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Sapaki wrote:Hello, 

I am the Admissions officer of the clan. Our new policy is that one needs to have at least 1 to 1.5 k battles prior to joining the clan, since most of the things that you can be taught here are applicable above Tier 4. Therefore my suggestion is that you get some battles under your belt, as many Tier IV and Tier V as you can put your hands on and PM me again to process your application.

Although I do feel you a lot, the learning curve of the game gets much too steep above Tier IV and I almost nearly quit myself at this point. What I suggest you do, is contact me when you see me ingame and I will give you a crash course that will make your life in low tiers a lot easier. 

Should you need anything else do not hesitate to contact me.

Regards,

Sapaki

Okay, I'll do that. I suppose that you can't accept someone only because they claim to have played before (even if it happens to be true in this case), because then people could take advantage of that.

I will! I played with two other guys from the forum before, and if I must say they do really make me want to become a student, they were so good and it was really fun. :DI want to be that good too. If I team up with great people like that often, I'll have tier IV-V in a jiffy.

Ding760 wrote:Hey Mad!

Listen, despite Sapaki's requirements, getting to 1000 battles is a short ride at low tiers. What I do however suggest you do, is not develop any particular habits until you reach into the academy. Ideally you enter the academy with an open (and blank) mind. Your mindset plays an important role in gameplay, hence if you get your mindset right, that's half the battle won.

I'll try to not develop too many bad habits (I already have them from before and they'll probably stick with until someone beat me over the head with a keyboard). Trust me, I won't give up this time 'cause I have something more to aim for than before.

MadFelineHoarder wrote:

Ding760 wrote:Hey Mad!

Listen, despite Sapaki's requirements, getting to 1000 battles is a short ride at low tiers. What I do however suggest you do, is not develop any particular habits until you reach into the academy. Ideally you enter the academy with an open (and blank) mind. Your mindset plays an important role in gameplay, hence if you get your mindset right, that's half the battle won.

I'll try to not develop too many bad habits (I already have them from before and they'll probably stick with until someone beat me over the head with a keyboard). Trust me, I won't give up this time 'cause I have something more to aim for than before.

I wish to extend my offer of platooning with me if you see me online. I believe I may be of some assistance

Bertiedootes, you are added to the waiting list. 

Being on the waiting list grants you pretty much the status of SGTA student so you can begin to get involved in SGTA activity as from today.

Given your place on the list, you can expect to be a full member of the clan within a month or so (maybe less)

Make sure you read this: https://sgta.forumotion.com/t359-mission-statement

and this: https://sgta.forumotion.com/t120-how-things-work-here-aka-read-this

Welcome aboard

Sapaki wrote:Bertiedootes, you are added to the waiting list. 

Being on the waiting list grants you pretty much the status of SGTA student so you can begin to get involved in SGTA activity as from today.

Given your place on the list, you can expect to be a full member of the clan within a month or so (maybe less)

Make sure you read this: https://sgta.forumotion.com/t359-mission-statement

and this: https://sgta.forumotion.com/t120-how-things-work-here-aka-read-this

Welcome aboard

Thanks Sapaki. I will read the links, get involved and wait for full membership!

Mad Feline Hoarder added to the waiting list.

In Game Nickname: jordancurtis
Country: england
Age: old enough
Usable Languages: english, little bit of french
Previous Clan: none, just left
Favorite Type Of Tanks (Heavy, Medium, Light... ): french lights
Tanks Owned : Elc amx, amx 12t, m22 locust, Pz2, T1E6, T-60, Cromwell, panther, t26e4, dicker max, su 122 44, su-85, t18
Win Rate : 48%
Match Played : 2161
How did You hear about SGTA?: forums
Why are you applying to SGTA: I need to improve my tactical knowledge and interepting the mini-map under different conditions, i also need to improve game mechanics such as angling effectively and switching to priority targets at the correct time

jordancurtis wrote:In Game Nickname: jordancurtis
Country: england
Age: old enough
Usable Languages: english, little bit of french
Previous Clan: none, just left
Favorite Type Of Tanks (Heavy, Medium, Light... ): french lights
Tanks Owned : Elc amx, amx 12t, m22 locust, Pz2, T1E6, T-60, Cromwell, panther, t26e4, dicker max, su 122 44, su-85, t18
Win Rate : 48%
Match Played : 2161
How did You hear about SGTA?: forums
Why are you applying to SGTA: I need to improve my tactical knowledge and interepting the mini-map under different conditions, i also need to improve game mechanics such as angling effectively and switching to priority targets at the correct time

Hi jordan

It's very nice to see someone hoping to join the academy with a firm knowledge of what they need to improve on So hopefully our admissions officer will get to you shortly.

Also, for the 'Previous Clan' section of the application, please indicate the name of your previous clans. This is more of a gauge to see what clans you have been participating in before in order to inform us of what kind of person you are.

Admissions officer has this to say:

jordancurtis added to the waiting list, check the topic regularly.

Once in the waiting list you are considered to have already joined SGTA and you can participate in all of it's activities. Therefore you should read this:

https://sgta.forumotion.com/t359-mission-statement

And this:

https://sgta.forumotion.com/t120-how-things-work-here-aka-read-this

my previous clan was TBBO

In Game Nickname: TheGame2500
Country: Romania
Age: 18
Usable Languages: Romanian, English
Previous Clan: None
Favorite Type Of Tanks (Heavy, Medium, Light... ): TD's and SPG's
Tanks Owned : Hetzer, T82, T-28, SU-122A
Win Rate : 49%
Match Played : 487
How did You hear about SGTA?: Searching for advice on how to improve my game over google
Why are you applying to SGTA: Mostly because I have quite a low survivability rate (33%) which I think happens due to my lack of skill in positioning (I always find myself fighting from a bad position aka getting flanked). Also I'd like to get a better grasp of the game's mechanics.

Hello TheGame

I am the admissions officer. I would greatly appreciate if you cound re-apply once you have 1-1.5k battles under your belt. What you will be taught here will be much more useful to you if you have reached that battlecount.

Thank you for applying and I am looking forward to receiving your application once you have reached this milestone.

Kind Regards

Sapaki

Excuse the OT.

A survival rate of 33% may seem bad on it's own, but put in perspective it is not that bad at all.
Seeing as you have a 49% winrate and assuming that a Defeat pretty much means you die that battle, this means you survive about 2/3 of the battles you win. Add to that you may not always be in a very survivable tank, that sometimes you can push a victory by sacrificing yourself (force a push, distract a heavy long enough to be flanked by your team, etcetera) and that most tanks below T6 aren't that survivable in the first place (T5 derp guns can pretty much oneshot anything below their tier for a start), 33% all of a sudden is a very decent survival rate.

Survival rate tells more about the playstyle and preferred tanks. Arty has better survival rate than suicide scouts for example

Vallu01 wrote:Survival rate tells more about the playstyle and preferred tanks. Arty has better survival rate than suicide scouts for example

What if you scout with arty?
I heard rumors about monty/dong playing his bats like this from time to time :-P

I rammed an IS3 in my Lorraine yesterday, was delicious.

Anyway, it's not Monty anymore, it's Dong760

Dong760 wrote:
Anyway, it's not Monty anymore, it's Dong760

ROFL

Hey can you please stop trolling my Recruitment topic?

Sapaki wrote:Hey can you please stop trolling my Recruitment topic?

Agreed, although it's useful for the potential students to get an insight into what they are signing up for

In Game Nickname: Godzerian
Country: UK
Age: 33
Usable Languages: English, Polish
Previous Clan: Never been in one
Favorite Type Of Tanks (Heavy, Medium, Light... ): Heavies
Tanks Owned : T8+ - Lowe, T34, KV4, IS-7
Win Rate : ~51%
Match Played : 4074
How did You hear about SGTA?: WoT forums
Why are you applying to SGTA: I've stop developing my skills as quick as I would like to. I'm almost 100% solo player, so I would like to try stuff where things are a bit less random, meaning group play. I have never even been in company before, not mentioning CW. Also I have been a tactical raiding leader in most MMO's I've played and I wish to develop my tactic skill in WoT as well.
I feel quite confident on most of my tanks, however I'm still seeking "my ways" on certain maps, with certain tanks and I need to grow a bit more patience during the battle. Currently trying to start to avoid "traiding damage" as I do that quite often when I'm sure I will win.

Edit. Also I would like to learn enough to aspire to some serious CW oriented clans in the future. Atm my skills are way too poor, but other hand, I already know enough not to apply to a CW clan accepting more less everyone, as I won't learn much there. Also I've learned from few friends playing WoT much longer than myself, that academies of stronger clans aren't really working like they suppose to. SGTA seems to be the perfect place for me at the moment.

In Game Nickname: Dzeeej
Country: Poland
Age: 28
Usable Languages: Polish, English
Previous Clan: n/a
Favorite Type Of Tanks (Heavy, Medium, Light... ): ...Heavy
Tanks Owned : VK 36.01 (H), Tiger, Tiger II, E-75
Win Rate : 47%
Match Played : 2624
How did You hear about SGTA?: from friend
Why are you applying to SGTA: I will not write "because I want to improve", I know that I "have to". I like this game and I would like to play it a litlle bit more, but time to time its hard when I am the reason of loosing batlles. I know that I need some support, some kind of instructions - some know how...I am sure it will help me to be someone more than only "Dzeeej" who is doing small damageand dying to fast in every second batlle. Thats the reason

In Game Nickname: Mecrow
Country: United Kingdom
Age: 20
Usable Languages: English
Previous Clan: -B2C-
Favorite Type Of Tanks (Heavy, Medium, Light... ): Medium
Tanks Owned : ...
Win Rate : 52.39%
Match Played : 3367
How did You hear about SGTA?: Dong760's WJDE clan topic mentioned this on the WoT forums, and I thought that this would be perfect for me.
Why are you applying to SGTA: I originally played back in beta, stopped when they took all of my tanks away, came back, stopped, and now I've came back to it again. I've slowly been dragging my atrocious stats up to normal, watching youtube videos and reading on the forums to try and get better. Actually hearing this advice from someone that I'm playing with in an actual game rather than just reading it out of context would really help. I would call myself an average player at the minute, I just feel that this would be a great opportunity to help get my head above the rest of the crowd and become a better player.

Yeah... I forgot to list my tanks. It's a long list, so here goes:

Chi Ha, ELC AMX, AMX 13 75, BDR G1B, UE 57, Pz I. C, Pz III. A, Pz VI Tiger, JgPzIV, Sturmpanzer II, Covenanter, AT 2, M7, T1 Heavy, T14, T18, M8A1, M3 Light, T-50-2, Matilda IV, T-34-85, T-43, KV-13, Churchill III, KV-2, IS-6, SU-85B.

Hello Dzeeej and Mecrow , I am the admissions officer of the clan,

Welcome, I think you will like it here, between the Dings and the Dongs you will feel right at home...

As from now, you have been added to the waiting list. The waiting list can be seen here:

https://sgta.forumotion.com/t227-academy-waiting-list

While on the waiting list you can participate in all clan activities just like a full member of SGTA. Actually you are a full member of SGTA, except you don't have a clantag yet.

You should also read this topic:

https://sgta.forumotion.com/t359-mission-statement

and this one:

https://sgta.forumotion.com/t120-how-things-work-here-aka-read-this

In case you have not done so already.

Welcome to the clan and happy tanking!