For the last 11 years I have been playing World Of Tanks. For the last 5 years I have been streaming World Of Tanks over on Twitch and sharing my thoughts and knowledge with the small community I have. However, the last few years I have seen WarGaming take the game in a direction that makes the game frustrating and unenjoyable to play.
I have therefore decided to leave the World Of Tanks community and no longer stream World Of Tanks as my main game.
Starting in the new year (or technically 23rd December 2024) I will cease all streaming, media, and support for World Of Tanks. The Twitch streams will however continue but won’t be World Of Tanks-related.
The reasons for this are the heavily monetised nature of the game (WoT Plus, Gold ammo, OP Tanks, etc.), the constant decisions that make the game harder to progress solo (Changes to the clan system so that smaller, community-based clans have to work harder to get boosters), the toxic community (Arty hate, elitism, top players yelling abuse in chat), plus many more reasons.
Some of you may be saddened by this news and I'm sorry, but I can no longer carry on playing a game that is bad for my mental health and one that I just don’t enjoy anymore. I also cannot support/promote a game in which I don’t agree with its design choices.
Thank you to everyone for the support, and I hope you will stick around going forward. This is a hard choice to make and one that I know will impact my streams, but I feel it is one that has to be made.
A. They will remain up and functional, and I will try to keep them maintained when I can. However, support will be limited to when I get time.
A. My Twitch streams will continue, however I will be doing other games I enjoy playing.
A. I am planning on streaming games such as Borderlands (the entire series), Forza, Satisfactory, ETS2, and ATS, plus whatever I feel like streaming at the time.
A. Work on redesigning my stream's theme is already in progress and will feature a more generic gaming look and feel.
A. Maybe... but most likely not for a few years or until I see the game change in a positive way.
A. At this moment in time, no. If I was offered to become a CC, I would turn down the offer. As I said above, I can’t promote a game that I no longer enjoy or support.
A. The clan will remain, however recruitment will stop. Clan commandship will be transferred to my alt account that I don’t use. If you are part of the clan, you are welcome to leave and join another, more active clan.
A. The discord server will remain, however it will be renamed with most of the World of Tanks rooms removed.
A. This I am unsure about. I may keep the current schedule, or I may do daytime streams instead. This is something I will have to think about.
If you have any other questions for me, then please ask me on Discord :D