There is a prize in RuNet called "Runet Award". Conducted since 2004. There are many nominations, but the main one is "popular vote", where any project related to the Internet and Russia can go. Last year, the browser-based fantasy game Legend: Legacy of the Dragons won this category, and the victory was literally torn out on the last day of voting for another similar project, “Heroes of War and Money.” Even then, the “Heroes” community was indignant: how in just one day did “Legend” not only overcome the gap of 100,000 votes, but also beat “Heroes” by half a hundred thousand? But the outrage did not in the least affect the presentation of awards at a lavish event in Moscow's Oktyabr cinema.
In the 2011 award, the same game, “Legend,” was initially in the lead. In second place is again "Heroes", in third - "World of Tanks". And it was obvious to almost everyone. that "World of Tanks", a project of a completely different class, is in third place solely because the project management does not consider it necessary to compete for the prize. Complete absence of advertising calls for voting, small promised profit. But even such neglect of the prize gave the project third place.
The voting took place at a difficult time in the “tanks”: a very late patch, overloaded with an influx of players (more than 200,000 online!), the only server in the ru-zone...
But suddenly World of Tanks suddenly became more active in voting, drawing attention to the award. This was probably directly related to the release of the long-awaited patch to public testing, as well as to the solution to server stability problems. Advertising on the official website and the game launcher, the introduction of “incentive” increased experience rates for battles. And the result was not long in coming: having quickly taken second place, World of Tanks began to rapidly catch up with the leader. And on November 22, 3 days before the end of voting, came out on top.
And here the administration of the event finally parted with common sense, morality and ethics. The owner of the game "Legend: Legacy of Dragons", "Mail-ru" (also a sponsor of the award!) begins a shameless "cheating" of votes on all fronts. They use advertising that directly violates the voting rules, “stimulating” the players who voted in the game. The organizing committee of the competition “covers up” all this disgrace. The apotheosis of everything was the appearance of bots: the dynamics of votes cast for “Legend” began to correspond to the dynamics of voting for “World of Tanks”, and the number of votes constantly exceeded those cast for “tanks”!
Naturally, such an obvious forgery could not go unnoticed, and a wave of indignation arose in the RuNet at the uncleanliness of the organizing committee. An article appeared on Habrahabr "Runet Award: who is stronger, a tank or a rogue?", in which the statistics of votes were analyzed and an unambiguous conclusion was made both about the “cheating” of the “Legends” votes and about the covering of this by the organizing committee. But here’s the problem: “Mail-ru” is one of the shareholders of “habrakhabr”, and the article was promptly hidden. The link is her repost.
Further more. Within advertising campaign In support of “Legend,” the “Games-mail-ru” division publishes the enthusiastic news “One and a half million Internet users voted for “Legend: Legacy of Dragons.” Don’t be surprised that there is nothing on the link: the news was instantly downvoted by angry users, and most of comments to her were very impartial. At first, Mail-ru moderators intensively cleaned up the reviews, but it was difficult to stop the wave of popular discontent. And the article turned out to be stupidly cut. Fortunately, my article was open, and I took very eloquent screenshots, as well as saved the article page using the browser. In my opinion, the size of the puddle in which Mail-ru landed is very clearly visible:
Efficiency did not help much: users found a review of the game written in 2006, and
World of Tanks regularly pleases pleasant bonuses both their devoted admirers and those who are just about to join the tank team. Promotions in the World of Tanks game happen almost every day. These can be large events that are timed to coincide with important events, or rather minor ones. But even such small bonuses can be used wisely - a trifle, but still nice.
Thus, the developers from Wargaming keep the audience in the game. Promotions in Tanki always attract those who like to get something “for free”, so during them the online traffic is off the charts.
Promotions in the World of Tanks are an interesting and important topic for conversation, and therefore we will give them due attention.
About World of Tanks promotions
Why are promotions held in World of Tanks? The answer is simple. First of all, they help attract new players and retain old ones. It is on promotional days that players can afford to make more purchases, win a valuable tank or just a few days of a premium account.
You can also get premium products in another way - by purchasing them for real money. But why buy if you can play on the “right days”?
Where can I find out the promotion schedule?
Where can I find out about upcoming promotions in World of Tanks? There are two ways.
calendar of events
One of them is the “Event Calendar” on the official website of the game - worldoftanks.ru/ru/content/eventcalendar/. All current events and those that will begin very soon are shown here.
The calendar is a kind of schedule of promotions in World of Tanks and, using it, you can always get on the right days. With the help of the calendar, you can always find out in a timely manner about upcoming World of Tanks promotions, when there is an opportunity to grab something valuable, and for free.
Personal Area
You can find out when the next WOT promotions will be in the game itself.
How to do it:
- We go into the hangar.
- There is a special icon in the upper left corner of the screen - “ Combat missions and shares."
- We click, and then a window pops up in front of us with all the current and upcoming discounts and promotions in World of Tanks.
In this window you can also see the process of completing a particular combat mission in order to receive a well-deserved prize for it.
Types of shares
The promotions in WOT are very diverse, they all differ from each other, and therefore it is reasonable to talk about their varieties.
Premium store special offers
They represent an opportunity to buy special sets or just tanks in the premium store at a good discount. For low levels it is 50% of the base cost, for slightly higher-end tanks it is 30%, and for premium Tier VIII tanks it is 15%.
Such promotions can be timed to coincide with special events, such as a company’s birthday, etc.
Combat missions
Combat missions should be understood as stage-by-stage game tasks for which the player receives a reward.
As a rule, combat missions have an expiration date. For completing them you can earn credits, experience, equipment, reserves and even premium equipment.
Discounts
There is no need to explain what discounts are. Thanks to them, tanks, equipment, gold, reserves and other useful game content can be purchased at a lower cost, for example, for 50% of the base price.
Events
Events are special promotions during which all players, for example, are given the task of “killing” a person from the WG team. For destroying such a player, gold and other valuable rewards are earned.
Examples of promotions
To help players better understand what events are held in the game, we offer examples of tank promotions in World of Tanks that you can participate in regularly or periodically.
Seasonal promotions
Seasonal promotions are held every year, for example, in new year holidays, or for Victory Day. For participating in such promotions, players receive premium accounts and Special offers premium store. On promotional days you can often find great discounts on equipment at WOT.
Invite a friend
“Invite a Friend” is a special program to attract new players, which also rewards the mentor of a new player with a Tier VIII auction tank.
Combat missions
Military actions have already been discussed above. It should only be added that in the future the developers promise to significantly expand and diversify them, meeting the players halfway. An example of such a task is to deal 250 thousand damage in a month on vehicles of each nation. This promotion actually took place not long ago, and the prize was a Tier VIII premium tank.
Random promotions
Random events are held in honor of historical events in which tanks participated. These could be, for example, famous tank battles and military operations of World War II.
If you are not only a keen tanker, but also a history buff, then it won’t be difficult for you to even predict future World of Tanks bonus events dedicated to significant events.
One-time promotions
One-time promotions are the most generous, as they are timed to coincide with special events, such as “15 years of Wargaming” or “100 years of tanks”.
Such bonuses will delight any participant, even the least active one. Discounts in World of Tanks during one-time events will allow you to buy even X-tier tanks for half their cost.
Cashback
Cards with a cashback function have already become firmly established in our lives. For those who are not yet in the know: cashback is the return of a certain percentage of the amount spent on purchases. Just keep in mind that in Tanks, money is returned not in rubles to your card, but in gold - to the game balance.
On the website wgcashback.ru you can order a cashback card linked to WOT. With its help, you can receive “free” gold in the game by paying for purchases in the following services:
- AliExpress;
- MediaMarkt;
- Lamoda and others - more than 50 stores in total.
Using cashback, you don’t even have to wait for discounts in World of Tanks, because by making the necessary everyday purchases, you will thereby accumulate gold on your balance in WOT.
Video
You can learn more about the cashback card in our video.
Do you want to plunge into the world of historical battles? Study history and specifications a huge number of the most diverse military equipment many of the countries? Then World of Tanks is the perfect choice among online multiplayer shooters.
A huge selection of classes and vehicle levels, wide open spaces in large locations, constant updates that won’t let you get bored
And if you suddenly find the game monotonous, it doesn’t matter: a huge number of different modifications will allow you to diversify your gameplay and game visualization.
The game developers are constantly in contact with users of the tank shooter. If you have been a Wargaming user for quite some time, you must have noticed that the network administration constantly arranges various kinds of promotions and discounts. But, most importantly, it takes into account the opinions of users: developers hold frequent polls on their website, they are held quite often and on a wide variety of topics.
For example, a user can take an active part in improving the game, leaving in a vote his opinion on what is needed, or, on the contrary, what he does not want to see in an update or the next patch.
Voting for a tank in world of tanks takes place approximately once a month
The essence of this event is that the game developers provide users with a specific list of equipment (each list is compiled differently). Giving your vote to a tank from the list provided by the site administration means giving preference to the ongoing promotion for this particular vehicle. In World of Tanks, as in many other multiplayer video games, promotions are held quite often, some even regularly, like this promotion itself.
When voting for a tank in world of tanks ends, a promotion appears in the game that is aimed at the vehicle that won. She can be anything. This could be a simple discount on the purchase of the winning vehicle in the vote, or various bonuses that the user can receive by using the tank that wins battles, be it an increased amount of silver or experience per battle.
More than half of the votes were given to the AMX 13 105 tank for its combat qualities, efficiency and increased damage from 360 to 390 HP per shot after the latest changes. The discount on French lt will be valid for the first half of October.
Discount on branch for the second half of October
In the second half of the month, there will be a discount on one of the following development branches for tier 10 light tanks:
- Tank XM551 Sheridan;
- Tank Rheinmetall Panzerwagen.
Which branch will be next will be chosen by Wargaming itself. But so far the American LT XM551 Sheridan is winning the vote with a slight margin of 4% compared to the German LT Rheinmetal Panzerwagen.
Why is the discount only 10 Lt?
According to the authoritative website website quantity World players of Tanks, choosing light tanks as the main combat vehicle increased 15 times after the introduction of level 10 for this class of combat vehicles. All discounts in October in WOT will stimulate the leveling of lt 10. According to our forecasts, the number of “fireflies” in the game will grow until every professional tanker has his own level 10 lt in the hangar.
It should be noted, however, that light tanks have long been discriminated against by the developers of World of Tanks, and now they are making up for lost time: old players continue to upgrade their tanks to the last 10th level. Once the majority of players get their top-end Firefly, the number of promotions, as well as discounts that we are talking about now, will decrease significantly. Therefore, throughout October, players are offered a LT 10 upgrade with double benefits.
Developers Games World of tanks have somewhat modernized the event called Asya fumbles, now they themselves choose the branch that will be in the promotion from the 1st to the 15th of the month, but for the second half, players choose from three proposed ones, at the moment it is object 430, English art and French heavy tank AMX 50B, I personally chose ob.430, since it is the fastest-firing Soviet artillery, and also has excellent armor, I upgraded it a long time ago, I was waiting for a promotion. Actually, about the voting itself, first you should register on the game website under your account, then you simply find the voting block, which is in the lower right banner, as usual, and choose from three options. At the moment the Frenchman is in the lead, 430 in second, horse in third.
The Asya rummage promotion has been modernized for several months now; now a vote will be created for three branches of tanks, in which users participate, choosing a winner, they will receive a two-week promotion for him. The two losing branches are eliminated from further voting. The next two-week promotion is that the next branch - the winner is chosen by the organizers; the promotion does not start in the second half of the month. In addition, instead of one and a half crew experience, a similar LPZ will be awarded for each battle.
In my opinion, the action is good and interesting.
You can vote on the official website of the game, here is the link http://worldoftanks.ru/ There you need to log into the site using your game account, the vote can be found using the search on the site, which is quite easy.
To be honest, it is not entirely clear where exactly the voting for a discount on the tank branch takes place. I examined the start page of the World of Tanks website and didn’t really find anything. The only thing I found - I will give it in screenshots.
As if everything is clear and understandable. It’s not clear where this vote is. I looked around on the forum, there are a lot of sections, I’m just too lazy to scroll through each of them in search of the desired news. At least the developers made a direct link somewhere on the portal!
After much torment in searching for information, I came across one thing on the forum - search. But you can use the search only after logging into the site. I had to remember my password and email. I remembered - I wrote in the search Asya fumbles and voila!
As I understand it, the developers post a banner on the main page of the World of Tanks website only during voting. If only I could find out when this voting is taking place, it would be a total disaster.
Asya Sharit changed the format, it seems to me, in better side. After all, it is much better when everything is done according to the preferences of users, and not by lottery.
