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=== Shooting yourself ===
 
=== Shooting yourself ===
It's possible for you to blow up your own tank by shooting yourself. This can be done on maps where bullets can ricochet, which means that a bullet hits something, like a wall or a building for instance, and then springs off in a new direction, which is in a parallel angle if ricocheting off a vertical surface. So if you fire directly at a wall in a game where the ricochet option is "on", the bullet will spring back and possibly hit your own tank, thus blowing it up!
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It's possible for you to blow up your own tank by shooting yourself. This can be done in matches where bullets can ricochet, which means that a bullet hits something, like a wall or a building for instance, and then springs off in a new direction. So if you fire directly at a wall in a game where the ricochet option is "on", the bullet will spring back and possibly hit your own tank, thus blowing it up!
If you shoot yourself (by accident or otherwise) you see a message saying "shot myself", your body-count will go up, and everyone else on the server gets to laugh at you.
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If you shoot yourself (by accident or otherwise) you see a message saying "shot myself", your body-count will go up, and everyone else in the match gets to laugh at you.
  
You can avoid this by giving your shooting a little thought, i.e. don't stand close to solid objects (like buildings and walls) while firing directly at them, or fire at them in sharp angles, sending your bullets away from you even after the ricochet.
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You can avoid this by giving your shooting a little thought, i.e. don't stand close to hard objects (like buildings and walls) while firing directly at them, or fire at them in sharp angles, sending your bullets away from you even after the ricochet.
  
 
Also, be very, very careful when firing off a laser on the ground level.
 
Also, be very, very careful when firing off a laser on the ground level.

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