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[completed] Game of Crowns (competitive & cooperative) party - Tuesday, January 17

Game of Crowns is an exciting mini-game within Glitch, with a series of 12 achievements for playing it. The Game of Crowns and Cooperative Game of Crowns group are holding a party together at Sculdent Shill in Groddle Meadow this Tuesday, January 17, from 9pm to midnight Eastern (6pm to 9pm Pacific). If you’ve never played before but are curious, only played a few games, or play every day, this party is for you.

For those who've never played Game of Crowns, it's a fast-paced mini-game of tag, where players run, jump, and climb through an arena to hang onto a Crown for 60 seconds. There's a lot of tactics, strategy, and reflexes involved.

There are also cooperative games, where players agree to passing the crown, sharing time and allowing each player to win games towards the badges.

In addition to regular games and cooperative games, we’ll be running a new variant aimed at players who want to make progress on the achievements but feel frustrated by losing so badly that they feel that they learn nothing. If you want to learn how to play in an environment where they can still get an occasional win, this may be the format for you: cooperative-competitive games, where players play the game normally until someone reaches 50 seconds, and then hand it off to the person who will get the “win” for that round.

From 9pm to 10pm, we’ll be focusing on cooperative Game of Crowns.
From 10pm to 11pm, we’ll be focusing on cooperative-competitive Game of Crowns.
And from 11pm to midnight, we’ll be focusing on regular Game of Crowns.

In conjunction with the Game of Crowns group, I'm working on a series of tutorials, with information and links, to introduce various tactics for the game. Stay tuned over the next few days for some of the first posts!

Posted 11 months ago by Miri Tazapin Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Nice, I'll def be there :D
    Posted 11 months ago by Draron Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Did some one say GoC? I'm in!
    Posted 11 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just need to convert to GMT.. maybe I can make it..
    Posted 11 months ago by !$Harrump$! Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun.
    Posted 11 months ago by Tiarra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sounds like Fun!  I hope to be there, Thanks!
    Posted 11 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, thank you! I have been sufferring through GoC - I like it, but on the rare occassions I get to play, I am always dominated by the other players. If I get home from work early enough - I will be there.
    Posted 11 months ago by Kookaburra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would if I could but I can't - last time I tried GoC I could not get back into Glitch for 3 days
    Posted 11 months ago by riscy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • this is such a great idea! If my schedule allows, I will try and come by for the comp/coop hour!
    Posted 11 months ago by Gronkles McGee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'll certainly be there if at all possible.
    Posted 11 months ago by FyodorD Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Kookaburra - If you do enjoy the game and wish to improve, this is meant for you. Stay tuned, and we'll be providing more information in the future intended for players just like you. Hopefully tonight you'll also find others of a similar skill level, so you can train together and feed into each other's progress. Over the past few months, that's how the members of the GoC group have developed their skills. Everyone starts off fumbling, and improves with practice.

    riscy - What do you mean? Could you please elaborate on what errors you encountered and what happened?
    Posted 11 months ago by Miri Tazapin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • PARTY! 
    Posted 11 months ago by sissyO Subscriber! | Permalink
  • WOOT. I really need to get some of these badges. I'll have to hurry home after grad school and get online. ;)

    ETA: @Harrump -- U.S. Eastern Time is usually GMT -5, depending on daylight savings bullcrap.
    Posted 11 months ago by Tonya Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Harrump: 9pm ET will be 2am London Time.
    Posted 11 months ago by Miri Tazapin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, that timing is sucky for GMT players... :/
    Posted 11 months ago by Hburger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ew. Competitive is at nighttime. :(
    Posted 11 months ago by Palindrome Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I"ll come by if Im on tonight
    Posted 11 months ago by MeherMan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hburger, Harrump: if there's enough European interest, I'll look into hosting a GoC party on a weekend during afternoon in the Americas and evening in Europe. I just personally cannot arrange a party during weekdays during the afternoon here. :)
    Posted 11 months ago by Miri Tazapin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Also, just in time for the party, there's just now been a new code push that adds music and sound effects to Game of Crowns, so tonight you'll get to experience that... We've already had various staff and developers popping into our games...
    Posted 11 months ago by Miri Tazapin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Awesome. I've always wondered why there was no music in GoC.
    Posted 11 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you to everyone who came to the party! It was quite a success, many cooperative and competitive games were played, and a lot of Glitchen joined the groups, and we got quite a few first-time players! We also introduced a lot of people to the race minigames as well. Massive quantities of food, drink, and random kindnesses were consumed to fuel the minigame players. :) Thanks to all who attended, and for those who missed the party, we'll gauge the interest and see if we'll hold another!
    Posted 11 months ago by Miri Tazapin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • cheers for the help miri, I now know just HOW bad I am at GoC ;)
    Its worse than I feared
    Posted 11 months ago by Nobbin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Was fun :D I only got to stay for half an hour, but was nice to get achievements easy and play a few competitive matches.
    Posted 11 months ago by Draron Subscriber! | Permalink
  • wah, I missed it! please have another one of these again soon! *-*
    Posted 11 months ago by Mandy.23 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It was really fun, we should to another one really soon!
    Posted 11 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I was unable to make it either as work has been quite busy, but I will make every effort to attend if another is scheduled.
    Posted 11 months ago by Kookaburra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I had a wonderful time! I played several times and got a Badge! Thanks for the games and the beautiful spread!
    Posted 11 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink