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[Silentstalker]

Introduction (what this thread is about)

Spoiler                     

Hello everyone,

okay, this is a project of mine. As some of you may or may not know, Russian part of the forums has the same thing we had - a thread where developers (Storm and SerB) answer the questions, much like Overlord used to answer ours. Instead of waiting for our own new development thread that comes soon™, I decided to translate some of their Russian answers for us into english.

What is my level of Russian? Well, it's above Google translate - I don't use that stuff I can read Russian and speak Russian well enough to lead a business meeting in real life (international business that is), but it's not a university level. So I'd say that generally I am reliable, although please be aware that in minor things (not in the main ones I hope) I might do mistakes. Feel free to correct them. I do this translation into Czech already for a few weeks, it worked so far.

Secondly, you have to understand that translating the Russian Q and A thread is actually quite difficult. Neither mods nor players use proper Russian, they use phrases and expressions I haven't actually seen before, I don't even mention the technical terms. It makes absolutely no sense to translate the questions literally, sometimes you have a long question and then you have a very short answer: "No, you're retarded", or "Learn physics then talk" (speaking of which, the developers are quite rude). A lot of the questions repeat themselves more than once and a lot of them also make no sense. Generally I'd say only 1/4 of all answers actually bring some new or interesting info or viewpoint. Of course it's pointless to translate questions the devs do not properly answer, I have thus decided to "pack" each answer into an information statement as a sum of the questions. So when a guy asks "So, I heard that KV-5 earns less money now, is it just me or did your nerf it" and the dev answers "we didn't nerf it and you're a conspiracy weirdo", my summed-up statement would be "According to the devs, KV-5 did not get nerfed when it comes to income". I hope that's acceptable.

UPDATE

Hey guys, I am really sorry to do this but I have to work as effectively as I can. Putting the same stuff on 3 spots is just annoying so instead of copying the whole thing in the first post once again, I will simple leave a link for the translations of the day here, so you don't have to dig thru the thread. It's much more comfortable for me that way. Like this. Of course the translations will remain within the thread itself.

FAQ

Mick666 from SEA forums has made a wonderful FAQ post. Be sure to check it out for some issues you might have questions about!

Links concerning super test leaks and discussions have been removed.
For more information regarding the named case please consult:  http://forum.worldof...upertest-leaks/
~Hunter1911

[PzPionier]

GJ mate!

[WoTDaFoCh]

...cool,keep it up   ..i get sick of using google translate

[ApocalypseSquad]

Very handy to have this sumarised, thanks.

[Vipez]

Good Job !


You are doing the Job WG should do!

[CuddlyPanda]

Thanks man, someone should pin this since the amount of info we get is...well not that great... Anyways, thanks again  

[Warheart1992]

First of all , thank you for the info , I miss those Q&As .

One thing I hate though , that people like you have to do the translation , while it could be an easy job for the community team to do and at least provide us with the russian Q&A...

[Alecsandru010]

CroCitizen2407, on 16 October 2012 - 03:54 PM, said:

Thanks man, someone should pin this since the amount of info we get is...well not that great... Anyways, thanks again  

I love your signature )

[scuffer]

Excellent, thanks

"Who decided about the "gold ammo for silver" feature? Devs or the CEO? "It was the Freemasons, we belong to them and they ordered us to do it" (typical SerB answer)"

Good answer to a stupid question!

[Tupinambis]

Silentstalker, on 16 October 2012 - 03:45 PM, said:

- Who decided about the "gold ammo for silver" feature? Devs or the CEO? "It was the Freemasons, we belong to them and they ordered us to do it" (typical SerB answer)

I used to find SerB's posts annoying, but now I actually like them.

[Buffzzz]

Thanks for this insight, and thanks to you for my brand new signature

Silentstalker, on 16 October 2012 - 04:11 PM, said:

- it is planned to add the sound of turret traversing

sounds interesting

Edit: Oups, sorry for the doublepost

Posts merged. ~EilaAurora

Edited by EilaAurora, 05 December 2012 - 09:09 AM.

[Woras]

So what i see is they not going to improve game in any way we dont know already.

EDIT: Oh lol :D Just noticed I actually posted in this thread when it started. Hehe.

Edited by Woras, 07 January 2013 - 08:21 PM.

[PRO_MEMBER]

W00t W00t, they should hire you as QA. How come our QA didn't think of this :D

[Woras]

Silentstalker, on 16 October 2012 - 04:30 PM, said:

Because - let's face it - it's really annoying and time consuming. Combined with the fact that I turned 30 a week ago and there are only two things in my life, my job and World of Tanks (in this order). Pretty sad, really...

Dont forget women.

[PaiNzzz]

Seems like fine work, the least I can offer is a +1 and a commendation :D
Thank you and keep up the good work.

[Anunzi]

Excellent work SilentStalker, as has been mentioned by my esteemed colleagues above, its just plain wrong that players have to do this when WG should be doing it.

You have my thanks Sir.


Anyway, what the hell is it with SerB? Does he not understand that the people he is talking down to are the ones paying his f*cking wages?

I don’t know if its just cultural differences, but I cant help think that’s its just bang out of order speaking to your customers the way he does. Total lack of respect.

[sword_of_Damocles]

Thanks for your effort mate!!!
Wish i could give you more pluses

[zmeul]

@Silentstalker
add future Q&A to the same 1st post with a note when you added them
since this is not a strictly moderated thread, will become hard to see the Q&A add-ons from the other posts

[dUG1]

Well done, +1 for you  

Btw, was there any PzIV related answer?
Overlord mentioned something about it being a failure in Russian community eyes (shock!) and that there has been a lot of noise about it, but that´s all.
Are there really no questions about it, or is being heavily moderated to "avoid" that topic?

Thanks  

[Alighierian]

nice, keep it going *thumbs up*

Silentstalker, on 16 October 2012 - 04:46 PM, said:

Well... you'd have to see Russian forums. Can't say I blame him - the amount of twats and really dumb questions there is staggering. After hearing the same crap over and over (especially the conspiracy theories), you are bound to get sarcastic.

nothing new, in my (worthless) opinion; if people treat you like an idiot over and over and over again with very, very few exceptions (like on the russian forums as you say) you might as well treat them likewise, for most of them have no common sense to begin with (I'm guessing most of the people who have brains simply ignore most parts of the forums)