Figure Me Out! [FINISHED]

If you are reading this here now, you must have known me for quite a while. Whether you like me or not, your visiting this blog implies that you are curious at least! Fancy telling everyone what you think about my (non-)humble person? Today you are officially granted an opportunity to express all your ideas and thoughts of me…

Why namely today? Well, that’s easy. Today is the anniversary of June 6^th, 1944, known as D-Day, when Normandy Landings began. What connection has it got with me? Easy again… The name of the operation aimed at invading German-occupied Western Europe by Allied Forces was Overlord. And this is exactly where my name comes from. Sorry, wrong link (like this game, btw). Here you go.

Obviously I couldn’t but promote myself commemorate it somehow.

Now when you have got some information on the operation itself, give it a shot to figure out who the person (people???) standing behind this name in WOT is (are???).

• If you bet Overlord is a collective image comprised by a group of idiots, give your reasons and portray those who make it up.
  
• If you think Overlord is a real person you have some respect to (no one? crap!), give it a try to draw a psychological portrait of him.
  
• If you do believe Overlord is a real person but you feel like mocking at him (expect a lot of submissions here), feel free to do that and come up with a good psychological caricature of him.

Overlord, being either one person or a group, will decide what best pieces of writing are. The winners in all three categories will be awarded 10.000 gold and a signed picture of real Overlord (may be)! You have got a week till June 14^th, 0:00 UTC to submit your ideas here in the comments. The criteria of choosing winners are simple… Overlord should like it!

Few Simple rules to follow:

• Stick to 100-150 words limit
• Put your in-game nickname and server you are playing on (so as I can easily locate and ban you)
• No side comments and spamming please
  
  
  The contest is over. The results will be announced in a few days.

D-Day Anniversary in World of Tanks: Sneak Peak

World of Tanks team has scheduled grand celebrations dedicated to the 67^th Anniversary of Normandy Invasion for the beginning of June.

Since the scheduled server restart on June 3^rd the following bonuses will be available on EU and US servers:

- 50% discount for extra garage slots.
- 50% discount for American premium tanks – heavy tank T14, medium tank Ram II, and light tank T2 Lt.

Follow the updates on the community websites.

General Patton Medium Tank

The M46 was a medium tank designed in the United States. It was named after General George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. Third Army during World War II and one of the earliest American advocates for the use of tanks in battle The M46 Patton was an improved M26 Pershing tank and one of the U.S Army's principal medium gun tanks of the early Cold War.

M46 Patton is going to replace M26 Pershing as tier 9 US medium tank and will be introduced in 6.5 update which is scheduled for end of June - July 2011.

Players who have a M26 Pershing in their garage at the time of the revision will have it replaced with a M46 Patton, with the respective module setup (possibly with some renaming) keeping their progress and old crew.

Shell Tracer Effects To Be Partially Reintroduced

Shell tracer effects for all allied vehicles and spotted enemy vehicles are going to be reintroduced after tomorrow's scheduled restart (May 31) on EU and US servers.

Note! Mind that shell tracer effects will be partial.

Additional anti hacking protection for shell tracer effects along with their full reintroduction are planned for 6.5 update. 

Meeting in Los Angeles, June 10

Wargaming.net is going to visit E3 Expo: June 7-9, 2011 which takes place in Los Angeles (CA, the USA), and planning to have a meeting with players on June 10th.

The exact time and place will be announced later depening on the approx number of people to come.

If you feel like coming to chat with developers, leave a comment here.

Any relevant ideas and thoughts are welcome as well.

The respective topic on the US forums.

World of Tanks Tutorial Video Part 5 - Ultimate Conquest (Clan Wars)

World of Tanks Tutorial Video Part 5 - Ultimate Conquest (Clan Wars)

Part 5 of World of Tanks Tutorial is dedicated to the launch of  Ultimate Conquest and gives breakdown for basic functionality.

New Map: Mannerheim Line

The Mannerheim Line was a defensive fortification line on the Karelian Isthmus built by Finland against the Soviet Union. During the Winter War of 1939-1940 it became known as the Mannerheim Line, after Field Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim. The line was constructed in two phases: 1920–1924 and 1932–1939.

The map is planned to be introduced in 6.5 update.

In Development: Vol. 2

Preliminary patch notes of v.6.6 update planned for release after v.6.5:

• New map Fishing Bay (working title, subject to change)
• New map Siegfried Line (working title, subject to change)
• New German heavy tanks line: Pz.VI Tiger (P), VK 4502 (P) Ausf A, Е-75, Е-100.
• New US heavy tank М103, a substitution to Т34 as tier 9 US heavy tank.
• Soviet heavy tank IS-4 shift to tier 10 and introduction of Object 252 as new tier 9 Soviet heavy tank.  
• New US premium light tank M22 Locust.
• New Soviet premium light tank Т-127.

The introduction of German medium tank Е-50 in v.6.6 update is under consideration.

ETA -  July 2011.

In Development

Currently in development v.6.5 update. Preliminary patch notes:

• New map Redshire (working title, subject to change)
• New map Mannerheim Line (working title, subject to change)
• US tank destroyers line:  Т18, Т82, Т40, M10, M36, T25, T28, T95
• New tank M46 Patton, a substitution to M26 Pershing as tier 9 US medium tank. Changes to US medium tanks line according to the revised US tech tree
• Multiple bug fixes and improvements to v.6.4.

ETA -  end of June - July 2011.

Highly-anticipated 6.4 Update to go live May 17 [UPDATED]

The highly-anticipated major update will be released on May 17 for both European and American servers.

Browse full 6.4 patch notes.

Estimated downtime for EU server: 4:00 - 13:00 UTC

Estimated downtime for US server: 9:00 - 18:00 UTC

Note. Those players who have active premium account upon the start of the maintenance will have it extended for 24h.

UPD. May 17, 11:30 UTC. EU 6.4 update (879 MB) and full EU client (1.82 GB):

6.4 UPDATE
http://cdn1.worldoftanks.com/patches/auto/WoT_0.6.4_eu_patch.exe
http://cdn1.worldoftanks.com/patches/auto/WoT_0.6.4_eu_patch.exe.torrent
6.4 FULL CLIENT
http://cdn1.worldoftanks.com/patches/auto/WoT_0.6.4_eu_setup.exe
http://cdn1.worldoftanks.com/patches/auto/WoT_0.6.4_eu_setup.exe.torrent


UPD. May 17, 17:60 UTC. US 6.4 update and full US client:

6.4 UPDATE
http://cdn1.worldoftanks.com/patches/auto/WoT_0.6.4_us_patch.exe
http://cdn1.worldoftanks.com/patches/auto/WoT_0.6.4_us_patch.exe.torrent
6.4 FULL CLIENT
http://cdn1.worldoftanks.com/patches/auto/WoT_0.6.4_us_setup.exe
http://cdn1.worldoftanks.com/patches/auto/WoT_0.6.4_us_setup.exe.torrent