Saturday, December 21, 2013

World of Tanks. From game to historical database.

AMX-48/50. My latest "isn't that cool vehicle" from World of Tanks.






I am still trying to grind with the World of Tanks but to be honest I suck donkey nuts.  A win rate of 47 percent puts me in the lower tier of players and a computer that is stock and not a gaming rig doesn't help.  Its enough to make me want to go outside and slaughter some wild pigs!

But I digress.  I'm really enjoying watching some of the other players show me how its done (Bohemian Eagle and Quicky Baby are my two favorites so far), but the main thing that keeps me stoked about the game is that its turning from game to historical database.  Want info on obscure armor?  More than likely you're going to be heading to a review on World of Tanks.  Gamers are obsessive and they take this game seriously, so everyone wants the tanks to represent the real thing as much as possible (where possible).  Additionally they want to KNOW about the real thing...why weren't they built?  How come it didn't perform better in real combat?  Those type question require digging into as much history as possible and that makes World of Tanks a pseudo-historical database.