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superxchloe wrote
at 8:34 PM, Sunday August 7, 2011 EDT
Let's compile a list, yeah? These are in nor particular order, just things I've seen asked frequently recently (especially with the updates).
Concerning the 4-stack and 16-stack updates: 1) What's with the 4 stack and 16 stack tables? Ryan implemented tables that have maximum stacks of 4 and 16 instead of 8. 4 stacks tend to: - Be fully stacked sooner - Get to end game faster, though the games can be very long, especially if there's a bottleneck - Have fewer vflags - Require more aggressive attacks 16s tend to: - End game slower - Stack slowly - Require being conservative 2) So are the maximum reserves the same for all tables, or are 4s +16 and 16s +64? Nope. All the tables have +32 for maximum reserves (for now at least). Several people have suggested changing it to +16 and +64, so it may be a change in the future. 3) There's a 5 stack on a 4 stack table. wtf? Starts aren't limited by the stacks, so you can start with a 5 stack, but once it is moved, it'll never stack to a 5 again. Concerning general gameplay: 4) What's a vflag? A flag stated in the chatbox, but not actually posted in game (eg, green says "blue I flag to you"). There's a lot of excellent information about flags and vflags here: kdice.com/blog/48 5) Is trucing illegal? What about backstabs? No. Trucing is a legitimate strategy that is completely within the rules. Backstabbing is also completely legal. 6) What's a PGA/PGE? PGA stands for pregame alliance, which is considered against the rules. PGE is "pregame enemy" and means that, for example, if I PGE Loobee, I would target her whenever I played with her. My goal those games would be to make sure she loses, not to actually win myself. Tournaments: 7) How do I join? You can see a list of upcoming tournaments at http://kdice.com/tournaments. An hour before a tournament is set to begin, you will see a join button in the top right of your browser, and if you qualify to join, you can press it. Then, it'll change and say "Joined" and once the tournament starts you'll be seated at a tourney table. 8) My "You've been seated" pop up didn't pop up (or got covered up). How can I know what table to go to? Underneath your name in the top right, it says what table you are currently sitting at. Click that link, and you'll be there! There's a delay between the tournament start time and the actual start of the games so you'll have plenty of time (two minutes, iirc) to get there. Levels: 9) What purpose do levels serve? Levels are a quick reference to career rankings (essentially). They are calculated based on your total career points PLUS your current month points. You level up when you reach a certain number of points. Here's a list of the number of total points required for some levels: | 1 | 0 | | 2 | 15 | | 3 | 35 | | 4 | 60 | | 5 | 90 | | 6 | 130 | | 7 | 170 | | 8 | 240 | | 9 | 310 | | 10 | 410 | | 20 | 3400 | | 30 | 15000 | | 40 | 47000 | | 50 | 120000 | | 60 | 260000 | | 70 | 510000 | | 80 | 930000 | | 90 | 1600000 | | 100 | 2600000 | That's all I can think of off the top of my head. Please feel free to add anything, or ask questions :) |
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superxchloe wrote
at 9:06 PM, Sunday August 7, 2011 EDT some more. :)
Miscellaneous: 10) Can I change my username? Nope. You can re-register, with a different email address. The only way to change your username is if you are a facebook or twitter user, and you change your fb or twitter name. 11) Is it possible to change the email address associated with an account? Nope. 12) Can I mute someone in chat? Yes! Just type in "/mute username" in the chatbox and make sure you have the proper capitalisation for the username. |
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Hero Of Time wrote
at 9:51 PM, Sunday August 7, 2011 EDT is it not /muteusername
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superxchloe wrote
at 9:54 PM, Sunday August 7, 2011 EDT nope. there's a space between mute and username.
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Gurgi wrote
at 9:58 PM, Sunday August 7, 2011 EDT 11) Is it possible to change the email address associated with an account?
Nope. *unless you email ryan and he listens |
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Gurgi wrote
at 9:58 PM, Sunday August 7, 2011 EDT the rest is tl;dr
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montecarlo wrote
at 11:21 PM, Sunday August 7, 2011 EDT montecarlo finishes 1st in round 495
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jurgen wrote
at 6:43 AM, Monday August 8, 2011 EDT I cannot see if my lands connect or not, is there a way to hide the stack? yes, press (CTRL) and (+)
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jurgen wrote
at 6:47 AM, Monday August 8, 2011 EDT I got eliminated from a game and it said Autoresign, what does that mean? You timed out during your turn and you stayed "away" for 3 consecutive rounds. When you see an away sign above your avatar, click "sit in" again
what do people mean with a roll off? what do people mean with "sit for 2" or what is "fighting 1/3"? (maybe this doesn't need to be put in a FAQ but I am just thinking through a few things to add) why do people ask me 5v8 win? |
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Vermont wrote
at 8:11 AM, Monday August 8, 2011 EDT chloe, do you want to me to put this in a mod post post so we can/edit all the questions easily?
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Hero Of Time wrote
at 9:39 AM, Monday August 8, 2011 EDT 16s tend to:
- End game slower - Stack slowly - Require being conservative <-- I disagree with that.. anyone else? |