Warthunder's strange History of April Fools

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    wiki.warthunder.com/Little_Po...
    wiki.warthunder.com/GAIJILLA
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    This video wouldn't be possible without segments taken from the following videos.
    Ponies:
    • War Thunder - New Nation
    • PONIES! - Jet Powered ...
    • War Thunder April Fool...
    • War Thunder | Am I On ...
    Gaijilla:
    • War Thunder Gaijilla T...
    • Video
    • War Thunder - GODZILLA...
    • War Thunder: April Foo...
    Unrealistic Battles:
    • War Thunder - Unrealis...
    • War Thunder: Unrealist...
    • War Thunder - Potato P...
    Walkers:
    • War Thunder - STAR THU...
    • War Thunder - April fo...
    • War Thunder April Fool...
    • War Thunder New Vehicl...
    Ships:
    • KRAKEN BIAS!!! THERE's...
    • War Thunder Pirate shi...
    Modern Tanks
    • War Thunder April Fool...
    • War Thunder April Fool...
    • MODERN MBT & ATTACK HE...
    Silent Thunder
    • War Thunder - Silent T...
    • Silent Thunder Officia...
    • War Thunder April Fool...
    Earth Thunder
    • ALIEN UFOs IN WAR THUN...
    • War Thunder | Earth Th...
    Space Thunder
    • SPACE THUNDER | Weapon...
    • War Thunder (Space thu...
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  • @ZoltanSultan
    @ZoltanSultan  Před 3 lety +518

    follow me on twitch www.twitch.tv/zoltansultan
    April fools 2021 video here: czcams.com/video/26nZoEUXOYo/video.html

    • @juioploski4063
      @juioploski4063 Před 3 lety +2

      I love you Bofss

    • @SleepySkull1
      @SleepySkull1 Před 3 lety +1

      Hey, In your video you said the april fools event are for testing which is false, Anton the CEO made a post on reddit that said
      "April's Fool's is for fun, not for testing. We don't test anything on April's Fools events. We don't have agenda for them. Usually we dont even KNOW what event would be on April's Fools MONTH before event.
      Idea that we plan "testing" something on April's Fool's, planning in advance is nonsense, not anywhere near truth."

    • @juioploski4063
      @juioploski4063 Před 3 lety +2

      @@SleepySkull1 Considering the past three years implemented mechanics that we've seen in game only after the event it's pretty safe to assume that they test new mechanics with these events

    • @SleepySkull1
      @SleepySkull1 Před 3 lety +1

      It's not though, Check the forum or even the comments, IT's always filled with random ideas and speculations. Like hundreds. The chance there's atleast one that sounds familiar is not improbable. No, take the words of the CEO and it's not for testing.
      VTOL aircraft was in high demands for years before missiles was introduced.

    • @juioploski4063
      @juioploski4063 Před 3 lety +1

      @@SleepySkull1 Gaijin on many chances has denied many features or stuff so "take the CEO's word" isn't so convincing when there is tons upon tons of evidence against that

  • @axiolot5857
    @axiolot5857 Před 3 lety +12927

    The dev team : braindead
    the bugfix team : depressed
    the april fools team : high on mass amounts of meth

    • @wertpoo7215
      @wertpoo7215 Před 3 lety +601

      Possibly too much meth

    • @axiolot5857
      @axiolot5857 Před 3 lety +639

      @@wertpoo7215 For them, there never is too much

    • @gian.4388
      @gian.4388 Před 3 lety +204

      Replace or add "Map design team" to the first one and it's perfect

    • @axiolot5857
      @axiolot5857 Před 3 lety +68

      @@gian.4388 honestly not really, the problem i see (mostly) with maps is on old ones that werent made for mbt's, the rest are fine (some still really suck)

    • @katyusha1283
      @katyusha1283 Před 3 lety +18

      Ah yes, "braindead" while making a successful game.

  • @banggobang5148
    @banggobang5148 Před 3 lety +3489

    The Gaijila is probably the most hilarious event in war thunder history lol

    • @lucasmoreno2154
      @lucasmoreno2154 Před 3 lety +97

      @@adyadita4640 Gaijin made and published War Thunder, WT is the game

    • @betaripoff
      @betaripoff Před 3 lety +24

      Ironically thats almost what happening right now in the community

    • @palovastaava794
      @palovastaava794 Před 3 lety +22

      P O N I E S

    • @theRealests
      @theRealests Před 3 lety +5

      And the most accurate

    • @palovastaava794
      @palovastaava794 Před 3 lety +11

      @@SentientPotat0 friendship is V I O L E N C E!!!

  • @itsraventm
    @itsraventm Před 3 lety +3490

    some of these updates: _introduces entirely new gameplay mechanics and settings and brilliantly designed vehicles_
    this guy: "my favorite is the one were i could give my tank a big hat"

    • @gggg-hq4td
      @gggg-hq4td Před 3 lety +213

      yeah, sure mechanics and vehicles are cool, but like, it's a hat, for a tank

    • @candle_eatist
      @candle_eatist Před 3 lety +75

      @@gggg-hq4td can't argue with that

    • @TerrorLTZ
      @TerrorLTZ Před 3 lety +39

      i don't ever play war thunder but got this in my recomendation...
      yes i think the Big hat is the best mechanic.
      M'cannon

    • @tammiestait5465
      @tammiestait5465 Před 3 lety +3

      Why would you trademark a bird?
      TM = ™

    • @noahsawesomevids422
      @noahsawesomevids422 Před 3 lety

      Yep like the new HE buff

  • @rama7267
    @rama7267 Před 3 lety +458

    The ancient pirate ship mode has legit potential not only as a mode but an entire game
    It would manage to be the only game that models damage of such ships realistically

    • @02tank
      @02tank Před rokem +45

      “War thunder: Classics” could be its name as a spinoff to the main game. I would guess that it would feature both the wooden ships and ww1 vehicles

    • @mikewizz1895
      @mikewizz1895 Před rokem +4

      Naval action is essentially the same thing

    • @llllllllllllllllllllllllll4313
      @llllllllllllllllllllllllll4313 Před rokem +2

      @@02tank ww1 tanks shooted beans (u could shoot a guy with tank and he would survive sometimes) so it would feel like World of tanks

    • @mr.tweaty
      @mr.tweaty Před rokem +7

      @@llllllllllllllllllllllllll4313 w-w-what... is this comment

    • @leme_1
      @leme_1 Před rokem +3

      ​@@llllllllllllllllllllllllll4313 Yeah,The Mark IV and V cannot kill a cat with their side cannons 🤡

  • @DanieleCapellini
    @DanieleCapellini Před 3 lety +3833

    The fact that tanks would shoot potatoes in the inflatable tank event is also a slight jab at Wargaming, since they are from Belarus and Belarus is heavily associated with potatoes.

    • @cursedcliff7562
      @cursedcliff7562 Před 3 lety +679

      its not a slight jab, its a full on bayonet charge

    • @Amauvy
      @Amauvy Před 3 lety +151

      potatoes are also associated with irish ppl tho

    • @angeloc1340
      @angeloc1340 Před 3 lety +182

      And the cheiftan a big promoter of world of tanks is Irish hmmmm

    • @camh4656
      @camh4656 Před 3 lety +10

      Shithousery, love it.

    • @mango6348
      @mango6348 Před 3 lety +104

      @@Amauvy the lack of potatoes*

  • @Arthurzeiro
    @Arthurzeiro Před 3 lety +3208

    I'm still hoping for an April Fools event where it's Toyota technicals with missiles and recoiless rifles vs MBTs.

    • @ridersonthestorm3034
      @ridersonthestorm3034 Před 3 lety +54

      That Will be funny

    • @Frankthetank-et7wo
      @Frankthetank-et7wo Před 3 lety +250

      or better yet just add in the technical tree permanantly.

    • @dudka_i
      @dudka_i Před 3 lety +102

      @@Frankthetank-et7wo i want my UAZ with SPG-9 at 7.0 and i want it now.

    • @adamapkarian8555
      @adamapkarian8555 Před 3 lety +65

      Low cost alternatives (like high tier reserves)

    • @Frankthetank-et7wo
      @Frankthetank-et7wo Před 3 lety +10

      @@dudka_i i already take my ab 43 and as 42 up to 6.3 for the heck of it. not like I can get much done but a lucky hit is all i need sometimes.

  • @the3sgang426
    @the3sgang426 Před 3 lety +395

    “High Explosive Potatoes”
    Irish people: *ill take your entire stock*

  • @ThatSlowTypingGuy
    @ThatSlowTypingGuy Před 3 lety +74

    3:53 "Spoof on AT-ST walkers"
    So does nobody else remember battlefield 2142?

    • @gorbsupreme7555
      @gorbsupreme7555 Před 2 lety +1

      I mildly remember it

    • @Born_Stellar
      @Born_Stellar Před 2 lety +3

      MECHASSULT!?!?!??!!??

    • @dracon2002
      @dracon2002 Před 4 měsíci

      Old polish FPS game "Chrome" also had similar walkers in some missions.

  • @SeaCroissant
    @SeaCroissant Před 3 lety +2514

    Leopard 2a5 in 2017: br 14.0
    Leopard 2a5 in 2021: br 10.7

  • @mikaler6327
    @mikaler6327 Před 3 lety +4443

    Ponies and inflatable tanks are the best events so far. Seems like after ships event, developers stopped giving the April fool’s day team crystal meth and they became depressed as everyone in this company.

    • @LilKingTigerstar
      @LilKingTigerstar Před 3 lety +50

      Lmao Crystal meth

    • @eliaslehtinen14
      @eliaslehtinen14 Před 3 lety +411

      Honestly the latests april fools events (ships, modern vehicles, subs, etc.) have felt like sneaky testing of new possible vehicles or gameplay mechanics more than actually funny events.

    • @NBrixH
      @NBrixH Před 3 lety +53

      @@eliaslehtinen14 Well, yeah, of course.

    • @bawpwarthegreen6065
      @bawpwarthegreen6065 Před 3 lety +22

      Maybe mail some to them? I dunno.

    • @Eliteerin
      @Eliteerin Před 3 lety +32

      The space event was cool

  • @JZStudiosonline
    @JZStudiosonline Před 3 lety +135

    I've missed every one of these events, and with how much effort goes into making them it's kinda sad to see they don't stick around as a custom playlist or something.

    • @Ian-np6zt
      @Ian-np6zt Před 2 lety +1

      Same

    • @zetasann
      @zetasann Před rokem +7

      If the mecha one was still around i would unironically download war thunder just to play it. I love mecha 😅

    • @aorusaki
      @aorusaki Před rokem

      ​@@zetasann right!

  • @no_name4485
    @no_name4485 Před 3 lety +225

    I kinda wish that they added actual wooden warships to the tech trees as the beginner tier because that would be really cool and you would experience most of naval history in the game from square rigged galleon to triangle rigged schooners then iron sides onto the modern era of naval combat

    • @pyrotech7986
      @pyrotech7986 Před 2 lety +23

      Same could be said of ww1 erea aircraft

    • @RealCraftspirit
      @RealCraftspirit Před rokem +6

      Imagine playing the Mk 1 as like 0.5 br lmao

    • @idkanymore6897
      @idkanymore6897 Před rokem +3

      @@pyrotech7986 it would be cool to see ww1 aircraft but then i think the game's grind would be too much and the playerbase would be too spread out to consistently get matches, maybe im wrong but im assuming this is what would happen

    • @alexturnbackthearmy1907
      @alexturnbackthearmy1907 Před rokem +2

      @@idkanymore6897 Grind is too much, unless its separate tree (like big and small navy). But most guys are sitting on top or near top, and something must be done about that.

    • @ocationalyfunny1927
      @ocationalyfunny1927 Před rokem

      @@alexturnbackthearmy1907 being able to research things above the reserve vehicles would be an interesting way to go about it

  • @PandoraYeet
    @PandoraYeet Před 3 lety +1884

    For their 10th anniversary they should have all of their previous april fools events as one big event

    • @Puffman270
      @Puffman270 Před 3 lety +391

      nuclear subs fight ponies and flying saucers melting balloon tanks fighting a giant snail with legged kv2 decimating the space ball turret things

    • @therabbidt
      @therabbidt Před 3 lety +83

      @@Puffman270 I'd say that's very good news

    • @vitaliiyakovlev2264
      @vitaliiyakovlev2264 Před 3 lety +78

      @@Puffman270 the ultimate and greatest crossover on the history of gaming. Hope Gajin sees this

    • @Bandit4557
      @Bandit4557 Před 3 lety +17

      @@vitaliiyakovlev2264 Yeah it would be a little late for that... it doesn't take them only 10 days to make an event from scratch.

    • @dba2k15
      @dba2k15 Před 3 lety +22

      Plus, think in the poor hamster maintaining the servers

  • @noivern8869
    @noivern8869 Před 3 lety +1905

    Ironic how April fools is the only day you can consistently have fun in war thunder

    • @Ham_CheeseSandwich
      @Ham_CheeseSandwich Před 3 lety +150

      It's the only day where the grind stops

    • @tapist3482
      @tapist3482 Před 3 lety +117

      It's fun because there's no consequences players need to care about for the day. No profit, no penalty either, just fun.

    • @ataraxiaholy
      @ataraxiaholy Před 3 lety +4

      @@tapist3482 whats the penalty for having fun in wt?

    • @VladGoro25
      @VladGoro25 Před 3 lety +128

      @@ataraxiaholy your hair, your vision, your mental health, your life.

    • @tapist3482
      @tapist3482 Před 3 lety +41

      @@ataraxiaholy I was referring to how you may become broke if you play some seriously economically nerfed vehicles, but VladGoro had some valid points, too.

  • @NoVacancyIn
    @NoVacancyIn Před 3 lety +152

    Pros and cons of this video
    Pros: - you rememberd the old events and how fun they where
    Cons: - you realized that you are old

  • @versebuchanan512
    @versebuchanan512 Před rokem +14

    I like how it goes from "Here's ponies lol" and "You're pirates now lol" to just "So uh, here's some realistic tanks and a helicopter." What a fun April Fools prank that, a normal ass tank.

  • @auser6729
    @auser6729 Před 3 lety +2353

    In a nutshell:
    "It's all fun and games untill it actually becomes a feature"

  • @hedgehog3180
    @hedgehog3180 Před 3 lety +2380

    There's some sort of irony in how even Gaijin back in the day thought they would have added at least 5 BRs by the time they reached modern stuff and today we have those vehicles and they're a BR above Cold War stuff.

    • @KorianHUN
      @KorianHUN Před 3 lety +215

      Since then they realized they need to milk the playerbase dry because the investors said so.

    • @DZ477
      @DZ477 Před 3 lety +65

      Well for tanks, it's only been like 30 years since the end of cold war and not much has happened since then, but still agree that we need more planes.

    • @ulfgard4734
      @ulfgard4734 Před 3 lety +92

      @@DZ477 True enough, but it hardly excuses the ludicrous degree of BR compression.

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 Před 3 lety +57

      @@DZ477 Sure but we took a leap from mid cold war vehicles to late cold war vehicles suddenly. Like the US went from the M60A1 and MBT-70 to the M1 even though there were several M60 variants in between that. And now we have the problem that all of those vehicles that came after the 50s are becoming nonviable because they have to face the current generation of MBTs.

    • @cactuslietuva
      @cactuslietuva Před 3 lety +13

      @@KorianHUN Gaijin entertainment is Private owned company, so no investors to speak of.

  • @untitledswed1661
    @untitledswed1661 Před 3 lety +14

    the pony one is just: "im gonna kill you with the power of friendship, and this gun i found"

  • @dilbertdonges910
    @dilbertdonges910 Před 3 lety +114

    War thunder puts more effort into April fools than any other game I’ve seen ever

    • @dilbertdonges910
      @dilbertdonges910 Před 3 lety

      @Jayden Zakaib your not wrong

    • @secretbaguette
      @secretbaguette Před 2 lety

      Tabs

    • @kamash581
      @kamash581 Před 2 lety

      eh rainbow six siege had some good ones also

    • @Hellsong89
      @Hellsong89 Před rokem +6

      More effort than some AAA companies put in their main titles.. Still Gaijin has pulled some unforgivable shit like using false copyright claims to silence criticism and there is P2W aspects in the game, even if those are not bad as WOT.

  • @sap_phys
    @sap_phys Před 3 lety +1490

    Gaijin's greatest mistake was only letting this be limited time events

    • @sephirothbahamut245
      @sephirothbahamut245 Před 3 lety +181

      People might genuinely stop playing the base game lol

    • @Journey_Awaits
      @Journey_Awaits Před 3 lety +45

      Imagine it just became a brony game

    • @sap_phys
      @sap_phys Před 3 lety +9

      @@Journey_Awaits well that was the only one I didn't like tbh, maybe make a separate game mode for it

    • @tommyfred6180
      @tommyfred6180 Před 3 lety +35

      ya having the event mods come back randomly now and then would be really nice. could you imagine going into an air rb game to find pony's had come back for the day.
      all the work that went into them to be never seen again sad.

    • @diegohiramguidogarcia6003
      @diegohiramguidogarcia6003 Před 3 lety +9

      maybe a montly event? like every month change game and the duration is from the first of the month to 2 days before it ends to give time for changing

  • @PsychoSubSandwich
    @PsychoSubSandwich Před 3 lety +628

    I think Gaijin was really onto something with that armored walker event. I would love to see a Mech Warrior-type game with War Thunder damage models.

  • @tomaslopez2940
    @tomaslopez2940 Před 3 lety +36

    Love how the ponies were based off the Mane Six

    • @theorganizer1273
      @theorganizer1273 Před 3 lety +9

      More of the Wonderbolts and Pegasi of Cloudsdale...

    • @SgtAwesome97
      @SgtAwesome97 Před 2 lety +7

      True, I mean the Yellow one was a dead ringer for Flutters herself

    • @jacobfield5227
      @jacobfield5227 Před rokem +1

      @@SgtAwesome97 Yeah just watching it i could tell it was heavily based on her and I think one of the main reasons they added it was due to mlp:Friendship is magic was soldiering on with a massive fanbase and war thunder wanted to help in bringing more in

  • @KageyPagey
    @KageyPagey Před 3 lety +19

    They should definitely bring back the Submarines and Futuristic Sci-Fi stuff in future updates because those were genuinely amazing

  • @dkart96
    @dkart96 Před 3 lety +216

    Watching old footage of War Thunder is so nostalgic

  • @LuisGutierrezG123
    @LuisGutierrezG123 Před 3 lety +946

    Wow, War Thunder looked fun back in the day.

    • @CobraDBlade
      @CobraDBlade Před 3 lety +213

      That was back when the game was a passion project of the devs. Making money was just a bonus to having a game that had detailed vehicles in it. Somewhere along the way they lost that passion and now it's all about the money.

    • @GewelReal
      @GewelReal Před 3 lety +48

      @@CobraDBlade it's when they finally started introducing modern stuff

    • @fireraid2336
      @fireraid2336 Před 3 lety +10

      @@CobraDBlade well the game still had major issues back. Probably worse then today.

    • @cactuslietuva
      @cactuslietuva Před 3 lety +19

      @@fireraid2336 Balance was very bad. Tiger 2 with 10.5 cm and panther 2 fought IS-4 and T-54. Damage model on bombers were so overpowered that you needed to shoot them for forever to take down.

    • @DruggiePlays
      @DruggiePlays Před 3 lety

      Yeah i was there

  • @fotard2002
    @fotard2002 Před 2 lety +33

    I remember the giant snail event that was pretty cool, but I’m sad that the submarines didn’t become a permanent part of the game

  • @yigityigitoglu7451
    @yigityigitoglu7451 Před 3 lety +16

    Weird. I remember that there was a game mode where planes tried to land on an airport when tanks were trying to defend it. The planes would try to land and capture the base before tanks killed them.
    Maybe it was a dream, but I can almost swear it happened. Anyone remembers?

  • @planenoises5236
    @planenoises5236 Před 3 lety +584

    how to make the game fun: put all the April fools content back in the game

    • @sethleoric2598
      @sethleoric2598 Před 3 lety +48

      The ships and Mechs seem like a really cool idea

    • @gaminggobrr6646
      @gaminggobrr6646 Před 3 lety +2

      YES YES YES Y E S!!!

    • @toothpasteman3400
      @toothpasteman3400 Před 3 lety +19

      @@sethleoric2598 galleons fire on a mech walker while the other broadside hits a torpedo boat

    • @morganf7310
      @morganf7310 Před 3 lety +12

      @@sethleoric2598 I would play an entire game based around the mechs I think it would be cool if Gaijin just made a separate game that is alternative history with ww2 mechs and stuff I just love alternative history mech no arms though I don't like arms on mechs.

    • @cdgonepotatoes4219
      @cdgonepotatoes4219 Před 3 lety +2

      @@toothpasteman3400 added functionality of volley guns as AA against the Pony airforce

  • @asoggycracker8773
    @asoggycracker8773 Před 3 lety +219

    Space thunder battles were so fun. I still got the Yuri Gargarin pfp. Also you could get an award in battle that was “take that Elon” for enough points won.

    • @ZoltanSultan
      @ZoltanSultan  Před 3 lety +40

      I was going to talk about that but decided to cut it out for time. The wiki says it was a russian meme laughing at Elon for trying to build submarines for children during the Thai cave rescue. more info here; wiki.warthunder.com/Space_Thunder

    • @harlemshakecat
      @harlemshakecat Před 3 lety +10

      @@ZoltanSultan It may have started as that (not too sure on that), but what made that a mainstream is big amount of memes about people, we russians call "кулибины". That title comes from Кулибин, a Russian engineer, who got famous for his unorthodox projects.

    • @SaintJerry
      @SaintJerry Před 3 lety +1

      Hmm. The achievement I got said “Take that Elon”. Possibly a difference based on region?

    • @ZoltanSultan
      @ZoltanSultan  Před 3 lety

      @@SaintJerry Could be. Wiki could also just be wrong. What language do you use in warthunder?

    • @SaintJerry
      @SaintJerry Před 3 lety

      @@ZoltanSultan as far as I know, just English. But if there’s subsects in the game, American English

  • @raddoobies
    @raddoobies Před rokem +6

    I genuinely wish the submarines came to the game, I absolutely fell in love with them. Sure, it was a bit boring at times, but my GOD the sound design was what made it worth it imo. The eerie feeling, the sonar beeping, and in general just not knowing when you're gonna get hit or not since its complete silence is amazing, kinda like a horror game type of vibe (Despite War Thunder already being sort of a horror game with how much the game makes me jump at times)

  • @pringleboi9548
    @pringleboi9548 Před 2 lety +7

    2:33 the last of my planetary guards defending against the snail

  • @pepper7171
    @pepper7171 Před 3 lety +260

    When the joke 'Friend Mk. 3 Cannon' has a better firing sounds than some of the current aircraft firing sounds.

  • @Freesorin837
    @Freesorin837 Před 3 lety +595

    Wish they had previous April Fools modes available to play as custom missions.

    • @nickkurzy2246
      @nickkurzy2246 Před 3 lety +55

      They should have a weekly/ monthly rotation in the Events & Tournaments tab

    • @thegboys5363
      @thegboys5363 Před 3 lety +19

      Hey you look like the blue pony

    • @mobythelion3882
      @mobythelion3882 Před 3 lety +42

      @@thegboys5363 yeah i think that's rainbow dash and she's 20% cooler than you

    • @Citieskylines
      @Citieskylines Před 3 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/zG8xqaL9svw/video.html

    • @OfficialAnekito
      @OfficialAnekito Před 3 lety +12

      @@mobythelion3882 20%? That's an academy record!

  • @ChickenParmaJohn
    @ChickenParmaJohn Před 3 lety +6

    War Thunder: made their own shanties
    ZoltanSultan: uses assassins creed 4 shanties
    5:20

    • @ZoltanSultan
      @ZoltanSultan  Před 3 lety +1

      In the original edit I had the gaijin music but both prices of music triggered a copyright claim and blocked the video worldwide

    • @ChickenParmaJohn
      @ChickenParmaJohn Před 3 lety

      @@ZoltanSultan I see, youtube sucks like that

    • @pihlajafox
      @pihlajafox Před 2 lety

      And because of that I feel a need to play ac4 now

    • @merucrypoison296
      @merucrypoison296 Před rokem

      The best assassins creed

  • @PStanley
    @PStanley Před 2 lety +6

    i love people still trying to lead their shots with the lasers 😂

  • @_nanking5374
    @_nanking5374 Před 3 lety +238

    mfw when rank 9 vehicles now in game unironically, 2 ranks lower than anticipated.

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 Před 3 lety +40

      And 4 entire BRs.

    • @Hoplasa
      @Hoplasa Před 3 lety +4

      "my feeling when when"

    • @triplerhu3737
      @triplerhu3737 Před 3 lety +4

      @@Hoplasa it's my face when

    • @Hoplasa
      @Hoplasa Před 3 lety

      @@triplerhu3737 thanks i thought otherwise :) its still a double when though

    • @observingeye9579
      @observingeye9579 Před 3 lety

      @@triplerhu3737 Nah they're kind of right tho, the person used the phrase "mfw" which does mean "my face when", but then they went and put when in front of mfw, which makes it "my face when when".

  • @100sircampsalot6
    @100sircampsalot6 Před 3 lety +248

    The fact that these ponies could be played in random battles and earn rb and sl makes me happy

  • @honzap6209
    @honzap6209 Před 3 lety +3

    5:08 man i remember being kid back then and believing all these images...xd

  • @athenajayvieljerios8343
    @athenajayvieljerios8343 Před 3 lety +13

    Me: sees the pink pony in
    "War thunder"
    Also me: pinkie pie is that you?

    • @dogo7543
      @dogo7543 Před 3 lety +3

      "OH GOD PINKIE PUT DOWN THE GUN *_GUNSHOTS_*

  • @samunqui5486
    @samunqui5486 Před 3 lety +296

    What do you expect for this year's april fools event?

    • @mateuszkubas4433
      @mateuszkubas4433 Před 3 lety +139

      Some bad grinding event, as the quality of these april fools events deteriorates every year, and are less and less fun.
      Edit: I was wrong

    • @noixe9831
      @noixe9831 Před 3 lety +226

      I'll eat a ghost pepper if it's ww1 related

    • @imran3782
      @imran3782 Před 3 lety +31

      @@noixe9831 ill be waiting u earned urself a sub

    • @abercrombieblovs2042
      @abercrombieblovs2042 Před 3 lety +50

      I guess some A7V's vs Mk. IV's would be cool...
      Battle of the Somme might be a cool low-tier map.

    • @themightycat7238
      @themightycat7238 Před 3 lety +44

      @@mateuszkubas4433 space thunder was one of the best imo

  • @dageogaming4478
    @dageogaming4478 Před 3 lety +261

    Imagine they fixed the game for this april fools...

    • @Destilight
      @Destilight Před 3 lety +66

      And next day they take down all the fixes

    • @tangow371
      @tangow371 Před 3 lety +13

      Fixed thunder

    • @poomann
      @poomann Před 3 lety +2

      I don’t get it what’s broken?

    • @poomann
      @poomann Před 3 lety +1

      @Armandas purvinis well that just sounds like you don’t know anything wrong and you just don’t like the game in general

    • @Destilight
      @Destilight Před 3 lety +8

      @@poomann my heart

  • @_bellona_792
    @_bellona_792 Před 2 lety +2

    7:28 reminds me of a childhood game abt apaches, the camera was also off to the side in that

  • @alex20swag58
    @alex20swag58 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Hello, i'm from the future and I can Say that there's a Mobile version of WT in which their first April's Fools event is no other than the return of the Ponies

  • @itryen7632
    @itryen7632 Před 3 lety +239

    I wish these were permanent... I really want to play as a KV2 walker.

    • @jdwoods5790
      @jdwoods5790 Před 3 lety +16

      Especially the old ships

    • @jPlanerv2
      @jPlanerv2 Před 3 lety +15

      i would actrually play a game with this type of walkers

    • @dudka_i
      @dudka_i Před 3 lety

      walkers came back once iirc, but that was at least 3 years ago.

    • @wolfehoffmann2697
      @wolfehoffmann2697 Před 3 lety

      @@jPlanerv2 It's an old game, but Ring of Red had a lot of similar mech designs. It was however a combined arms strategy game, not a 3rd person action like this. Each unit on the field was a mech + three 5-man infantry squads in support with a variety of types from rifles, to engineers, medics, etc. One squad would ride the mech and act as the crew (your named characters were the pilots though.) The other two supported from foot.

    • @morganf7310
      @morganf7310 Před 3 lety

      I want an entire game based on the walkers set in alt history ww2. I love alternative history ww2 stuff especially walkers.

  • @no-legjohnny3691
    @no-legjohnny3691 Před 3 lety +42

    With how things are going for WT, the next April Fool's will be the game except all of its issues will have been fixed, but it will only be available for 12 hours on the dev servers of course...

  • @leojackb7853
    @leojackb7853 Před 3 lety +4

    When your driving an plane casually and you see a bunch of ponies come out of nowhere

  • @Turgineer
    @Turgineer Před 2 lety +2

    The submarine was the most realistic War Thunder joke.

  • @Orthane
    @Orthane Před 3 lety +109

    The fact that Warthunder puts more effort into April Fools than Valve does into TF2 nowadays makes me really happy and sad at the same time.

  • @lucasworden1017
    @lucasworden1017 Před 3 lety +54

    Everybody gangsta till the juggernaut says " B R A C E F O R F I R E"

  • @CS_Blitzen
    @CS_Blitzen Před 2 lety

    Having played since war thunder's inception, this was some serious nostalgia seeing the old hangar UI from the ponies and the footage of them zooming around in battle, to the walkers, and later the T-90 and Leopard 2 on the OG middle east. I don't seem to remember having to be on the dev server for gaijilla though. Man I wish I could go back sometimes

  • @magnusm4
    @magnusm4 Před 3 lety +4

    Next we'll see an april fools where you play as soldiers on bicycles fitted with mounted missiles and machine guns that can turn 360 degrees.
    Love the silent space theme. I've wanted someone to finally make it quiet for once to really sell the empty open atmosphere.

  • @deadlybladesmith3093
    @deadlybladesmith3093 Před 3 lety +157

    New Power was a good April fools joke. Except it was a bit early.

    • @danangputratiarno5028
      @danangputratiarno5028 Před 3 lety +18

      Well, the same thing with Ixwa Strike for April Fools joke this year. Features included: terrible graphics, terrible vehicle details, more bugs, more bugs, more bugs, more bugs, and more bugs.

    • @MemeMeme-dd1yd
      @MemeMeme-dd1yd Před 3 lety +12

      @@danangputratiarno5028 I'm going to be honest here but I haven't encountered any of the bugs I've seen people complain about.

    • @philmybutup4759
      @philmybutup4759 Před 3 lety +8

      @@MemeMeme-dd1yd honestly same. I’ve been gettin back into wt and have been enjoying it except for always getting uptiered

    • @dragoontype00alphaz19
      @dragoontype00alphaz19 Před 3 lety +3

      @@MemeMeme-dd1yd i have texture bug on vehicles they look like from N64 but other then that game been running fine

    • @MemeMeme-dd1yd
      @MemeMeme-dd1yd Před 3 lety +1

      @@philmybutup4759 Yeah same.

  • @robert357900
    @robert357900 Před 3 lety +56

    The reason why camera was slightly offset in helicopters is simple - Apache: Air Assault. They simply put helicopters from that game in WT without changing much (same engine after all).

  • @votpavel
    @votpavel Před 2 lety

    thats so cool man, i recently started playing and i saw the wallpaper with giant snail but i never thought this was actually in the game

  • @santiagofr88
    @santiagofr88 Před 3 lety

    U got a new sub. Love the content. Keep em videos coming

  • @leonardsvoren5774
    @leonardsvoren5774 Před 3 lety +107

    Im so exited on what its going to be this year

    • @teethirtyfour7394
      @teethirtyfour7394 Před 3 lety +39

      Don’t get your hopes up bro. Expect nothing and you can only either be pleasantly surprised or completely indifferent

    • @bulalonglomi7995
      @bulalonglomi7995 Před 3 lety +36

      The whole game is the April Fools Event

    • @smokingsnake8276
      @smokingsnake8276 Před 3 lety +26

      It would be cool and funny if the april fools event was about WW1 tank combat.
      Just imagine rolling down a trench line and brawling with Mark V's, A7V's and other great war armoured vehicles

    • @lukas5220
      @lukas5220 Před 3 lety +12

      @@smokingsnake8276 ww1 tanks are slower than walking and break every 5 seconds

    • @smokingsnake8276
      @smokingsnake8276 Před 3 lety +4

      @@lukas5220
      I know, but we're talking about an unrealistic april fools event, it doesn't have to be very historically correct, and honestly...
      even the base game is not historically acurate XD

  • @timotejkrajcovic
    @timotejkrajcovic Před 3 lety +39

    I wish we could still play Silent Thunder and Space Thunder in some way. It’s such a waste of an interesting game mode, especially Silent Thunder.

    • @nickkurzy2246
      @nickkurzy2246 Před 3 lety +9

      They should have the previous April fools events make regular appearances in the Events & Tournaments tab. Like, have a weekly rotation of the previous events. People who joined the game (relatively) recently would be able to play the old events, like the walkers and the OP ponies, and old players could revisit their favorite and anything they missed.
      Of course this would make sense so it's never gonna happen.

    • @SahiPie
      @SahiPie Před 3 lety +1

      I mean, I wouldn’t be surprised if WT continues to expand that subs will end up being integrated with naval somehow, kinda like how tanks and planes were. No idea wtf the space one is a test for tbh

  • @z0ck3r
    @z0ck3r Před 3 lety +8

    Alternative title: gaijin distracting from working on the actual game

  • @utes5532
    @utes5532 Před 2 lety +1

    Other studios when making April Fool's content: uhh scramble some words around or give the characters big heads or something I dunno
    Gaijin when making April Fool's content: Hey Boss, we fully modelled, rigged, animated and implemented functional walkers into the game. As a joke.

  • @ScorchtheDerg
    @ScorchtheDerg Před 3 lety +17

    I actually WANT to see Pony Nation in War Thunder

  • @blackhawksp4453
    @blackhawksp4453 Před 3 lety +18

    I just want the mechs to return :( Just imagine them as a separated gamemode, and they can literally be made with recycled assets too, its a damn pity that Gaijiggles havent done anything else with them :(

  • @Xaiff
    @Xaiff Před 2 lety +3

    My first exposure to WarThunder was SilentThunder. I thought it was a regular in-game mechanic.
    My disappointment was immeasurable when I found out the mechanic was only there for limited time 😂

  • @kuronyra1709
    @kuronyra1709 Před 2 lety

    The Pony Beta was an absolutle blast. Not only did it allowed players to get a taste of Jets (since it used the physics of the Me-163), but it also gave way for an entire new style of gameplay who was immensely fun.
    The March of Victory with the walkers was also very fun, however the walkers themselves were locked behind a SP count making them difficult to get. You had to kill a bunch of tanks with your own before being able to use them. Meaning you could get badluck strike and being unable to even test them. Got a friend who basicly couldn't get them since he always got killed right before he could shot.

  • @pAceMakerTM
    @pAceMakerTM Před 3 lety +116

    It’s a pity Gaijin keeps pushing new things instead of just fixing all the broken things already in the game

    • @legalizenuclearbombs
      @legalizenuclearbombs Před 3 lety +6

      I guess its more enjoyable to add new things than fixing old things tbh

    • @Notmagickal
      @Notmagickal Před 3 lety +5

      so you don't want april fools events?

  • @stopsign960
    @stopsign960 Před 3 lety +41

    Me dumb af: waiting for the developers to nerf lag

  • @bowenc24
    @bowenc24 Před 2 lety

    Pretty neat way to test stuff! I’d also love to try a mech game made by them, maybe toss in the ufo’s too!

  • @semibreve
    @semibreve Před 2 lety +2

    Warthunder truly goes above and beyond for every single April Fools event: these throwaway jokes have more fleshed out mechanics than some retail games out there.

  • @wooeo9962
    @wooeo9962 Před 3 lety +33

    Kinda wish they readd the april fools Mech gamemode back..

  • @romanbukins6527
    @romanbukins6527 Před 3 lety +48

    The sailsihp and pony special were probably the best on the level of aesthetics...

  • @1thefallen
    @1thefallen Před rokem +1

    5:26 that song..those ships..assassins creed: BLACK FLAG..oh the memories

  • @HellishSpoon
    @HellishSpoon Před 2 lety +2

    holy shit
    those walkers are really sick
    they would be really cool in like wolfenstien or some other sci-fi with ww2 vibes

  • @faragar1791
    @faragar1791 Před 3 lety +16

    I miss the 2018 submarine battles. I enjoyed them more than any other type of battle.

    • @nick0taylor
      @nick0taylor Před 3 lety +3

      I’m still hoping they will add them as permanently playable vehicles

  • @anticlaassic
    @anticlaassic Před 3 lety +33

    I remeber the space evenr was when i gad really begun getting into war thunder...
    Innocent times

    • @itzmattiah5508
      @itzmattiah5508 Před 3 lety

      Same for me

    • @anticlaassic
      @anticlaassic Před 3 lety

      @Garry Nevill acually it‘s 16 i just joined in late.

    • @tarpnarp
      @tarpnarp Před 3 lety

      @Garry Nevill You think you have to start playing games when they come out? I'm 22 and started at the same time...

    • @flyer_452official9
      @flyer_452official9 Před 3 lety

      Same, i joined in December and was still clueless on how chaotic mid tier-high tier was (I was dead set on buying Leopard 2A4 without realizing on how grindy it was) at least i have a Cold War vehicle now..(Cries in LeKpz M41, ASU-57 and Pt-76)

    • @anticlaassic
      @anticlaassic Před 3 lety

      @@flyer_452official9 ohhh boi you have sooo much pain to come! I started with germany, quit upon realizing that the Tiger2 ain‘t thst great, swiched to sweden, grinded up until 10.0 and am currently 8.7 with russisn ground forces. I hit 1k hours 2 weeks ago and i wonder what i am doing with my sad life snd either germany or america will be my next goals
      Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

  • @falcon3268
    @falcon3268 Před 2 lety

    the 2016 is the one that I remember the most because I only played one round and I am amazed that not that many players knew how to shoot with the cannons.

  • @AINGELPROJECT667
    @AINGELPROJECT667 Před 3 lety +61

    Unpopular opinion: The ponies were a low point and the true MVPs of War Thunder were the pirate ship battles. I will fucking die on this hill.

    • @Izual001
      @Izual001 Před 3 lety +4

      The pirate ship one is the only one I'm sad to missed.

    • @joshual8195
      @joshual8195 Před 2 lety +9

      Honestly that 1 pirate battle I saw looks like more fun than the real naval battles

    • @jinglemyberries866
      @jinglemyberries866 Před 2 lety +13

      THe pony thing was a lot of fun, nobody had jets back then and it was really cool to fly something so fast.

    • @Born_Stellar
      @Born_Stellar Před 2 lety +1

      @@jinglemyberries866 for about 30 seconds and then it was annoying that everything was so fast and every target was 1/5 the normal size.

    • @DJB10T1C
      @DJB10T1C Před rokem

      @@Born_Stellar thats what the HUD is for.

  • @SLMFKRZ
    @SLMFKRZ Před 3 lety +8

    The Pony event arcade difficulty = extreme 2013 nostalgia. Fucking take me back!

  • @randomguy9898
    @randomguy9898 Před 3 lety +4

    I absolutely loved the hats, every year since I always hope that they restore the size for the event but it never happens :(

  • @aaronmarcengill6875
    @aaronmarcengill6875 Před 3 lety +2

    4:00 I thought it was war robots but that 13 days too early

  • @hrunchtayt1587
    @hrunchtayt1587 Před 3 lety +9

    When they reused the submarine event, there was a horrible bug where aiming the submarine upward would result in submarines flying into the skies at Mach 2. I personally figured out how to utilize the bug to spawn camp by using it to outrun torpedos and land inside the enemy spawn.

    • @IGNACY-fp8zo
      @IGNACY-fp8zo Před 3 lety

      I noticed that it would make you go abnormally fast but I crashed into ice before flying so I never got to do that :/

    • @hrunchtayt1587
      @hrunchtayt1587 Před 3 lety

      @@IGNACY-fp8zo If you ran it carefully you could make it, at times I’d smash into the ice and have to restart.

  • @FoxhoundAK74
    @FoxhoundAK74 Před 3 lety +27

    The pony event is actually what got me into the game, man that brought back a lot of memories.

    • @fedoraspeaks8962
      @fedoraspeaks8962 Před 2 lety +7

      you were a Brony fan?

    • @julianstark9483
      @julianstark9483 Před 2 lety +1

      The game was actually good back then. Actual realistic battles. I miss those days.

    • @Mr.Plankton.
      @Mr.Plankton. Před rokem +1

      That’s kind of cringe, you wanted to play warthunder because there was low hd flying ponies that shot lasers and exploded in to coloured dust?

    • @FoxhoundAK74
      @FoxhoundAK74 Před rokem +8

      @@Mr.Plankton. Before that event I'd never even heard of it,
      Also it was fun so, yes. When last I looked games were supposed to be fun

    • @snowrider289
      @snowrider289 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Fr, they should bring the assets back into usability for people to make a custom server for battles again, love to see them fight the new top tier aircraft, or even go toe to toe against top tier ground tanks and top tier spaa

  • @akaikiseki9346
    @akaikiseki9346 Před 3 lety +5

    I like the war-walkers one. These things looks REALLY cool ! And the photoshoped warscenes only sell the effect even more~

  • @alexanderbabjak6265
    @alexanderbabjak6265 Před rokem +3

    the best april fools joke is when they leaked government files

  • @JustARandomHuman
    @JustARandomHuman Před 3 lety +14

    I never played silent thunder, I was too afraid of the dark ocean

    • @noivern8869
      @noivern8869 Před 3 lety +2

      Same, I always have nightmares about it

    • @skeelo22
      @skeelo22 Před 3 lety +4

      What?

    • @JustARandomHuman
      @JustARandomHuman Před 3 lety +7

      @@skeelo22 yeahhh, I was too afraid, the dark depths, the constant beep sounds, I'm basically afraid of the ocean, even in games like subnautica I was afraid of the ocean depths at all times, it's kind of ironic since all the sports medals I've ever won are in tue sport of swimming🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @serdarcam99
      @serdarcam99 Před 3 lety

      İ was playing with my old gt730 it was painful

  • @hagwbu7101
    @hagwbu7101 Před 3 lety +15

    I wish gaijin added submarines to the main game.

  • @swiftsmackdown4645
    @swiftsmackdown4645 Před 3 lety

    oh man 2020's looks really cool. i totally missed that, i didn't even see it on youtube till now

  • @netherwolves3412
    @netherwolves3412 Před 2 lety

    This is a video that makes me like gaijin 😢
    I have to cherish these rare moments

  • @VladGoro25
    @VladGoro25 Před 3 lety +3

    I feel old by watching this video...thank you Zoltan for such a great WT Rewind

  • @kajmak64bit76
    @kajmak64bit76 Před 3 lety +44

    April fools 2021... A-10 is gonna be in the game with BRRRRT fighting Su-25 frogfoot xd

    • @Rek1emMScar
      @Rek1emMScar Před 3 lety +1

      is that or Fox-3 missiles.

    • @ka-50withsaams36
      @ka-50withsaams36 Před 3 lety

      @@Rek1emMScar Why not both?

    • @Rek1emMScar
      @Rek1emMScar Před 3 lety

      @@ka-50withsaams36 trust me there is nothing i desire more than both. I just hate the current 2020 tanks (leopard2PL) vs
      70' aircraft's.

    • @dudka_i
      @dudka_i Před 3 lety +3

      @@Rek1emMScar yeah but if we add modern aircraft the tankers would whine so fucking loud they'll make all of the whales in the Pacific Ocean wash ashore.

    • @DaCouchWarrior
      @DaCouchWarrior Před 3 lety

      That be cool!

  • @dimaselang3991
    @dimaselang3991 Před 3 lety +1

    5:27 Feeling nostalgic of Assasins creed black flag shanties

  • @ThatHonestGuy
    @ThatHonestGuy Před 3 lety

    I remember the ships in 2016 like it was yesterday. Absolutely loved it!

  • @AsPlayBox
    @AsPlayBox Před 3 lety +8

    If the next april fools event will be a crossover of previous april fool events, I'll totally be playing on that day

  • @OPCI_2501_V
    @OPCI_2501_V Před 3 lety +14

    Now we just need to wait for gaijin to add realistic gundam and space ship battles to the game

  • @NinjaSushi2
    @NinjaSushi2 Před 2 lety

    What an amazing game! I love how they kept upping the ante.

  • @Doggifast
    @Doggifast Před 3 lety +2

    0:50
    "Retract gear"

  • @Ash007YT
    @Ash007YT Před 3 lety +7

    Was writing a video like such, well scrap that time to do a prediction video. Good job mate.

  • @capitainsheep1137
    @capitainsheep1137 Před 3 lety +6

    I love how he talk seriously about poney firing rocket

  • @yourhandlehere1
    @yourhandlehere1 Před 2 lety

    I remember the giant snail. I had started playing Battlestar Galactica. It was in there too.

  • @SHAD0W_M00N
    @SHAD0W_M00N Před 3 lety

    5:21 bro skull and bones gameplay lookes Fantastic