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I think matchmaking is actually done by a person.

5:03 am, October 14, 2014 A person with an intense hatred for me. Let me quote his last ideas: "I understand that you are driving stock T6? Sure thing, T8 it is! For every match of course, wouldn't want you to miss out.&q [..] View

Matchmaking System - Bug Issue Problem

5:03 am, September 25, 2014 Hello All,   Before i start please understand i have no problem dying. i enjoy the medium tanks and light tanks and know that i can die super fast if i am not careful.  So this is no [..] View

So much fun, but I have questions...

5:03 am, September 21, 2014 Staff Sergeant Finnegan shouted over the din of the engine to his driver. "Allingham! We're exposed on this road! There's a slope on the side, right next to the lake. Take us along there [..] View

If WG did Skill Based MM - It should be the OPPOSITE of what most want...

4:03 pm, September 15, 2014 Most advocates of Skill Based MM are better players wishing to get rid of the 'tomatoes, potatoes and new kids' on 'their' MM.  They envision a full-spectrum skill based MM where better playe [..] View

Confused

2:01 pm, August 28, 2014 I was going through some stats last night and I noticed my max xp in a battle had gone up from 2163 to 2311. I scratched my head as I tried to figure out what recent game could have brought the number [..] View

Banning bots

2:01 am, August 17, 2014 I was wondering I see a ton of people with like 20 -30k + games played,players out there with like 300-700 wn8... Why are these accounts not automaticly banned? There is like a 99% chance that this ac [..] View

Chieftain Mk2, FV215b potential replacement

2:01 pm, August 15, 2014 Wargaming has mentioned that it is considering replacing the FV215b with the Chieftain Mk2.1 Supposedly this will happen around the end of the year, but this might not even go through, and they might [..] View

Fix the BOT problem... now!

2:01 am, August 7, 2014 http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/02/04/bots-introduction-to-the-menace/ I don't know how you will fix it. I don't care if it takes more work on my part. If I continue to play against computers my mone [..] View

So this guy PM'd me after a battle...

2:01 pm, August 6, 2014 Little backstory: played a game with fcm, did pretty average/bad, still came like top 5, friendly is-8 messaged me after a game because I lold at him calling us a noob team (even tho we won) while he [..] View

A technical question regarding the precise definition of 'accuracy' or dispersion in WOT?

2:01 am, August 4, 2014 Accuracy of any gun can be affected by human error in a big way if the person shooting isnt experienced and doesnt practice regularly. But when a gun's inherent potential accuracy is measured, we aren [..] View

How important is win rate %?

2:01 am, August 2, 2014 Now I'm over 8k battles, I'm trying to get a better idea of what skill level I have in WoT. My stats seem to be steadily improving...my WN8 is going up, average damage and XP are also [..] View

A calm and measured response to artillery killing my platoonmate

2:01 pm, July 31, 2014 submitted by uberdice [link] [comment] View

VonCurry's/DennisZodman's T-34-3/112 Module/Consumable/Tank Setup

2:01 pm, July 26, 2014 I'm on parole, and as a thank you to WGing, I want to give back to the community... So here is a poast I made on Wotlabs many months ago, perhaps it can help some of you guys play the 112/T-34-3 bette [..] View

Some observation about skill based MM and steamrolls

2:01 pm, July 14, 2014 Fans of skill based MM usually point out how much more fun the game would be if we only had skill based MM. In their reasoning a skill based MM would mostly prevent steamrolls, which are seen as borin [..] View

Is there any way to get XVM to show 60 day/1000 battles WN8 instead of the players total WN8?

2:01 am, July 10, 2014 Just curious as 60 day/1000 battles is a much more accurate measurement of player skill than the total overall WN8. submitted by BassNector [link] [12 comments] View

A bit of perspective on the game as a whole.

2:01 am, July 9, 2014 Hi guys! I keep seeing seriously misguided opinions on here about game mechanics, WG design choices, and pretty much everything else, and I wanted to provide information for the newer players. I&# [..] View

The Most Bizarre WWII USA Tank

2:01 am, July 9, 2014 Ok I just got 3 words...WHAT THE HECK! The Alien version of the T57 Heavy. The most feard tank to look at if it was in game. Behold!!! This Is The Chrysler TV-8 Medium tank. Ok so I do [..] View

Clan ideas and other suggestions.

2:01 am, June 30, 2014 Hello KyuzoMugenUndPanzer here with another probably dumb set of ideas. Starting off with the clan suggestions, with the strongholds coming up I thought of maybe introducing a type credit bank in [..] View

My WoT companion

2:01 am, June 22, 2014 http://i.imgur.com/AhvqzEd.png I'm 40m and I can't play without this device. Before I played without it and I would end the evening with 18/10. Now I measure and if my blood pressure i [..] View

Zero for Thirteen (!), then this

2:01 am, June 21, 2014 The typical string of loses that WOT inflicts on me at the start of each day just got worse and worse until finally I was so mad I just had to disable chat and play like an idiot. This time it work [..] View

2-month break from WoT and...

2:01 am, June 14, 2014 ...i was so happy but my stress level and rage is coming back faster than ever after 2 gaming sessions. the game is giving me ulcer again -_- i may yet still quit... but aside from that. my skill [..] View

Security Concern, please confirm security experts

2:01 am, June 13, 2014 https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=na.wargaming.net The above is a tool I use to measure how secure a website really is. I am a mere security rookie, please anyone with proper knowledge co [..] View

Thoughts on additional flair

2:01 am, June 11, 2014 Disclaimer: In a perfect world with no e-peen this idea may actually be viable. THE IDEA So we already have clan flair on this subreddit which gives a mostly accurate representation of a player&# [..] View

Tiger I camo sniping

2:01 pm, June 6, 2014 Greetings all, I like to play my Tiger I. When I am in the top five of a match, I will generally move up and often brawl. Any thing lower, I will set up shop and snipe. So, my question is: I ha [..] View

Anti-bot suggestion

2:01 pm, June 3, 2014 Had a rough day with Bot-infested games, I can forgive bad/noob players but why does WG tolerate such awful gameplay?? (yes I've heard it suggested its all about the $$$) but if they don&# [..] View

A few questions from a lurker

2:01 pm, May 29, 2014 Hello tankers of Reddit. I wonder if you would be so kind as to help me with a few questions I cant seem to find an answer to on the interweb: 1) Regarding WN8 or other, I use this mainly as a persona [..] View

Attitude

2:01 am, May 23, 2014 Attitude Many play simply for the enjoyment, many to pass the time or unwind from the daythis is not how I play. I care if I let the team down because I believe that by logging on to a MMO I have s [..] View

Stats: Why they don't matter much

2:01 pm, May 22, 2014 Why is everyone so focussed on stats? If stats truly measured your skill level, which they don't, they're mainly for discussion & MM matching, they'd include the following, which they do NOT at pr [..] View

Personal Rating based Matchmaking

2:01 am, May 14, 2014 Looked around to see if this has been suggested, couldn't find anything. Well, we have personal rating now. Team battles have personal rating matchmaking to an extent. I think this should spread [..] View

Need help finding measurements for Matilda

2:01 am, May 12, 2014 I sent in a question to general support thinking that they would pass on the question to someone that could help, but that didn't happen. The question I have is this: is there anywhere that some one k [..] View

What's more meaningful: WN8/WN7/PR vs. Win Rate?

2:01 pm, May 10, 2014 Hi everyone, I'm new to this game with only a win rate of 48%. But I'm learning a lot on a daily basis. Yesterday I made my first Ace, my WN8, WN7 and Performance Rating is steadily ri [..] View

Win Rate Milestone...

2:01 pm, May 8, 2014 I've always said, and still believe, that Win Rate is simply a general indicator rather than a measure of skill. A perpetually low or falling win rate probably indicates poor gameplay, while a rising [..] View

HIgher Skilled Players Like Artillery Less - Confirmed, But Why?

10:05 pm, May 3, 2014 A note to moderation: Again, I see nothing wrong with this post. I'm not calling out any individual (the chart shows ambiguous data points). I'm not jumping to hyperbole, nor attempting to incite un [..] View

Top 5 World of Tanks Feel-Good Stories (2013-2014)

10:05 pm, April 29, 2014 The intarwebz, and CR/D in particular, is full of negativity. But is World of Tanks and everything about it really so terribad? These 5 World of Tanks Feel-Good Stories is a counterpoint to all t [..] View

FPS measurer is a lie?

10:05 pm, April 27, 2014 Curious. In battle just now, the FPS counter showed ~35. Which is decent enough. My gameplay, however, resembled a slideshow. To the point where one second I was behind cover, pressed W and S right aw [..] View

Need measurements for the Tiger ll!

10:05 pm, April 27, 2014 I'm creating a scale model of the Tiger ll for a tech project but for the life of me I cant find any good pictures with measurements in them... help would be much appreciated! All mighty Tiger ll rol [..] View

Done for the night.

10:05 am, April 26, 2014 Hello again, I had to quit WoT tonight out of shear disgust, worst part was it wasn't even a bad night considering the 3x XP weekend event. I was going through my tanks any thought it would be a good [..] View

Inverse relationship damage to win.

10:05 am, April 12, 2014 In recent weeks I've noticed a perplexing trend: any battle I do well in (measured in damage done) is nearly always a loss. Most of my wins I do sub-par damage. I can explain this for some of my ze [..] View

Overused Topics.

9:05 am, March 4, 2014 This is 100% Hypocritical; as I am guilty of making threads like the ones i'm about to list. Yet, now as I've spent long enough of the forums i realize these topics dry out quickly.. Lets start the [..] View

Has anyone else been approached about a WoT "Study" by Tmagner?

9:05 am, February 21, 2014 Just received this from Tmagner(???) "Hello, I'm conducting a research study for my doctoral dissertation and as you are a frequent WOT player and Clan leader I could really use your [..] View

challenge -- break down WoT "skill" into 7 independent competencies

9:05 am, February 19, 2014 There have been a lot of discussions about how to measure WoT "skill". In my mind, this is a very broad term that is composed of different (and some independent) competencies. The challen [..] View

Usefulness of WN8 compared to other benchmarks in XVM config?

9:05 pm, February 17, 2014 I may get downvoted into oblivion for this, but I'm genuinely curious what people think about it. I set up an XVM config way back in the day that would tell me the Efficiency of each player an [..] View

[Request] I need a new layout for wotreplays.org replay view pages

9:05 pm, February 14, 2014 The current one is not only a bit long in the tooth, but is put together out of old bits wrapped in new bits, with some ickysauce thrown on top for good measure. The problem is that there's a lot of i [..] View

High caliber - new in 8.11?

11:43 pm, February 12, 2014 Just got a new medal - High Caliber. Did not even realize they introduced this in 8.11 (http://imgur.com/J1iCZaF). Seems to have a lot of sense. Good measure of skill. Has anyone already got it? [..] View

Just noticed something.

9:05 pm, February 12, 2014 So, while purging selling some of the tanks I had, I noticed that you cant sell tanks which can not be recovered afterwards ( namely, premium tanks which were gifted, or removed from the in-game/gift [..] View

New bot-preventive measure? How did I miss this so far?

9:05 pm, January 24, 2014 submitted by aronsz [link] [5 comments] View

Genuine curiosity about WG and MM

9:05 am, January 21, 2014 I swear I read somewhere that WG flat out said they would never put skill into the mix for general MM for public games. Or maybe I was told they said that. Either way, to the extent of my knowledge, i [..] View

Will We Every See Smoke Launchers In-Game?

9:05 pm, January 13, 2014 Countermeasures seem to be an important missing feature to WoT. Have the developers ever brought this up? I could see the mechanic working as a temporary bush, with no real control over the placement [..] View

"Troll" Platoons

9:05 am, January 6, 2014 I have noticed a disturbing increase in the amount of so called troll platoons. The most memorable in the past 24 hours being a Churchill 3 platooning with a jagdtiger and the jadgtiger talking about [..] View

ATTN WG: Gumble2 is still botting

9:05 am, January 1, 2014 Why do you allow this WG? People pay for premium time, and you allow bots to negate their ingame experience for months on end. He was the top tank (IS) and camped a corner of the map. Shot twice and h [..] View

8.10 Benchmark - High end setup

9:05 pm, December 21, 2013 I haven't seen a lot of WOT benchmarks, so I decided to do my own. This is a benchmark for running WOT on a high end system. I wanted to find out if I could keep the FPS high enough without dr [..] View

Applicable to playing a fantasy game?

9:05 pm, December 13, 2013 Mentally Strong People: The 13 Things TheyAvoid 1. Waste Time Feeling Sorry for Themselves. You dont see mentally strong people feeling sorry for their circumstances or dwelling on the way they've [..] View

Scout MM Notification & Symbol

9:05 pm, December 8, 2013 Everyone know's about the new players...well complaining about scout MM and how you must remind them every game etc. etc. SO to the point, I think a good temporary measure (until the hopeful normaliza [..] View

T1 HT UBER AWSUM BAWS BULLY TANK SMASH PUNY RED TANKS

9:05 am, December 2, 2013 2700 damage.  I'm not embarrassed to do it in a Tier 9 tank; it's considerably more than my HP in damage, after all.  I'm content if I do it in a Tier 8 tank.&n [..] View

Campaign #2 Power Ranking - I can haz FailLowe?

9:05 pm, November 22, 2013 Unlike the sandbox Power Ranking, this ranking measures ONLY ONE aspect of this campaign: Winning the FailLowe . Here are the FailLowe leaders as of the end of Stage 1. . Unlike WG's beloved "All [..] View

Ram II?

9:05 am, November 16, 2013 Fellow Tankers of Reddit, I am planning to play american mediums, and I take this quite seriously so I am planning to buy an american medium premium tank to train the crew in. Also I grew tired of the [..] View

What is it with people these days

9:05 pm, November 10, 2013 Ya know if you're going to call me "the worst Templar player ever" outdo me in the match.  I had a good solid match, not horrid, not great, just solid: But the D-bag in [..] View

PAAK Recruitment

9:05 pm, November 8, 2013 Semi-New Clan PAAK(PanzerArmeeAfrikaKorps) is Recruiting Tier 8 and Up. Or those with 2+ tier 7s. Teamspeak Is Required Ts info: thecaptainstable.teamspeak3.com. Seriously I cannot Stress the fact of [..] View

Real life optics stuffs (i think)

9:05 am, November 2, 2013 This got me thinking, every time you enter sniper mode, or look at the aiming thingamajig there a bunch of triangle thingies. The center one is bigger and where the shell will go, but I'm curious abou [..] View

Why is win/loss concidered the yardstick of how good a player is?

10:05 pm, September 17, 2013 Okay im still new with just over 1500 games played my question is aimed at the bottom tier public matches where my limited experience lays, the way i see it is luck is the only deciding factor in win/ [..] View

Unless MM starts using stats in some way

10:05 pm, August 26, 2013 Its gets old real fast when you get into matches where your chances are 25 - 30% to win using xvm. I know its random who you are put onto a team with. Some days I get onto teams with the better odds b [..] View

GamesCon Q &A

10:05 am, August 25, 2013 today, we have something interesting. As you probably know, I was not able to go to the Gamescom this year, but others did in this case it was one player, who wished his nickname to remain anonymous, [..] View

What do you do in a full on heavy tank battle when you're out spotted?

10:05 pm, August 19, 2013 What measures can I take as a lone tanker when the group of heavy tanks I'm in starts getting fired upon with no ******* clue where it's comming from? submitted by WanderingSpaceHop [..] View

Serb Facts August - "Stalin's Summer of Rage"

10:05 pm, August 19, 2013 Sorry about the wall of text, but I figured we would have different opinions as to what is important/unimportant. So I've gone ahead and copied and pasted everything and bolded the the interesting tid [..] View

The Israelis would be proud.

10:05 pm, July 6, 2013 If you didn't guess what this was already, going to tell you right now in case you don't like hearing stories from others about a single match they had ('cause we all have our [..] View

PP Weight Rating - July 2013 Edition

10:05 pm, July 5, 2013 EDIT - Have tiers 10-4 now. Am taking a break for a bit before continuing on. NOTE: This has at this moment only 1 1/2 weeks of data from 8.6 It will likely take another month or so for the changes to [..] View

Gold/Credit rounds are the problem w/rage.

10:05 am, July 3, 2013 I think the major cause of rage in this game - aside from the stupid 25% randomness on shots is the fact that you can 'buy' a dramatic advantage in the game, while most MMO's don't work on this premis [..] View

Friend of mine celebrated his first year marriage anniversary. This is a cake his wife made.

10:05 pm, June 21, 2013 http://imgur.com/fefDIWy Originally she planed to put herself under the tank, but he told her how he loves her more than the game. Desperate times, desperate measures I would say. :) submitted by ar [..] View

Moving from the T-43 to the T-44 soon...

10:05 pm, June 13, 2013 Any advice? Is the stock grind terrible? How does it measure up to the T-43? Any tricks in how to play it (beyond playing like you should play a medium?) I recently got the IS-3 and it's still [..] View

Thanks to every single player who has ever posted a guide here

10:05 am, June 8, 2013 I can't say how much I've taken advantage of every guide I've ran into during these past 2 and a half years of playing WoT and lurking in these forums. The amount of help cannot be measured... except [..] View

Observations on 'carrying your weight' in a battle.

10:05 pm, June 5, 2013 I generally follow the rule of 'do your own hp in damage' as a rough measure of having done my fair share in a battle.  Lots of other factors are important in a game of course, but t [..] View

Can we get spotting damage as a tracked stat already?

10:05 am, June 4, 2013 I mean its finally shown on mission result pages and whatnot, they remade the fricking Player Profile page to add silly gauges, but they don't add Spotting Damage? I'm hardly a stat ***** or anything [..] View

Skill based Match Making and tank tier progression

10:05 pm, May 28, 2013 I had written the following thread back in Oct of 2012 when I was sorry to see new players in their low tier scouts/light tanks suddenly appear in a tier 9/10 battle. http://forum.worldof...__fromsea [..] View

Codplayer424's Guide to Tier 1 Clan Wars

10:05 pm, May 22, 2013 This is a guide describing the Pros and Cons of Each tank and filling in the roles they should play in the inevitable horror show that will be the Landlords Campaign. I will talk about them based on t [..] View

The Silly Overmatch System

10:05 pm, May 17, 2013 In case you aren't aware... Overmatch is a mechanic for AP/APCR that prevents you from bouncing off sheets of paper with a coastal defense gun because of wonky angles; if the caliber of your gun is a [..] View

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