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Greetings all In this weeks exciting new episode of AMAZING STORIES we hear about how a WOWS community member purchased a bundle of 20 Mega Xmas containers and won the following 1 year of premium time 100 000 coal 100 RAM flags 15000 FREE XP The Tirpitz The Giulio Cesare The Imperator Nicolai I But then sent a ticket into SUPPORT claiming he was robbed he didn't win a Makarov Then promptly deleted his account claiming bias. What a amazing story. Stay tuned to more exciting Amazing Stories like this one, see what happens when WG announces VMF Aircraft Carriers. Here is a sneak peak of this future episode For those who missed our last AMAZING STORIES here is the link Goodbye for now and keep watching for more AMAZING STORIES from WOWS
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Why Makarov is the most historically accurate ship for a shortlist (Shippost)
warheart1992 posted a topic in General Game Discussion
Now, I also drew a Makarov, but I'm kinda content getting the ship since I find it's history interesting. What is this you may ask? Well, it's the way Makarov, or to be more precise Nurnberg ended up in the Soviet Union. Pay attention and you might find how a historical event is a cautionary tale that applies even now in our pixel game. Not only that, but this makes Makarov the best possible choice for a ship reward of the type. So, on May 27 1945 Prinz Eugen along with Nurnberg and escorted by Devonshire and Dido reached Wilhelmshaven. Both ships would remain there until their fate would be decided by the Potsdam Conference. To quote https://hamptonroadsnavalmuseum.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-navys-most-unwanted-ship-and.html Now you may think that the fate of Prinz Eugen and Nurnberg was decided by lengthy negotiations or something of the sort. But actually: Yup, you read it right. They drew lots out of a hat for warships. Now that's all a fun and interesting wartime trivia. But here's the nice comparison. Place yourself as the Soviet representative. You want Prinz Eugen for your country. You could say you want one of the super rare lootbox drops. You are actually allowed to do so, but only if you can draw the proper lot out of another Admiral's hat. Same as the lootboxes, though the Soviets had a 33% chance of getting Prinz Eugen so that was far more generous at the time. Instead you pick the wrong lot and end up with the unwanted, old vessel that doesn't offer anything interesting. Same as you actually getting a ship from the boxes but ends up being Makarov. Do you see it? WG has managed 100% player immersion with this move. Now you can feel the exact same way that a Soviet Admiral had when he drew the wrong lot, saw Prinz Eugen ending up on the United States and he was stuck instead with Nurnberg. I don't think it gets more historically accurate than that. But hey, at least you aren't the British that probably ended up with that crappy a lot that I can't find what ships they got. And this is why every time I think of Makarov I smile. Hope this brings some smiles on an otherwise crappy incident.
