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07:47 Fri 15 Jul 05 (BST) [Link]
1. Rankings
The rankings system has changed, and it has received some criticism that it benefits the players who play a lot. However, it is not so simple.
People who play 100 games a day will only increase in rank about 25-35 points a day, increasing above that is almost impossible!
People who play 10 games a day will increase about 8 points. This means the players who play most gain a lot less points per game.
However, during this initial adjusting period the rate we are all gaining points is very slow. This is because people are ranked too low, and all the top players are battling each other. When the adjustment period is over, people will gain and lose ranking according to skill more than quantity of games. However, that is not to say the top players now have it easy, not only have they had to play many games, they have to win a large amount of these games.
2. Logging Out
When an error occurs on the client machine (due to the number of machines and Java versions there can always be problems in Java VMs) we have to log the player out the game and send an error report to the server. This has been in place for over 1 year.
Previously this did not work in all situations. For example while playing a shot if the animation stopped working due to a problem on your machine it would freeze your game, or it may report it is the opponents shot on both games. We got occasional reports about this (5 reported incidents).
Now, in all error cases the logging is being sent to us and people are being auto logged out. This is what should happen. This happens instead of your game being frozen. If you had problems with you game being frozen before then you will be auto logged out now.
This error is being sent to us and will be patched next version. Apologies if this is affecting you. However, if you had the game freezing problem before, and did not report the problem through the contact us page then this inaction is why the problem persisted. This problem has been arround since Pool Sharks, and only now are we receiving the error reports through the automated error sending. We will work on this as a matter of priority!
3. Tournaments
Tournaments are automated. This means if you log out during the tournament, or an error occurs, then you forfeit the tournament. This is obviously harsh for people who receive problems, but allows the tournament to run smoothly for the vast majority of users.
I have instructed moderators and admins to continue the tournament in all cases. The tournament hosters are not responsible for every type of disconnection. For every log out caused by a reported error, there are 3 people logged out caused by internet failure, and 3 people logging out because they close the game.
As far as we are aware, there are no tournament bugs. The tournaments were previously restarted when people complained, however this option is now removed.
4. Posts
A number of threads regarding these same issues have been posted, these will be removed as they are covered by this.
Thanks,
Nick
The rankings system has changed, and it has received some criticism that it benefits the players who play a lot. However, it is not so simple.
People who play 100 games a day will only increase in rank about 25-35 points a day, increasing above that is almost impossible!
People who play 10 games a day will increase about 8 points. This means the players who play most gain a lot less points per game.
However, during this initial adjusting period the rate we are all gaining points is very slow. This is because people are ranked too low, and all the top players are battling each other. When the adjustment period is over, people will gain and lose ranking according to skill more than quantity of games. However, that is not to say the top players now have it easy, not only have they had to play many games, they have to win a large amount of these games.
2. Logging Out
When an error occurs on the client machine (due to the number of machines and Java versions there can always be problems in Java VMs) we have to log the player out the game and send an error report to the server. This has been in place for over 1 year.
Previously this did not work in all situations. For example while playing a shot if the animation stopped working due to a problem on your machine it would freeze your game, or it may report it is the opponents shot on both games. We got occasional reports about this (5 reported incidents).
Now, in all error cases the logging is being sent to us and people are being auto logged out. This is what should happen. This happens instead of your game being frozen. If you had problems with you game being frozen before then you will be auto logged out now.
This error is being sent to us and will be patched next version. Apologies if this is affecting you. However, if you had the game freezing problem before, and did not report the problem through the contact us page then this inaction is why the problem persisted. This problem has been arround since Pool Sharks, and only now are we receiving the error reports through the automated error sending. We will work on this as a matter of priority!
3. Tournaments
Tournaments are automated. This means if you log out during the tournament, or an error occurs, then you forfeit the tournament. This is obviously harsh for people who receive problems, but allows the tournament to run smoothly for the vast majority of users.
I have instructed moderators and admins to continue the tournament in all cases. The tournament hosters are not responsible for every type of disconnection. For every log out caused by a reported error, there are 3 people logged out caused by internet failure, and 3 people logging out because they close the game.
As far as we are aware, there are no tournament bugs. The tournaments were previously restarted when people complained, however this option is now removed.
4. Posts
A number of threads regarding these same issues have been posted, these will be removed as they are covered by this.
Thanks,
Nick
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18:39 Sat 16 Jul 05 (BST) [Link]
so this thread is to discuss the changes. i would like to say that the reason change happens so much in life is because people always say oh this is rubbish that is rubbish etc. but when they quite like something they rarely say well actually i quite like it, so i would like to declare my support for the rankings change
10:08 Thu 21 Jul 05 (BST) [Link]
ive played afew games today and the controls was completely missed up : ( so wot does that mean. it means im not playin if its goin to do that. sod it..
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Edited at 15:08 Thu 21/07/05 (BST)
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13:46 Thu 21 Jul 05 (BST) [Link]
nope im sure he wnt miss ya jut as we wudnt miss you hkewell :-P
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