped with Hammer starts
from the billboard, picks up the ball,

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jumps in place and makes a pass
to Magnum on the tribune.

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Magnum catches the ball while
in the air, and during the same jump

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makes a pass to the opposite tribune.

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Ricochet takes the ball and in
one jump delivers it to the goal.

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The Rules:

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Send the videos using the special form,
the link is in the description.

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The rules of the challenge are also
explained in the form, read them
before submitting the video.

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For a challenge this hard,
we’ve prepared a special prize:

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200 thousand crystals and
100 containers for the winning team.

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That’s it for today’s episode.

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A lot of cool updates are coming,
so don’t miss the new V-LOGs
to learn about them first.

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Bye!

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Last time two tanks shot
at each other on a bridge.

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You had to guess which one would win.

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The right answer is -- Firebird.

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Welcome the winners!

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And today
we shoot from Magnum.

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Where will the Wasp land?

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