The Cheaters Reward Tank

[@marvincasteel4876]

Either WG is directly involved with some of the boosting companies, or some of their VIP's are involved with the boosting companies, or the boosting companies pay kick backs to WG!

[@singncarpenter6270]

The boosting companies are WG insiders, so basically they're a subsidiary of Wargaming. I can't prove that but it makes sense to me.

[@jimbriggs70]

As I have said time and again, they don't go after the boosting companies because I believe that WG runs the boosting companies as a income supplement. And the only players banned by using them are players that hired non-affiliated companies.

[@wingman1936]

yes I've thought the same, how else could the company get access to all the dormant accounts used.

[@tashatsu_vachel4477]

Its the same with mods. There was one mod 'Warmod' or similar that you needed to get for 'gold' and only gold. It had many features that would see other mods banned, but if you paid gold for it then that was fine. The only suppliers of gold of course being Wargaming.

[@wotaddictglobal]

It's people like you who spread dangerous ideas that makes the WoT community divided. So I ask you this: do you have any PROOF that WoT is actually behind the boosting companies?

[@crevette_farouche]

How dumb you must be to actually believe WG is behind any of those companies? WG is making more money selling ONE new premium tank than those companies in 10 years.

[@Maulana-Al-Bakrichod]

​@@tashatsu_vachel4477 your logic seems legit

[@D4RKBRU73]

*Excerpt from your video about WG's "Fair Play Update" 6 days ago and i quote:* "We would like to remind players that we have zero tolerance as regards cheating. Fair play will always be among our top priorities." Yeah, right... WG is just as full of shit as is their game code.

[@nicomeier8098]

With all the power creep, buffing and nerfing, introduction of ever stronger premium tanks, clear sigma (the "honeymoon weeks") and bias WG are far from a "fair play" company. Money grabbing to the max is their mission statement.

[@D4RKBRU73]

@@nicomeier8098 absolutely

[@mayhem_1sob120]

I think the boosting companies are operated by WG.

[@wotaddictglobal]

Keep believing the crap that is being spread around...

[@NrthrnKnght]

100%

[@morstyrannis1951]

@@wotaddictglobalwhen chose the name WOT Addict you can’t possibly expect to be thought of anything but a rabid WOT fanboy incapable of understanding reality.

[@wotaddictglobal]

@@morstyrannis1951. You are probably the biggest m0r0n I have encountered in Claus' channel. And not surprisingly, there are many of you too 😄

[@wotaddictglobal]

@@morstyrannis1951. You are probably one of the biggest m0r0ns in Claus's channel... AND UNSURPRISINGLY THERE ARE A LOT OF YOU 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@robertflint4115]

Early on WG would smash cheaters. Now they turn their heads and look the other way. Because of the all mighty 💰💰💰 🤘😎 Tankers

[@erichhonecker8548]

Great explanation and story of this tank. Seems very rare!

[@alex.mielus]

The simplest conclusion is always the obvious one in these cases and it's pretty simple, WG is (in some way) affiliated with those boosting companies. They're making (more) money out of their milking cow, which is us, players.

[@kens32052]

I think someone at WG was in on the cheating. How would these boosting companies gain access to all these dormant accounts without some help.

[@zemankraluje2418]

TRUE!

[@markjaycox7524]

Exactly!! If you check the Service Record of the zero-HP zero-Shots-Fired tanks, after the battle, they're from accounts with thousands of battles started back around 2011 !!!

[@wotaddictglobal]

It took me YEARS to get my Object 279(e) and my Object 260. Wasn't easy, I tell ya, so I know how the average player feels!

[@prycopyn7162]

QB brought it to general awareness when he was struggling to complete the missions 😂

[@vsgshdg2627]

A reason Wargaming won't go after the boosting companies is because some of the "good" CCs work for them - that's how these CCs make their money without wargaming having to pay them. Wargaming need these "good" CCs to put out videos that market the game for them - it would be akin to killing the golden goose

[@tashatsu_vachel4477]

I was there for the T-22sr missions, and got booted from my clan for refusing to take part in the cheating. That was sort of when I stopped playing too, sadly. A fun game spoiled by cheating all round.

[@castlebravoli7]

Wargaming running the boosting companies doesn't make much sense; they could make more money just selling the reward tanks in the shop. But an insider leaking dormant account credentials would explain where the boosting companies are getting some of their 0 WN8 XP piñatas, and would be embarrassing enough for the company you can see why they'd want to keep it quiet (even if that's probably worse for the game in the long run than admitting what's going on and promising to fix it)

[@_Uh_Oh_]

I would only ever come back to this game when the cheating is dealt with - the game is unfair enough as it is, you don't need that sh*t in the mix aswell. I haven't played since Dec 2021 or so currently

[@Maulana-Al-Bakrichod]

I feel the same, this game is really unfair. And perhaps that's the reason why people cheat.

[@tbarry4990]

Yeah .... I got tired of WG's bullshit and left. My blood pressure has come down a lot since then. I told others leaving to "burn" the account down to nothing (sell all tanks/retire all crews) so when you close the account WG can't use the account (and remaining tanks) without funding it to get tanks back up for use in boosting companies. FUCK WG!!!!

[@robbleeker4777]

I can confirm that story as players within the Clan I used to be in were playing together to get the missions done to get this tank

[@stevewebster5729]

Yea, I remember just getting up to tier 8 and being battered left, right and centre by the flood of T22's... not fun - I stopped playing for ages...

[@Maulana-Al-Bakrichod]

This is happening at low tiers too. Lot of turds playing this game these days. It's just a month or less for me, I am already feeling not worthy to play this game anymore. The other tank game is the same. Cheaters blatantly running wild. I don't find any other PvP games where the cheater menace is not there.

[@tbarry4990]

And god help you if you posted anything in the forums ...... all the shills would come out of the woodwork and bash you, trash you, throw your stats in your face. Yeah ......a real fun game . Glad I quit too.

[@stevewebster5729]

@princesourav5927 part of it is people who've played for ages, or spent a lot of money, and have good crews in low tier tanks. It makes it a very uneven playing field for newcomers, and some people react by cheating...

[@Maulana-Al-Bakrichod]

@@stevewebster5729 I am just 200-300 battles and I keep meeting players with 80k-90k battles playing tier 3 and decimating teams like hell. And funny thing, WHORE GAMING blocks me because I called out those loser's names.

[@Maulana-Al-Bakrichod]

Indeed this game is useless. World of Turds

[@treadheadpete4770]

Cheaters reward... so it mirrors real life then?

[@mmkrk4071]

Most of the people that have T-22 now, got it on two occasions when it was auctioned for credits. Many of those original cheaters were actually banned (at least temporarily) and the tanks were removed from their accounts.

[@ClausKellerman]

Not on the EU or NA server. NONE were banned. Did you watch the video?

[@lukewarmluke88]

@@ClausKellerman another case of typing before thinking

[@wobblyboost]

@@ClausKellerman Hey Claus did you know some tanks have wheels now? You should do a video! ... 😏

[@yz19wings]

I wanted this so bad back in the day. I was only a mission away…cant remember which one. The last day I encountered two clans working together and quickly realized I was the odd man out. There was enemy chat back then…I pleaded to let me participate to no avail…hence I was tk’d over and over. Never forgot it.

[@danielharpst3986]

What I have noticed mostly is player multiboxing. They load two accounts in a virtual enviroment like Sandboxie and launch at the same time. That way one is on one team, and the other on the other team. They know where you are on the map because they have an account on your team. Arty does this alot. This is why you see so many AFK players as well.

[@johnbennett4600]

I remember the T-22 cheating scandle. There were a few top clans who were involved. Those were the days... 😂😂

[@ianbird8617]

The reason is they a complicit with the booster companies. Or they would have to remove all reward tanks from the game

[@wotaddictglobal]

Where is the proof for what you are saying?

[@tbarry4990]

@@wotaddictglobal Have you had your head up your ass for the past 2 years? Claus has shown cheating/boosting going on for a very long time - WG never acts on it .... why would they ... it's more money for them. WG also has a "zero tolerance" for cheaters ...... what a crock of shit. If you get caught.. all you get is a slap on the wrist. WG's idea of "zero tolerance" is absolute BULLSHIT. So go ahead shill .....hold up that rigged and broken game. I'm sure you believe in it. I'll have the last laugh when WG finally sinks to Chapter 11 .... that is if they're not already half way there.

[@markjaycox7524]

​@@wotaddictglobal- Too many 10+yo accounts doing zero damage, zero shots fired. How do explain so many accounts with high-end tanks, high-end Stats, high-end Medals & Awards... playing worse than Muppets??

[@wingman1936]

I thought the huge cheating controversy was connected to clan wars... oh well maybe that was a different one. Happy weekend everyone!!! Cheers..

[@garyfbell4446]

AWESOME MR. CLAUSMAN💥💥💥💥💥🙌

[@darylsapergia3663]

T-22 was wicked. The armour was horrific to try to pen.

[@RAMelloh-ij5sl]

Boosting companies must be a WoT cash cow IMO. Playing both ends against the middle, how Ruzzian.

[@r.h.7633]

Thank you

[@jack-xf6il]

Hi Claus, I remember the missions coming out for the T22, but I didn't much like the mode and the missions seemed difficult to achieve, so I just concentrated on the Obj 260 set, which even an average player could get through back in the day if they kept all their orders until the end and worked hard to get through the missions. I think one TD15 mission for big damage took me around 900 battles in Tier X TDs.

[@ivang97997]

I remember that game mode, it is very easy to play and win as a solo players, but I did not get the reward tank. I also don't recalled cheaters in the game mode.

[@choccy_milk_pharaoh278]

Why doesn't WG go after boosting companies? My guess is they are giving WG a kick-back on the sales. Why else would a company allow another to cause damage to their product!!

[@meeborggp9055]

Those boost companies keep players in the game that otherwise would have given up with it, of course WG does not do anything about them. Also, by playing the game for their customers, the boost companies burn ingame money and consumables, win/win for WG.

[@generalpublic3744]

WG, in their wisdom, introduce a reward tank that only good players/cheats are likely to get, so the good players/cheats become even better players/cheats. Then they wonder why so many players stops playing the game. Go figure!

[@tbarry4990]

War Gaming is so f%^&king brain dead They couldn't organize a fire drill in a phone booth.

[@garyfbell4446]

Everyday, there are always tanks at the end of the game ,after ive been blown to jamaica, that are just sitting at the start line, just idleing***😕

[@stevehablitzel5374]

Also curious how many 0 damage/no shot players are killed by the same enemy...

[@alanfindlay3233]

Interesting WOT history lesson. Thanks.

[@paulwilliams9354]

A few years back, in WOT blitz, Wargaming gave away an M60 to those players deemed to have spent a sufficient amount of money within the game. They never said how many or how much you’d have to have spent. I never spent another penny on the game

[@Interdector]

I remember when the T22 came out I was What the Hell, this one is so broke.

[@CharlesSydlo]

If I remember right, they used an un-nerfed version of the cheater reward tank in some live tournament months after it had been nerfed on the NA server. It won if I remember right. The camo on the one you showed looked a lot like the camo they used in that tournament.

[@davidedwards6979]

I strongly agree that boosting companies have the tacit or backdoor approval of WG. I think it is likely that WG employees are on the take. If this were not that case, WW would have resolved the issue long ago.

[@z000ey]

The way Klaus explained the process of getting through those tough missions for T22, players logging in late at night into 6 platoons of same clan players and talking through teamspeak or even game chat (as back then you could write to the opponents too), having games without even a single player playing solo out of the riggers, while WG having an event of crazy stupid requirements while also allowing 6 platoons of same clan players to fill up a game (I could code two lines that prevent this and I'm not working in IT...), doesn't feel as cheating in any way.... Truly, noone stated this shouldn't be done, no harm to any other player in that game, just to stupid WG which is the main culprit anyway... Imagine being the minority of players that ACTUALLY made those crazy requirements and THEN getting your T22 NERFED to shit?!? What about those players?

[@victorduffy4459]

WG got outsmarted by the player base. Not cheating.

[@SodziausPilietis]

I agree

[@stevemartin7464]

Yeah, they didnt actually break any rules, there were no rules that said they couldn't.

[@ClausKellerman]

lol. true

[@newdoggproductions]

Didn't know about the story of the T-22. Thinking about it though, I don't see working together as a clan in that case as being cheating because WG failed to make a rule against it at that time. But I can see where those who were not in a clan were at a huge disadvantage.

[@eric-wb7gj]

TY🙏🙏

[@waltertavcar7059]

Yup, been "propositioned" more than once on the NA server, in game, to help "improve" my stats. Are they in cahoots with WG? It would not surprise me.

[@wobblyboost]

When they still had open general chat in Australasia server, ads for game riggers would regularly appear, while an admin was actively chatting no less.

[@tbarry4990]

Yeah ..... I got them too. I just told them to go f**k themselves.

[@markjaycox7524]

I've received those messages too!

[@MrHyde-wv8wi]

Captain Kirk Beat the "Un-Bearable Mission". Big Thumbs Up.

[@thebaldmonk621]

Either way... Everytime people see one, the automatic assumption is CHEATER

[@christopherholladay918]

Did they bring back the map with the Rotunda and park across the bridge

[@johnnynielsen3006]

Banning cheaters won't work. Just nerf the Obj. 279E armor, so it gets auto-penned when getting hit from the sides and rear... This will make sure that 'players' with ill-gotten Obj. 279E's get's the same player experience, the rest of us gets... Because when an average shmoo like me gets cornered by an Obj. 279E, I'm fucked and running low on gold ammo anyway...

[@gangfire5932]

All the cheating/RMT activity being present is one of the reasons why I mostly just play in the low tiers. I've avoided entire game series because they have a reputation of massive, flagrant cheating, e.g.: *_Call of Duty_* *_Counter-Strike_* *_Apex Legends_* It's a shame we can't do more against cheating in online games, especially when some of the publishers themselves are secretly encouraging cheating to help their income.

[@bretbonner]

I got banned for a week for playing in a game that was being rigged. I didn't know until I saw a bunch of the tanks lined up against the wall, and some more of them just sitting across the warehouse floor. The warehouse map would become an actual map eventually. Obviously being banned a week I didn't get a chance to cheat or compete for the tank.

[@philipbgardner]

he did good because he was mostly fully aimed, except the first few shots on the island

[@williamm.2934]

when I use to play long long time ago, when team killing was still around. i rammed and shot team mates so much i got banned temporarily for 620 days. had to wait close to two years to play again lmao. i still laugh at that! just a random story

[@peteycrack8441]

Obviously I have the wrong friends I want all those toon reward tanks

[@TheRobijas007]

Got mine in Trading caravan, bought it fair and square, gave 20 k bonds and didn't regret it at all. It's rare tank now so play mine every session I play. Awesome machine, if you know how to use it properly..

[@karljohnson4687]

I'm definitely starting to think that some of the WG staff are involved with ch3ating. I've copped a few IG banns because my lips (and fingers) were moving while I was thinking

[@danielfietkau733]

After all this time I wonder: shouldn't a hit to the ammorack cause actual loss of ammo, like the commander says in his voice line 😊

[@darrellsymonds3299]

well played and very nice flanking

[@FantinoMussolini]

I quit playing until recently because of this fiasco , I just started playing again ...

[@t_7692]

Sorry, in my Shire we don't have any Telegrams! We use Pigeons, Bush Tromels and at Night Signalfires.🕊+🥁+🌙🔥=✌️

[@joaoguilherme9034]

Talking about boosting companies, i got my 279 from boosting companies :)

[@alexmirando3229]

I remember this first coming out...the mod was very manipulative for sure. You really needed a good group to work with. It paid out, I got mine. ahaha

[@apachie3895]

I didn't playing world of Tanks when it first came out. I wish I did play it at the start up. But real life and family with tons of overtime Didn't give me a lot of time. But know days I have time and as a player who been playing for only a year and a half. I enjoy the low and med tiers tanks. I know some players cheat with booster companies. But I don't think they would waste their time to cheat in low and med tiers. Besides that's where the fun is in world of tanks.

[@indranilmukherjee3352]

Yes I was around

[@Liberty73_NA]

This has been sold since the cheating days...

[@kimmorintamaki4422]

when that was? i think i play game then, but i played maybe 2 match of that citshow

[@GeorgescuGeorgeV]

at around the time of the t22 was my first quit of the game. the mission and massive nr of cheaters that aquired it was the prime reason.

[@ianbird8617]

One of the many cheater reward tanks in the game

[@craigjovanovich6450]

I played those missions. I used it for XP and money. But, what sucked is I ended up losing credits on several games. So, it was a waste of time

[@goaway7346]

The difference is, there's money involved. You only get banned if you cheat for free.

[@timjones9894]

I got mine in an auction a while ago - I'll just wait for the abuse next time I play it :-)

[@rvail136]

After the cheating fiasco, pretty much everyone was TK'ing anyone using it in game.

[@ClausKellerman]

I remember

[@rvail136]

@@ClausKellerman having the other 14 guys guys kill you at the start of the game was hysterical. I got several 3 day bans for TK'ing in the 1st few months after that.

[@jorgenarvidsson1714]

I bought mine with bonds.

[@stevemartin7464]

Is the Chieftan still any good? I dont hear about them much anymore?

[@marklaplante8675]

Wargaming's habit of nerfing tanks that people paid money for was one of the contributing factors toward my leaving the game. I honestly think I spent upwards of $2000 on this game. So if a game developer introduces a tank that you can only get by paying cash for it, and the players see that it is more powerful (in one respect or another) than the tanks you got "for free", so they spend their money on it, then the developer "nerfs" the tank in the name of equalizing the game for all players, would that be considered fraudulent activity? That's how I saw it. Couple that with the obvious Russian bias throughout the game and well, it wasn't a hard choice to leave.

[@wobblyboost]

I'm never going to spend another dime on the game for same reason, but if I was gonna buy a premium tank, I would ask for a signed and judiciary witnessed, legally binding contract that stated they could never nerf it, remove it, remove any of it's current features or functions, nor render it next to useless by selling far stronger tanks in the future. 😁

[@fromhelltocell]

09:17 ... so "Back in the USSR", you say? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@carlvondrunker7855]

I'm of the mind, Wargaming was selling dead accounts and probably had some type of investment in the bigger companies that provided the "services".

[@wotaddictglobal]

Stop promoting nonsensical propaganda ideas ffs!

[@carlvondrunker7855]

@@wotaddictglobal here's your cookie.

[@wotaddictglobal]

@@carlvondrunker7855. I am not the id10t who is promoting propaganda ideas. So back at you.

[@MrSteve0311]

@@wotaddictglobal Shill

[@tbarry4990]

@@wotaddictglobal Maybe when you stop defending a sleazy, underhanded, bullshit promoting bunch of bastards at WG.

[@godzilla5599]

Satan preserve me but that guy in the cheater tank was missing shots all over in the first game.....

[@pauljones2031]

The biggest motivator for anyone these days seems to be money, ergo WG is benefitting financially from the boosting companies.

[@grantmoffat6833]

Why have a Tank Mode (with a desirable Reward Tank) that is basically impossible to do as an individual (so that players look at "options" to be able to complete the tasks. People still take this approach for Campaign Missions). Sounds like the "Bud Lite" marketing approach by WG.

[@DraconisElibane]

I don't remember the name of the clans, if I remember right there was 2, that were all banned in the NA server for cheating to get this tank. The ones that weren't caught cheating where not allowed to have the tank even if they did it legit, allegedly.

[@pebe1900]

a the the one shot ammo rack tank

[@stevehablitzel5374]

As long as WG is making money, they will not fix anything.

[@gohibniugoh1668]

lol a boosting company had an ad in the middle of this claus! roflmao

[@wotaddictglobal]

The irony - lol

[@wobblyboost]

rofl, I have a blocker now so never see ads, but before that I saw quite a few of his dedicated anti-rigging showcase videos with those ads.

[@wotaddictglobal]

@@wobblyboost. I sometimes watch video on my phone, and I have seen those ads from boosting companies myself... right in the middle of watching "anti-boosting-companies" videos on Claus - DOING!!! hahaha!!!

[@gohibniugoh1668]

@@wobblyboost i think the algorithim trolls Claus.

[@wobblyboost]

@@gohibniugoh1668 Yes much like their human admins and censors, the YT AI is an emotionally vulnerable truculent brat.

[@oleb.7146]

Thx for the vid😊

[@strachinescucozminstelian9156]

well i was around and i didn't take it ... the t 22 m ... but now i have it and i dont play with it 😶

[@philsonnenberg6092]

Not a SINGLE T-22 Medium was earned 100% legit when it was the reward for completing the missions. Wasn't this also the first T10 tank? Remember there was cross team chat, so you didn't need to always cheat/rig to get missions done. You did, however, need the help of the enemy to do most of the later missions.

[@kenmayo6906]

Great video

[@john0815]

I remembered 👍🏼but never play the mode it was stupid 🤷🏼‍♂️☺️

[@2tone209]

AY UP CLAUS

[@tiger7152]

What about the Asia players or dont we exist ?

[@sargemarine3709]

Professor, I have 2 of those boosting company accounts on my message bar, right now. Also, I am not getting all the upgraded battle pass rewards, and WG will not fix that. Waiting on the class action suit, I hope someone starts. You paid for a product, and don't get it. But then, they moved too the conman Island of Cyprus. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me ! Not giving another dollar to the thieves. Battle pass was the only money I ever spent. F WG Aholes !! Have a nice day.

[@tbarry4990]

It's funny watching the shills defend the sleazy pricks at WG.

[@robertflint4115]

Off topic question: Are “Sheriffs” still in the game? I haven’t seen one in prob 2 years 🧐. Thanks fellow Morons 🤘😎

[@ClausKellerman]

WarGaming EU ordered Sheriff accounts to be removed

[@razvananghel7492]

Claus posts videos about his games played as a sherrif all the time so i think they still are a thing. but yeah dont expect to see a sherrif too often

[@robertflint4115]

Sorry might be the Apple Crown talking but I think your definition of "All the time" and mine (everyone else) are different. "All the time" to me would mean, 1 or 2 a week. Don't think he has posted a Sherriff video this year. Just saying. 😄@@razvananghel7492

[@spider3701]

and then there was MTLS 😢.....

[@uwillnevahno6837]

WG: cheaters get banned WG: unless they rig the T-22 then we give it an imperceptible nerf WG: then we buff it so we can sell it WG: then we allow players to anonymize their names WG: now you don't know who is a rigger WG: punishes cheaters ME: buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuullllllllllllllll shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttttttttttttt

[@soldierski1669]

Money & Relevance, that's why WOT is silent.

[@thorgrimb2416]

They could stop boosting companies overnight just make in garage chat to other platpyers not on you friend list unavailable for at least 20 games byt better nake it over 100 and put a damage, kill. Distance requiremts to it as well.

[@karlnitz1126]

So, now war gaming will be halting their game maintenance in 2025 according to quickypunk... They'll most likely become the boosting company.

[@Maulana-Al-Bakrichod]

What do you mean?

[@offhamsterwheel2789]

i spent almost 100mil credit on it, haven't touch it in over 1 year, WG loves players like me, lol

[@neccaist]

Budjavi GANCI name hahahahahaha 😂

[@Zardnokalicious]

Why doesn't Wargaming go after Boosting companies? Because the Boosting companies REQUIRE premium account in order to boost someone. This means Wargaming is getting paid by everyone of those boosted accounts.