13Disciple | 18-Dec-18
This form and this guide can really be used at any stage in your skill development. The idea is to use this tool to document your matches, and give you the opportunity to analyze your match, and if you desire for some outside perspective. This is an excellent form for the 'adopt a tomato' idea especially if your typical play time is outside of each other's schedule. So Lets get into how to use the form.
1. Record Matches and Identify Mistakes
Make sure you go into your settings and turn on 'record all matches' first. Part of this process involves reviewing your replays and identifying opportunities you had that you didn't see in real time.
Once you've done that download a copy of this google spreadsheet (the spreadsheet has example data in it to get you started) for yourself. I recommend you make a folder in your google drive where you can put this spreadsheet and the replays that correspond to it, so you can share it with a mentor.
Next is to play a few matches. In the L2P spreadsheet, in the first column mark down the session intent as 'Identifying mistakes' for all of your next 5 to 10 matches. I suggest sticking to playing a single tank, or perhaps a single type of tank or a single tier. After the match record the remaining data - time and date, tank, match maker, tier you played, tank you played, map you were on, side you spawned on, win or loss, survival, and damage statistics. The last column is where the magic happens, Think back on your match and try to remember your good plays or big mistakes and record them under 'Post Battle Notes.'
After you are finished with your matches and recorded the data it's time to review them as replays. You should watch your own replays and make notes in the 'Review Notes.' Hindsight is always 20/20, and with out having to make choices in the moment it's easier to see your mistakes. If you chose to find a mentor for yourself, this is where they make their notes. if you have a mentor, make sure to copy all your replays to a shared (google) drive and invite your mentor to download the replays and add comments to your spreadsheet. From here, they will watch replays, and make their own notes in the 'Review Notes' section. You can even add another column if you want to add your own review notes in addition to your mentor.
I really recommend you find a mentor. They can offer insights to your game play you simply cannot see yourself. Either post in the WoT forum requesting a mentor, or dropping into the WoT Reddit thread, and looking for the 'adopt a tomato' posts and throw a reply in there. You'd be surprised how many talented tankers are willing to give you a hand. Beyond that you can try to connect with the better players in your clan and ask them for a bit of guidance.
Next is to play a few matches. In the L2P spreadsheet, in the first column mark down the session intent as 'Identifying mistakes' for all of your next 5 to 10 matches. I suggest sticking to playing a single tank, or perhaps a single type of tank or a single tier. After the match record the remaining data - time and date, tank, match maker, tier you played, tank you played, map you were on, side you spawned on, win or loss, survival, and damage statistics. The last column is where the magic happens, Think back on your match and try to remember your good plays or big mistakes and record them under 'Post Battle Notes.'
After you are finished with your matches and recorded the data it's time to review them as replays. You should watch your own replays and make notes in the 'Review Notes.' Hindsight is always 20/20, and with out having to make choices in the moment it's easier to see your mistakes. If you chose to find a mentor for yourself, this is where they make their notes. if you have a mentor, make sure to copy all your replays to a shared (google) drive and invite your mentor to download the replays and add comments to your spreadsheet. From here, they will watch replays, and make their own notes in the 'Review Notes' section. You can even add another column if you want to add your own review notes in addition to your mentor.
I really recommend you find a mentor. They can offer insights to your game play you simply cannot see yourself. Either post in the WoT forum requesting a mentor, or dropping into the WoT Reddit thread, and looking for the 'adopt a tomato' posts and throw a reply in there. You'd be surprised how many talented tankers are willing to give you a hand. Beyond that you can try to connect with the better players in your clan and ask them for a bit of guidance.
Identify Mistakes
2. Train to Reduce Recorded Mistakes
By the end of the reviews you should easily identify several game impacting mistakes. The next part of the guide is to move to the next tab on the google spreadsheet called prevent mistake. For the next 5-10 matches in the session intent copy ONE single mistake identified in the previous tab. And work on that one mistake that is common to your games. It's OK to be hyper focused on that one mistake, and just work on that. Of course you can play many matches with this in mind, but at some point take a selection of 5-10 matches and repeat what you did in the first part, but this time only focus on seeing that one mistake. It's ok if your mentor points out other observations or other mistakes. If at the end you feel comfortable and better at the game because you are making one less mistake, then it's time to copy that tab again, and work on the next mistake.
Keep copying the prevent mistakes tab and knock out all those silly stupid things until you become a monster on the battlefield.
Keep copying the prevent mistakes tab and knock out all those silly stupid things until you become a monster on the battlefield.
Prevent Mistakes
3. Practice New Strategies
You can easily apply this technique to any point in your learning cycle. Instead of working to reduce a mistake maybe you want to work on a specific skill! In the intent column put down an session intent such as blind firing bushes. Practice that one skill, and document your improvements. The point is you can mold this document to suit your needs at any point.
Practice Strategy
Step by Step Summary
- Create a google drive
- Download a copy of this google spreadsheet and put it on your google drive
- Play 5 - 10 matches and record them in the 'identify mistakes' tab
- Review your replays and make notes in the Review Notes section (or have a mentor do this)
- Identify one single mistake you want to work on
- On the next tab write that mistake in the session intent column, and play another 5 - 10 matches
- Review your replays and make notes in the Review Notes section (or have a mentor do this)
- Repeat until you have sufficiently trained yourself to not make that mistake
- Repeat the process with a new objective.
