__Crusader6__, on 03 January 2018 - 10:23 AM, said:
It wasn't though.
If that WAS the case, WG could have said, hey yeah if you spent $2k on the game you got it.
BUT - multiple accounts that had low game's and next to no premiums got it -- meaning they couldn't have spent the money - as their garage indicated nothing was there.
Some former WG employees offline have said it was a flawed algorithm in the award, I tend to believe that, as based on WG's history (invisible tanks, MM issues etc) it is the most likely aspect.
EU had posted the WG "Official" Award criteria -- I had reposted it here, but it was scrubbed out - and I did not save a copy -- it has been wiped from EU too, and WG personnel have said they CANNOT talk about it.
I think they took the politically correct answer, be it wrong in my book, they should have just admitted it. I believe the wrong answer was "A select amount of special players" I may be wrong on the quote it's been some time. I received it and was happy I did. I would have just said it was given out randomly. No complaints here though!