Congratulations to all of the winners of Season 5!
New feature: Games Gurus
As you know, there is always plenty of discussion about the Arena settings: why is this option enabled? Why 3 players and not 4? And so on...
We used to tell you to use forum polls to propose and vote for the best Arena settings. However, only a few of you were actually taking part in the votes, and some of you were not even aware of their existence.
As a community-based website, we would like to find a community-based solution for this: the Game Gurus.
If you are one of the most active players for game X, you will now be a member of a a group called "X's Gurus." If you are Guru for a game, you can see it on the "Community" page.
As a key member of the community, being a member of this group is going to give you you special powers. For now, the only special power you have is "propose & vote for the next Arena settings." More powers will come in the future- but this news is about Arena so let's stick to this for now. 🙂
At the end of the new Season, the suggestions & votes will be taken into account when upgrading the Arena settings: the best proposition for each game will be applied to the corresponding game.
This feature is new and certainly has some defects, but we are going to see what happens and let it evolve until it reaches this objective: to make sure the Arena settings fits your needs.
Yet another improvement for turn-based Arena
Following your feedback on the last season, we improved the end of the Arena Turn-based again.
Some reminders: At the end of a season, for turn based games that did not "finish in time," the player who consumed the most time will lose the game (all the opponents will be winners).
At the end of Season 3, we stopped all turn-based games in progress, and a lot of you were frustrated by this. For the end of Season 4, we did things differently, allowing you to finish the game (despite the fact that Arena points were recorded).
However, some of you were frustrated because it allowed some players to make a "final bump" in the Arena ranking, at the very end of the season by gaining points following wins using the timeout of turn-based.
This is the reason we made the following adjustment for the end of this season:
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The rule remains the same: player who consumed the most time during the whole game (= player who is the most responsible for the delay) loses the game, and his/her Arena rank will be modified accordingly.
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The other players will not gain/losee any Arena points.
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The game itself can continue in training mode. It means that you can finish the game if you want to, or leave it without penalty if you do not want to.
With all the changes made and tested during the past 4 seasons, we think that we now have a good solution for turn-based Arena. 🙂
Important reminder: recent games are not concerned by the end of this season.
All games published (= out of Beta) less than 1 month before the end of a season are not concerned by the end of the season (no trophies, no relegation).
** Season 6 is NOW launched. **
The new Arena is going to be opened in a few hours.
Some Arena configurations have been updated:
Terra Mystica: Base game map / Landscape off
Stone Age: 4 players
7 Wonders new format is: 4p (winter) - 3p (spring) - 4p (summer) - 5p (autumn) => 4 players this seasons
Kalah: 6 stones (following a poll)
Tokaido: Crossroads active
Tarot: players=5, Bonus=Poignées + Misères, Minimum bid=Guard
Unconditional Surrender: USSR 1941
Welcome To: advanced
Go: Big Komi
Medina: Players=3, Fountain=enabled, Tea tiles=enabled, Merchants on lower tiles=enabled, Neutral Rooftops=disabled
Nautilus: Domain card visible
Hailclue: Turbo mode
Letter Tycoon: 2 players
We try to follow everything and to catch all of your suggestions / polls: sorry if we miss something. The new "Game Gurus" feature will certainly make the Arena settings evolution way better for Season 7. 🙂
Some explanation about: relegations
At the end of each season, after winners have been awarded, you are relegated.
Some custom relegation rules may have been applied to a game for some reason (ex: we decided to reduce the number of leagues), but in general here is what happens:
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For games with 6 or 5 different leagues, all players are decreased by 3 leagues.
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For games with 4 different leagues, all players are decreased by 2 leagues.
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For games with 2 or 3 different leagues, all players are decreased by 1 league.
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For all games and all leagues, your number of Arena point is reset to 1, and your AES ("Arena Elo") is reset to 1500.
** It's up to you to find the way to the elite!
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May the odds be ever in your favor!
竞技场第 6 季:现在是 Guru 时间!
祝贺第 5 季的所有获胜者!
新功能:游戏大师
就如大家所知道的那样,关于竞技场的设置,讨论最多的总是:为什么启用此选项?
为什么是 3 个玩家而不是 4 个?
等等...
我们曾经告诉您,使用论坛民意调查来提议和投票,选出最佳竞技场设置。
然而,真正参与了投票只有少数人,你们中的一些人甚至不知道它们的存在。
作为一个基于社区的网站,我们希望为此找到一个基于社区的解决方案: Game Gurus 。
如果您是 X 游戏中最活跃的玩家之一,那么您现在将成为名为“X 的大师”的团体的成员。如果您是游戏的大师,您可以在“社区”页面上看到它。
作为社区的重要成员,成为该小组的成员将赋予您特殊的权力。
目前,您拥有的唯一特殊权力是“为下一个竞技场设置提议并投票”。未来将会有更多的力量出现——但这个消息是关于竞技场的,所以让我们暂时坚持这一点。
新赛季结束时,升级竞技场设置时会考虑建议和投票:每场比赛的最佳提议将应用于相应的比赛。
这个功能是新的,当然有一些缺陷,但我们会看看会发生什么,让它发展,直到达到这个目标:确保竞技场设置符合你的需求。
回合制竞技场的又一改进
根据您对上一赛季的反馈,我们再次改进了竞技场回合制的结局。
一些提示:在赛季结束时,对于没有“及时完成”的回合制游戏,消耗时间最多的玩家将输掉比赛(所有对手都是赢家)。
在第 3 赛季结束时,我们停止了所有正在进行的回合制游戏,你们中的很多人对此感到沮丧。
在第 4 赛季结束时,我们做了不同的事情,让您可以完成游戏(尽管竞技场积分已被记录)。
然而,你们中的一些人感到沮丧,因为它允许一些玩家在赛季末通过使用回合制超时赢得积分来在竞技场排名中取得“最后的突破”。
这就是我们在本赛季结束时进行以下调整的原因:
- 规则保持不变:整场比赛中消耗时间最多的玩家(=对延迟负有最大责任的玩家)输掉比赛,他/她的竞技场排名将相应修改。
- 其他玩家不会获得/失去任何竞技场点数。
- 游戏本身可以在训练模式下继续。 这意味着如果您愿意,您可以完成游戏,或者如果您不想,则可以不受惩罚地离开游戏。
重要提示:最近的比赛在本赛季结束前没有受到关注。
所有在赛季结束前不到 1 个月发布(= 测试版结束)的比赛都不会在赛季结束前受到关注(没有奖杯,没有降级)。
第 6 季现已推出。
新的竞技场将在几个小时内开放。
一些竞技场配置已更新:
Terra Mystica:基本游戏地图/景观关闭
石器时代:4人
7 Wonders 新格式是:4p(冬季)- 3p(春季)- 4p(夏季)- 5p(秋季)=> 本赛季 4 名球员
Kalah:6 块石头(根据民意调查)
东海道:十字路口活跃
塔罗牌:玩家=5,奖金=Poignées + Misères,最低出价=Guard
无条件投降:苏联 1941
欢迎来到:高级
去:大科米
麦地那:玩家=3,喷泉=启用,茶砖=启用,较低瓷砖上的商人=启用,中立屋顶=禁用
Nautilus:域卡可见
冰雹:涡轮模式
字母大亨:2 名玩家
我们尝试关注所有内容并获取您的所有建议/民意调查:如果我们遗漏了什么,我们很抱歉。 新的“游戏大师”功能肯定会让第 7 季的竞技场设置进化得更好。
一些解释:降级
在每个赛季结束时,获胜者被授予后,您将被降级。
某些自定义降级规则可能出于某种原因应用于比赛(例如:我们决定减少联赛数量),但一般情况下会发生以下情况:
- 对于有 6 个或 5 个不同联赛的比赛,所有玩家减少 3 个联赛。
- 对于有 4 个不同联赛的比赛,所有玩家减少 2 个联赛。
- 对于有 2 个或 3 个不同联赛的比赛,所有玩家都减少 1 个联赛。
- 对于所有比赛和所有联赛,您的竞技场点数重置为 1,您的 AES(“Arena Elo”)重置为 1500。
愿胜算永远对你有利!