A month ago the computer had been invented and Twilight was using it to research all her projects and do whatever she wanted. It was a fascinating device to ponykind and her friends all had one as well, including spike.
Rarity was using it to try to publicize her new designs although Nopony else really had any. Applejack almost never touched the thing, she was always saying how fancy gadgets can’t solve your problems. Fluttershy couldn’t understand how to use it and was always goofing up the typing despite the fact that the keys were enlarged just for her.
Rainbow loved to use the computer to listen to Daring Doo audio books as it gave her the chance to “read” while still flying. Pinkie ended up taking hers apart and using its parts for random things despite promising Twilight that she’d put it back together.
Spike quickly discovered several gaming websites and spent nearly all his time playing on them instead of doing his chores. Starlight was rarely on hers but when she was she liked to look at spell books from the comfort of her own bed instead of having to climb six stories up to get books in Twilight’s Library.
Life was still peaceful in Ponyville but meetings with her friends had dwindled thanks to new technology on Everypony’s faces, leaving Twilight lonely some days when her research had hit a dead end .
She wondered if she could find someway to get her friends together using their devices. The task seemed impossible but then she remembered spike saying he was going to go play games with his friends online. She would need to figure out how he communicated online and then maybe she could find a way to get her friends together more often.
With a plan in Mind Twilight headed straight out of the Throne room with a renewed vivacity in her steps. When she reached her assistants room after a quick jog around the castle she paused, before opening the door revealing the young dragon haunched back in his chair, a pair of headphones on his head. Having noticed the incursion quickly muttered into the microphone attached to the headset. “Hold on guys Twilight’s here” He said before he took his headgear off and spinning around to face Twilight. “Whadya need Twilight?” He asked nonchalantly.
Twilight turned her face from staring at the screen to answer Spike. “Spike, I need to know how to get everybody together online, to like, play a game or something” She asked trying to make her request sound clear.
“Oh, well than that’s easy, just get everyone to play an MMO and all have headsets” Spike answered calmly as if expecting Twilight to understand.
“A what now?” Twilight blatantly responded. “Right, you don’t have as much experience with online gaming,” Spike said, flicking his claw in a superior way before returning to conversation.
“An MMO is a slang word for Massively Multiplayer Online game, It’s basically where a bunch of people go online and play together.”
“Ooh sounds perfect!” Twilight happily clopped her hooves together. “But unless you all are in the same room you are gonna need some headsets to communicate” Spike added quickly before Twilight zipped out the door.
“But where would I get one of those” Twilight asked directing a hoof toward the headset Spike had left on the table.
“Oh, Filthy Rich started selling them a week ago, you can go down there and get them” Spike replied.
“OH! and one more thing spike” Twilight sheepishly added “What games would you recommend?” “Well I like to play World of Warcraft but It’s up to you Twilight” Spike said as he slipped back into his chair and reached for his headset.
“Thanks Spike!” Twilight whispered as she left the young drake to his game and shut the door. As she trotted away she made a mental note to make a visit to Filthy Rich’s shop later that day.
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“Alright” Twilight said as she dumped her bags of headsets down on the table. “Time to find a game!” Twilight sat down on her haunches and began typing up a website Spike had mentioned that let you download tons of games, Steam she thought it was. As Google pulled it up and Twilight clicked on it she found it had to be downloaded. Letting out a small sigh she clicked the download button and fell back deciding to think about how she was going to get her friends to play this game, whatever it was going to be.
She thought maybe she could get Starlight to help her test run it and then invite everyone over but she didn’t know when she was going to find the time, she herself was busy running the School of Friendship and her friends would only be open on weekends. She thought harder as the download bar continued ticking down. “Maybe we could make it a routine thing like a get together at a certain time. Applejack might even like her Computer if Twilight made it like a routine chore. Fluttershy would probably drag the group down, but then again if they were all playing together it could be valuable practice for the shy Pegasus.
As the download bar reached its end Twilight got up and left quickly to go grab a quil an paper, she was going to need a plan if she was going to organize anything with ALL of her friends. A thought nearly struck her dead as she reached for the paper with her magenta colored magic. “Pinkie’s computer is still broken” Twilight muttered angrily to herself. “Well I guess if she wants to miss out on the fun” Twilight slyly said to herself. She then grabbed a quil and started formulating a good excuse to get everyone to the throne room tomorrow.
When Twilight returned to her office the Download was already finished and Steam pulled up on her desktop. “Fantastic!” Twilight whinnied while galloping over and sitting down on her seat. “Let’s see” She said as she started typing in the search bar for World of Warcraft. She didn’t make it to Warcraft before one of the search options peaked her curiosity. “World of Tanks?” She asked no one in particular "What the heck is a Tank?”
The WoT community used to have a strong brony presence, and somewhat still does. They've already worked out the trees for each pony on the forums. Can't wait to see the main six get seal clubbed by pz 1Cs and HEATzers. Not bad for a first story BTW. Looking forward to you doing more, just don't take too long to add chapters, I hate how long it's taken me to wrap up my first released fic.
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I didn’t know WoT had that strong of a Brony presence, Ill have to dive into the forums to see for myself. I never had any troubles with pz1c but I do remember hetzers used to drive me insane in my m3 lee. Dont worry, I’ve got the next chapter already in the works hopefully to be released this Monday
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Yeah, we had several all brony clans back in the day, some like Woona fell apart though. My own pro-brony clan is in shambles, mostly because I'm the only active member. Now let's see, from memory alone...
AJ= Russia/ America being kinda divided on that
Rarity= Germany
Pinkie= France
Twilight= Germany from most things I've seen
Fluttershy= As flutterbat dipicted I as a hetzer/e-25
RD= All the light tanks
Best I can recall. Been years since I've gone brony AND tanking. Those were the days, I sometimes still shout "For princess Molestia! May she guide me to their rear flanks! But kids these days don't get it.
Back in my day we only had three top tiers, all heavies!
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Huh I started playing WoT in 2016 on console so I’m not very experienced, I only just got the M103 and Indien panzer. I was thinking sort of along the same lines but this is what I thought.
Twilight: Germany
Rainbow:(for the irony) Britain
Pinkie: Sneaky Swede
Rarity: anime tanks
Applejack: America
Fluttershy: Czechoslovakia
Spike: Soviets
Starlight: Italy
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Yep, I am a release day relic. Though honestly, I never logged more the 20k battles with my two PC one console and app accounts combined. It's a sad story really, but not important.
As for the trees you've selected, back in the day they had just added the first Chinese and Japanese premiums, so pickings were slim. You went with what you wanted and that's your call, author.
Though to put irony aside, RD would likely pick the Chinese tree, it has more speed focused tanks at the forefront, not that the Crusader, Cromwell and comet aren't fast. Just that Brit tds are slow to a point of agony and the Churchill 1 as well, and RD is not nearly patient enough for the grinds. Really limits here options, which is why we used to say ALL light tanks, because MM back then was such a joke that your tier 5 leo would face tier 8 70% or more most of the time. RD is a troll and all.
Sorry for long winded reply, the topic brings me back to the old days, and memories of old friends.
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That’s kinda the whole point with RD is to have her be like “oh cool the heavys and TDS have lots of armor and then once she got the at2 she’d be like, “why is this sooooo slow?” Because the Alecto has super speed
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Although yeah, I might have her try the Chinese light tank line
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The whole bit with the at2 would be a comedy wellspring, even funnier once she got to the battle, only for it to end. Alternately you could have her sit there and bounce shells all day. It also works on another level for her like her turtle tank was an odd choice in pet. Sometimes we forget RD isn't Sonic, she isn't only about speed.
Thus, it up to you, you alone can save us... Wait, wrong story. Lemmie try again.
Only you can prevent forest fires... Still wrong.
You are the one at the helm, you drive this ship... Wrong type of story!
You get it, it's your fic, you decide.
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It may be a while till we get there because chapter 3 is when I’ll start them playing the game and then every other chapter will focus on a certain character as they progress with a few platoon moments thrown in there as well