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