Day 20 hey spookston you should try the M14/41 premium it's 47mm has 69mm of pen and it gets a 13mm mg personally I think it's a pretty fun low tier Italian tank
14:20 the simulator mode has you looking outside the tank only from the cupola which is cool (no peeking corners, but no nausea either), also reminds me of the early versions of the game.
Attempt number 20 at getting Spookston to play out any tank with a dozer blade, the catch is, he has to dig in before engaging targets. Movement around the map is allowed, but he has to dig in again before reengaging.
@@heliogonzalezsanchez8227 i got annoyed with getting shot by people i can't hear while doing that, so now i just don't even touch tanks if i wanna have fun on the game. i'll roll a j, put on some music and hop into air arcade, not even rb. games so much more enjoyable to me when i can fly around and shoot a few people while chilling out, then just hop right into another plane when i die. the RP gains are terrible compared to what they used to be playing RB, but i'm actually enjoying the game for the first time in a long while, so it's worth it imo
Pretty much. A marder drove out in front of me yesterday and was just staring in my general direction as i positioned my swingfire. He did nothing. He just stood there.
I'm sorry Spookston but you missed the MOST IMPORTANT PART of being a German tanker main. I quote from the holy book of Wehraboo Mains, ahem "Thou shalt ONLY drive towards the enemy spawn for that is the promised land, thou shalt ignore all caps and objectives for those are to be left to the scrubs, ignore the wounded around you for they are obviously unworthy, only within sight of the enemy spawn shall thy superior German engineered gun show its true power"
You could make this challenge worse. You could make it a "One Man Challenge" where you can only drive if you're in the driver view, shoot in the sniper/gunner view and scout(look for enemies) in the commander view. That's the closest to having one guy manning a whole tank alone. The only advantage is that you can choose any vehicle for this challenge. PS: commander gunner controls are allowed.
Hstv-l irl was able to be fully and completely operated with only 1 crew member, so if we were to stretch the limits here, driving the hstv-l would be really advantageous bc you would just be playing it like everyone else. :D
@@CircusJeanie2399 i wrote "irl" specifically bc the hstv-l doesnt have the feature in game. and yes im aware the 103 has it aswell, appreciate that u wanted to inform the either way.
@@tomthenot9786 Ah I kinda figured you knew, cause you knew a bunch about the HSTVL and was mostly chiming in for others that might not. And I don't really play Warthunder, I play the mobile version mostly which is all arcade, so my game knowledge is lacking. It'd be cool if they added that feature to the game though.
It’s the details that make Spook so good at what he does. When he clarifies the challenge rules and says “main gun only hits,” the “smoke missed” ding plays in reverse as tallies are removed. It’s classy stuff.
the live reaction cam is actually a really cool idea. you should do it more in future videos, even if it's kind of redundant when you're not restricted to sniper mode.
imagine third person being set as a commanders view were you're actually looking through the ports and can cycle through them and sniper view is the same
@@robertharris6092 oh for sure. Im just surprised how many people are either looking at him directly and don't even fire, looking the other direction, drive right into him....etc
I have maximum respect to you for both taking up the challenge, despite the sickening handicap, and still managing to be more competent than the average German main.
This kind of content is pretty good imo, not specifically this challenge in particular, but just interesting challenges like this. It's a good change of pace from just doing different vehicles
I think Spookston made an agreement with the devil where he gets a lot of kills at any br but gets bombed in almost any tank, or its just a coincidence
Good video, but not the real german tank experience. For that, you need: -Go with 15 more he shells and 20 more apcr. -Rush the capture point. If all the team go to c, you go to c as the spearhead, if they go to a, you go to a as first line. Remember, you have a tiger and you are "invincible". -Dont look at the corners, you go straight. You are "invincible". -Dont shoot to weakspot, you big gun could decimate any tank in the world, the german tanks are the best, you are the best, if you shoot 5 rounds, one will penetrate. -Dont hear the enemies. You are hearing Erika so loud that you can even hear your allies, so down the enemy motor sounds, increase the sound of the allies and then play with music and the game sound low. -
The amount of teammates like that that I've had is insane...like sure I ain't no pro but I'm certainly not intending to fuel the German Main stereotype :/
@@samoerai6807 in your controls there is a button for select machine gun. It acts like your primary gun while selected, then you can press it again to go back to regular shooting
@@bingustheallmigty5850hi sorry for the late reply. Thanks for helping :). So you mean you have like a separate gunner view for your machine gun and main gun? I suppose this is only really useful when the machine gun is on top of the tank. Not so much when it’s asides the main gun as the gunner views would pretty much overlap.
As a German main yes my teammates are generally bad and it doesn't help that Germany has to fight Cold War tanks very early on Also, you should have used Binos and driver viewport for that extra bit
@@robertharris6092 I agree that the US and Japan suffer with Germany although I think Germany especially with the recent BR changes is now unfairly matched
Two things - I had a really good time watching this type of video from u, so I hope there ill be more of that. Second thing, to the "dont listen to music" advice - I play wt for fun (I know, wierd) and even tho I know I am trash, music makes the hole experience even more satisfying ;)
To be fair, Germany’s 6.7 lineup is insanely good, and in general Germany is a very powerful and easy to use faction, but they’ve kind of screwed the panthers by putting them at 6.0. The panther gets up tiered almost every match and is a total joke compared to IS-2s, T34 (American one), T26E5 and other heavies it comes up against in up tiers. I’m a Soviet/American player and I’m not even remotely scared of panthers when I see them, I usually just upper front plate them in 1 shot with tanks like the T26E1. The panthers belong around 5.7 fighting IS-1s, Sherman jumbos, and T34-85s, not late war American and Russian heavies
spookston and your editor, i loved the use of the replays to add onto the content! if it isn’t much extra work i would love if you used those more often during gameplay 😊
3:59 you don’t know how many times I’ve died to that exact shot, and it’s often also just the enemy panicking and randomly guessing where to shot and just get lucky.
You have nailed the German experience on the head no. There are accordions to being blind and slightly blind and I fall into the blind spot. As a German main myself I say we suffer as we never learned to aim and that is what makes us German mains easy to play against if you have good armor
I struggle with good positioning because I don't know the best angles on all the maps yet. Hopefully I'll get better with practice As always great videos man
This actually somewhat reminded me of how enlisted works, you will probably only stare down the gunner sight as that is where you want to shoot. And the only real other thing you can do is let the commander poke out and he gets sniped or the commander viewports. Alternatively the driver's viewport, but you really don't see much through those
"if I get hit by a main gun round, then I deploy smoke" I was just fully hoping an uptiered duck or something would start trying to teamkill you just because that'd be hilarious...
You should make a video series on good positions and flank routes on each map. Your format of smaller videos makes it really approachable. Even veteran players like myself could prolly stand to learn a spot or two
The real German main experience is using "gunners' optics" It gives you offset between the sight and a barrel, making it almost impossible to fire from behind the corner, and throws off your aim at close range. But it allows you to see your gun barrel which makes you feel kool and authentic.
I think it would be fun to have someone sitting in spectator mode as a “commander” and you’re locked in gunner view, since that’s basically what you’re doing. Probably not a big enough handicap but it could be fun
Spookston „ Sound is REALY important“. Me who has played the game for 3000 hours without ANY sound at all……. Cqc is REALLY shit without sound I have to say. I love sniper mapes therefore 😂
With the amount of CAS directed at him, Spookston will always be a German main at heart. At least by how pilots see him regardless of his choice in vehicle & nation.
This video made me nostalgic for War Thunder, so I logged into my German main account after about six months. In my first game, I: - accidentally hit my main gun bind and sent a shell into the ground right as the match started - rear-ended my American teammate because I was texting and driving - died to CAS (twice) Another successful day as a German main.
Now lets do one of: A) when advancing use only drivers hatch, for enemy locating Binos and for shooting and turning ofc gunner view B) be only able to use 3rd view even for shooting, and get something with either big drop or try to snipe C) do cas but only first person in something like stuka or other dive bobmer
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Don't take the mid-tier German main jokes too seriously, every nation has a gamemode/BR where the players are clueless
Okay, but what about Sheridan?
That is just hightier russia too
Day 20 hey spookston you should try the M14/41 premium it's 47mm has 69mm of pen and it gets a 13mm mg personally I think it's a pretty fun low tier Italian tank
It will be all fine because its gonna be true...
russian winrates somehow being consistently bad across all BRs :clueless:
14:20 the simulator mode has you looking outside the tank only from the cupola which is cool (no peeking corners, but no nausea either), also reminds me of the early versions of the game.
also aiming through the actual sights instead of barrel
Which is how I always play the game. I feel like a god sniping weakspots, even with the sight's parallax@@jeijjj
On Enlisted you play as the commander but you get exposed if you want to look outside the cupola
i dont like that from sim because there is no commander outside :c
@@oniceguard9205 Play an M18 then :)
Attempt number 20 at getting Spookston to play out any tank with a dozer blade, the catch is, he has to dig in before engaging targets. Movement around the map is allowed, but he has to dig in again before reengaging.
Especially the Russian designed dozer blades, in their unique fashion.
This is legitimately cruel
Edit: wait so you basically want Spookston to create a video where all his footage is of camping
@@darkninjacorporationso just a normal spookston vid?
@@ARockyRock LOL made me laugh, cant stand campers.
He can only like this comment so much until he eventually does it.
Spookston: "Don't listen to music while playing."
Me: Currently watching this video while playing.
Hey, it’s not music 😅
sometimes you have to listen to music or else the game is unsufferable
@@heliogonzalezsanchez8227 i got annoyed with getting shot by people i can't hear while doing that, so now i just don't even touch tanks if i wanna have fun on the game. i'll roll a j, put on some music and hop into air arcade, not even rb. games so much more enjoyable to me when i can fly around and shoot a few people while chilling out, then just hop right into another plane when i die.
the RP gains are terrible compared to what they used to be playing RB, but i'm actually enjoying the game for the first time in a long while, so it's worth it imo
@@heliogonzalezsanchez8227why not switch games or take a break if you aren't having fun?
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Dog takes blind pet panther out for a walk
"Look, 6 kills. That's not that many." - Spookston
😭😭😭
Spookston after getting 80 kills and 4 nukes in a single match: "meh, it was an ok match"
German mains are historically accurate late war German tank crew.
so they are not just half blind they are also half deaf :"x
Pretty much. A marder drove out in front of me yesterday and was just staring in my general direction as i positioned my swingfire. He did nothing. He just stood there.
Makes sense
Or we are reincarnated crew men from the german panzer divisions
@@bugarex6623 The one at Cologne?
I'm sorry Spookston but you missed the MOST IMPORTANT PART of being a German tanker main. I quote from the holy book of Wehraboo Mains, ahem "Thou shalt ONLY drive towards the enemy spawn for that is the promised land, thou shalt ignore all caps and objectives for those are to be left to the scrubs, ignore the wounded around you for they are obviously unworthy, only within sight of the enemy spawn shall thy superior German engineered gun show its true power"
3:59 it feels good to witness a german player learn you can front pen the turret of the jumbo
If your lucky to be fair-
You've gotta be pretty close and the jumbo can't have its turret angled at all, but yeah, it's possible.
It’s an incredibly hard shot to make. Not nearly has liable as the mg port.
You can front pen a jumbo almost anywhere if you're close enough
The Panther's gun is probably the best in its entire BR
I'm amazed Gaijin hasn't nerfed the hell out of that round in the last 10 years
You could make this challenge worse.
You could make it a "One Man Challenge" where you can only drive if you're in the driver view, shoot in the sniper/gunner view and scout(look for enemies) in the commander view. That's the closest to having one guy manning a whole tank alone. The only advantage is that you can choose any vehicle for this challenge.
PS: commander gunner controls are allowed.
Hstv-l irl was able to be fully and completely operated with only 1 crew member, so if we were to stretch the limits here, driving the hstv-l would be really advantageous bc you would just be playing it like everyone else. :D
@@tomthenot9786 Strv103 as well
@@CircusJeanie2399 i wrote "irl" specifically bc the hstv-l doesnt have the feature in game. and yes im aware the 103 has it aswell, appreciate that u wanted to inform the either way.
@@tomthenot9786 Ah I kinda figured you knew, cause you knew a bunch about the HSTVL and was mostly chiming in for others that might not. And I don't really play Warthunder, I play the mobile version mostly which is all arcade, so my game knowledge is lacking. It'd be cool if they added that feature to the game though.
Ugh I'm terrible at making myself clear. I was chiming in about the irl Strv103.
Too unrealistic you didn't take full ammo load
It’s the details that make Spook so good at what he does. When he clarifies the challenge rules and says “main gun only hits,” the “smoke missed” ding plays in reverse as tallies are removed.
It’s classy stuff.
Spookston, can you play simulator battles? No, we have simulator battles at home.
The simulator battle:
The smoke counter resetting after main gun rounds were specified was chefs kiss
CinemaSins moment
the live reaction cam is actually a really cool idea. you should do it more in future videos, even if it's kind of redundant when you're not restricted to sniper mode.
imagine third person being set as a commanders view were you're actually looking through the ports and can cycle through them and sniper view is the same
Play enlisted.
@@sillygoosexv6778 if the ai in that game weren’t absolute vegetables then I would…. Game is assssss
Then play Il-2 tank crew@@galacticmarshin4510
That's how you play tanks in Red Orchestra 2
People after finding out sim battles are a real thing
1) I still want to see you play the Nashorn.
2) You doing well, despite the handicap just shows how good you are.
@@robertharris6092and how awful the other team is that is shown in the video.
@@robertharris6092 oh for sure. Im just surprised how many people are either looking at him directly and don't even fire, looking the other direction, drive right into him....etc
“You really shouldn’t be listening to music at all when you play this”
I hear as I tab over to my 30 song playlist for WT
The added replay jokes are awesome it’s a really nice addition to these type of videos
I have maximum respect to you for both taking up the challenge, despite the sickening handicap, and still managing to be more competent than the average German main.
This kind of content is pretty good imo, not specifically this challenge in particular, but just interesting challenges like this. It's a good change of pace from just doing different vehicles
I think Spookston made an agreement with the devil where he gets a lot of kills at any br but gets bombed in almost any tank, or its just a coincidence
Good video, but not the real german tank experience. For that, you need:
-Go with 15 more he shells and 20 more apcr.
-Rush the capture point. If all the team go to c, you go to c as the spearhead, if they go to a, you go to a as first line. Remember, you have a tiger and you are "invincible".
-Dont look at the corners, you go straight. You are "invincible".
-Dont shoot to weakspot, you big gun could decimate any tank in the world, the german tanks are the best, you are the best, if you shoot 5 rounds, one will penetrate.
-Dont hear the enemies. You are hearing Erika so loud that you can even hear your allies, so down the enemy motor sounds, increase the sound of the allies and then play with music and the game sound low.
-
The amount of teammates like that that I've had is insane...like sure I ain't no pro but I'm certainly not intending to fuel the German Main stereotype :/
@@toxic_cooper7308 same
As German main, I hate how you are so right lol especially shooting at the exact same spot and believing that one will pen
0:15 - You forgot the 3rd thing German mains are known for: being born in 1988. That's what the 88 at the end of all their names means right??
thats a cool horse
Spookston literally using 6 degrees (probably?) of FOV and still outperforming 90% of German main is true WT classic😂😂😂
I find it funny spookston tells us not to play with music because sound is important, yet I've been playing without sound for alot of my game play
Hi spookston! If you use select machine gun and scope in and out really fast you get into the commander mg scope
Hi I’m new to the game and a noob. Could you please elaborate?
@@samoerai6807 in your controls there is a button for select machine gun. It acts like your primary gun while selected, then you can press it again to go back to regular shooting
@@bingustheallmigty5850hi sorry for the late reply. Thanks for helping :). So you mean you have like a separate gunner view for your machine gun and main gun? I suppose this is only really useful when the machine gun is on top of the tank. Not so much when it’s asides the main gun as the gunner views would pretty much overlap.
@@samoerai6807 yeah you can only use it whw you have a commander mg
the amound of times died from laugh from the live reactions. Wondefull vildeo as always spookston!!!!!!
As a German main yes my teammates are generally bad and it doesn't help that Germany has to fight Cold War tanks very early on
Also, you should have used Binos and driver viewport for that extra bit
I am also a German main and I feel bad for other German mains that are more decent at the game because we are just a meme at the moment.
@@robertharris6092 I agree that the US and Japan suffer with Germany although I think Germany especially with the recent BR changes is now unfairly matched
@@bigmonke7661it is what it is pal at leats you have a decent gun with good he filler and fast reload for a heavy tank
@@mote_vengador2832 The Tiger 2 sure but with the move of half the decent German tanks to 6.0 they have been outclassed
@@bigmonke7661 the panter isn't bad either it's a buffed centurion mk 1 without the downsides
I’m so glad you accepted that challenge just reading it was funny enough but putting it into practice is an experience of its own
Enlisted gameplay
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Two things - I had a really good time watching this type of video from u, so I hope there ill be more of that. Second thing, to the "dont listen to music" advice - I play wt for fun (I know, wierd) and even tho I know I am trash, music makes the hole experience even more satisfying ;)
To be fair, Germany’s 6.7 lineup is insanely good, and in general Germany is a very powerful and easy to use faction, but they’ve kind of screwed the panthers by putting them at 6.0. The panther gets up tiered almost every match and is a total joke compared to IS-2s, T34 (American one), T26E5 and other heavies it comes up against in up tiers. I’m a Soviet/American player and I’m not even remotely scared of panthers when I see them, I usually just upper front plate them in 1 shot with tanks like the T26E1. The panthers belong around 5.7 fighting IS-1s, Sherman jumbos, and T34-85s, not late war American and Russian heavies
spookston and your editor, i loved the use of the replays to add onto the content! if it isn’t much extra work i would love if you used those more often during gameplay 😊
Spookston video in 2030:
Playing war thunder with the image in black and white, inverted, at 1 fps and getting a nuke
3:59 you don’t know how many times I’ve died to that exact shot, and it’s often also just the enemy panicking and randomly guessing where to shot and just get lucky.
the added replay clips are just, amazing lol
Petition for spookston to play as a chinese top tier AA with the catch that his vehicle will be the Z-10 with 12 TY-90s and 4 ATGMs
those live reactions are amazing
You have nailed the German experience on the head no. There are accordions to being blind and slightly blind and I fall into the blind spot.
As a German main myself I say we suffer as we never learned to aim and that is what makes us German mains easy to play against if you have good armor
I'm addicted to watching Spookston videos, someone help me, I love how he's a CAS magnet and Gaijin's favorite player to get Gaijined as well lol.
video idea: play the premium Swedish medium tank Strv 103-0 with only using cruise control thing and your mouse
Spookston slowly becoming a top notch historian after playing a game for so long:
Adorable Unique Editing
Spook Showcasing Actual Skill
Great Vibe
Great video and awesome editing!
one of the best challenges lmao, good stuff. unironically still more useful than the average German main
Play a tank with a low velocity shell, but you can only use 3rd person
this was really funny to se you play as it is in real world for a tanker
A challenge where it actually makes spookston sick
I'm surprised spookston didn't use a stabilized tank with a wide angle commander's sight, tams leos and others come to mind :D
with all this C&C Generals music i would love to see you play that game someday
watching spookston videos and i get bombarded every time with anime war thunder ads
man i couldn't watch this on fullscreen without feeling ill
spookston knows no danger, its why we see he smoke so little.
I struggle with good positioning because I don't know the best angles on all the maps yet. Hopefully I'll get better with practice
As always great videos man
Theres 4 types of german ground mains:
Oblivious tiger players
Low br beginners grinding
Leopard 2a7 sweats
And finally, neo nazis
This actually somewhat reminded me of how enlisted works, you will probably only stare down the gunner sight as that is where you want to shoot. And the only real other thing you can do is let the commander poke out and he gets sniped or the commander viewports. Alternatively the driver's viewport, but you really don't see much through those
You should play the German KV1 756R. It’s a really good tank that got me through most of German 5.0-5.7
I got motion sickness watching you play Spookston 😂
The "live reaction" edits made it much less disorienting for us viewers, thank you 😂
Imagine this in Simulator Battles.
Spookston's next challenge should be to play without sound, that way he can validate or disprove his theory at 5:09
To be honest I'm not entirely satisfied but you played the Panther G, soooooo great video as always
It would be funny if spookston did something similar with america where he has to shoot the barrel and tracks before being able to go for the kill
I really think you should add replay clip edits like the ones in this video to all ur other videos. They are very funny.
"if I get hit by a main gun round, then I deploy smoke"
I was just fully hoping an uptiered duck or something would start trying to teamkill you just because that'd be hilarious...
Attempt number 3 of geting spookston to play the jagpanzer 4 , or the 4/70
If you ever do a challenge like this again, you could try using the driver view to help navigate difficult terrain next time.
“I’m not getting a ton of kills! 6 is not that many!”
Man😞
nice edit, i really liked the extra replay scenes ❤😊
12:30 probably the only situation in the whole video where Spookston *should've* deployed smoke, and he still didn't. 😂
You should make a video series on good positions and flank routes on each map. Your format of smaller videos makes it really approachable. Even veteran players like myself could prolly stand to learn a spot or two
This has got to be the first vid where the viewer can share the pain by also wanting to throw up!
This is basically role-playing as the gunner.
Man this video was something else! Really enjoyed it, also felt claustrophobic 😂
The CnC Generals OSTs are so nostalgic D: Well-played despite the handicap Spook!
For some reason each additional “Live ___ reaction” was funnier than the previous lmao
you forgot to play the tiger, blast erika everytime you bounce and smoke the team
FLARAKRAD PLEASEEEE SPOOKSTON FLARAKRAD I AM BEGGING IT IS THE BEST AA IN THE ENTIRE GAME PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEE
This is how tanks play in Enlisted but without driver view or being able to look out of the top hatch.
The real German main experience is using "gunners' optics"
It gives you offset between the sight and a barrel, making it almost impossible to fire from behind the corner, and throws off your aim at close range.
But it allows you to see your gun barrel which makes you feel kool and authentic.
I think it would be fun to have someone sitting in spectator mode as a “commander” and you’re locked in gunner view, since that’s basically what you’re doing. Probably not a big enough handicap but it could be fun
Spookston „ Sound is REALY important“. Me who has played the game for 3000 hours without ANY sound at all……. Cqc is REALLY shit without sound I have to say. I love sniper mapes therefore 😂
I think taking full ammo load should have been part of the challenge.
Bro i loved the editing in this episode
With the amount of CAS directed at him, Spookston will always be a German main at heart. At least by how pilots see him regardless of his choice in vehicle & nation.
this video gave me the plague from all the motion sickness
people who dont use custom gun sights worry me, its like half of the fun of the game man :(
to stop you from forgetting to smoke simply rebind shift to deploy smoke
i find it amazing that the panther is at the same BR as the M51
Your editor needs a raise
Oh, but wait, 0:35 you need to take full ammo to be faithful to the German experience! lol
This video made me nostalgic for War Thunder, so I logged into my German main account after about six months. In my first game, I:
- accidentally hit my main gun bind and sent a shell into the ground right as the match started
- rear-ended my American teammate because I was texting and driving
- died to CAS (twice)
Another successful day as a German main.
When your tank only has two crew in hell let loose:
Fun fact, this is how the panther gunner was feeling like in ww2 since he had no periscope and only the main gun sight
As a starter in warframe, sounds like ive found my people. Gonna become a german main
Now lets do one of:
A) when advancing use only drivers hatch, for enemy locating Binos and for shooting and turning ofc gunner view
B) be only able to use 3rd view even for shooting, and get something with either big drop or try to snipe
C) do cas but only first person in something like stuka or other dive bobmer
As a German main, I can say I have plenty of mousepad space and motion sickness pills by my desk, and a picture of Michael Wittmann on my wall
As a german German Main, I like the video and its idea
good job with the third person shots its very funny