The latter actually follows the tradition of food-based Theme Nicknaming of the Wargaming.Net MMOs - Minsk-developed World of Tanks shares its nickname of "Potato", a stereotypically Belarussian food, with the company itself, while World of Warplanes, developed in Kiev, is nicknamed "salo-fliers" note Salolety=salo+samolety(airplanes), after the equally stereotypically Ukrainian salo.("Shlupki", or "Lifeboats") note Often with the ironicaly dismissive modifier " those yours"., which it actually shares with KanColle, and "Корюшка" ("Koryuska" or "Smelt"), due to it being developed by a Saint-Petersburg studio, as the city is famous for its seasonal gluts of smelt in Neva river. In the Russian fandom the game has already acquired two main nicknames: "Шлюпки" note Most often is derogatory, because it sounds very similar to "Шлюхи", "Sluts".While not as saturated as its elder stablemate, World of Warships has certainly been developing its own.
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