Soren_Johnson

yes, I am concerned about that too. Need to see it in action, however.

To be clear, the option is there so that there isn't a big backlash by people not ready to switch to the new system. We will choose one or the other; I don't think we can support both. As for issues with the new system, please keep in mind that it is literally 3 days old at this point, so there are sure to be bumps as the old system, warts and all, did have 1.5-years of iteration behind it.

When people play with this option, I would highly encourage them to stream so that they can point to any bad effects of this new system (via Past Broadcasts). And - we will definitely have a 4p tournament once Beta 8 launches to see how this option works under competitive play.

We've never been super happy with the original stock system - in which after all of a player's stock is purchased, another player can buyout that player by paying double for all stock owned by other players. Although the initial period of stock buying is exciting, there is also a long period of time while players are just stockpiling cash for the final buyout, which can be a little boring and also has gameplay issues as players with hundreds of thousands of liquid cash can cause

Thanks, we'll get these fixed. The instant claim thing is intentional. We're going to try it out in Beta 8 and see how it goes as losing a claim attempt has never really been a great experience. (In balance, tiles closer to your found will be protected longer.)

This is actually intentional - 99% of the time what this means is that you don't have to micro whether all of your opponents tiles are filled or not or if s/he is in the middle of a transition.

Earliest victory (by day/hour)

Gameslayer, if you Saberman doesn't show, you can sub in anyone not named PB.

for the third-place game, if you can make it one hour later (7pm GMT), I can be there to observe....

4pm EST would work for me Wed, Thurs, or Fri (but not Tues, I'm afraid). Your first priority should be finding a time that works for you guys, however.

My preference - if that factors is - would be to do it sometime during the workday (EST) next week. Let me know if anything like that would work out.

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Also, I'd love to observe one of the games during the Thursday stream (10AM EST) tomorrow if everyone can make it.

So, would the 3rd place game be available to stream sometime Wednesday? Anytime between 15:00 and 19:00 GMT would be nice.

change of plans - I won't be available until 2pm EST/7pm GMT, so I hope you guys will start around that time...

ok, I'm going to be available until 4pm EST/9pm GMT to stream/observe (Zultar should be around too), so just let me know when you guys are ready to play.

It's possible I could do 1 EST/6 GMT. I'll update you guys tomorrow morning.

yeah, I know. I (probably) won't be online at 6 GMT but will be at 7 GMT.

thanks! (fyi, if you press the Z key, it hides all buildings so you can see what is underneath.)

Also, to reiterate, I'd like these series to be best-of-5.

Cubit, could you guys possibly do 2pm EST on Tuesday? Then, I could be there to observe (and hopefully Zultar too)

I think for the semi-final round, we should go with a best-of-5 format so that we can get more games done.

One other option is try running the game in D3D9 or OpenGL mode using the batch files in the install folder (both are unofficially supported but might fix your problem).

Also, let me post some general guidelines on crashes. First of all, if all four players agree to a resolution of the issue, it overrides these guidelines. If a player crashes on or before Day 3, the game needs to be restarted. If a player crashes after Day 3, that player's team can continue to play and, if they win, it is counted as a real win. If the other team wins, the that win counts, but the series is extended from a best-of-3 to a best-of-5 (or a best

oh, so the Gameslayer/Kiingmorgan game is at 17:30 EST today? ok, I can probably pop in for that and maybe Zultar too.