Triple Triad forum dupes - please ignore

LOL yeah we shall.

 

Grats Guys

 

Little off top. You dont need to use dots when sentence is too short. You can just use SPACE's betwen lats leter and smile

 

What is that garen skin called space marine

 

Welcome back, poor souls. You've returned just in time… in time to watch another waylaid wanderer fall victim to the gloom that caresses the Shadow Isles. Take care with where you step, and we will watch him from the darkness.

• Taric has no idea what he is about to walk into. Now that you're with me, you'll soon find out! But in the meantime, you can see that shimmering blue armor is not the best camouflage in this twisted forest. Place your bets, summoners, how long will the Gem Knight last? 292 RP
• Hecarim is tangling with a pack of wolves up ahead. Listen to the howling spread through the canopy. A death-dealing centaur will be more than a match for our poor victim. 487 RP
• Of course, Mordekaiser might challenge everyone for the right to prove who has the number one suit of armor. But he appears to be heading off in a different direction. He may not want any part in my grim hunt after all. 395 RP

• Ah! Our prey has found the outfit we left for him. All sparkle and ruby gloss. Little does he know I rigged a trap to that chest. Armor of the Fifth Age Taric's going to be at his wit's end when our surprise triggers. 487 RP
• Wait! Infernal Mordekaiser came back. He looks so…red. There! A first attack. Only glancing blows, unfortunately. I see chunks of gems flying, but it's so unsatisfying. What about the big bad? When I set up that trap I was promised someone would be devoured whole! 260 RP
• Finally, Dreadknight Nasus shows up. Why is he tossing the metallic master away from our prey? He'd better just be saving some for himself. Now they are whispering? Big eyes, big ears, and not even the tiniest flash of some big teeth? Someone is about to find their trap-making business webbed up. 487 RP

Nevertheless, this was exquisite entertainment. I'll have to do this again. A sprinkle of memory-purging death blossom spore will ensure this happens over and over, at least from January 25 to January 28. They might develop an immunity after that, but I'm sure you can put them to better use

 

​

Continue reading for a handful of posts from Morello talking about Steel Legion Lux and other skin/VU related goodies!

On Steel Legion Lux
As you may have been privy, many summoners are disappointed with the upcoming Steel Legion Lux skin. The biggest complaint is that this new skin is just another military skin, like Imperial and Command Lux, and neglects to really show off Lux's personality or her lore.... and it turns out that Morello agrees with this!

"...In the case of Lux, this is valid because Lux players want something better aligned to her character, but in Xin's case, this does fit."​

He continued on, saying:

"This is essentially what I'm referring to in this thread - Lux needs something that matches her personality and theme, and none of them currently do.

We'll be releasing Steel Legion since we've done the work, but lesson learned. This priority list has been a long time oversight for us that I intend to correct ASAP."​

He did, however, say that he feels Steel Legion Lux is being so negatively received because it isn't "that" sort of Lux skin, not because it is a bad skin

" I'm saying that the lack of such a skin is making Steel Legion be received much more negatively than I think it would be if that were not the case."'​

Morello then elaborated more why they aren't pulling or completely reworking the already complete Steel Legion Lux skin.

"Not releasing it has nothing to do with how much work we can allocate to a new Lux skin - once the work is done, it's done, and reworking the entire skin...well why not just release two? It's the same time committment.

I understand you're frustrated, but I'm actually totally agreeing with you on this subject! No need to be antagonistic "​

When poked if there were any details available on this other Lux skin yet, Morello fired back:

"Not yet as we have to prioritize. You're right that under normal circumstances, we wouldn't do another Lux skin for awhile, but I'd like to do one sooner due to this oversight here. We have more characters in this camp as well, so it's not going to be immediate. I don't have a timetable now, but I'd like to get something figured out here as we flesh this out. ​

I just started working heavily with skins a few weeks back, so I'm still figuring some of the details out."​

Hopefully this helps shimmer down some of the concerns you guys have been having, in the comments section especially, about Steel Legion Lux .

Other Visual Odds and Ends
Morello didn't just devote his time to talking about Lux skins though, he also threw out a few other tidbits.

When asked if we can expect another Pulsefire Ezreal quality skin in the next six months or so, he teased us with a simple

"Yes!"​

On the a new Soraka skin, Morello reminded us there is one in pipeline.

"Yes, to replace Battle Priestess."​

Clearing the dust off something we haven't heard about since they got kit reworks, Morello also mentioned that Eve and Twitch are in line for visual updates.

"They're getting art overhauls, which opens the door for new goodies!" ​

He also teased the upcoming Trundle visual update by saying:

"Trundle has a lot going on, but hush hush still "​

Continuing on the Trundle train by responding to a summoner inquiring about none of Trundle's skins being very appealing, Morello responded:

"Various reasons, but we will be fixing all these - such as we did with Battlecast Urgot (which was "needed cool skin") and Soraka (who needed a model rework). Trundle is on both those lists"​

 

It was hard at first but later i got used to it

 

Khitan for sure

 

Stumbled on it while browsing the internets lol same as everyone else

 

Dragon Because there all about balance

 

hahahaha thanks adrian

 

So, I hit recruit troops instead of income....about 10 times in a row. I'm 40k over cap...help!

Kingsfield knock me down buddy!

 

indeed...

-look back at my post count-

 

Some weeks ago, I put up a few discoveries about US tank names which I had found in the National Archives, and let the Operation Think Tank participants know about it. It started a brief but lively discussion on names which I want to share here.

The most significant contributor to the discussion was David Fletcher, who ended up posing more questions than answers. Nothing wrong with this per se, so while you may not be educated by reading the below, it should provide some food for thought.

The first question he had related to the M3 and M5 series of light tanks. Commonly known as “Stuartsâ€, he points out that the M3 and M5 were probably more different than the M3 “Lee†and M3 “Grant†mediums, yet apparently were not deserving of different names. But more to the point, he casts some doubt on the use of the name “Honey†for the tanks. The story goes that the British found them so easy to drive and maintain compare to their domestic designs that they were called ‘honeys.’



This is well and good for us Americans reading it; it makes perfect sense. The catch, as he points out, is that it makes no sense to the British. To quote him:

However HONEY is not a term used in Britain in that context and probably never was. To us honey is the stuff made by bees which you buy in jars from the health food store.
His theory, and it makes a bit of sense, is that an American instructor used the term, saying “this tank is a honeyâ€, and it sortof stuck as people thought that was the American name for the tank. Bear in mind that at the time the Americans didn’t have an official name for the thing to begin with to tell them and fix the misconception. As an aside, his statement as to why Churchill was adamant that the name of the tanks would not begin with ‘General’ was that he just didn’t want there to be any chance of confusion with any real general officers who happened to have the name “Grantâ€, “Leeâ€, “Stuart†etc.


Several weeks after the discussion started, Harry Yeide chimed in with an anecdote he discovered. Content of email as follows:

I am scanning and OCRing a manuscript by written by Col. Charles Hodge, CO of the 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, which was assigned to provide security to Churchill when he had pneumonia in Morocco. He offers this annecdote:

When the Prime Minister's party took off on the next morning following the soiree, we arranged a provisional guard of honor lined up on the airstrip, as is customary. Sir Winston "trooped the line" with me and thanked us and was highly complimentary. The last communication I had with him bears repeating and was as follows: About two months prior to our mission to Marrakech, we had received the new six-wheeled armored cars, mounted with greatly-improved armament and vastly improved in mobility and speed. The British had a custom of giving our vehicles a name. For instance, they had given our new light tank the name of the “Honey.â€

Carrying out his complimentary inspection, Churchill said to me, upon passing one of the new armored car, "Col. Hodge, that is a new armored vehicle, is it not?"

I replied, “Yes, sir, and we have only had it a month.â€

He said, “Oh, yes. That’s the Honey.â€

I replied by saying, “I am sorry, sir, but the official ordnance designation of this piece of equipment is the Six Wheeled Armored Car M-8. The new light tank is the one that the British have named the Honey.â€

Looking me right in the eye, with a twinkle in his eyes, he said, “Young man, we British are your best customers, and the customer is always right, so it's a Honey. Good luck and keep up the fine work.â€


Now, bearing in mind that it was Churchill who directed the use of “general†names for the British tanks, it would be interesting to see the date that the order was made vs the Morocco visit. I don’t actually have that date
Another question David asked, and this matches with my own current question on the matter, was as follows:

The term Wolverine was probably adopted afterwards, or made up to fill a gap. Has anyone ever heard of an M10 being referred to as a Wolverine in practice?

Nobody was able to answer in the affirmative, and I did try the Canadian War Museum to try to verify my theory of it being a Canadian name, but didn’t get a response. If the lead British expert on the subject had never heard of a use of Wolverine, it adds further cloud to the concept that it was a British name for the vehicle.

The next question which came up was the name of the M7 Howitzer Motor Carriage, known as “Priestâ€. As he says:

[T]his is often said to be due to the pulpit-like appearance of the .50 calibre mounting on the M7. I wonder about that. The Valentine Bishop had already been named and started the fashion for ecclesiastical names for SP artillery so Priest may be nothing more than that

There were actually three religious vehicles around at the same time in North Africa: Bishop, Priest and Deacon. In fact, the concept of naming at least parts of tanks on a religious theme goes back even further, a number of inter-war vehicles had was was referred to as “Bishops’ Mitres†cupolas.



Looking at the chonology, Bishops were built long before the M7 appeared on the scene, Deacons arrived in North Africa only a few weeks after M7, so may well also have been named by the British Army earlier. Bishop also, well, looked like a Bishop’s Mitre from some angles so it’s quite possible that it was indeed named first.



There is a caveat, however. Dick Taylor’s recent book “Into the Valley†has the following line:

On 4th November [1941] an order was placed for 100 Self Propelled Gun 25-Pounder. (The name ‘Bishop’ followed the christening of the US GMC M7 ‘Priest’ because of its pulpit.)

Unfortunately, he doesn’t cite where he got the information from. Mr Fletcher did say he knew Mr Taylor and would ask, but sadly Mr Fletcher retired before we could get an answer. I’m now trying to hunt down Mr Taylor. (When I get an idea into my head, I don’t often let go of it easily!)

One last Fletcher thing, with regards to the name of Matilda. He pointed out in Operation Think Tank that he had seen a document which pre-dated the construction of the tank which had assigned “Matilda†as a code name. His memory wasn’t failing him, I finally got around to reading “Mechanised Forceâ€, and sure as tea, there is a scan of a pencil drawing of a proposed A11 and a very basic sheet of notes, dated 10th October 1935. In Sir John Carden’s own handwriting is “Code Word ‘Matilda’†at the very top of the page.



That settles that. Nothing to do with waddling cartoon ducks.

The last two comments are from Ken Estes and Hilary Doyle. Ken theorises that the reason M103 never got a name was that the Marines didn’t much care for the practice, and the Army didn’t much care for the tank, so neither side was particularly motivated to apply one to it. Finally, Hilary just expressed a forlorn hope that maybe one day a document might show up to explain how the Germans came up with their names.

Who knows, maybe there will be a Part 3 one day.

The Chieftain is Wargaming America's resident tank guru. If you'd like to stay abreast of his comings and goings, feel free to "Like" The Chieftain on Facebook and follow The Chieftain on Twitter.

 

UPDATE! Due to the overwhelming response to the start of the North American map release event, we have made a few updates to the Unclaimed Glory event. Most importantly, every clan that owns a province on the map, but does not own one of the original four critical provinces, will receive 10,000 gold per province owned on the map, at the end of the Unclaimed Glory event.

Additionally, clans who control the original four critical provinces will receive 50,000 gold, plus 50,000 gold per additional province owned.

All of the above-mentioned gold will be deposited directly into the clan treasury after the end of the event.

Landing zones for the North American map will become active on Sunday, January 27th at 5AM PST (8AM EST). The delay in opening the landing zones is to ensure that all clans who placed chips during the first phase of the event have them ready to place immediately upon the start of the second phase.

We apologize for the inconvenience the issues yesterday may have caused, and will continue to work towards improving the clan wars experience, and our communication of new features and events. This is the first of many events that will be developed for clan wars, so we appreciate your feedback in the development process.

Tankers!

Maintenance has been completed and everything is set for the Rise of the Americas event on January 25th. There will be a brief downtime for some further maintenance, as which point the event will begin. That expected maintenance will start at 01:00 PST (09:00 UTC) on January 25th and will last until 05:00 PST (13:00 UTC) on January 25th.

Get ready. You're about to have a chance to conquer new horizons!

 

Media | World of Tanks

 

But now Im ust say this M5A1 Stuart is the best version of Stuart in game. Also Copy of T-34 is better then original. More mobile for me.

 

Brawler's Razor Claws for me.

 

Infinity Blade for sure.