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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 270151" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>Since the initial post, I have figured out the scoring a bit.</p><p></p><p>At the end of game you'll notice in addition to your actual table score, there is a ball bonus and time bonus. If you play and lose all three balls, you won't get either of those. If you play until the timer ends and score less than 50,000 points, you won't get either of those. If you score 50,000 points at any point in your game, it will end and THEN you will be awarded the bonuses. What sucks is, because the game suddenly ends you might still lose the match if the other player scores higher in the bonuses than you. Here's the breakdown:</p><p></p><p>Time Bonus = 250 points for every 5 seconds left on the timer</p><p>Ball Bonus = 5000 for every ball remaining (if on ball 1, earns 15,000 points)</p><p></p><p>You can earn more than 50,000 points on the table. Say you were at 49,000 and then you hit the ball lock for 5000. Game will immediately end and your table score will be 54,000.</p><p></p><p>I can't say I'm all that thrilled with the score capping, but I also get why it's being done. My issue is only when I lose due to the game ending suddenly. Let me earn the win, because this kinda feels like a roll of the dice instead!</p><p></p><p>What I am still very confused about is the tournament leaderboards. Today, I am in 3rd place and have no way of challenging the leader. If I play a game, it does not match me with anyone and just holds my score for the eventuality of someone matching to me. Fortunately tournaments are only 1 day each, but it is frustrating sitting on a low win count because nobody is matched to you. Even worse, the tourney I did win was worth only 2 credits, while the one I'm sitting in 3rd for is currently worth 5. How is that determined? By number of players in the tourney?</p><p></p><p>All this is fairly benign right now, but if I were playing a cash game I'd be royally ticked. There really needs to be something in game that gives a clear description of how this all breaks down. I didn't notice any of this during the beta, probably because there was hardly anyone to play against. Now that it's real world, these things are coming to light. Glad the cash game hasn't been implemented yet so that FarSight has a chance to make things crystal clear.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 270151, member: 134"] Since the initial post, I have figured out the scoring a bit. At the end of game you'll notice in addition to your actual table score, there is a ball bonus and time bonus. If you play and lose all three balls, you won't get either of those. If you play until the timer ends and score less than 50,000 points, you won't get either of those. If you score 50,000 points at any point in your game, it will end and THEN you will be awarded the bonuses. What sucks is, because the game suddenly ends you might still lose the match if the other player scores higher in the bonuses than you. Here's the breakdown: Time Bonus = 250 points for every 5 seconds left on the timer Ball Bonus = 5000 for every ball remaining (if on ball 1, earns 15,000 points) You can earn more than 50,000 points on the table. Say you were at 49,000 and then you hit the ball lock for 5000. Game will immediately end and your table score will be 54,000. I can't say I'm all that thrilled with the score capping, but I also get why it's being done. My issue is only when I lose due to the game ending suddenly. Let me earn the win, because this kinda feels like a roll of the dice instead! What I am still very confused about is the tournament leaderboards. Today, I am in 3rd place and have no way of challenging the leader. If I play a game, it does not match me with anyone and just holds my score for the eventuality of someone matching to me. Fortunately tournaments are only 1 day each, but it is frustrating sitting on a low win count because nobody is matched to you. Even worse, the tourney I did win was worth only 2 credits, while the one I'm sitting in 3rd for is currently worth 5. How is that determined? By number of players in the tourney? All this is fairly benign right now, but if I were playing a cash game I'd be royally ticked. There really needs to be something in game that gives a clear description of how this all breaks down. I didn't notice any of this during the beta, probably because there was hardly anyone to play against. Now that it's real world, these things are coming to light. Glad the cash game hasn't been implemented yet so that FarSight has a chance to make things crystal clear. [/QUOTE]
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