Hello my friends!
I’m Luke Kneller and you are watching “Best Replays of The Week”.
Today you will see many strange things.
For example, how can a French SPG get the Steel Wall award,
and how does a tier 8 med carry against tier 10s?
By the way, we know that turrets have been flying off tanks for a while now,
but that’s no reason to let these great replays from 8.11 go unrewarded!
So, without further ado, let’s get this warm-up started.
Today’s warm-up is a little different.
What follows is a veritable hit-parade of misfortune and failure.
We start at the Mines.
The Waffenträger auf Pz. IV is having a great game, dealing damage left and right.
7 kills in a tier X game! In the end the enemy are down to a single German TD of the same type,
and we are about to discover that Lady Luck has a wicked sense of humor.
A perfect shot sets the rival tank destroyer on fire,
but on the very last moment its parting shot hits home.
The hero of the battle is dead but the fire finishes consuming his opponent,
Ouch.
And we continue.
The Object 261 has had a pretty nice start on Abbey.
His team is dominating the whole map,
and he is free to change position to look for more victims!
Suddenly the commander’s sixth sense is tingling.
A Foch 155 rolls into view, and fires before the artillery crew can react.
The shot is absorbed by the tracks and the Object just gets angry.
How dare you!
The enraged object chases the intruder down and puts his boot up his backside.
The terrified Foch fires accidentally into the ground,
tries to run but decides to fight however missing again!
It’s no use; the Object is the stronger TD today.
Our next contender is a Borsig on Murovanka.
This fast and powerful TD has been the hero in many previous shows,
and it looks like we could be looking at this this week’s Top Gun.
I’m serious; 9 kills.
But of course something goes wrong.
A bit of misfortune, and… well, we saw this on Mines didn’t we?
The last enemy shows himself on the hill,
shots are exchanged and…
a desperate ram by the T-34-1 ends the battle in a tie with everyone dead.
Himmelsdorf can be a rough neighborhood.
The GW Panther and the SU-14-2 are just minding their own business,
relaxing, and suddenly an ELC AMX rushes in and starts making trouble.
Luckily the guys know what to do.
They just stop the troublemaker from leaving,
and let the security guard take care of the problem. Simple.
Oh… and this one is the most tragic.
These two guys could win any award. “Defender”, “Top Gun”…
even “Best Replay of The Week”!
They were on the road to success,
but didn’t quite make it. Such bad luck.
Ok, that’s it for the warm up.
Let’s get to the awards.
This week’s top scout is called Tankmasnsen and he drives the Batchat.
The map is Malinovka.
And yes, you heard that correctly, I did say Malinovka.
And furthermore, this scout isn’t just going to sit in a bush.
The Batmobile is out for blood.
The speed of the French tank is put to good use from the start.
The player charges forward to spot the enemy’s advance,
and then spins around and heads down to the lake.
He doesn’t just continue to scout, but also keeps dishing out damage!
Just spotting the enemies would have been just fine in itself,
but this Bat puts it’s firepower to good use.
The Waffenträgers and other monsters of the forest have been dealt with,
and this gives the Bat the freedom to roam.
It’s time to go forward and uncover any enemies hiding behind the buildings.
The team approves! Now all they need to do is shift their aim and keep up.
The enemies could see the Bat, but they couldn’t do anything about him.
As a result they blew up without posing much of a threat,
and the Batchat got almost 11 thousand spotting damage,
and damaged about a half of the enemy vehicles too.
This is clearly the “Best Scout of the Week”.
Congratulations!
This week’s Steel Wall is the player behind the call-sign Frontcamper…
driving… (small pause) an SPG.
And not just any SPG, but a French one!
And to make the action even hotter this battle takes place on Himmelsdorf.
If (Oovi Bol) Uwe Boll were to make a movie adaptation of World of Tanks,
he would probably base the screenplay on this match.
Early in the battle our protagonist destroys a Grille
who must have been the most popular player on the enemy team.
How do we know the Grille was so well liked?
Because after its death everyone on the enemy team
decided that the killer had to die at any cost!
The first one to try is an A-20, but instead of sweet vengeance
he receives a bitter defeat.
And all Frontcamper received was a little damage to the track.
That’s much more than the SU-85B manages.
Best he could do was to catch a glimpse of the SPG.
The VK 3001 H is a serious threat.
The German heavy rolls out and it’s first shot bounces off the SPG!
The mistake doesn’t go unpunished, and the arty delivers a pair of hard hits.
Not believing his eyes the heavy shoots again,
but Frontcamper knows what he’s doing, and actually scrapes the shot off his side!
The VK attempts to retreat behind the corner,
but one last shot from the indestructible French SPG shows him it’s now too late to run.
Frontcamper showed us that a little armor can go a long way.
Four kills and the Steel Wall medal…
and thanks to our show he also receives the “Steel Wall of The Week” award!
Well done chap!
This week’s top defender goes by the name K_Michael, and he drives the IS-7.
Heavy tanks clash in the city on Siegfried Line, as per usual,
and the IS does his part in making sure that the city doesn’t get overrun.
The fight is going well, but the situation changes as soon as the capture starts.
The 4 remaining enemies have decided to finish the battle early,
and suddenly there is no time to lose.
The IS-7 rushes back towards the allied base accompanied by a Batchat,
but the formidable T110E5 has no intention of letting them pass unchallenged.
K_Michael ignores the rival heavy and reduces the cap with a shot on the T-62A.
The companion Batchat doesn’t make it,
so the brave defender is on his own.
An allied TD starts a counter-capture and the AMX 50 120 is…
doing his own thing somewhere.
It’s time to deal with the American rival.
The enemy survives the first shot,
and that is all the time that can be sent on him.
The T69 takes a hit and the cap is reduced from 99!
Now there is a time to breathe again,
and definitely long enough to send the T110E5 to the garage…
And it’s too early to celebrate.
The red bar is still climbing faster than the green one.
An accurate shot on the T69 devastates the enemies’ hopes for victory,
and another one on the T-62A makes it double sure.
Now the AMX 50 120 finally shows up – just in time
to witness the hero of the hour giving the T69 a Viking funeral.
To make K_Michael feel even better we award him a special medal,
gold, and, of course, the title of “Defender of the Week”.
The “Sniper of The Week” category traditionally consists of a series of three great shots.
For the first one we go to Erlenberg.
Early on the battle is going fine for the allied team, with the score at 3:0.
Our bronze medalist in his SU-152 has moved about 15 meters from the base.
What can he accomplish from here? Let’s have a look!
The enemy VK 3001 P doesn’t even have time to come under the gunsight,
but a truly great sniper fires on instinct anyway.
Let’s see it again, what a great shot!
The second place goes to a tanker driving the T29.
The map is Swamp, the score is 9:9, and our sniper has a sad zero on the kill counter.
He is not happy. But here’s his chance – an enemy SPG is spoted.
A shot is fired, but the target is still alive!
No real sniper will let a victim escape this easily.
Track his movement by the falling trees and take that finishing shot.
Excellent!
The first place and title of “Sniper of The Week”
go to the player with the call-sign thegregor, driving his IS-7.
We know all too well that the siren’s howl in World of Tanks
is like a mixture of yowling cats,
crying babies, young singers and nails on a chalkboard.
All in all, it’s not a relaxing sound.
Our sniper of the week has had to listen to the siren all through this encounter battle,
and he can’t wait to have a chance at make the noise stop.
The bar is at 100, and there is no time to hesitate even though the enemies can’t even be seen.
A blind shot connects, and the enemy Pershing sinks into the abyss,
taking 45 capture points with it.
The second shot is less spectacular, but still efficient as the E-75 also leaves the battle.
An easy third shot takes out the Borsig, and the team finishes off the remaining enemies.
A series of great shots brings thegregor the title of “Best Sniper of The Week”.
A well-deserved reward for steady nerves under the siren’s howl. Congratulations!
And so we’ve made it to the main event – the “Best Replay of The Week”.
The award goes to ivan_tveir for a game in his Object 416.
Our champion and his platoon end up in an encounter battle on the Steppes,
facing tier IX and X machines.
Things look pretty grim, but what can you do?
Let’s see if he only brought a knife to this gunfight.
The first group of enemies near the capture zone has been successfully dealt with,
and this is where the real fun begins.
Four enemies begin a hard push against the allies.
In a well-timed flanking maneuver the Object assassinates an IS-8
and carries on to take out a Foch as well.
The object is in its element, making great use of its mobility.
Finish off the T54E1 and witness how the FCM 50t platoon mate sacrifices himself
to give the Object a chance to crush the scuttling cockroach.
The score is 9:11.
That’s not so bad, especially since the Object is free to track down the enemy artillery.
The low-tier prey has become the hunter,
and we all know where the artillery camp can be found.
Destroying the enemy artillery has made things a little easier,
but now our champion is faced with a serious dilemma.
Two enemy TDs have surrounded the last ally and he desperately needs help.
Unfortunately the base is also being captured.
A moment of hesitation… and the choice is made!
Arriving at the capture zone reveals the IS-7 in a good condition.
This is truly a duel between David and Goliath!
Running around the enemy is a good idea,
but don’t forget that the 416s turret can’t turn a full circle…
and that the IS-7 isn’t a slow tank.
The heavy lands a shot with its mighty cannon,
and now the Object has no room for error.
He is a one-shot kill!
This looks like the end, there really no chance to survive except with….a ricochet!
Aim for the ISs weak spot and… Yes! Phew…
That must have felt like trying to kill a crocodile with a toothpick.
And remember, the battle isn’t over yet.
As expected the last teammate is now dead.
It’s time to be as cunning as possible.
The Object takes a long detour and lets the enemies start the capture.
All according to the plan…
Reduce the cap and shave some hit points off the T30.
And now a second detour! That T110E4 is lucky to be alive.
Trading shots with the feisty T30 and then it’s time to go around once again.
Except he can’t! The T110E4 is there!
Only dodging a shell like Neo in “The Matrix” lets the Object continue this battle.
Dodge another shell, take out the enemy and go for the final challenge.
A shot on the badly damaged American TD leaves it with 21 HP.
The next shot does no damage, and it looks like this is the end!
The T30 swings its deadly gun around, fires and… it’s a ricochet!
Unbelievable!
Even a guy with a Lamborghini, the Batmobile and a Type 59 in his garage isn’t this lucky!
Finish off the enemy, and there it is.
Victory!
Skill, persistence, luck and great tactics during
the whole battle have made it possible for ivan_tveir to carry this victory.
He has truly earned the title of “Best Replay of The Week”.
Congratulations!
That’s all for today.
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I am Luke Kneller.
Thanks everyone, and I’ll see you next time!