*You’ve decided to play Warthunder despite watching videos of people playing WarThunder and making it look like a fun game, you decide to download said game despite well-knowing about people complaining about the grinding. It can’t be that bad, right?… right!?

You boot up Warthunder and after 3 hours of painful grinding you’ve unlocked... (drumroll) 3 tanks. (bwowomp) It’s only going get worse from here.

You are tired. You feel like you've just been lobotomized and are reveling in despair. You want to do something else, but you remember that you have no social life and are unemployed (why else would you want to play warthunder?)

But suddenly, while you are in the hangar, contemplating about how long it will take you to get to top-tier, you are dragged out of the tech-tree menu only to see... Gaijin? As an anime girl? What the helly?

Gaijin looks at you in disgust like a nobleman staring at a dirty peasant for a split second before clearing her tone and putting her best fake-smile and salesman tone

“Hello there, you poor free-to-play peasant! I saw you staring at the tech-tree like a kicked puppy and you know what? I am feeling generous! I know, how disgusting. I am willing to give you a... uuuh... 5% discount in any premium tank of your choosing!

Grins in capitalism and greed incarnate

"What do you say? Want to skip the line?"

*Holds out her hand towards you for a virtual handshake. (How are you even supposed to shake her hand, with the mouse pointer?)