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August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Australia

Postby groovysmurf on Sat Aug 01, 2020 8:19 am

Official Monthly Challenge for August 2020
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The Claiming of Eastern Australia

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August SCOREBOARD

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Settings - Bronze
Maps: Australia
Players Per Game: 2
Game Type: Poly 2
Initial Troops: Automatic
Play Order: Sequential
Spoils: Escalating
Reinforcements: Chained
FOG: NO
TRENCH: NO
Round Limit: 20 or 30
Round Length: 24 Hours or 2 Minute Speed
Joinablility: Public except for specifically-designated tournaments

Settings - Silver
Maps: Rail Australia
Players Per Game: 8
Game Type: Quads
Initial Troops: Automatic
Play Order: Sequential
Spoils: Nuclear
Reinforcements: Parachute
FOG: YES
TRENCH: YES
Round Limit: 20 or 30
Round Length: 24 Hours or 4 Minute Speed
Joinablility: Public except for specifically-designated tournaments

Settings - Gold
Maps: Oceania
Players Per Game: 6
Game Type: Standard
Initial Troops: Automatic
Play Order: Sequential
Spoils: No Spoils
Reinforcements: Adjacent
FOG: YES
TRENCH: NO
Round Limit: 20 or 30
Round Length: 24 Hours or 2 Minute Speed
Joinablility: Public except for specifically-designated tournaments

Medal Criteria
At least 22 POINTS are required for a medal and at least TWO DIFFERENT TOKENS.

Tokens are for wins only.

Each BRONZE Token is worth 1 points
Each SILVER Token is worth 2 points
Each GOLD Token is worth 3 points

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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of Eastern

Postby groovysmurf on Sat Aug 01, 2020 8:19 am

FAQs:

Who can play a Challenge?
Challenges are open to everyone!

How do I join?
No signups required. Join and/or create games that meet the given parameters for this month as found in the OP. Only public games count towards the challenge unless otherwise explicitly stated in the challenge OP. There is also a "join games" link in the OP to provide an easy list of qualifying games.

What are the prizes?
All players who meet or exceed the minimum number of required points for the month will earn a Challenge Achievement Medal. The point requirements change every month as we aim to provide a vast assortment of challenges which includes a varying level of difficulty.
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Site Event Medals are awarded to the top three finishers on the challenge scoreboard.
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In addition to the medals, the first place finisher receives: 1 Green Conquer Star
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And the 2nd-5th place finishers receive: 1 Blue Conquer Star
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When do I get my prize?
My goal is always to award prizes during the week following the completion of the event.

How do we deal with deadbeating?
Please report deadbeats in your games by sending me a PM. I will periodically do a random check however I cannot monitor every game. We will evaluate the distribution of prizes to a violating player on a case by case basis.

Tiebreakers?
Ties are awarded to the player who reached the point threshold first.

A player has me foed and it is preventing me from joining a lot of challenge games. What can I do?
PM the player in question. Be courteous and non-accusatory, ask why you are foed. Do your best to resolve any issues with the other user in this manner. However, if they decided not to remove you from their foe list then you will need to join games without that player or start your own.

What if I want to run a parallel tournament to the challenge?
Okay, awesome! Individual tournaments can be added to the challenges so that those games drop tokens. Send me a PM and we will get it added for the month.

Rulings:
1. Deadbeats will have entry points stripped.
2. Wins by round limit will drop tokens.
3. Inventory relating to the challenge will vanish at the end of the year.
4. Bot games do not drop tokens.
5. Any unforeseen abuse is still abuse. Don't take advantage of the system.

If you have any further questions or issues not covered here please either post in the active challenge thread or PM groovysmurf.

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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Austr

Postby Pirlo on Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:05 am

Sounds fun. Points given per win are too few though? Still easily achievable.

Thank you! ♥
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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Austr

Postby ElricTheGreat on Fri Aug 14, 2020 2:41 am

What is up with the August Scoreboard? Totally Random?
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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Austr

Postby groovysmurf on Sun Aug 16, 2020 9:51 pm

ElricTheGreat wrote:What is up with the August Scoreboard? Totally Random?

Maybe it just wants to be special...
Once one of the silver or gold games complete, I guess we'll see if it needs maintenance. :)
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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Austr

Postby Unai on Thu Aug 20, 2020 11:18 am

Scoreboard still inactive but there are some players with 2 different tokens... It need updates!
groovysmurf wrote:
ElricTheGreat wrote:What is up with the August Scoreboard? Totally Random?

Maybe it just wants to be special...
Once one of the silver or gold games complete, I guess we'll see if it needs maintenance. :)
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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Austr

Postby groovysmurf on Thu Aug 20, 2020 3:53 pm

Thanks, I'll message bigWham now.
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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Austr

Postby JOHNNYROCKET24 on Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:19 pm

scoreboard does not update. I have multiple tokens but no points assigned.
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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Austr

Postby groovysmurf on Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:43 pm

I know. As I said above, I messaged bigWham. Should be fixed by tomorrow.
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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Austr

Postby rockfist on Thu Sep 03, 2020 8:28 am

This game did not drop a Bronze token when I won it. It started before the deadline and if you search it under the Bronze games, it shows it should count.

https://www.conquerclub.com/game.php?game=20276684
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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Austr

Postby Pirlo on Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:04 am

rockfist wrote:This game did not drop a Bronze token when I won it. It started before the deadline and if you search it under the Bronze games, it shows it should count.

https://www.conquerclub.com/game.php?game=20276684



2020-09-01 07:01:10 - Game has been initialized

It started too late.
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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Austr

Postby rockfist on Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:46 am

ok thanks
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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Austr

Postby ElricTheGreat on Mon Sep 28, 2020 9:31 pm

We are approaching the end of September ... will the deadline be extended?

Almost 1/2 of the Quad matches are still ongoing and will probably not finish in time to count toward completing the challenge for a Medal
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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Austr

Postby groovysmurf on Mon Sep 28, 2020 10:12 pm

ElricTheGreat wrote:We are approaching the end of September ... will the deadline be extended?

Almost 1/2 of the Quad matches are still ongoing and will probably not finish in time to count toward completing the challenge for a Medal

Unfortunately, if those games finish after the deadline, they will NOT be counted. I know that doesn't seem fair, but we can't just change the rules that were established at the start of the challenge.

We CAN be more vigilant in future challenges about not including maps/settings that have a high probability of exceeding the posted time frame.
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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Austr

Postby Pirlo on Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:38 am

groovysmurf wrote:We CAN be more vigilant in future challenges about not including maps/settings that have a high probability of exceeding the posted time frame.


It's a good idea. Just like May Challenge where one extra month was given the games tend to take longer time to finish.
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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Austr

Postby Hooch on Thu Oct 01, 2020 9:18 pm

groovysmurf wrote:
ElricTheGreat wrote:We are approaching the end of September ... will the deadline be extended?

Almost 1/2 of the Quad matches are still ongoing and will probably not finish in time to count toward completing the challenge for a Medal

Unfortunately, if those games finish after the deadline, they will NOT be counted. I know that doesn't seem fair, but we can't just change the rules that were established at the start of the challenge.

We CAN be more vigilant in future challenges about not including maps/settings that have a high probability of exceeding the posted time frame.

Close to 10% of the Monthly Oceania tourney games won't make it either I figure, the ones that started in the last week of August..
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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Austr

Postby groovysmurf on Fri Oct 02, 2020 7:44 pm

Yeah :( - There was a game from round one that was still going a few days ago. Usually these games don't take this long to complete.

We're discussing what to do about the situation. We decided the games will NOT be counted if they end after the time allotted. For future challenges and companion tournaments we will be more watchful of the settings.
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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Austr

Postby JOHNNYROCKET24 on Sat Oct 10, 2020 11:38 am

Wins will count until CC Time: 2020-09-30 23:59:59.
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Re: August 2020 Monthly Challenge - The Claiming of E. Austr

Postby groovysmurf on Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:07 pm

All medals and awards have been issued. Thanks for all who played and sorry to any who did not make the goal due to the games lasting longer than expected.
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