Siagor

Exactly. For example, I don't intend to make these informations public: - how much time I spend on gaming - at what time I usually play (meaning when I stay at home at all, or afk from other online obligations) - how much money I spend on this hobby - based on that, what my earnings might be... ...and so on and on. All that, and more, can be deduced from the full disclosure of my account. How well can I shoot a pixel on a screen is abysmally trivial, and important only to a no-lifer who wants to feel all macho for shooting that pixel better than me

Agree. That's what I meant. Edited, thank you.

No one will sanction that company in Russia, but WG might be sanctioned here, in EU and US, if they still have ties with Lesta. That's why they are splitting, and why Lesta has to change the name of their "new" game. EDITED

I've explained it at the middle of the page, post 11.

Maybe it would also be useful to make groups of people who feel the urge to look at other people's stats. First group may be clan leaders, looking for great players for their competitive battles. All legit there. The second group, and by far the largest, are no-lifers and rl losers who seek compensation in a video game. Let's not beat around the bush here. Measuring epens with unknown pixels on a screen, feeling smug that they can do at least one thing better than others, with all the time in the world to practice. There might be more groups, but these two are main.

I have a non-Steam game, simply downloaded from WG Center, and this preferences.xml is in the root of World of WarShips. Just scroll down. And yes it reduces GPU usage from 100% to (depending on how low you go) 10-15% when in port. It's a bit jerky but hey, GPU is practically not working at all. Wakes up only when you enter a battle.

Yep, that's it THANK YOU SO MUCH! (shouting here)

Why are some players hiding their main account?

Here, fixed.

Back in the day, I was in a WoT clan of ~90 people. For a while it was great atmosphere on ts, fun, laughs... we knew each other well as players. Then the commander organized a true clan meeting, for real. Rented a restaurant for a day, it was planned for a month, some guys traveled 200-300 km etc etc, and more than 50 clan members showed up. It was a great day, lots of laughs and drinks and food n' all, but... There it turned out that the most ardent stat-chasers, guys who only talked stats and dissed all with worse stats than theirs, were actually the worst RL losers. Unemployed / uneducated / unsuccessful, failures in every meaningful aspect. Using the stats from the game as a crutch. A compensation. True story.

Compensation

And if Lesta can't keep "World of Warships" as a name, they might as well go all the way: "Glorious Soviet Ships, The Best Ever, Obliterating Every Puny Capitalist Ship That Dares To Show Itself" or something like that - fits the sentiment there, and their development of all the nonexistent ultra-potent terrors of the sea (some not even on a napkin).

Is there any chance that the new griefing classes (showed down our throats) will be reserved for that new CIS server, where they originated and were asked for? For that environment and mindset? And for EU and NA, a little more care on fair-play edit

Oh, there is a real solution to reporting: if you feel being reported with no fault of your own, write a complaint. WG should employ several hundred checkers who will deal with each complaint, watch each game and decide was it just or not. Of course, that would increase the expenses of the company, the game will have to go to monthly subscription (as in "Premium time mandatory for playing WoWs") of 10 E, but hey: the snowflakes/Karens will be happy. Karens, are you willing to pay?

Let's not derail the thread, the reporting system really should be fixed. By implementing this, for example.

No, it is not. Racism is persecuting and enslaving people due to different skin color. Please get a perspective, will ya? Don't offend people who suffer with real racism, with maybe their lives at stake. Ffs, you're like those Karens who claim to be 'survivors'. "I've survived harsh words in a mall". Don't offend the real victims.

Calm down, relax, and again please (using the tool you suggested): what do we have to pay to make us win?

Amen.

Pay attention only to the first word he says, the way he said it and the expression.

Of course, I know what he means, but I want him to see how utterly stupid his "this is pay-to-win game now" accusation is. "Pay-to-win" is something completely different.

Again (for the third time) think carefully, focus, try to give a factual and reasonable answer to your claim "this is Pay-To-Win now": What should the people pay here to make them win?

Who is this Flame and why should I care what he thinks?

Again, tell us what we have to pay to win? (as you claimed). Hint: use your brain to answer this time, don't just spew nonsense.