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Thunder Buddies · April 10 · 57 min

Was the 2026 April Fool's event a FLOP in War Thunder? Or Better things Coming? | E-Sports Discussion

Topics covered: :30 - Intro! Does Gale get SHITFACED every Thursday on stream??? 2:00 - April Fool's event - Was it a hit or a miss? 6:00 - The imbalanced air scaling for the Nuclear Thunder event 10:14 - What make April's Fools fun in the past? Has Gaijin lost thought? 11:00 - The extreme loadout confusion for new players 14:30 - Seasonal events vs April fools events 18:00 - People spend hundreds on War Thunder? NO WAY!!! 19:45 - Comparing April Fool's Events across all Gaijin games 25:30 - Content creators want drops, but for good reason! 30:00 - Should e-sports expand to not just continually focus on higher tier players only? 33:40 - How the CC tournament of yesteryear could help e-sports longterm (more low/mid tier options!) 35:30 - How long does it take you to get to top tier? 38:30 - War Thunder vs World of Tanks by the numbers. How WT is MISSING opportunities to grow the playerbase retention 42:20 - Have you ever seen a World of Tanks promo? 47:00 - Gaming has forgotten that MMO = MULTIPLAYER online games! 47:45 - Who are the Only Snails stream team for War Thunder? 52:10 - Rev's experience working with different dev teams. The point of the podcast

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Topics covered:
:30 - Intro! Does Gale get SHITFACED every Thursday on stream???
2:00 - April Fool's event - Was it a hit or a miss?
6:00 - The imbalanced air scaling for the Nuclear Thunder event
10:14 - What make April's Fools fun in the past? Has Gaijin lost thought?
11:00 - The extreme loadout confusion for new players
14:30 - Seasonal events vs April fools events
18:00 - People spend hundreds on War Thunder? NO WAY!!!
19:45 - Comparing April Fool's Events across all Gaijin games
25:30 - Content creators want drops, but for good reason!
30:00 - Should e-sports expand to not just continually focus on higher tier players only? 
33:40 - How the CC tournament of yesteryear could help e-sports longterm (more low/mid tier options!)
35:30 - How long does it take you to get to top tier? 
38:30 - War Thunder vs World of Tanks by the numbers. How WT is MISSING opportunities to grow the playerbase retention
42:20 - Have you ever seen a World of Tanks promo? 
47:00 - Gaming has forgotten that MMO = MULTIPLAYER online games!
47:45 - Who are the Only Snails stream team for War Thunder?
52:10 - Rev's experience working with different dev teams. The point of the podcast