Suggestions and Requests

[Dukasaur]

I strongly dislike the fact that we don't have a threshold result (like 6/7 in November challenge, 72 points in September challenge...)

Different events have different designs. If they were all the same, they would only please one kind of person. Since they are different, they please different kinds of people.

[groovysmurf]

I strongly dislike the fact that we don't have a threshold result (like 6/7 in November challenge, 72 points in September challenge...)

Different events have different designs. If they were all the same, they would only please one kind of person. Since they are different, they please different kinds of people.

Very well said, Duk.

In edition, we are working on some things that will hopefully help with the inconsistencies in scoring while still offering plenty of different playing options. The big idea we have will be announced soonish so long as there are no problems getting it up and running. One thing I can say we will for sure be doing is Quarterly Challenges in edition to the Monthly ones. They will be on the larger maps and/or incorporate slower settings that aren't possible to do in the monthlies. They will also be percentage score based, meaning the more games you play, the more you have to win if you want a high score. This will benefit people who are unwilling or unable to play a ton of games.

[ConfederateSS]

-------How about for May....The Great Siege of Malta...May 18th -----Sept. 11th,1565...40,000 Turks of the Ottoman Empire vs 700 Knights of St.John the Baptist/Knights of Malta..The last month of the battle,8,000 Maltese joined the Knights....When the battle was looking like a win for the Knights...Who the Turks kicked off the Island of Rhodes in 1521...The Holy Roman Emperor,let the Knights stay on Malta,for a price,once a year of a Falcon,hence The Maltese Falcon was born...Now ,people may,or may not believe in God...But The last stand of The Crusaders...Knights of St.John....
-------Remember that they are Holy...and WON their last stand....Where,Col.Travis lost at the Alamo...185ish vs 5,000 Mexicans...The 300 Spartans(Yes,the Greeks had Ships,and 15,000 Allies),but The 300 vs 500,000 Persians...Gen.Custer at the little Big Horn Had 750ish men...But At Custer Hill 236ish as he broke his force in 3 units...vs 10,000 Native American Warriors...All Lost their last stands...They were not Monks/Knights,Holy men ...Like The Knights of St.John....Kind of makes you think....As for Maps...Malta,Ottoman Empire,Knights,Holy Roman Empire...to name a few....Thank You Kindly for Listening... ... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)... ...9-11/Sept.11th means something different to The Maltese...The Greatest one-sided Victory in History....When The Turks,not only had more men,but better Fire Power...Where The West and Rome/The Catholic Church was saved...From The East taking All of Europe...

[Dukasaur]

How about for May....The Great Siege of Malta...May 18th -----Sept. 11th,1565...40,000 Turks of the Ottoman Empire vs 700 Knights of St.John the Baptist/Knights of Malta..The last month of the battle,8,000 Maltese joined the Knights....When the battle was looking like a win for the Knights...Who the Turks kicked off the Island of Rhodes in 1521...The Holy Roman Emperor,let the Knights stay on Malta,for a price,once a year of a Falcon,hence The Maltese Falcon was born...Now ,people may,or may not believe in God...But The last stand of The Crusaders...Knights of St.John....

That would be cool!

[shoop76]

Thanks for all the hard work you guys do. Would it be possible to choose some maps and settings where the games end more quickly. Right now these games seem to last forever. Also the amount of games required is very large. There are only a handful players that play that much and have a reasonable chance of winning these. Again, thanks for the great events.

[Iron Maid]

Thanks for all the hard work you guys do. Would it be possible to choose some maps and settings where the games end more quickly. Right now these games seem to last forever. Also the amount of games required is very large. There are only a handful players that play that much and have a reasonable chance of winning these. Again, thanks for the great events.

I think Shoop made a good point here. Another Event thing which is out of proportion is the Mega-Egg Tournament. It takes a lot of time and effort to qualify and collect 18 eggs of each. And then you get one game in the Tournament, have some bad dice and you're out. Very frustrating!

[IcePack]

Thanks for all the hard work you guys do. Would it be possible to choose some maps and settings where the games end more quickly. Right now these games seem to last forever. Also the amount of games required is very large. There are only a handful players that play that much and have a reasonable chance of winning these. Again, thanks for the great events.

Agreed. I know its supposed to be a challenge, but it would be nice if more of them weren't 50-100 game at a time slug fests. Even if its maps I dont like, I'd at least attempt it if it was < 5 maps and I had to win X amount of them or something, but most months being huge game counts to possibly qualify, I have to give it a pass.

Another suggestion for the "blind" monthly sign ups would be to at least give generic info, like whether that month is going to be a high game count month or low game count month, I'd sign up if I knew I wasn't committing to the huge game counts, but since its an unknown idk if im even playing that month, I skip. I dont mind not knowing the map or specifics, but some generic information so I can reasonably weigh "am I going to be able to make an attempt at this or not" would be nice.

Again, fully understand its signing up blind. But sometimes you just know you aren't going to be able to if even just a smidge bit more info was provided.

[groovysmurf]

Thanks for all the hard work you guys do. Would it be possible to choose some maps and settings where the games end more quickly. Right now these games seem to last forever. Also the amount of games required is very large. There are only a handful players that play that much and have a reasonable chance of winning these. Again, thanks for the great events.

You're welcome.
We're making May a bit easier to accomplish and get the medal...also games should run quicker.

I think Shoop made a good point here. Another Event thing which is out of proportion is the Mega-Egg Tournament. It takes a lot of time and effort to qualify and collect 18 eggs of each. And then you get one game in the Tournament, have some bad dice and you're out. Very frustrating!

Yeah, this one was a huge disappointment for me this year as well and it's my favorite event. I just think the tourney should be elongated a bit so that losing that first game doesn't completely knock you out.

Agreed. I know its supposed to be a challenge, but it would be nice if more of them weren't 50-100 game at a time slug fests. Even if its maps I dont like, I'd at least attempt it if it was < 5 maps and I had to win X amount of them or something, but most months being huge game counts to possibly qualify, I have to give it a pass.

Another suggestion for the "blind" monthly sign ups would be to at least give generic info, like whether that month is going to be a high game count month or low game count month, I'd sign up if I knew I wasn't committing to the huge game counts, but since its an unknown idk if im even playing that month, I skip. I dont mind not knowing the map or specifics, but some generic information so I can reasonably weigh "am I going to be able to make an attempt at this or not" would be nice.

Again, fully understand its signing up blind. But sometimes you just know you aren't going to be able to if even just a smidge bit more info was provided.

We always try to make the challenges so that winning about 10 gold and a few bronze/silver gets you the goal, but you're right that this could end up being an inordinate amount of games. I myself rarely even play these because of the game load, tbh. I think even though they are supposed to be a "challenge", we can always make at least a couple of the months easier to obtain the goal. May will be one of these months.

Regarding the blind sign-ups, we do include the settings in most months and also whether the map is small, large, complicated or not. Since most months do seem to end up being high volume, we didn't really think of including that. I suppose we can put something in to the ones we will be lowering the requirements. Usually we have more than enough people wanting to play these, though. For some reason, we're having trouble filling the May ones.

Still need 5 more for the May Gold Companion Tourney
and 3 more for the May Bronze Companion Tourney before tomorrow!