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Tanitha: In this forum or all? You can hold down the left control button while scrolling the mouse wheel for starters.
Hope that helps.
Tan.

Tanitha: It wasn't one forum ban, and you know you are breaking the forum rules again, but yet do it anyway.
Regards
Tan.

Tanitha: There was other lines apart from that one. And the forums Isnt the place to discuss your personal info.
You were dealt with fairly.
Regards
Tan.

GeneralDirection: No. If you can provide the URL I can unlock the team instantly, allowing you to get your team members added.

GeneralDirection: Yes, but per the rules, teams below 5 and above 7 will not be accepted.

GeneralDirection: If you link me to your team, I can change its status so you can add additional members.

ARGO: This is indeed a worthy cause, In honor of all vets I too will be buying some gold as well.

Tanitha: Definitely. And thus was the decision to make the time, what it was.

Tanitha:
Definitely. And thus was the decision to make the time, what it was.

Tanitha: http://www.timeandda...city.html?n=240
I believe the time in most of East Australia to be EDT, I just wrote East Australia time because most of the players are American, and EDT would confuse them to thinking it was the EDT American time.
I meant East Australia Time as the current time, which is currently in daylight savings, for New South Wales, Victoria, ACT, Tasmania.
But Edited..

Tanitha:
http://www.timeandda...city.html?n=240
I believe the time in most of East Australia to be EDT, I just wrote East Australia time because most of the players are American, and EDT would confuse them to thinking it was the EDT American time.

I meant East Australia Time as the current time, which is currently in daylight savings, for New South Wales, Victoria, ACT, Tasmania.
But Edited..

Tanitha: I certainly do know we have a lot of players from Thailand and Vietnam too. Sorry for being general.

Tanitha:
I certainly do know we have a lot of players from Thailand and Vietnam too. Sorry for being general.

GeneralDirection: Hi all,
I wanted to confirm that we will not have a special this weekend. We very much want to get one implemented as soon as we can, and will be sure to announce when one is coming.
We're also working on ways to streamline the process of implementing specials so that we can deploy them on a consistent basis. We're not quite there yet, but it's a goal we're working toward every day.
That said, keep your eyes peeled tomorrow for something we're very excited about.

GeneralDirection: You're mostly correct. We have the data, but it's a lot of data to sift through. We don't really have the tools to automate the process, which means it's a lot of asking our support team to go through logs -- which honestly is better spent helping players with game issues.
We're working on tools to better automate events, but that falls into the realm of priorities. While we really want to improve event tools, it's a longer term project that we'll finish up gradually; for now the priority is on more tanks, more maps and more game modes above all else.
In the meantime, we'll keep the events going -- even if it requires a bit of manual confirmation on our end. We want to keep you guys happy.

GeneralDirection: Thank you very much for joining us. I can't wait for the next gathering!

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GeneralDirection: You really don't want to mess with him. Not only does he have that Baton, but he also has an Airsoft tank that shoots pellets! OUCH!
I can't decide which hurts worse.

GeneralDirection: Will work on that in the morning!

GeneralDirection: We won't penalize you for the region that players are playing from, but do keep in mind that this will be early morning for your NA folks. It may be best to field them in the tournament that's a little friendlier to the NA time zones (which will be announced this coming Monday), unless they play at the hours this tournament is active during.
Regarding 3 wins in 5 matches vs 2 wins in 5 matches, I'd personally prefer the first match not be wasted on a draw like the method you described. I'd rather there not be a draw at all, to be honest.
That said, if it's an issue with this tournament we'll modify it for next month.

GeneralDirection: It's one round a night, yes. I set it up with a day between rounds because the feedback from our last tournament (IGN Prime) was that having rounds on too many days in a row made it difficult to manage. There are other scheduling alternatives I'm working out the details on as well, but won't be using for this particular tournament.
I'll probably open up a poll at some point after the NA version of this tournament starts and get everyone's feedback on the scheduling type they would prefer.

GeneralDirection: Same exact tournament format (rules, map, team size, etc.), sign-ups will start next week. So start getting your team planned now.

GeneralDirection: It has to be random battle. Will have Gaea include that in the rules.

Tanitha: wow.. almost 3 months...
What basically happened was Schperling : Minsk community manager did state that a +8 UTC tournament would follow the NA timezome tournament back in August.
However that also was the time that NA office started to kick in and take over the running of the NA server.
The first tournament put on by NA office was the IGN tournament ~1st October.
http://forum.worldof...s-open-for-all/
Since then NA office has continued to staff up, with the intention of putting on these tournaments as often as possible, rotating them between the NA timezone and the Oceania timezone.
We are also currently recruiting a specific Tournaments specialist, just for Tournaments
http://forum.worldof...nager-e-sports/
Currently I believe the plan is to have 3 regular tournaments.
1. A Large sponsored NA based tournament Such as the previous IGN tournament.
2. A mini tournament for the NA Timezone.
3. A mini tournament for the Oceania Timezone.
And those three to rotate.
So this being the first, of many, regularly scheduled, Oceania tournaments.
As you also may or may not have noticed.
All Kill the Mod, Kill the courier, type events, are all scheduled for both NA and Oceania timezones each event.
So KTM events, have been scheduled for the Oceania timezone each event on a regular basis for the last few months.
And we will continue to add continued support for the Oceania timezone.
Regards
Tan.

Tanitha:
wow.. almost 3 months...

What basically happened was Schperling : Minsk community manager did state that a +8 UTC tournament would follow the NA timezome tournament back in August.
However that also was the time that NA office started to kick in and take over the running of the NA server.

The first tournament put on by NA office was the IGN tournament ~1st October.
http://forum.worldof...s-open-for-all/

Since then NA office has continued to staff up, with the intention of putting on these tournaments as often as possible, rotating them between the NA timezone and the Oceania timezone.

We are also currently recruiting a specific Tournaments specialist, just for Tournaments
http://forum.worldof...nager-e-sports/

Currently I believe the plan is to have 3 regular tournaments.
1. A Large sponsored NA based tournament Such as the previous IGN tournament.
2. A mini tournament for the NA Timezone.
3. A mini tournament for the Oceania Timezone.
And those three to rotate.

So this being the first, of many, regularly scheduled, Oceania tournaments.

As you also may or may not have noticed.
All Kill the Mod, Kill the courier, type events, are all scheduled for both NA and Oceania timezones each event.
So KTM events, have been scheduled for the Oceania timezone each event on a regular basis for the last few months.

And we will continue to add continued support for the Oceania timezone.

Regards
Tan.

Tanitha: Hi Oceania
Previously tournaments for the Oceania timezone were set to 1pm UTC, in a effort to make that a more suitable time for Australia, and a little better for Newzealand, we have made the time for these events 2 hours earlier than previously, based on your feedback on this poll Link However due to most of East Australia and Newzealand currently being in daylight savings. The time change has only effectively been 1 hour.
11am UTC = 6pm Indonesia time
11am UTC = 7pm West Australia / China time / Philippine time.
11am UTC = 10pm East Australia time
11am UTC = midnight New Zealand
So here is another poll for your feedback, on the current Oceania Tournament Timezone.
Please feel free to vote for the time that suits you AND the community.
And reply if you have any suggestions or recommendations.
Thanks
Tan..

Tanitha: Hi Oceania

Previously tournaments for the Oceania timezone were set to 1pm UTC, in a effort to make that a more suitable time for Australia, and a little better for Newzealand, we have made the time for these events 2 hours earlier than previously, based on your feedback on this poll Link However due to most of East Australia and Newzealand currently being in daylight savings. The time change has only effectively been 1 hour.

11am UTC = 6pm Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam time
11am UTC = 7pm West Australia / China time / Philippine time.
11am UTC = 10pm East Australia time (AEDT)
11am UTC = midnight New Zealand

So here is another poll for your feedback, on the current Oceania Tournament Timezone.
Please feel free to vote for the time that suits you AND the community.
And reply if you have any suggestions or recommendations.


Thanks
Tan..

Tanitha: And 6pm for Indonesia. There is also a lot of other countries on (+7 -> +8) UTC.
And yes, even not allowing for Asia, even West Australia -> Newzealand spreads over a 5 hour timezone. IE 7pm West AUS = Midnight Newzealand.
It doesn't help, that East Aus, + Newzealand just went into daylight savings recently, which pushed the time difference out to a extra hour.
The competition is set to 11am UTC, 2 hours earlier than previous competitions, based on the player feedback here.
http://forum.worldof...t-time-changes/
Yes, there is similar problems for the USA timezone, but usually there is a 3 hour spread for the bulk of USA, and 5 with Asia -> Newzealand.
When daylight savings finishes, the times will be 1 hour earlier for east Aus, and Newzealand.
Regards
Tan.

Tanitha:
And 6pm for Indonesia. There is also a lot of other countries on (+7 -> +8) UTC.

And yes, even not allowing for Asia, even West Australia -> Newzealand spreads over a 5 hour timezone. IE 7pm West AUS = Midnight Newzealand.
It doesn't help, that East Aus, + Newzealand just went into daylight savings recently, which pushed the time difference out to a extra hour.

The competition is set to 11am UTC, 2 hours earlier than previous competitions, based on the player feedback here.
http://forum.worldof...t-time-changes/

Yes, there is similar problems for the USA timezone, but usually there is a 3 hour spread for the bulk of USA, and 5 with Asia -> Newzealand.

When daylight savings finishes, the times will be 1 hour earlier for east Aus, and Newzealand.

Regards
Tan.

GeneralDirection: Last post before I head to bed!
I'm going to work on getting a permanent forum set up for Challenges in the Tournaments section of the forum tomorrow, since this will be a monthly event.

GeneralDirection: Quick update-
Prizes for 1st and 2nd place were shipped today. Unfortunately we had a printing issue with the 4th place shipping labels that wasn't noticed until the USPS driver showed up, so we'll have to get them sent tomorrow.
I'll look into the possibility of getting tracking numbers for everyone.
For those on the 1st and 2nd place teams that were ineligible for physical prizes, we'll be getting gold disbursed to you tomorrow as well if you haven't received it already.

GeneralDirection: I'm going to move this particular tournament up one hour to 6PM UTC+8 start time. I don't want to deviate too much from the originally announced times. The rounds should last just around 1 hour at most, since battles are 10 minutes long and there are a maximum of 5.
That said, feedback is welcome on the start time so we can improve it for future tournaments.

GeneralDirection: No limit for this particular tournament. If it becomes an issue we'll address it with next month's.

GeneralDirection: We plan to continue with these "Challenge" tournaments on a monthly basis. There are other tournament ideas I'm building on right now as well, some of which will require a longer commitment, though with a much greater reward. And a few that we may be able to do even more often than the Challenges. But those are still in the brainstorm phases, so I don't want to make any promises on them.
At any rate, to answer your question: for now, there are no plans to make this a permanent feature of the game itself, but it's definitely a permanent 'feature' of the community team.

GeneralDirection: So, for those of you reading the thread... 5PM UTC+8 or 6PM UTC+8? I don't live in Oceania so honestly I don't know which would be best for you guys just based on my guesses. I'll need a little help from you on that one.

GeneralDirection: This is a tournament intended for players in Oceania and South East Asia. Unfortunately the schedule cannot be changed. We'll be opening sign-ups next week for a tournament scheduled around time zones in the Americas.

GeneralDirection: I can move the start 2 hours earlier, but that's the earliest we can make it. The issue with Oceania is that there are so many time zones spanning the region that it's almost impossible to set up a schedule that works for everyone.

GeneralDirection: Fair enough -- I'll raise TD max to tier 4.

GeneralDirection: Yes.

ARGO: If I could have 1 piece of gold for every one of these I closed........I'd be Tier ten in a week
CLOSED / JUNKED / PERMA BANNED FOR ADVERTISING ON FORUMS
ARGO

GeneralDirection: Hmm, good catch. We'll have to limit LTs to tier 4. Will update the rules for that.

GeneralDirection: This is exactly what the tournament is for. As the news states:

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GeneralDirection: Similar challenge, yes.

Tanitha: Do you have large custom skins installed that take loading time?

Tanitha: Do you have large custom skins installed that take loading time?