When did you and W.oT. click?

While I still have all kinds of moments that make me wonder if I'm clinically 'tarded, the moment I started to improve can be traced to one game.

It was Dec. 1, 2014 (which I only remember because I posted a screenshot on our clan's Book of Face page), Erlenberg assault, tier VII game in my T21, we were attacking and I was playing solo.

It was before they put in the water crossings, and also before the square map (I had just started to check the big map over and over again during a battle thanks to JoeDaFrogman, who gave me some pointers).

I started out on the north side spotting when a check of the map showed that the reds were pushing the southern edge. So I flew down that way, took out a T29 and got a ton of spotting damage as we took out the reds. Went back north when the reds made a push, and we took them out. This continued for a few minutes, with me bouncing between the north and south while my heavies and TDs did ... nothing but camp.

With less than a minute and a half left, someone got on the mic and was all "Are we going to actually attack them, or just lose this?" So I said (literally, over the mic) "Fuck that shit, it's LEEEROOOOOY JEEEEENNNNKIINNNNNSSS time!" and just went right over the north bridge. Took out a low-health VK36, got bum rushed by a 12t that got rekt by the Jumbo who finally decided to move forward, then started to take out a Pizzle Sniffle when he backed into the water (the Jumbo went after him and squished him for the kill). We finished off the last tank, an AT-8, with literally 5 seconds left.

Results: 2100 spotting, 2200 damage, four kills.

Why I remember that game is because ... well, ya know how athletes talk about how the game "slows down" for them and it's like they know what will happen before it does? That's how that game was for me -- I just knew what the reds would do and how to counter it. I read my map and responded accordingly.

And I fell in love with mobile tanks that can flex around the battlefield, vs. the slow-ass, heavily-armored tanks I had preferred up to that point. I have since focused on faster tanks that can move around when needed, and the results are pretty damn clear: my WN8 at the time was less than 800, I had a 48% win rate, and a 1.1 k/d. I'm now at 1467 (and it goes up 2-5 points ever time I play), 56%, and a 1.78.

So, yeah -- credit to that game for making me a better player and, thus, better green teammate.

Pretty much immediately.

I tried it out when a friend suggested and found it was more enjoyable than the twitch shooters.

I'm having more fun now that I don't really care about stats as much as I did early on. I'd rather just have fun with a platoon and whatever happens, happens.

I only click when im well rested. Unfortunately working nights means im only well rested on Sunday Afternoons. So the only time i click is the same time all the potatoes and weekend warriors are out and about

Soon

When I finally realized "live longer = shoot more = more damage = more wins." Which was around the time I started playing mediums in ernest over the heavies. But I'm still far, far from "there" yet.

When I started playing with good players really.

Pretty much this.  I'm still not at the level where I'd say WoT has "clicked" for me, but I am finding that I'm having an easier time doing well, and my stats have vastly improved.