History Trivia / WorldOfTanks

* TouristBump: The game caused a surge in interest in historical tanks and therefore in tank museums, noticeably big one such as Kubinka in UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}, Saumur in UsefulNotes/{{France}} and Bovington in the UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom.

** The French still lack their alternate tank lines, which are supposed to have the S35, S40, and R35 cavalry tanks, all the way up to the Cold War AMX 30. They're also missing several of their monster tanks, such as the Char 2C and the FCM F1.

** Patch 9.16, brought the removal of All-Chat from In-Battle Chat due to it being used too often for players insulting and abusive language to the other team, as well as players griefing their teammates by revealing their location to the enemy. In addition, it brings about a clamping down on toxic chat in general by providing more weight for chat violations but also adding a mute button. Unfortunately, this also means good mannered players are prevented from sending compliments to the enemy team for good play. It's had the unfortunate side effect of shifting the toxicity away from the enemy team to your own, as the people who are bitter have no one else to vent to.

* TheWikiRule: The Wikia [[http://wargaming.wikia.com/wiki/Wargaming_Wiki Wargaming Wiki]].

* ColbertBump: The popularity of this and ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' has resulted in increased sales of model tanks.
** With poorly made copies inspired by each. Particularity noticeable when models are based on tanks that WG made up.

** Subverted; an obscure game by Tank Ace would have tried to compete with the game, but was canned in development because it was decided that it wouldn't have survived in its current form. To some extent, [=WoT=] attempts to compete with traditional [=MMOs=] such as ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' -- whether or not it is ''winning'' is entirely up to debate, but a lot more people play [=WoT=] than one would expect, and it has lasted far longer than most other foes.

* FanNickname: [[FanNickname/WorldOfTanks An entire page's worth]].

** Obsidian Entertainment is now designing a new tank game using more modern tanks called ''Armored Warfare'', which promises to fix a lot of the flaws with World of Tanks, mainly the high level of RNG and balance problems. The basics of its gameplay are similar enough to ''World of Tanks'' to make for an easy transition by players, but it differentiates itself by using modern tanks rather than copying the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII setting of ''[=WoT=]''.

* NoExportForYou: [=WoT=] players on the PC are still waiting on the ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' collab, after the game's console version briefly got one in the form of a Panzer IV H reskin. And likewise for the ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' colab tanks (Edelweiss and [[VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesIII Nameless]]), which were sold for the PC version, but only on the Asia server (the smallest of the game's servers).

* BigNameFan: Due to its nature as an online game, this is to be expected, particulary for those who conduct live streams and post epic replays. Notable personalities for this trope would be [[WebVideo/TheMightyJingles The Mighty Jingles]], WebVideo/QuickyBaby, Creator/RitaGamer, [=SirCircon=] (aka Circonflexes), [=SirFoch=], and [=skill4ltu=][[note]]Famous/infamous for his quest to have not just 3 marks of excellence (the barrel stripes/stars/whatever that designate consistent above-average performance in a tank) but a 100% rating on ''every tank in the game''. Bear in mind that's over 500 different tanks. While he denies being the "best" player in World of Tanks, he's widely regarded as having the most diverse skillset since he's able to perform at a high level in every type of tank.[[/note]] among many others. Two of them even had a major hand in bringing tank trees to the game: Daigensui and [=SilentStalker=] for the Japanese and Czechoslovakian lines, respectively.

* BigNameFan: Due to its nature as an online game, this is to be expected, particulary for those who conduct live streams and post epic replays. Notable personalities for this trope would be [[WebVideo/TheMightyJingles The Mighty Jingles]], WebVideo/QuickyBaby, Creator/RitaGamer, [=SirCircon=] (aka Circonflexes), [=SirFoch=], and [=skill4ltu=][[note]]Famous/infamous for his quest to have not just 3 marks of excellence (the barrel stripes/stars/whatever that designate consistent above-average performance in a tank) but a 100% rating on ''every tank in the game''. Bear in mind that's over 500 different tanks.[[/note]] among many others. Two of them even had a major hand in bringing tank trees to the game: Daigensui and [=SilentStalker=] for the Japanese and Czechoslovakian lines, respectively.

* BigNameFan: Due to its nature as an online game, this is to be expected, particulary for those who conduct live streams and post epic replays. Notable personalities for this trope would be [[WebVideo/TheMightyJingles The Mighty Jingles]], WebVideo/QuickyBaby, Creator/RitaGamer, [=SirCircon=] (aka Circonflexes), [=SirFoch=], and [=skill4u=][[note]]Famous/infamous for his quest to have not just 3 marks of excellence (the barrel stripes/stars/whatever that designate consistent above-average performance in a tank) but a 100% rating on ''every tank in the game''. Bear in mind that's over 500 different tanks.[[/note]] among many others. Two of them even had a major hand in bringing tank trees to the game: Daigensui and [=SilentStalker=] for the Japanese and Czechoslovakian lines, respectively.

* BigNameFan: Due to its nature as an online game, this is to be expected, particulary for those who conduct live streams and post epic replays. Notable personalities for this trope would be [[WebVideo/TheMightyJingles The Mighty Jingles]], WebVideo/QuickyBaby, Creator/RitaGamer, [=SirCircon=], and [=SirFoch=], among many others. Two of them even had a major hand in bringing tank trees to the game: Daigensui and [=SilentStalker=] for the Japanese and Czechoslovakian lines, respectively.

* NoExportForYou: [=WoT=] players on the PC are still waiting on the ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' collab, after the game's console version briefly got one in the form of a Panzer IV H reskin.

* NoExportForYou: Still waiting on the ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' collab.

** Patch 9.16, brought the removal of All-Chat from In-Battle Chat due to it being used too often for players insulting and abusive language to the other team, as well as players griefing their teammates by revealing their location to the enemy. In addition, it brings about a clamping down on toxic chat in general by providing more weight for chat violations but also adding a mute button. Unfortunately, this also means good mannered players are prevented from sending compliments to the enemy team for good play. It's had the unfortunate side effect of shifting the toxicity away from the enemy team to your own, ans the people who are bitter have noone else to vent to.

* NoExportForYou: Still waiting on that ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' collab.

** Subverted; an obscure game by Tank Ace would have tried to compete with the game, but was canned in development because it was decided that it wouldn't have survived in its current form. To some extent, [=WoT=] attempts to compete with traditional [=MMOs=] such as WorldOfWarcraft -- whether or not it is ''winning'' is entirely up to debate, but a lot more people play [=WoT=] than one would expect, and it has lasted far longer than most other foes.

** Obsidian Entertainment is now designing a new tank game using more modern tanks called ''Armored Warfare'', which promises to fix a lot of the flaws with World of Tanks, mainly the high level of RNG and balance problems. The basics of its gameplay are similar enough to ''World of Tanks'' to make for an easy transition by players, but it differentiates itself by using modern tanks rather than copying the WorldWarII setting of ''[=WoT=]''.

** Patch 9.16, brought the removal of All-Chat from In-Battle Chat due to it being used too often for players insulting and abusive language to the other team, as well as players griefing their teammates by revealing their location to the enemy. In addition, it brings about a clamping down on toxic chat in general by providing more weight for chat violations but also adding a mute button. Unfortunately, this also means good mannered players are prevented from sending compliments to the enemy team for good play.

* BigNameFan: Due to its nature as an online game, this is to be expected, particulary for those who conduct live streams and post epic replays. Notable personalities for this trope would be [[WebVideo/TheMightyJingles The Mighty Jingles]], WebVideo/QuickyBaby, WebVideo/RitaGamer, [=SirCircon=], and [=SirFoch=], among many others. Two of them even had a major hand in bringing tank trees to the game: Daigensui and [=SilentStalker=] for the Japanese and Czechoslovakian lines, respectively.

* BigNameFan: Due to its nature as an online game, this is to be expected, particulary for those who conduct live streams and post epic replays. Notable personalities for this trope would be [[WebVideo/TheMightyJingles The Mighty Jingles]], [=QuickyBaby=], [=RitaGamer=], [=SirCircon=], and [=SirFoch=], among many others. Two of them even had a major hand in bringing tank trees to the game: Daigensui and [=SilentStalker=] for the Japanese and Czechoslovakian lines, respectively.

* BigNameFan: Due to its nature as an online game, this is to be expected, particulary for those who conduct live streams and post epic replays. Notable personalities for this trope would be The Mighty Jingles, [=QuickyBaby=], [=RitaGamer=], [=SirCircon=], and [=SirFoch=], among many others. Two of them even had a major hand in bringing tank trees to the game: Daigensui and [=SilentStalker=] for the Japanese and Czechoslovakian lines, respectively.

** The English wiki was down from November 2013 to July 2014. What changed? The GUI, and not much else. Details of the debacle can be found [[http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/07/10/of-world-of-tanks-wiki/ here.]]

** Gaijin Entertainment's ''VideoGame/WarThunder'' is in the process of getting Tanks and Warships (the latter being much-delayed but the former having very well-populated tech trees as of 2016), making it an all-in-one rival to ''World of Tanks'' and its companion games ''World of Warplanes'' and ''World of Warships''. It focuses on relatively more realistic gameplay, lacking the HitPoints of Wargaming's ''World of'' series of games. Whether this is a better way to do a tank game and whether ''WarThunder'' actually achieves its realism goals are the subjects of many a flame war.

** Gaijin Entertainment's ''WarThunder'' is in the process of getting Tanks and Warships (the latter being much-delayed but the former having very well-populated tech trees as of 2016), making it an all-in-one rival to ''World of Tanks'' and its companion games ''World of Warplanes'' and ''World of Warships''. It focuses on relatively more realistic gameplay, lacking the HitPoints of Wargaming's ''World of'' series of games. Whether this is a better way to do a tank game and whether ''WarThunder'' actually achieves its realism goals are the subjects of many a flame war.

** Subverted; an obscure game by Tank Ace would have tried to compete with the game, but was canned in development because it was decided that it wouldn't have survived in its current form. To some extent, [=WoT=] attempts to compete with traditional [=MMOs=] such as WorldOfWarcraft - whether or not it is ''winning'' is entirely up to debate, but a lot more people play [=WoT=] than one would expect, and it has lasted far longer then most other foes.

** Gaijin Entertainment's ''WarThunder'' is in the process of getting Tanks and Warships (the latter being much-delayed but the former having very well-populated tech trees as of 2016), making it an all-in-one rival to ''World of Tanks'' and its companion games ''World of Warplanes'' and ''World of Warships''. It focuses on relatively more realistic gameplay, lacking the HitPoints of Wargaming's ''World of'' series of games. Whether this is better way to do a tank game and whether ''WarThunder'' actually achieves its realism goals are the subjects of many a flame war.

* ScheduleSlip: Wargaming publicly released a "Two Year Plan" for the game, detailing features that it wanted to have implemented by at ''least'' 2012. Come 2013 (and patch 8.6) , and it has implemented barely a quarter of the promised features.

** Gaijin Entertainment's ''WarThunder'' is in the process of getting Tanks and Warships, making it an all-in-one rival to ''World of Tanks'' and its companion games ''World of Warplanes'' and ''World of Warships''.
** Obsidian Entertainment is now designing a new tank game using more modern tanks called ''Armored Warfare'', which promises to fix a lot of the flaws with World of Tanks, mainly the high level of RNG and balance problems.

* BigNameFan: Due to its nature as an online game, this is to be expected, particulary for those who conduct live streams and post epic replays. Notable personalities for this trope would be The Mighty Jingles, [=QuickyBaby=], [=RitaGamer=], [=SirCircon=], and [=SirFoch=], among many others. Two of them even had a major hand in bringing tank trees to the game: Daigensui for the Japanese tanks and [=SilentStalker=] for the Czechoslovakian.

* BigNameFan: Due to its nature as an online game, this is to be expected, particulary for those who conduct live streams and post epic replays. Notable personalities for this trope would be The Mighty Jingles, [=QuickyBaby=], [=RitaGamer=], [=SirCircon=], and [=SirFoch=], among many others. Two of them even had a major hand in bringing tank trees to the game: Daigensui for the Japanese tanks and SilentStalker for the Czechoslovakian.

* BigNameFan: Due to its nature as an online game, this is to be expected, particulary for those who conduct live streams and post epic replays. Notable personalities for this trope would be The Mighty Jingles, [=QuickyBaby=], [=RitaGamer=], [=SirCircon=], and [=SirFoch=], among many others. Two BigNameFans even had a major hand in bringing tank trees to the game: Daigensui for the Japanese tanks and SilentStalker for the Czechoslovakian.

* BigNameFan: Due to its nature as an online game, this is to be expected, particulary for those who conduct live streams and post epic replays. Notable personalities for this trope would be The Mighty Jingles, [=QuickyBaby=], [=RitaGamer=], [=SilentStalker=], Daigensui, [=SirCircon=], and [=SirFoch=], among many others.