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Newsletter #6

========= Calling all Battle Tanks! =========


Deep snow and fierce storms won't stop this winter's campaign from being the most ferocious yet! The Big Guns are rolling across the chilly land, inbound for battle.

========= Battle News ==========


In this issue, here's how things look from the front lines:

1. New Rule Change
2. The New King of Rocks and Swamps
3. Insider's Tip
4. Mega-tournament
5. Subscriber's Tournament
6. Top 500 in Rocks and Swamps

NEW RULE CHANGE

To make game play more fair, the rule about disconnected tanks has been changed. Now you can't attack a frozen tank. In the past, a player whose Internet connection was broken was a sitting duck for other players to launch a deactivation assault. But now the game checks the connection after every hit and doesn't allow hits on a deadlocked tank until its connection is restored. We hope this feature will save a few frozen sitting ducks and make game play more fair.

THE NEW KING OF ROCKS AND SWAMPS

In the last issue of BattleNews, the big story was about the Purple dominance of Rocks and Swamps. Well, that's old news now! The new leader is Marcus of the Reds. Lately, the Purples, while still the strongest color overall, have been booted out of the top places by Reds.

In other fields, a tank well on its way to many medals is Dewey, placing well in Rocks and Swamps and Appaloosa Land. Dewey is at the top of the leader board in Crazy Maze. More proof that the team of the future is RED?

The once mighty Blues are in trouble, but no doubt Snoop and the rest will be fighting their way back to the top soon. Oranges are doing best in Crazy Maze, with 3 in the top ten.

INSIDER'S TIPS

This is a cunning trick that top players sometimes use to get a few free hits on an enemy. Your aim is to get him where you can see him, but he can't see you. You will need homing missiles for this to work. First, pick a victim near the center of your screen. Move to the edge of your screen, select homing missiles, fire one shot, then move off screen. Do this quickly, before they react. Now re-adjust your view so that the enemy reappears on your screen and fire away! You should get at least four shots on them before they can fire back!

MEGA-TOURNAMENT 1

A whole-day Mega-tournament is planned for sometime in December. It will most likely start around 8.00am PST and finish at 8.00 PM. Check back for more details as they emerge.

NEWSLETTER TOURNAMENT

The next BattleNews Subscribers Only tournament will be on Tuesday, 2nd December from 4.00pm to 6.00pm PST.

ROCKS AND SWAMPS TOP 500

HOSS, dewey, Snoop, Woods, A_GIRL, Trouble, Kain, Manapua_Man, Kain-the-Feared, BRUISER, PURPLE_PRIDE, PEACEMAKER, SSS-MOKIN, GOLDBERG, karina, JoeBeta, Achilles, Stuff, Nemesis, Lynx2000, RTH3, Jizzy, BONEAPART, DH_LIONS_FAN, jimbo, Boogyman, PawPaw, Fizz, ArchAngel, SGT_FIRE, JiMmO, General_Nuisance, Fart, Bri, STANLY, Corythehero, Tom, Wiseguy, Starraider, Jay, D_Bro_3, BigBensDad, God_Of_Fire2, Fred, Bombo, DA_BOMB, Arkus, Shaft, Killer, THE_DEACTIVATOR, Davey, Wolf2000, Charles, Shivan, CHEETAH_cub, Prodigy, big_bull, Joan_of_Arc, BANDIT, Dagget, War_Machine, Mystic_Blade, Gage, GeNeRaL_NoNsEnSe, Biggie_Smalls, Crusher, Orange_Crush, Golfer, Ruff_Ryders, TroubleICQ13719832, DeMoN, SHARKY_II, whiner, Bomber_Man, Doughboy13la, Average_Joe, StarHawk, BUCKMASTER, Schizophrenic, Sephiroth, SHELLSHOCKED, Rell, Hi-Track, Gargamell, The_Mechanic, Z, Bad_Boy, Martin_the_Warrior, omoT, Supernova, Merlin, Lady, Ryu_and_Ken, JAMES, Dogbert, D_Bro_2, guest150, ZEEK, Hades, chump, RED_1, OTHER_150, poidog, ZARDOZ, FatCat_BA, Herbie_M-T, Iceman, SKIROULE, Malia, Dan, BLACKJACK, Mr_Slamma, musician, Lars_Ulrich, No_Limit_Tank, From_The_Swamp, MINION, ARCTIC_CHICKEN, Starwolf, Scream_II, two_tracks, Heavy__Weight, Zachary, ZEBRA, hammer, badjim, the_Shadow, Flame, Invader, Arcenannie, TYLER_THE_TANK, STICH, God_Of_Fire, Black_Knight, BULLET, From_The_Deep, Tusk, REDRUM, Tim, D_Bro_1, Bookworm, Sniper, Assassin_DuBosc, Tru_Tank_Dogg, BANDIT_1, M-1_Abrams_Tank, seancrosshair, tonka_toy, taz_devil, TAZ, Element-wind, DeathWish, Da_Hawaiian, The_Three_Stooges, SKILLET, Kamehameha59, Zylle, Maverick, THE_MUTILATOR, ZEEK_II, The_Rock, big_foot, Black_belt, MULAN, Azn_Bomba, JokerJim, ACE, Ashley_Nichols, Madness, Will_Helm, ZERO, Sandman, underdog, big_foot, Clone, Lobo, CROCODILE, George_Bob42, Tonka, Fearless_Warrior, Genji, Annihilator, Mr_T, BigBull, Maui, FuriousGeorge, Naval_lint, GOTCHA, Wave, Grand, Diablo202, Gothic_Bomb, Killing_Machine, engen, Paella, a_tank_deactivator, You_Stink, Kain-the-Assassin, PNG_Indians, Dad, G-man, chief, willbro, Chocbyte, OneBeautifulGirl, PATTON, Mario, dr1, napoleon, YoMomma, lonelygirl, BK, ZULU, EnSaberNur, DH_ASTROS_FAN, Coolman, DOOZER, BullDog, all_mighty, 7Eleven, Darth_Vader, hook-up, Boomer, mannycanny2, 90_pound_weakling, fox_99, Mags, MADCAP, RAMMEL, g-man, KiLLa_ArMy, Cloud, RTH1, FlipMoeSqua, Peter_Rabbit, Claw, T-80UK, F-16_Falcon, Big_Joe, FireMan, DoctorD, all_mighty, bob, Bubba, Mighty_Moe, CGal, BLADE, Chaos, Stalker, iceman, Uh-Oh_2U, Zen, Menehune, Madness, Kit_Lam, UltraDefiyer, BW, kid, Stinky_Feet, Kalei, T-90, kelly, ARCTIC_CHICKEN, Curly, DUKE_NUKEM, QuickSilver, RED_OCTOBER, Obei_Wan_Kenobi, Joe, kate, FireMan2, WhyMe, all_mighty, TamaZ47, bEaStiE, Dynamic_Duo, Flubbert, Hot_Chocolate, Jing, GeddyLee, MysteriousOne, Sporty, crer17, syther, BOB, IgnorDisPurplDot, Bingy_Yout, Tiki_Super_Fan, lazer, kane1, Han_Solo, Missy, Matt, Kalani, Grossman, Can_Opener, Layzie, Serra_Angel, Bolan, SaveRyanPrivates, Top_Gun, KILLER_BOOTS_DUDE, Sniper_2000, fire, the_Rock, CHEETAH, T-80U, Yellowbelly, Cybertank, Xena_the_WARRIOR, Chuckie, Da_Hawaiian, Trio, Wildcat, ice, Gaga, Mroxomia, all_mighty, iceman, baseball, Black, Kaptah, Pete, All_mighty, Jake12, blitzkrieg, Battlezone, Ranma, killerkid, RReynard, white_killa, TRIO, Red_Horse, Monkey_Toes, kelly, Steve, Danny, jImMo, GRIDLOCK, Charles_2, PRINCESS, George_Bob24, Buckmaster2, flubber, Nemisis, DH_BRAVES_FAN, CrazyJim, Buckmaster2, stuff_2nd, HawaiianSpawn, Pablo_the_Great, A_BRUTE, Zoxenite_1, Black_belt_BA, ICE_GOD_2, Fave_tanks, Sabrina_smith, the_Brit, Ada_Shih, a_Ford_Truck, seaQuest, Big_Frank, Prodigy, Trio, JERSEY_DEVIL, SHARKY, F-14_Tomcat, Jake, Phatty, Bud, Arachnid, Master_Blaster, Andy_hulme, WOLF, cr101, DH_Red_Wings_Fan, CCT, Merlin, DH_SPURS_FAN, skatepunk, BOB, Bama_Fan, no_name, The_Coolest_Boy, ExeL, Olga, Hawaiian_Boy, Piento, killer_miller, NuclearWi, Lance, JaguarXTasy, Happy, Le_Cafard, THE_BRAIN, Shorty, pacers, FoxFire7, Cougar, BA-NOD_r_Dorks, kid, Bigfoot, windwalker, Patton, ICEMAN, monster, Thiller, IceCold, Eddy_Hong, megabyte, Viper_II, Kaps, Speedy, Fahad, iceman2, BIO_FREAK, SuperHawk, da_man, PAL, BIG_DADDY, Boomer, GLASS_MAN, DEATH_ANGEL, Double_D, TrippleH, The_dark_phantom, GORMACK, bomber_boy, Thailand, Wilhelm, Master_Blaster, HOSS_II, Snipe, CorrythekingofWW, kane, FireMan, iceman, orange-1, SOCCER_PLAYER, Shark, Ru, Judge_Dredd__DL, Wild_Bor, Michael_Corleone, HUTCHIE, Tigger, Terminator_2, No_Limit_Solja, SaberWulf, BFoxx614, five_tanks, Ken, Fuzzy_Lamb, puff4me, phycho, Area51_Survivor, Sinister, Madness, Bingy_Man, Cwong, shaughn, Chuckie, Red_Flare_III, Kevin, Cory_Kelly___PA, battlekid, Kevin, Da_Manini_HS, too_cool, Genetic, Elyse, Grimlock, kazoo, Rya_Guy, Stinky, Domdodom, StOnECoLd, 7, nicoleplated, chevy, tazzmutt, Major_John, Razer, nm88, Destructive, Puff_Daddy, GOD, X-Files, termenater, DH_GATER_FAN, Furray, THE_DEVIL, SHARKY_III, Cool, Major_Nuisance, SAMBALLS