Monthly Multiplayer tournament woes.
Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:20 pm
Okay, for the first time ever, I was able to make it as far as the fourth round of Kacheekers. I got my neomail last night and droped a line to the guy I was supposed to play. The game was going okay, it was a good game.
Then, somehow my opponant was able to make two turns in a row. Now I know that normally, when you jump a piece, if there is another jump available, you can continue to jump with that piece until no more jumps are available.
But that's not what happened. He moved two different pieces. It was like I completely missed a turn. I was really ticked off, but being hard-headed figured I would continue the game, even though I was now at a bad disadvantage.
A few turns later, I had crowned a piece and had one of his kings pinned down. I thought the game was turning around but then... he jumped one of his uncrowned pieces backwards over my king, taking it.
I played a few more rounds, then ceded the game, because I was losing badly and after losing my king I was in a really bad position. I submitted a bug report. I love playing checkers. I'm a pretty good player, I thought I knew the rules, but something is just not right with this game. You should not lose a turn at whim or be able to jump backwards with an uncrowned piece. It isn't worth it to wade through weeks of procrastinating opponants just to get cheated by the game.
1) I wish that they would put up a tournament tree so you can see who else is playing in your ranking:
2) I wish they would shorten the time between rounds to 2 or 5 minutes once each player starts the game. They should have it in a battledome style setting, where you can have a pop-up window that lets you know when your opponant has arrived. Then the game starts and you have 2 minutes to make your move. If you can't deal with that, don't play in the monthly tournament, just play pick-up games.
3) I wish they would make a small NP prize for winning even a single game in the tournament. All this hassle isn't worth it. I could be making a lot more NP playing the shop wizard or restocking, even on my sad unleet computer/connection.
This last game just really torked me off. I was so happe to be doing well, and got totally blindsided, but a guy who claims he didn't even know the rules of the game. He made it to the 4th round by his opponants not showing up. Then he takes advantage of a bug, and I have to wait till next month to wait on the next procrastinating opponant.
Grrrrrr!
/rant
Then, somehow my opponant was able to make two turns in a row. Now I know that normally, when you jump a piece, if there is another jump available, you can continue to jump with that piece until no more jumps are available.
8) 8. You can make a second, third or even forth jump after the first as long as you are moving forward. With a king, you can jump your opponent's pieces back and forth at will.
But that's not what happened. He moved two different pieces. It was like I completely missed a turn. I was really ticked off, but being hard-headed figured I would continue the game, even though I was now at a bad disadvantage.
A few turns later, I had crowned a piece and had one of his kings pinned down. I thought the game was turning around but then... he jumped one of his uncrowned pieces backwards over my king, taking it.
I played a few more rounds, then ceded the game, because I was losing badly and after losing my king I was in a really bad position. I submitted a bug report. I love playing checkers. I'm a pretty good player, I thought I knew the rules, but something is just not right with this game. You should not lose a turn at whim or be able to jump backwards with an uncrowned piece. It isn't worth it to wade through weeks of procrastinating opponants just to get cheated by the game.
1) I wish that they would put up a tournament tree so you can see who else is playing in your ranking:
round 1_______round 2_______round 3_______round 4:
opponant 1
-----vs
opponant 2-------winner
----------------------vs-------------winner
opponant 3 -------winner
-----vs
opponant 4
----------------------------------------vs------------tournament winner
opponant 5
-----vs
opponant 6-------winner
----------------------vs-------------winner
opponant 7-------winner
-----vs
opponant 8
2) I wish they would shorten the time between rounds to 2 or 5 minutes once each player starts the game. They should have it in a battledome style setting, where you can have a pop-up window that lets you know when your opponant has arrived. Then the game starts and you have 2 minutes to make your move. If you can't deal with that, don't play in the monthly tournament, just play pick-up games.
3) I wish they would make a small NP prize for winning even a single game in the tournament. All this hassle isn't worth it. I could be making a lot more NP playing the shop wizard or restocking, even on my sad unleet computer/connection.
This last game just really torked me off. I was so happe to be doing well, and got totally blindsided, but a guy who claims he didn't even know the rules of the game. He made it to the 4th round by his opponants not showing up. Then he takes advantage of a bug, and I have to wait till next month to wait on the next procrastinating opponant.
Grrrrrr!
/rant
Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:32 pm
I hate people who try to win by non-activity. They are cheating not only themselves but others of a chance to complete the games. 
Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:57 pm
Qanda wrote:I hate people who try to win by non-activity. They are cheating not only themselves but others of a chance to complete the games.
Every month I end playing with people like that. Also they don't move the whole day and when I click the Move or Lose button, they move right after that and then again, nothing until next day and next click. #ish furious
Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:51 pm
What I hate is when a person knows they are gonna lose and then moves only to stay in the game until the end so we both get dsiqualified for not finishing the game. The whole "if I don't win then you won't either" attitude really sucks!
Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:54 am
tell me about it 
Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:14 pm
I been having those stuff for many months already. That is y i usually settle for 2nd Place or 3rd.
Those people just don't have a life. I given up on them. Haha
It is fustrating i noe. Haha. Just gotta bear with all this crapp
Those people just don't have a life. I given up on them. Haha
It is fustrating
i noe. Haha. Just gotta bear with all this crapp
Sun Feb 27, 2005 2:36 am
Yeah. I can only imagine the number of Cheeckers and Geos games I have lost due to them only clicking in to avoid disqualification...I don't think I have ever trully finished a Geos game in about 2 years...
Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:40 am
I have been trying to play Kacheekers since April. I have not finished a single game. The only way I have been able to advance is through "Win or Lose", which sucks . I live in the UK but I never have had an opponent who also lives in the UK. It would make it much easier if this was the case because you roughly know the time that they might be available to play. I agree with the earlier comment, there should be a button which tells you that your opponent is online. Also would be helpfull if there was a button coming up on the yellow side bar which tells you when your opponent has moved. I really would love to finish a game.
. I live in the UK but I never have had an opponent who also lives in the UK. It would make it much easier if this was the case because you roughly know the time that they might be available to play. I agree with the earlier comment, there should be a button which tells you that your opponent is online. Also would be helpfull if there was a button coming up on the yellow side bar which tells you when your opponent has moved. I really would love to finish a game.
Sat Mar 05, 2005 5:30 pm
I am trying the monthly tournament for the second time. Last month I made it to round two because the first person didn't move after the move or lose was sent, but the person in round two did the move once a day and the game timed out.
I was just playing my first person for this month, was winning, and got a "this is not your game" message. Does this mean the other person defaulted and I will get to move on?
I was just playing my first person for this month, was winning, and got a "this is not your game" message. Does this mean the other person defaulted and I will get to move on?
Sat Mar 05, 2005 5:55 pm
^ i think so.
they should just make it so the winning person wins the game in the end. if its tied, the last person who made a move should advance. seems fair, eh?
they should just make it so the winning person wins the game in the end. if its tied, the last person who made a move should advance. seems fair, eh?
Sat Mar 05, 2005 7:08 pm
Deevil wrote:I was just playing my first person for this month, was winning, and got a "this is not your game" message. Does this mean the other person defaulted and I will get to move on?
No this means that Neopets has moved on to the next stage of the tournament and because your game wasn't completed you're both out of the tournament.
Sucks
Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:17 pm
Jopets wrote:Deevil wrote:I was just playing my first person for this month, was winning, and got a "this is not your game" message. Does this mean the other person defaulted and I will get to move on?
No this means that Neopets has moved on to the next stage of the tournament and because your game wasn't completed you're both out of the tournament.
That royally sucks since the game was almost finished. I think there was around 15 unfilled squares and ten of them were in places that only I could get to.
EDIT (3-8-5): I got a neomail today saying my next game started, so I guess the person I played against did give up.
