In the Wintertime Tourney me an LE had a draw, I thought there would be a sudden death type of thing that would prevent that as it seems a draw in an elimination is a loss. Would have posted sooner but just got back in town. Btw if this was already covered earlier I'm sorry in advance I checked and only remember something about draws not being possible though Im sure I am prob wrong on that.
Lym
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MintMan
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Feb 4, 2006 3:10
No, draws are possible, although they are extremely rare. The battle script is designed to loop infinitely right before the next day's tournaments begin.
Problem is, both you were set to heal too much and not do enough damage. You actually fought for longer than a CGI script is allowed to run for (which is many, many iterations) thus resulting in a timeout. There was a sudden death, per se, as there cannot be one on the next day. Fights were already scheduled.
However, I had believed that a winner would be randomly chosen to proceed. The whole nothing thing kind of shocked me, quite frankly.
So it would seem that not even the new healing restriction system could completely stop timeout draws. Hopefully, it'll at least make them rarer.
EDIT: As for Cygnus versus Draggy, I am not quite sure what was going on there, but I figure it has to do with this whole tie ordeal. This was the first tie to occur in an elimination tourney, after all...
[Edited by MintMan on Feb 4, 2006 15:32]
LieutenantEagle
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Feb 6, 2006 23:28
Hey, I found a strange inconsistency on the Wintertime Tourney results. Since Lymfada and I had the same results, shouldn't we get the same TP? For some reason, Lym got 42 TP while I got 18...or did the computer randomly select a winner after the end of the tournament? Or has this already been answered and I'm wasting bandwidth?
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MintMan
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Feb 6, 2006 23:30
Oy veh, how many times do I have to explain this? 'Specially since I am pretty sure that it is in the FAQ...
You don't have the same results. You are, like, five levels higher than Lymphnode. You had a much easier time in the tournament; Lymfada had a much harder time. Therefore, he deserves more than you did.
Simple, no?
LieutenantEagle
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Feb 7, 2006 1:32
Hm...yes, you explained this earlier for XP, I shoulda used my brain to realize 'tis the same for TP. And I just checked in the FAQ and it says nothing of the sort, or it has been changed but my computer refuses to load the right version...
...anyway, I rest my case. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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