Updates to Tournaments

#1 - Oct. 22, 2012, 4:56 p.m.

Along with the upcoming build we will be making some server side changes to tournaments. This may go live a bit before the build so I wanted to give some warning.

1) down time between rounds is being reduced from 5 minutes to 3 minutes.
2) Glory and rank rewards are increasing
Free
a) 1st place was 300, will now be 400 glory/rank
b) 2nd place was 200, will now be 300
c) 3rd and 4th place was 100, will now be 200
Paid
a) 1st place was 360, will now be 500 glory/rank
b) 2nd place was 240, will now be 400
c) 3rd and 4th place was 120, will now be 300

Thanks and enjoy,

Jon

#2 - Oct. 22, 2012, 4:59 p.m.

Emphasis on may, it also may be a bit after the build as well, but is coming…

#8 - Oct. 23, 2012, 6:29 a.m.

I think the reward update went in but timer did not. I will check that this morning. Also due to the tournament code being heavily updated paid are disabled. There is a client crash we are tracking down and will examine data from tournaments overnight with the intention of enabling paid tournaments today and ASAP.

Jon

#10 - Oct. 23, 2012, 10:46 a.m.

Got it. Thanks. Update coming!

#18 - Oct. 23, 2012, 12:59 p.m.

3 minute timer should be in now . 3 minutes = reasonable bathroom break.

Also fix for other crash is found and testing . I’ll update more soon but expect fix today.

Jon

#20 - Oct. 23, 2012, 1:30 p.m.

This crash does not reproduce on our test environment as it is caused in part by server load and player volume. That doesn’t mean that when it occurs we can’t fix it but it does mean it may not occur until it goes live. It is for reasons such as this that we turned off paid tournaments so that and unknown unforeseeable error wouldn’t cause players to lose gems.

#23 - Oct. 23, 2012, 1:51 p.m.

Yes, lose game due to DC