I'm going to try to turn to come back there... and...
Oof!
Everybody likes to eliminate an aircraft carrier
at the beginning of the game, right?
Hopefully, some citadels.
Nope.
Citadel, citadel, citadel!
Yes! You have to believe!
Hello guys. So, I’m Arnaud.
I’m 36 years old.
My role is Press Relations Coordinator.
Name: Arnaud Drocourt
Position: PR Coordinator
Nickname: Tanatoy
Server: EU
Favorite ships: Jean Bart, Richelieu, British and French destroyers
Hobbies: Organizing events
Favorite mode: Ranked Battles
Ranked Battles are always good fun, but they can sometimes be frustrating.
Which, well… It’s like this, I mean, they are “Ranked,”
and they are a bit of a competition we have going in our game
that’s available to every solo player.
I myself am more of a solo player,
so that’s why I sometimes enjoy getting stuck into them.
Ok. Ranked Battles.
I’m going to try to take Richelieu,
and I’ll hopefully be able to make some good games.
Richelieu is quite fun.
And… what do we have against us?
We’ve got Giuseppe Verdi, Iowa, Kaga, Bismarck, Takao,
and one destroyer that’s in front of us.
What’s the plan?
Oh, it’s A and B.
Hopefully, my team will agree with that.
I suppose my favorite skin for Richelieu
is either "The Maid of Orleans"
or "The Republic"
because it's one of the first skins that we did in World of Warships.
You can still recognize the ship completely
while also having a lot of different colors.
You can really see the shape of the flag;
the rooster;
all, like, the feathers on the bow.
Jeanne d'Arc also for “The Maid of Orleans.”
So, while having a lot of details,
you can also still see the ship.
And that’s… I don’t know, I quite like it.
So, what do we have?
We’ve got Pommern, Lepanto, Chkalov, and Haarlem with us.
Bismarck is already visible.
Let’s try to take some early shots.
Yeah, let’s try to focus on Bismarck.
Too bad! Takao is showing a perfect broadside.
My primary responsibility in my main job is
having some or all of our communications to press handled—
what we have coming in our new updates
and what new activities we have.
We try to make things—
things such as the Longest Night of Museums—
where we can have and show some cool activities for you guys.
Without the museums, World of Warships wouldn’t be here.
So it’s pretty important for us to have good relationships with museums—
to provide them with a way and a space
where they can get exposure outside their own bubbles.
It’s a good project,
so I’m glad how positively the press is talking about it.
Oh…
Kaga, Kaga, damn it!
Everybody likes to eliminate an aircraft carrier
at the beginning of the game, right?
Come on, come on… Shoot her side… Perfect!
Citadel, citadel, citadel!
Yes! You have to believe!
From time to time, I get to travel.
But mostly, it’s for, like,
holding some events or presentations for journalists.
I traveled quite a lot before with the…
as a community manager,
because I loved organizing events.
My latest event, we had to… I could gather 50 players—
only because we had a limited number of places.
But I was really proud and happy that the French community raised some money
and we did a charity round
for saving and helping with the restoration of submarine Espadon.
Nah… They are not here anymore…
No.
Let’s try to focus and finish on this Takao.
Bad! Just at the moment she was advancing.
One hit on Takao. That’s good!
I’m going to pop up my Repair Party pretty soon
because I want to stay safe to capture a bit,
even though Cossack is on the way and Haarlem also.
I’ll turn all the guns on Takao…
Well, it’s always fun, like,
as a Wargaming player, having the “Wargaming" Clan tag.
It’s always fun to meet players.
As a former community manager,
I sometimes get recognized in battles.
So you always have “extra attention,” let’s say,
from enemy players toward you.
Which, well, is fun. It’s ok. You get used to it.
And sometimes, it also helps the team because they focus mostly on you.
So it’s good.
Also, I think it might bring extra joy
to an enemy player to be able to shoot at a Wargaming employee.
Oh well… I’m here to serve!
Kaga is aiming at me.
That’s not good, not good at all...
It’s ok, at least we made that captured before.
I still want to finish this Takao.
I’m going to wait a bit to, like, be safer.
Let’s see what we can do to Bismarck.
They’re going to come at me… yeah.
I’ll relocate quickly.
Ok, I’m going to commit. Good!
I'm going to try to turn... to come back there...
and... Oof!
Oh, I can’t.
Because Bismarck is done, I’ll hit that Repair.
So, I was once recognized on the street.
I was working with my parents during the holidays.
Just like…
outside of work.
And somebody stopped and said,
“Hey, are you Tanatoy?”
It was in France.
And I said, “Well, yeah…”
It was super weird. It was a super weird feeling.
But the guy was a super funny and cool player.
So we talked for 10 minutes about the game.
Unfortunately, I didn’t have any bonus code on me,
otherwise, I could… would have given one to him.
It was a good chat! A funny moment.
Good.
One hit on Takao.
Let’s finish him.
Let’s finish him...
Should be one, anyway.
Damn it!
Should be one...
Hopefully… Hopefully…
He’s turning around.
Just waiting for him, finishing this turn.
Should be ok... If he doesn’t...
Should be ok if he doesn’t linger.
That’s done.
Now, I can go there…
Let’s turn back toward our stern,
only one,
and let's get vision on Iowa also, the problem.
You meet friends also, in the game.
Not only colleagues but also players.
You start really forming relationships with players you work with.
So, good relations of, like,
receiving constructive feedback,
which then leads to great conversations.
Hopefully, some citadels…
Nope.
So, Iowa is maneuvering toward me.
I’ll try to ram, but I’m not sure…
Yeah, too bad.
Well, this game was quite fun.
I’m a bit disappointed by the damage I dealt,
but I suppose I helped really by supporting the captures of A and B.
I took hits and burns from the aircraft carrier.
It’s kind of a good thing, too.
We’re lucky that Chkalov managed to sink the Italian destroyer.
But only three citadel hits, not that impressive.
But
I guess with a bit more luck and mostly a lot more skill,
I could have dealt some better damage.
However, well,
I’m kind of happy that I’m first,
not by much but still,
and that we won the battle.
It’s the most important thing for Ranked Battles.
Thank you, guys!
I hope you had fun!
And I did, at least.
So, I wish you great battles!
And, probably, see you on the seven seas!