Sunday, 8 March 2015

Let's chat

So it's now a week since the blog officially started.

There is a lot of work involved, I always respected SilentStalker for all he has done for the community but now that I’m trying to fill his shoes only can say that it has made me respect him even more. My salute to him!

I knew about the risks I was taking by accepting the baton but decided to go ahead mainly for you all, the community, you have been so overwhelmingly positive towards this decision, wasn't expecting so many support, I’m still fresh (and enjoying it a lot) and can assure I’m doing my best to keep you up to date with everything.

I've been receiving many questions and advises and I’m trying to answer to most but been hard as messages are flooding in from all my other pages, that is why I’m creating this post, your opinion and support matters to me.
For example, been noticing many of you been asking if there will be historical articles like on FTR. Yes, there will be.
And many people were telling that they wanted to support but my Patreon page wasn't launched, fixed that too, will also post a monthly thank you with everyone nicknames.

Let’s chat…


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115 comments:

  1. moose8 March 2015 at 21:55

    I'm liking it so far, but there's 1 main request that I have
    Would it be possible to translate Jove's "developer answers" videos to English and post the main points on here with a link to the video? They have some pretty good info in those from what I've heard, but I don't speak russian and Google's translated subtitles aren't much help either.

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    1. Tribun12118 March 2015 at 21:57

      Problem is that Rita dont speak russian like SilentStalker....but i think there will be a way to get this infos for us

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    2. Unknown8 March 2015 at 22:00

      That is true, however, I bet someone in the community will offer help to do so.

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    3. moose8 March 2015 at 22:03

      Yeah, I was thinking someone else could translate them and send them to Rita to post here.

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    4. moose8 March 2015 at 22:04

      Oh, also, I just noticed: there's no "edit comment - available for 5min" type of thing, so you have to post a new comment every time you want to say something new. I think a timed edit function would be nice (something like the 5 minutes you were given on FTR) so you could change things if you needed to but after a certain time, you couldn't change/remove it.

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    5. Unknown8 March 2015 at 22:24

      I do have help with translations, don't see why it wont happen. :)

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    6. Unknown8 March 2015 at 22:31

      You could just learn Russian in your spare time. ;^)

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    7. Unknown9 March 2015 at 00:03

      I can translate but I'm Russian and I'm too lazy for this... Miss that Czech guy

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    8. SilentstalkerFTR9 March 2015 at 00:06

      There is no real reason to actually trabslate Jove's videos. He has no "exclusive" answers, he takes the from the same sources I did and Rita does now or he did take them sometimes directly from FTR (resp. Russian translations of FTR insider info).

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    9. Unknown9 March 2015 at 00:10

      There is fta group in vk.com where the leaks appear

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  2. Unknown8 March 2015 at 21:58

    I am Batman

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    1. Unknown8 March 2015 at 22:11

      I am Baroness, as a part time.

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    2. Rich Vail9 March 2015 at 03:19

      as for her replying...emails etc...remember this isn't her full-time job, it's "fun"...and while SS had a lot of support this "pur beknighted lass" has no help at all...bgw me'darlin' put up a tip jar on your main page so you can accept donations!!!!!!!

      that way you can, get some recompense on the expenses involved with pleasing 40-50,000 readers! I'll hit it from time to time. Use paypal and the otherone SS used...

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    3. Anonymous9 March 2015 at 05:38

      No.

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  3. Unknown8 March 2015 at 22:03

    Sent rita an email regarding my t-62 historical article no replies after 3 days ;(

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    1. Unknown8 March 2015 at 22:08

      She is swamped mate. Dont worry. It might take time, but I am sure she will post the wondrous tale of the captured T-62 :D

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    2. Unknown8 March 2015 at 22:14

      Yisi will be done fore sure, sorry that im taking so much time to answer, giving most of the time to put things up for the blog and stream/youtube, also have cats and house to take care. catching up on all the messages as fast as possible! <3

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  4. Unknown8 March 2015 at 22:07

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  5. Unknown8 March 2015 at 22:09

    Rita?
    Would it be possible for you to incorporate all the old historical articles from FTR?
    These ones:
    http://ftr.wot-news.com/history/

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    1. Unknown8 March 2015 at 22:14

      It can be arranged. :)

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    2. Ethnarch8 March 2015 at 22:20

      Is it necessary though? As I've understood, FTR will stay online, hence the ads there now. Or am I wrong?

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    3. Unknown8 March 2015 at 22:25

      I think he means for the future historical articles, but i can add a source for the older ones too.

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  6. DarioX_Novakov8 March 2015 at 22:15

    Thank you for saying there will be historical posts, was worryed about that.

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    1. Unknown8 March 2015 at 22:29

      Anything to keep most happy, and they are too interesting to not be shared, already got contacted for permission and said yes to all.

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  7. Ethnarch8 March 2015 at 22:19

    As I said before, Rita, thankyou very much for taking on this task and responsibility! I'm sure that in time this blog will stand on it's own, not just as a "FTR substitute" (as you do with your other stuff). You're already doing a great job! Oh, and I'm delighted to hear about the historical articles. All the best to you Rita! :)

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  8. Trent8 March 2015 at 22:23

    Rita,

    What's the "official" abbreviation of your blog's name? ;) Is it RSR? I also saw SR used elsewhere, but I think it's not as distinctive.

    It's a minor thing, of course, but I guess it's worth deciding early on, for consistency reasons.

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    1. Unknown8 March 2015 at 22:27

      RSR sounds pretty. :)

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    2. Extraneous8 March 2015 at 22:58

      I'd call it RSI... because you're likely to get RSI if you update it as frequently as FTR was :P

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    3. Rich Vail9 March 2015 at 03:20

      Just call it "Status Report" SR! just like you are replacing FTR...my 2 cents

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    4. Don Florica9 March 2015 at 11:54

      Rita's Status Report ( RSR ) sound great

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  9. Unknown8 March 2015 at 22:26

    Just a side note: I like all of these Star Trek pictures. Thank you for your work. :)

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  10. Anonymous8 March 2015 at 22:34

    I'd say don't be too shy to accept donations. This is more or less a second job.

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    1. Unknown8 March 2015 at 22:45

      Yeah I've always been extremely shy towards that, i dont like to ask like most do, i want to deserve it. But you are right, stream, youtube and now blog are my full time job. :)

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    2. Rich Vail9 March 2015 at 03:22

      This mantle you've accepted, is a 2nd job...don't be hesitant about asking for $$$ to offset the...time and effort you're going to give. You'll find that many of us "out there in the interwebs" will toss you coins from time to time...just don't be shy about putting the hat out!

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  11. echoron3338 March 2015 at 22:42

    ...i have a question, will you add some polls too? (like we had in FTR), e.g. Do u like the idea to add more/so many premium vehicles/ or What u think about the daily login bonus...etc)

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    1. Unknown8 March 2015 at 22:45

      Definitely! That's something i do on a frequent basis on streams, will do the same here. :)

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  12. Anonymous8 March 2015 at 22:54

    technical: will you continue to use blogger (blogspot)?
    if you will have all the readers from FTR, i think there will be problems with the bandwidth...

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    1. Unknown8 March 2015 at 23:40

      If there is a option to pay for bandwidth i will, that's main reason i also created the patron, to help with any blog costs. :)

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    2. Unknown9 March 2015 at 09:40

      You like star trek?
      Or is this just coincidence?

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    3. Unknown9 March 2015 at 13:39

      Miguel im crazy about Star Trek

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  13. ian6668 March 2015 at 22:58

    Hey thanks for this blog. I dont think we should be asking u to make a FTR #2 because this would be probably not fun. Maybe do it your way and we will see how it goes :))

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  14. Anonymous8 March 2015 at 23:00

    You're doing well rita and provide quite a diversity within WoT

    Also, it is nice that this blog supports OpenID, so i can use my WoT account here (wasn't possible on FTR)

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    1. Anonymous8 March 2015 at 23:17

      How?? Would love to know how you pulled it off.

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    2. Anonymous9 March 2015 at 09:35

      test

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    3. Anonymous9 March 2015 at 09:39

      @jackofcodes
      log in to wargaming.net, manage your account and you will have "your Wargaming.net OpenID:" there, Reply as : OpenID and copy your ID from wargaming site

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  15. Unknown8 March 2015 at 23:01

    Could you add a search button like we had on Ftr? It would be very usefull because your blog can not be found on google (yet).

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    1. Unknown8 March 2015 at 23:19

      Will work on that, thanks for the advice! :)

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    2. Unknown9 March 2015 at 15:56

      It is nice to support you Rita, thanks for all the work already!

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  16. Unknown8 March 2015 at 23:04

    Do you want Wargaming Eu to have to logic bonus Su-100y Mission super bad like me??

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    1. Unknown8 March 2015 at 23:19

      Ohhh i do so much want it! Have the tank, just really want that free compensation gold! :D

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    2. Unknown9 March 2015 at 08:55

      Yea that would be nice :3 Congrats with the page, looking forward to see it grow :)

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  17. Brutuz8 March 2015 at 23:21

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    1. Rich Vail9 March 2015 at 03:23

      GOOD! don't hesitate to delete the asshole comments!

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    2. Unknown9 March 2015 at 10:27

      Looks like he removed himself, didn't even had time to read, such efficiency. :)

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  18. Brutuz8 March 2015 at 23:25

    Hello from the Amsterdam area
    Good luck and thanks for the time and effort Rita

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  19. Zarroc8 March 2015 at 23:29

    Test:)

    hi there:) will read your blog daily an give you feedback:)

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  20. Ethan8 March 2015 at 23:44

    Hi, thanks for the blog. Just one thing: any way for you to allow post editing?

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  21. Anonymous8 March 2015 at 23:45

    I assume blogspot supports categories ("specials","Q&A", "supertest" etc) just like WoT-news did, would you mind applying them to your posts? Makes it easier to find things back as I have a sneaking suspicion you'll be posting almost as much as SS :)

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  22. Unknown8 March 2015 at 23:50

    Nobody gave a fuck about Silent Stalker. I thought he was an asshole who didn't know shit about WOT's, but I read his blog daily because he had the best gossip about WOT's. I never read a single historical article (who cares?). Keep up the gossip and you will keep the readers, but why would you use a picture of that bitch Kate Mulgrew. Voyager was one of the worst TV programs EVER and she was reason it sucked as shes a crap actress.

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    1. Unknown9 March 2015 at 00:04

      yet another negative comment Mark, seems to be a trend with you. maybe you should stop coming on this Blog if you don't like it. as for historical articles, they are for those of us who enjoy facts and have an IQ a lot higher than a troll.

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    2. Anonymous9 March 2015 at 00:08

      "Nobody gave a fuck about Silent Stalker."

      And yet, you leeched off him by reading his content without donating.

      Plenty of people enjoyed the the historical content. If you don't like it, move along and stop whining.

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    3. Rich Vail9 March 2015 at 03:25

      Mark West
      I indeed sir, WTF are you even commenting here if SS was such a horrible asshole? Seriously though, running a blog/info site like this takes fuckall effort and having idiots like you comment doesn't make it any easier.

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    4. Unknown9 March 2015 at 07:12

      Well, if you read his blog, it means that you don't as "don't give a fuck about him" as you say, or that is quite hypocritical. Want to have best leak about wot? Learn Russian and you'll have a lot more.
      You may don't give a fuck about historical stuff, but I don't, and I assume I am not the only one.
      If you've never seen a meme on the internet, I can't do anything for you.

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    5. lonigus9 March 2015 at 10:30

      Your personality is disgusting... You must be very popular. :)

      Anyway... Voyager was and still is one of the most beloved Star Trek series among the fanbase. The fact that you hate doesnt mean shit! :)

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    6. lonigus9 March 2015 at 10:31

      PS: I hate having no edit post option... -_-

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  23. Unknown8 March 2015 at 23:58

    i'd just like to thank you Rita for taking over where FTR left off and im glad to see the WoT community are accepting you. its also nice to see more people coming to your stream and helping to support you too.

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  24. Lies_and_Slander8 March 2015 at 23:59

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  25. Freddi9 March 2015 at 00:01

    When accessed via smartphone, it shows 2 home buttons (no big deal, though)
    http://imgur.com/HB4lV3t

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    1. Unknown9 March 2015 at 11:31

      Checking that out, think i know what it is, thank you

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  26. Lies_and_Slander9 March 2015 at 00:08

    I just want that you're doing an amazing job so far and I would like to say thanks for writing about legal and Illegal mods.

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  27. Madner Kami9 March 2015 at 00:52

    If you are anything like Janeway, I don't want to chat with you :P

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  29. Unknown9 March 2015 at 01:58

    I have no doubts this page is going to be nothing short of Stellar. Keep up the amazing Effort Rita. Just set up a Patreon Donation (Thanks for fixing it, I mentioned that is was busted on your stream the other day too) <3

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    1. Unknown9 March 2015 at 10:42

      Yep Patreon is now fixed, its at the right side bar of the front page bellow my social pages. Thank you. :)

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  30. Unknown9 March 2015 at 02:57

    good luck with the project Rita! :)

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  31. Unknown9 March 2015 at 03:12

    ANNNNNNNNND IIIIIIIIIIII WILL ALWAAAAAAAYS LOOOOOOVE YOOOOOOOOOU!

    So Rita, personal question about world of tanks vs war thunder gf. What would you add (game mechanics wise) from one game to another? (IE, multiturret from wt gf to wot)

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  32. Rich Vail9 March 2015 at 03:14

    Rita,
    SS's shoes are some pretty big ones to fill. That being said, if you always try and report what is told to you (making sure that you "weigh" the value of that info) and discern that which is speculation from that which is fact, you'll be fine.

    I run a political blog in the US (it's mostly US politics, with some exceptions), and it can sometimes be difficult to winnow out the truth from the chaff that surrounds it...but any way, you're doing fine. You're entertaining and you differentiate that which is your opinion and that which you believe to be factual. For us English speakers, that's enough. SS & FTR was our only source to what the Soviet (Russian? LOL) speaking Dev's thought. Thanks for picking up the gauntlet, it's not an easy task you've set yourself upon...but I think you'll find (with only a few exceptions) that MANY of your readers will support you in whatever you publish.

    Rich Vail
    redwing6
    VANDL NA Server

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  33. MinorTthreat9 March 2015 at 03:26

    I will only leave my encouragement and say that the blog is great. I've read every post to date. I was huge fan of FtR but this is your blog and I fully expect it to reflect your style and personality... And that is a positive. Good Luck Rita!

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  34. Unknown9 March 2015 at 07:13

    Hey Rita, do you plan to make "let's chat" frequently or is it just one time? :(

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    1. Unknown9 March 2015 at 11:23

      If i feel there is necesity, yes, definitely :)

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  35. ZeKeR9 March 2015 at 07:45

    how about some high grade Rita sarcasm occasionally plis XD

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  36. Unknown9 March 2015 at 08:20

    Hi Rita,

    The content on the blog is good and I hope you'll have a lot of fun doing this.
    But the look of the blog could do some rework:
    • Timestamps on individual posts so you can clearly see the day on which they were posted.
    • Better separation between posts, so you don't read over multiple posts in one time.

    Otherwise I think you're doing great and I wish you the best!

    theolice[-JP-] from the EU-cluster

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  37. CostelM9 March 2015 at 08:45

    gl & hf, Rita :)

    love the memes :)

    and can I get 'older post'/'newer post' buttons on top the articles also (too lazy to scroll through all the comments)

    Thx

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  38. Fedoradog9 March 2015 at 09:12

    So far i am very positively surprised with the new blog.

    Wish you the best for your future Rita, and thanks for the good work you are putting in. :)

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  39. lonigus9 March 2015 at 10:26

    Apart from blogspots tendencies to make my eyes bleed it is a damn HUGE sink of time you went into Rita... With close to no payback except a good feeling, but at a high price... Dont burn out! Streaming, youtube and this might be a little bit to much to handle...

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    1. lonigus9 March 2015 at 10:37

      PS: I would love to have the ability to edit my posts -_-

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    2. Unknown9 March 2015 at 11:04

      Im currently checking if can allow comments to be edited, cant find anything. -.-

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  40. Anonymous9 March 2015 at 10:46

    I have nothing bad to say about you taking up the mantle, it's a transition to make, but mixing things up is never a bad thing. Plus SS is getting a paying job for what he was doing, so another reason not to get upset and pout.

    That said, blogspot...
    Jesus tapdancing Christ, blogspot.
    Wordpress might not be the summum of technical perfection, but for a site like this, it would have been so much better, both to for readers to use, for contributors, admins and for analysing data ( 10 cheers for the jetpack addon for WP )

    If one day you're looking to change, feel free to message me or something, because it would be an act of charity and kindness of the heart and soul for me to make someone migrate from blogspot.

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    1. Unknown9 March 2015 at 11:03

      Thank you for wanting to help, wont saw isn't not gonna happen so if it may... ;)

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    2. Anonymous9 March 2015 at 12:12

      In any case, glad to see you taking up the challenge.
      While I'm not one to watch streams, so part of the blog is lost on me, I'm liking the differences for the moment.

      Good luck !

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  41. Unknown9 March 2015 at 11:01

    Hello Rita from RU servers.I just wanted to ask for your help. I am English speaking player at RU servers and i'd like to contact/platoon or just want to have some fun with other people who speak English.Could you please a post about a player who is looking for some English players on ru servers and hit me up if there are any :) dklochko

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  42. LC9 March 2015 at 11:22

    Olá Ritinha! ;-)

    A week after FTR oficially closing, I can't say I miss it...You are doing a pretty good work!

    Keep it up!

    Bom trabalho! :-)

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  43. Unknown9 March 2015 at 11:33

    Hello Rita. I congrats you for the great job and all the stuff that are you doing for us
    I beg you, can you feed us with upcoming missions, top of the tree. It is very, very helpfull to make a strategy in time. Again thank you very much for all.
    Best regards!

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  44. Unknown9 March 2015 at 11:38

    For example, this weekend is "saint Patrick's day event. I wonder what discounts and offers it include, for us to prepair in time the tanks needed.
    Thank you.

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  45. Nanakon9 March 2015 at 12:07

    Hello Rita,

    first of all I'd like to express my appreciation for picking up what SilentStalker's left behind, many WOT players are happy that the blog continues.

    Then though, as I've been reading your posts I noticed a lot of grammar mistakes which are kind of disturbing for this kind of a thing. And so it occured to me that as I'm having a lot of free time lately I might as well help you with something and do something for the community out there (like QCing the articles, fixing grammar and stuff).

    Also as SilentStalker was a czech I guess you are, too (?). I'm from Slovakia which means that no misunderstandings due to language should happen.

    Moreover I'm studying informatics so I could possibly help you with technical stuff around the blog as well.

    What do you say?

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    1. Nya-chan Production10 March 2015 at 12:04

      Rita isn't Czech, I think she's Southern Portugal (wonder why she uses .nl domain, though).

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  46. Unknown9 March 2015 at 12:09

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  47. Unknown9 March 2015 at 12:11

    Thank you for continuing the blog. Silent Stalker did a great job. It was the best source of information about WOT if you did not speak Russian. I think you will do as good a job as he, but will change to fit your personality and style. You are doing a great job.

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  48. Anonymous9 March 2015 at 13:53

    I appreciate all you are doing. So far it has been awesome. thanks

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  49. Unknown9 March 2015 at 15:40

    Looks good so far, I'm worried it might grind you down a bit, it seems like a huge commitment. Still so far so good, keep it up.

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  50. Unknown9 March 2015 at 15:40

    Looks good so far, I'm worried it might grind you down a bit, it seems like a huge commitment. Still so far so good, keep it up.

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  51. oddi9 March 2015 at 15:49

    awesome job so far, will be coming back regularly

    gg

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  52. Herr Leutnant9 March 2015 at 17:18

    Thank you for carrying the torch Rita. Great job. Had been reading SS since he was in the official forums and was sad to hear he was finally hanging it up. Keep up the good work!!

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  53. Golub9 March 2015 at 17:27

    Will there be coffee in that nebula?

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  54. Unknown9 March 2015 at 21:34

    I'd like to continue with my articles on tank camouflage and tactical markings, if you were interested in my contribution. I also have my own blog now.

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  55. L'Eliminateur11 March 2015 at 13:09

    so, where's your contact email so we can send you stuff?, can't find it in any of the about pages

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  57. LoRDa14 March 2015 at 16:47

    Muchas gracias for keeping up with SS's work Rita, old fan of his work and I'm liking your blog a lot and to further compliment you I do have to say your writing skills are great.

    Cheers from Venezuela.

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  58. LoRDa14 March 2015 at 16:49

    Muchas gracias for keeping up with SS's work Rita, old fan of his work and I'm liking your blog a lot and to further compliment you I do have to say your writing skills are great.

    Cheers from Venezuela.

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  59. LoRDa14 March 2015 at 16:50

    Muchas gracias for keeping up with SS's work Rita, old fan of his work and I'm liking your blog a lot and to further compliment you I do have to say your writing skills are great.

    Cheers from Venezuela.

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