Awards are out!

[shermanfrombf]

sigh... just can't please this guy. I can't imagine how it's possible to be more thorough with a dot submission than to find a glitch, report it to him personally and directly, help him isolate the problem, and get him to fix it on the spot for 3 different major glitches. (homings freezing the game, fuels over 1000 not appearing on the map, and homing sounds generating an infinite loop on the map screen after raids.) imo worthy of 3 dots, 1 per glitch, but I only wanted/need 1. I just don't get how my submissions were less worthy of dots than the people that won dots. a glitch is a glitch, I don't get how somebody else's glitch is better/worse than my glitch, yet they all get fixed equally the same. I guess my glitches weren't as glitchy as the other people's glitches, but still glitchy enough to be a problem and need to be fixed.

I love doing the same job as my co-workers, possibly even better than them, but watching them get paid in something valuable while I get a handshake or a pat on the back or something meaningless like that that can't be shown off or show a little pride in a job well done.

R.I.P. DiviNe's chances at any of these ever now that I know it's a waste of time to try. apparently a little ambition for your tank and interest in a special award is an automatic disqualification on the grounds of "oh youre doing this for specials? well you should be doing it for the good of the game." I'm doing it for both. why the fuck is wanting to be paid for doing some work for somebody suddenly considered a bad thing?
that's like letting some kids shovel your driveway after a snowstorm for money, then getting mad at them and judging them for expecting a couple of dollars for their work. stop trying to make players feel bad or guilty for wanting specials, if they do the work for the reward, who cares about their motives for them, the result is the same either way and they did the same work either way.

that's all I have to say about that im going to bed



yeah yeah nobody cares you lost get over it quit crying

[SIX DAY WAR]

This community's sense of entitlement is embarrassing.

Reminds me of this:

Pft....When I was a kid on nickolodeon around christmas time. I saw a commercial for this new crazy wacky invention called no-thing. It's what every kid wanted, and what those people should have got instead of a i phone, or whatever.

[MY Dog]

First World problems to the age of entitlement looks like the future is in good hands

[SW]

Sorry Kyle but you can't "buy" a WC. Plenty of players have donated more $ than you and didn't receive any award for it so stop feeling so entitled. WC is traditionally about journalism, and you wouldn't put placing an ad in the classified section on the same level as writing an article for the paper. Granted WC is a bit warped compared to BF as is no newsletter, but I don't think anyone should be able to buy them. It's unfortunate that your advertisements were just a plot to win an award, rather than an attempt to help the game.

[Jordann]

lol for some reason sw just cant let this die.

Okay we get it, dont advertise for the game. Dont do things in expectations of an award.

lol.

[X-HayS-X]

Canadian fights!

[shermanfrombf]

[CoolkylemaC21]

Sorry Kyle but you can't "buy" a WC. Plenty of players have donated more $ than you and didn't receive any award for it so stop feeling so entitled. WC is traditionally about journalism, and you wouldn't put placing an ad in the classified section on the same level as writing an article for the paper. Granted WC is a bit warped compared to BF as is no newsletter, but I don't think anyone should be able to buy them. It's unfortunate that your advertisements were just a plot to win an award, rather than an attempt to help the game.

LOLOL, I keep seeing SW and Nachoes saying I tried "Buying" a WC. Lol If my Intention was to buy a WC do you think I would only spend $55. If I thought I was buying a WC i'd spend at least $200 or more to buy one. Haha. trust me I know A WC is worth alot more then 55$. I did not just put the money on google and expect to win the WC. I put work into getting people to click my google ad so we would get more players to Tankpit. Before I even started this I was thinking something like this was needed because the Tankpit player base has dropped drastically in the past 3 months. EXE: where have all the good players gone? EXE: AOWS? Pretty much all of the good players have gotten bored and stopped playing. Its the truth.

Yes I over reacted and deleted my tanks to ensure I don't waste another minute on Tankpit. But it wasn't because of me not winning this WC, Its just SW overall, Jordan warned me that SW will never let us help Tankpit and we will never win another award no matter what we do. I wasted far too much time and learned the hard way. lol even if I got the Wc I still would never play Tankpit again.

It did piss me off a bit because I felt like my Google Ad was doing Far far more for the Game than almost any other Wc entry. Sure its not rly in the Wc category, But wtf is a youtube page or something on the bulletin board going to do for the game in all honesty? Coming from someone who won a WC from a youtube page! The only people who are going to see or watch these are current tankpit players. Sure they look cool and might help 1 or 2 current players get better at the game. But they don't rly do anything for the Game it self. Not trying too say those entries weren't good or anything. But trying to Improve the Actual game should be worth more.

No one loved this game as much as I did, Real talk. Ill admit I found Google ad words while searching for a way to win a WC. But after a day of messing with Google adwords and seeing all these new players coming to the game, it was nice too see, I felt like I was doing something really good for the game. Sw even told me there were 10 new accounts the first day I started this. So each day I would up my spending limit so we would get more clicks to the Tankpit site. I was getting 130 clicks a day. It was fun, And I kept researching ways to get more clicks to http://www.tankpit.com, and looking for other things like google ad words to start up so we get even more players. Half the community is gone, and players are dropping off by the day. So this game needs as many players as it can find. Because the players are leaving faster than they are coming.

So yeah I took this like a Spit to the face, Seeing the tankpit staff posting on the forums saying I tried to "Buy" an award! Thats over 400 more people that seen the Tankpit site. But yeah I only tried to "Buy" an award and this did nothing to help the game Progress in anyway.

Im sorry for my immaturity about all of this, But I took it like a big "Fuck You". So heres my Fuck you.

Happy Holidays, and I will see you guys in uTanks soon.

[tournamentJESUS]

that sounds like one of the most constructive and effective methods to introduce new players that i've seen thus far. definitely an award winning endeavor you set out on. too bad this never materialized because of bullshit politicking...

[tournamentJESUS]

btw, of all the people on this forum and everyone who's a part of the tp audience, from what i've seen, both coolkylemac and jordan have been the most active and devoted when it comes to making an effort to expand the game. not really sure why john silver won't bring them on board and allow for them to have a more specific role in the process of expansion, like a mini "advertisement team" or something.

here we have a guy who is not only doing creative shit, but he's directly introducing the game to new players which in my opinion counts for something. i mean, at the very least he deserves a special award for what he did here and i haven't seen weenie boy's submission that won him a wc, but i think what was done here by kyle had a way more productive and direct effect on the game's expansion than what weenie boy did.

just my 2 cents...

[CoolkylemaC21]

btw, of all the people on this forum and everyone who's a part of the tp audience, from what i've seen, both coolkylemac and jordan have been the most active and devoted when it comes to making an effort to expand the game. not really sure why john silver won't bring them on board and allow for them to have a more specific role in the process of expansion, like a mini "advertisement team" or something.

here we have a guy who is not only doing creative shit, but he's directly introducing the game to new players which in my opinion counts for something. i mean, at the very least he deserves a special award for what he did here and i haven't seen weenie boy's submission that won him a wc, but i think what was done here by kyle had a way more productive and direct effect on the game's expansion than what weenie boy did.

just my 2 cents...

Im Happy SW awarded Wheenieboy a Wc for his Bulletin Board, Duels To you Face campaign. Haha Something fun for the noobs and gives hope to all the noobs out there.

[frog]

weenie boy's submission was weenies. whack.

[SW]

I did not just put the money on google and expect to win the WC. I put work into getting people to click my google ad so we would get more players to Tankpit.

What work are you talking about? Did you mind control people to click the ads or something?

Yes I over reacted and deleted my tanks to ensure I don't waste another minute on Tankpit. But it wasn't because of me not winning this WC, Its just SW overall, Jordan warned me that SW will never let us help Tankpit and we will never win another award no matter what we do.

"Just SW overall" = What exactly? What did I do other than not give you your award...?
"SW will never let us help TankPit" - Not true. I was perfectly happy with you helping TankPit via advertising and any other way you wanted.

If this hissy fit isn't over you winning an award, what are you crying about to begin with?

(P.S. - There is no bias against you guys despite what you think, BF-3 winning DoT is proof of that.)

No one loved this game as much as I did, Real talk.

If you loved the game so much, why not try to advertise/help it without expecting things in return? (As many others have....)

So yeah I took this like a Spit to the face, Seeing the tankpit staff posting on the forums saying I tried to "Buy" an award!

...

Im sorry for my immaturity about all of this, But I took it like a big "Fuck You". So heres my Fuck you.

You are the one who generated this drama storm over not winning an award. Pardon me for stepping in to "defend" my reasons why after you unleashed all of that hatred at me.

Finally, I'd like to point out once again that this is repeat behavior for Kyle. Seems like every few months he's deleting his tanks because he didn't win an award. Weird considering that he's already won more awards than anyone else in the game. Kid must've been mad spoiled by his parents.

[CoolkylemaC21]

Neways thats the end of that topic. Its over with. No hard feelings. srry for the stupid drama... LOL at your mind games tho.. haha

[Jordann]

just wanna say that bf3 won a dot because he found a way to autoscroll speedhack. A direct 100% autoscroll. I dont think there was anyway, even the most biased of game owners, wouldn't have awarded the DOT for that find. So while BF3 did win a special, its not like it wasnt overly earned (Im pretty sure he submitted a magnitude of submissions for this period and previous ones as well)

[Erock]

I apologize if I came off as entitled or abrasive. Tbh, it seems like I won't have the time to win any specials so I will just be floating my ideas in the bfu section if a pops into my brain instead of submitting them for specials.

[Ms_Lucy]

Awards are updated on the Site . OMEGA with a dot

[silientsnake1124]

damn blackup really raking them in

[CoolkylemaC21]

I just got a Nobel Pm from weenieboy, He offered me his Wc, This is a very nice gesture, But im mutch happier seeing a player like weenieboy have the Wc, He deserves it. Thanks bro, Happy holidays.

[silent]

Omega Supreme

[Baha]

i paid $250 for it.

[003]

i paid $250 for it.

I thought you were the one who gave the awards? Quit awarding yourself!

[shermanfrombf]

[iwasperdition]

If you loved the game so much, why not try to advertise/help it without expecting things in return? (As many others have....)

because he isn't a moron? i find it hard to believe that anyone would pay out of their own pocket to further the game and not be expecting to have future specials weighted in their direction or to have things available to them that aren't available to others. especially when the guy running the show hasn't been putting money out there to advertise the game.

[Jordann]

I think the biggest form of self entitlement is sun wolf expecting people to drop hundreds of dollars or dozens of hours for his stolen project without expecting something in return.

There's a difference between being entitled and working hard for something you deserve. Doesn't matter at all really but it's just one of the many reasons why I feel like this game is doomed to an owner who has no intentions of doing anything other than finding the easiest way out.

[Ms_Lucy]

If you loved the game so much, why not try to advertise/help it without expecting things in return? (As many others have....)

because he isn't a moron? i find it hard to believe that anyone would pay out of their own pocket to further the game and not be expecting to have future specials weighted in their direction or to have things available to them that aren't available to others. especially when the guy running the show hasn't been putting money out there to advertise the game.

I spoke to SW about my facebook ad that i ran last month. I did 100% feel i deserved a WC . His explanation was valid and I understand his point of view. However, I have not witnessed anyone beside myself and kyle come out of pocket to advertise successfully . Honestly, the WCs that have been awarded in the past has not generated as much traffic as our ads have . If players can afford to pay for ads to better the game than i believe expecting a wc in return is not much to ask .

I do not see this method of advertising the game as buying a WC . If this is the case then we should make it clear on the website . We cannot abide to rules that are not written nor has SW officially given the forum authority to hold debates on such matters. If bfunity is such an influence than make it official on tankpit.com as well.

My 2 cents..

[weekend_nachos]

If you loved the game so much, why not try to advertise/help it without expecting things in return? (As many others have....)

because he isn't a moron? i find it hard to believe that anyone would pay out of their own pocket to further the game and not be expecting to have future specials weighted in their direction or to have things available to them that aren't available to others. especially when the guy running the show hasn't been putting money out there to advertise the game.

I spoke to SW about my facebook ad that i ran last month. I did 100% feel i deserved a WC . His explanation was valid and I understand his point of view. However, I have not witnessed anyone beside myself and kyle come out of pocket to advertise successfully . Honestly, the WCs that have been awarded in the past has not generated as much traffic as our ads have . If players can afford to pay for ads to better the game than i believe expecting a wc in return is not much to ask .

I do not see this method of advertising the game as buying a WC . If this is the case then we should make it clear on the website . We cannot abide to rules that are not written nor has SW officially given the forum authority to hold debates on such matters. If bfunity is such an influence than make it official on tankpit.com as well.

My 2 cents..

I agree it should be written on site (and should have been way before anyone paid for anything) that paying for any advertisements for the game will not win you an award. If thats the case then everyone will start buying advertisement space for the game and 100 WCs will have to be handed out if spending money enables a guaranteed victory. This is a double edged sword, while yes, the advertisements for the game do in fact help, it goes against what the WC was initially about, and also goes against the spirit of earning it over an effort of "journalistic excellence."

There's pros and cons to all of this and tbh i think the only thing that would settle this is that no one person should pay for any advertisements, rather, it'd be smarter for people whod like to donate to the game pool money together that would like to for advertising. Not for anything other than the promotion of keeping a game we all love, running. 10 or more people donating 5 a month for adwords could keep a substantial flow of people clicking to come in or something.

Also from what I've seen lately it doesn't seem like TP is doomed (yet) and has been immensely more successful than uTanks (especially since the stats reset and SWs more prominent involvement in updates and other things). (Awaits the shitstorm for that sentence)

[Jordann]

you two were the first to do something like this EVER. no ones ever gone out of pocket to run advertisements for this genre of games, ironically not even the developers. Its like the abundance of wv's handed out for creating reviews of tankpit, aka copy and pasting the guide onto some obscure site nobody has ever seen before. some of these sites required a payment to post a review. A hell of alot smaller than the sum im sure grimlock and kyle expended. Is this considered buying the award?


Its not really about the award to me so much as its just backwards counterproductive mentality that seems to stem from anyone who tries to run this show in this style of games. Two players went more out of their way than the developer of the game to find and attract a new crowd to a continually declining game and were essentially slapped in the face with the perceived notion of 'buying' an award instead of thanked tremendously and awarded an award the directly correlates with what they were doing. If youre going to attempt to make the argument that advertisements reaching out to new recruits of the battle doesnt qualify as corresponding the war than I have zero idea what exactly youre looking for other than failed bulletin board posts and reviews on strange websites.

[CoolkylemaC21]

Sorry Kyle but you can't "buy" a WC. Plenty of players have donated more $ than you and didn't receive any award for it so stop feeling so entitled.

Hahaha yeah if I donated the money to you/tankpit of course I wouldn't expect an award. But I went out of my way to advertise the game for you/tankpit, with my own money. And that was the thanks I got.

[Jordann]

chiming in again.

first point, making it public knowledge that advertisements wont win you awards on the tankpit websites is only a short step below retarded, no offense. Okay, even under the assumption that you (nachos) and sunwolf both unanimously agreed that providing the funding for advertisement in fact is not worth a wc (ridiculous) the first two people who obviously didnt get the well kept secretive memo and went out of their way should be awarded imo.

And yes, shame on everyone if all of a sudden people start spending hundreds of dollars out of pocket to advertise and find new players for this game. Itd be absolutely terrible to all of a sudden have maybe half a dozen people with a special award because they felt the need to go out of pocket and fund this game.

lol.

Also, i dont think people are opening up and starting funds for advertisements because who would they trust other then themselves? I definitely dont trust sun wolf to just go and give him whatever money I would have invested towards advertisement and expect him to do the same. I mean, hes probably collected well over four figures from this game from donations and the ridiculously over priced name changes/color changes/apparently being able to swap tanks to different ccids and Im not exactly sure where that all has gone. Of course I dont know the over head but sun wolf is in no way transparent about his funds he receives or where they go.

Also, I swear if anyone mentions utanks as if its the base point on where success lies (or mentions utanks at all really) Im going to be inclined to ban you from these forums (as silly as that sounds, its basically the only thing i can do) for being straight ignorant after all this damn time. Please dont drop to this level. I may be arguing for the sake of argument but all my points are valid.