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Can some1 tell me, why my first game of second round got set to zero points for both me and my opponent (who sadly does not want to end the other one)?

ORIGINAL: Duedman

Can some1 tell me, why my first game of second round got set to zero points for both me and my opponent (who sadly does not want to end the other one)?

It's your turn duedman!

Edit: So it looks like I saved my turn instead of ending it. I just ended it now. The score has been updated on the matrix site. Looks like if you save the turn then the points go to zero - I was confused as well since I went to 20.

Your second place now (3 points) ... right after that beast Fafnir ...

Ah, there it is! Thanks m8!

So - there is pretty well a zero % probability that my opponent and I are going to finish this 2nd round of the tournament in time. We seem to be able to get a round in every day ~5 days per week.. but no chance are we going from 1943 through the end of the war in the next 10 days.

I'm not really sure if the 3rd round will even be worth attempting with this short a timeline.

Thanks for this update cfera, I will see what can be done about amending the round times. As far as I know this is not currently possible, but I will look into it.

Hubert,
45 days is the right amount of time for a tournament. A longer tournament allowed time would drag out the tournament and for a shorter allowed time, the games would not finish.
Games do need to finish for the current scoring methodology to be effective (more on this in later post.) So for WiE, I think only the later scenarios should be used. Not 39 or Barbossa.

Noah -

I agree that 45 days is a long time for a tournament round and when you start making that longer it can seemingly take forever especially if you're playing against someone mis-matched to your skill level (or someone who just no-shows). To your point, the '39 campaign takes a very long time to play out and is probably too long for a 45 day timeline.

Shorter scenarios make sense in my mind. Another way would be to make it easier for players to communicate through the game. If we could choose a 'game day' to sit down with a beer and run through a bunch of turns, that would be another way to help out. I just get the sense that folks in the tournament are probably sitting down for 30 minutes at the same time every day and so there's only one chance for our turns to cross paths every day.

Spoke with the Matrix server team and unfortunately this is not something that can be changed once a tournament begins. Enabling this type of functionality, e.g. when we create the tournaments and to then have different round lengths per round is on the list, just not sure if and when it will be implemented.

ORIGINAL: cfera

Shorter scenarios make sense in my mind. Another way would be to make it easier for players to communicate through the game. If we could choose a 'game day' to sit down with a beer and run through a bunch of turns, that would be another way to help out. I just get the sense that folks in the tournament are probably sitting down for 30 minutes at the same time every day and so there's only one chance for our turns to cross paths every day.

I do three things to improve communication between myself and my opponent:
1. I ask in the game what time zone my opponent is in.
2. I send the initial email via the forum so that we can have regular emails between us.
3. I have a DISCORD server and invite my opponents to join.

ORIGINAL: nnason

ORIGINAL: cfera

Shorter scenarios make sense in my mind. Another way would be to make it easier for players to communicate through the game. If we could choose a 'game day' to sit down with a beer and run through a bunch of turns, that would be another way to help out. I just get the sense that folks in the tournament are probably sitting down for 30 minutes at the same time every day and so there's only one chance for our turns to cross paths every day.

I do three things to improve communication between myself and my opponent:
1. I ask in the game what time zone my opponent is in.
2. I send the initial email via the forum so that we can have regular emails between us.
3. I have a DISCORD server and invite my opponents to join.

You are very lucky, mine's don't answer my messages [&:][&:]

There was a new update today to v1.24.01.

This update does not work with PBEM++Online as there is an error message that it requires v1.24

Can this please be fixed.... the clock is ticking on this round and time is of the essence!

Regards

Richard
(HerrOberst)

Looks like the PBEM server version number was not updated when the patch was released, can you please try now as I believe that has been corrected.

Hubert Cater wrote: Mon Mar 07, 2022 9:06 pm Looks like the PBEM server version number was not updated when the patch was released, can you please try now as I believe that has been corrected.

Thanks Hubert! Everything is working fine.

Richard

Will we actually be able to continue playing the tournament games after the deadline?

You are a lucky mando. My opponent resing some days ago in the middle oficial the Game...

It would be nice if we (Duedman and me) or all could play our game to an end.

Agree. My opponent has outplayed me in both but they have been really fun and it will be a pity if we have to end them on the 28th, uncompleted.

I hear this, but unfortunately it just won't be an option with how the tournament setup auto functions.

Thoughts on the tournament system and PBEM.

Would be nice to have confirmation email, say 24 to 48 hours before. A player must respond to play in the upcoming round, including the first. Of course, anyone who registers for the tournament within this window would be assumed to be able to play. Seemed a high percentage of people who signed up in the first round did not play a turn, perhaps around 15%.

Would be useful if the PBEM mechanism with the game had a way to resign an ongoing game, granting the opponent a Decisive Victory, again with some adjustment for how early in the round. This will allow those who either are unable to continue or otherwise want to leave (perhaps losing in such a manner that the game is no longer enjoyable) a way out.

Hubert Cater wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:25 pm I hear this, but unfortunately it just won't be an option with how the tournament setup auto functions.

Is there any way to copy the game files to the normal PBEM server? The games would continue outside the tournament.