Special Awards

Award Names	Images	How to earn
Defender of Truth (DoT)		Report bugs, cheats, hacks, or other flaws with the game.
Lightbulb (LB)		Think of new ideas of how to improve aspects of the game or website.
Purple Heart (PH)		Design graphical content related to the game or website.
War Correspondent (WC)		Create interesting correspondence related to the game, in the form of articles, reviews, or any other form of content.

To qualify for these awards you must submit an entry to the staff via the contact page. Entries for the War Correspondent may be posted elsewhere and linked to in your message. Entries for the Purple Heart may be emailed directly as an attachment or link. Players are allowed unlimited entries.

These awards are highly prestiguous and only the best submissions can win each month. We've heard about all the common bugs and ideas so you'll need to come up with something unique and original to have a chance at winning!

Tips!

Awards entry tips:

• Don't rush to submit the first thing you can think of. Chances are many others have submitted the same thing already.
• Take the time to make your submissions informative and detailed.
• Little ideas are often better than big ideas. They're also harder to think up.
• If reporting a bug, try to discover how or when it happens. Simply telling us a bug happened once is not useful. Screenshots or videos might be helpful to explain what you've found.
• If reporting a hacker or cheat program provide details and evidence. We can't do anything about problems that are only rumored to exist.
• Don't put all your hope in one idea. Stay creative and accept the fact that some of your ideas will be better than others.
• Submit entries because you want to help improve the game, not just because you want an award. There is lots of competition and no guarantee that you'll be chosen.
• Avoid submitting your award entry in an attached document unless necessary.

Commonly submitted Lightbulb ideas that should be avoided:

• Add a new award to the game.
• Replace missile shots with some other type of equipment.
• Make a major change that would alter the entire gameplay.
• Turn the bulletin board into a forum or add a live chat.
• Add a feature from an old cheat program.
• Allow custom hotkeys in the game settings.
• Add "promotion points" to the stats.
• Add a screenshot section to the website.
• Allow players to vote for which map to play.
• Allow players to earn double experience for special events.

Common entries for other awards:

• Reporting a way to play two tanks at once on the same or a different IP. This is not a bug and can't be stopped.