Welcome to Fishing Bay

Fishing Bay is a new map planned to be introduced in 6.7 update (September 2011).

Below are the screenshots featuring some of its attractions.

2.000.000

I mean blog views actually.

Some figures:

223 days, more than 2kk views with almost 10k views per day and the peak of 58.056 on August 10, and 245 followers so far.

Pageviews by country, Top 5:

United States  - 18%

Germany  - 15%

Poland  - 9.5%

United Kingdom  - 5.1%

Finland  - 3.9%

All time top post - Full Tech Trees Revised and Improved, 276.161 views, 359 comments.

Thanks for being active here, especially in comments.

A small gift.

The first one who names the vehicle will get 2.5k gold from me. Don't forget to put your nickname and server you are playing on.

August 23-31 Poll Results.

2524 players took part in the most recent poll.  52% of them were interested in the major Game Expo in Cologne. One way or another. :)  161 of the voters even visited our stand.

Thanks for the coming, btw. On a related note I would like to invite everyone to visit us during Eurogamer show in London, the UK (September 22-25, 2011). If you have a chance, drop in!

As always new weekly poll is up.

Vote on WoT Maps!

Fancy rushing thru the middle or prefer camping? This way or that you gotta have your favorite places to do that on WoT battlefields and those you detest! Tell me about it and we might listen this time!:)

We have lotsa maps, good ones and bad ones (this is what you tend to insist on; my standpoint is that Malinovka rules!) If you truly believe a map leaves much to be desired, give it a try and shout about it right here.

EU forums vote - http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/54132-vote-on-wot-maps/

US forums vote - http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/56554-vote-on-wot-maps/

You can select multiple answers to both questions. My request would be to choose up to five (5). Thank you.

What I need is not a balanced description of pros or/and cons, but just your vote, however detailed analysis is always welcome. Share your hatred of Komarin, give your appreciation to narrow streets of Himmelsdorf.

Let's vote!

Object 252 or IS-6 in Screenshots

New Soviet tier 8 premium tank Object 252 featured in screenshots.

PS: It's BL-9 gun.
PPS: Released date hasn't been fixed yet.

Dnieper Special

We have prepared the following bonuses for you (details on the initial announcement):

1. Doubled profitability for tier 5 arties: Hummel, SU-8, M41.

Bonus from 1. is available starting
August 25, 5:30 am UTC - EU.
August 25, 11:30 am UTC - US
till
August 26, 5:00 am UTC - EU
August 26, 11:00 am UTC - US.

2.

• Price for replacing crew personal data decreased 5 times - 10 gold now.
• Price in gold for the following premium tanks halved - Valentine, Matilda, PzKpfw B2 740 (f), Ram-II.
• Price in credits for the following tanks halved - Т-34, SU-76, KV-1S, PzKpfw III/IV, PzKpfw IV, PzKpfw VI Tiger, M7, M4A3E8 Sherman, T1 heavy.

All bonuses from 2. are available starting
August 25, 5:30 am UTC - EU.
August 25, 11:30 am UTC - US
till
August 29, 5:00 am UTC - EU
August 29, 11:00 am UTC - US.

Enjoy!

August 13-22 Poll Results.

3988 players took part in the most recent poll.  3455 of them (or 87%) think that the overall design of the blog is either good or OK, while 533 voters (13%) demanded redesign.

Thanks for the input (it was needed for me personally).

New weekly poll is up. It's dedicated to the latest Gamescom expo.

Tanks Still at Gamescom. Updated

Today’s gonna be outstanding and really overcrowded. Unlike all the previous expo days, today will definitely be different. Still a lot of visitors, asking questions about how to play and which key to use so as to exit the battle and those who demand buffing/fixing the E-series, nerfing Soviet tanks, improving match-making system, implementing tier restrictions for Clan Wars.

A little later today Wargaming.net is participating in a show match organized at ESL booth were we are going to oppose The Drill: Training Camp winners - German team Panzerknacker. You can follow the battles here http://tv.esl.eu starting 15.10 local time (GC Stage 1 English).

The roster is known now. We play King Tiger, Pershing, T44, SU8, Grille, Panter II, T1. Format/style is 8/42. Arty - Tier 5. Maps: Lakeville, Prokhorovka, Himmelsdorf, Steppes. Shame, there's no Malinovka on the list. :)

Start making bets on who is going to lose! Providing we do, I will truly be down and at least I’m gonna entertain myself at the community party we are having tonight. Three hours of friendly talk with nice (I hope :)) German players. If you have registered on the forum, see you around. If you haven’t… well, come anyway! We will be hanging out at Friesen Bar (Friesenstrasse 41, 50670 Köln).

Dont hesitate and drop by.

It was an epic loss, guys. I am p*** off! Now all German tanks will get nerfed for sure! :)

World of Tanks rocks at Gamescom

Truly rocks! You will spot our booth easily. No one else has such load music and hot dancing babes. What have they got to do with tanks? Not much, I believe, however they are dressed respectively and behave as real tankmen comrades.

Otherwise World of Tanks booth is in military style. It is divided into 4 parts, each of them are distinguished in terms of design. Two zones where Public Tournament is held (everyone has a chance to win a gaming laptop) look like a shelter with all those steel constructions and sacks full of sand (in fact they are not). The most outstanding part is characterized by game places designed like tank turrets. Actually this is the most attractive one for the visitors. And the zone where the game speaks German can be recognized by military looking barrels. By the way we are possibly the only MMO offering to try out the game using laptops (not just laptops but cool gaming laptops that are also branded!).

Our booth. Pay us a visit

Typical German WoT player?

I bet you will find us easily. If you are around, follow the loudest music from Hall 9 and come to ask the questions you’d dare ask the devs in-person! And no hard beating please. :)

August 8-13 Poll Results

4236 players took part in the most recent poll.  1925 of them (or 45%) did take part in public test 6.6, while 55% (or 2311) either did not want to do it or just were not aware of the test itself. Personally I think that EU and US players were quite active during public testing, and the figures prove it.

Had to finish the poll eariler this time due to my departure to Gamescom Expo (Cologne, Germany). Hope to see some of you there. : )

Thanks for the feedback.

New weekly poll is up. Please be active, this one is important.