Tie means everybody loses? [Removed for Content]?

Aule · 04-13-2010, 06:44 AM

Title says it all. Super close match comes down to the last second and.... both teams go over 1500 on the same tick. I was on blue team, which was ahead by 1 point, and yet we only received 1 bottle of rum. I can only assume that red team also only got 1 rum.

How does that make any sense? What a waste of 20 minutes (and winning).

Britefire · 04-13-2010, 09:02 AM

I think its so both teams dont purposly try to tie (dont ask how) and both get 3 tokens, but if both teams hit 1500 in one tick, that should be a win for boh imo.

kcirrot · 04-13-2010, 09:11 AM

Sounds like one of those bugs they really didn't account for. Your battle was so epic you broke the game! Grats!

Zabom · 04-13-2010, 12:29 PM

Name 1 sport or game where a tie means everyone gets the high prize. I can't think of a single one.

Aule · 04-13-2010, 01:43 PM

Zabom wrote:

Name 1 sport or game where a tie means everyone gets the high prize. I can't think of a single one.

Real world analogies are stupid. Next you'll start listing off all the sports that involve use of magic spells.

AziBam · 04-13-2010, 01:54 PM

Aule@Guk wrote:

Zabom wrote:
Name 1 sport or game where a tie means everyone gets the high prize. I can't think of a single one.
Real world analogies are stupid. Next you'll start listing off all the sports that involve use of magic spells.

For this conversation, a real world analogy is fine. It's not fine when you start discussing mechanics. That said, your team should have won. In fact, it DID win. If both teams were at the exact same point total it would have been a tie. That's not what happened here. In the rare occasion when this result happens with both teams crossing 1500 on the same tic the team with the higher total should be the winner. Seems pretty straight forward to me.

FreddyRo · 04-13-2010, 02:13 PM

Same thing happened to me last week. We were actually down until the final tick. Final score: we were ahead, but only received one token.

Maybe split the difference and each team should get 2 tokens for a tie?

Cerec · 04-13-2010, 03:19 PM

I can't think of a real world analogy in which there is a contest that has a PRIZE allows for a tie in the first place.

It's trivial to add code to the BG system in which if the score is that close that it raises the target score by 200 until one group is the clear winner.

Kota · 04-13-2010, 03:36 PM

FreddyRo wrote:

Same thing happened to me last week. We were actually down until the final tick. Final score: we were ahead, but only received one token.
Maybe split the difference and each team should get 2 tokens for a tie?

this

Kaita · 04-13-2010, 04:22 PM

You didn't win, The goal is to be the first team to 1500points. Neither team won, so you both lost.

04-13-2010, 06:44 AM	#1
Aule Server: Guk Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,360	Title says it all. Super close match comes down to the last second and.... both teams go over 1500 on the same tick. I was on blue team, which was ahead by 1 point, and yet we only received 1 bottle of rum. I can only assume that red team also only got 1 rum. How does that make any sense? What a waste of 20 minutes (and winning). __________________ guk.Aule - 90 coercer \| Troops of Doom \| 90 bruiser - guk.Krindi

04-13-2010, 01:43 PM	#5
Aule Server: Guk Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,360	Zabom wrote: Name 1 sport or game where a tie means everyone gets the high prize. I can't think of a single one. Real world analogies are stupid. Next you'll start listing off all the sports that involve use of magic spells. __________________ guk.Aule - 90 coercer \| Troops of Doom \| 90 bruiser - guk.Krindi

04-13-2010, 01:54 PM	#6
AziBam Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 682	Aule@Guk wrote: Zabom wrote: Name 1 sport or game where a tie means everyone gets the high prize. I can't think of a single one. Real world analogies are stupid. Next you'll start listing off all the sports that involve use of magic spells. For this conversation, a real world analogy is fine. It's not fine when you start discussing mechanics. That said, your team should have won. In fact, it DID win. If both teams were at the exact same point total it would have been a tie. That's not what happened here. In the rare occasion when this result happens with both teams crossing 1500 on the same tic the team with the higher total should be the winner. Seems pretty straight forward to me.

04-13-2010, 03:36 PM	#9
Kota Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 671	FreddyRo wrote: Same thing happened to me last week. We were actually down until the final tick. Final score: we were ahead, but only received one token. Maybe split the difference and each team should get 2 tokens for a tie? this

04-13-2010, 09:02 AM	#2
Britefire Loremaster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Norrath Posts: 277	I think its so both teams dont purposly try to tie (dont ask how) and both get 3 tokens, but if both teams hit 1500 in one tick, that should be a win for boh imo.

04-13-2010, 09:11 AM	#3
kcirrot Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 898	Sounds like one of those bugs they really didn't account for. Your battle was so epic you broke the game! Grats!

04-13-2010, 12:29 PM	#4
Zabom Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 191	Name 1 sport or game where a tie means everyone gets the high prize. I can't think of a single one.

04-13-2010, 02:13 PM	#7
FreddyRo Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 60	Same thing happened to me last week. We were actually down until the final tick. Final score: we were ahead, but only received one token. Maybe split the difference and each team should get 2 tokens for a tie?

04-13-2010, 03:19 PM	#8
Cerec Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 104	I can't think of a real world analogy in which there is a contest that has a PRIZE allows for a tie in the first place. It's trivial to add code to the BG system in which if the score is that close that it raises the target score by 200 until one group is the clear winner.

04-13-2010, 04:22 PM	#10
Kaita Server: Nagafen Guild: Undead Lords Rank: Recruit (0-1000) Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 100	You didn't win, The goal is to be the first team to 1500points. Neither team won, so you both lost.