How does the timer work during the Events?

HokiLauMatBan · Jan 26, 2017

I was under the impression that the time during the Events challenges was the cumulative total for how long it took to complete each challenge. But, it seems this must not be the case, as today, I took a break from the computer after having completed the
first five challenges with a time of 9:20. When I came back awhile later and did the next challenge, my time had jumped to over 2 hours. Can someone explain to me how it works? I couldn't find anything about it in the app. Thanks

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ChainSmokingBob · Jan 26, 2017

How does the scoreboard work?

"the way this game is scored( who gets the kill when 3 of us are shooting at the enemy)still boggles my mind, i cant telll you how many times i have pumped most of the bullets or what ever into the foe only to be rewarded an assist after my teammate only
put one bullet into the enemy".

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Why is this still hard to understand? I'm curious.

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The person who gets the kill is the person who actually killed the opponent (unsurprisingly ). Doesn't matter how little damage they did, if they did enough damage to actually kill them, they get credit for it.

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For example, I overcharged my Plasma Pistol to fry a Scorpion, except... it did enough damage to blow it up instead I got the kills for it, while the person who did the most damage WITHOUT KILLING THEM gets the Assist. Anyone else gets no credit, unless
an EMP Assist can be applied to people who didn't get the standard Assist (but don't worry about that).

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If this were Gears of War 3, it would go something more like this:

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Killing someone by yourself gets you 400 points.

Points are divided between players who did damage to enemies.

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If you, Almas and I all take someone down but Almas kills them with a single shot right near the end, he gets a minimal number of points for actually doing the deed while you and I share the bulk of the points.

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If you and I did roughly the same damage, it would look something like this:

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"AlmasRetroChild killed Test Dummy".

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On his screen, he sees a +55 or so (5 for helping, 50 guaranteed simply for the kill).

On our screens, we see the same line with +150, since we did a lot of the work and we're awarded points relative to the effort we put in.

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The main reason this wouldn't work in Halo is because prior to Reach there were no points to divide, just medals, and you can't divide medals very well. That's why the person who does the deed gets a Kill (plus a Headshot/Killing Spree/whatever) and the
person who helped most gets an Assist.

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Even since Reach and H4, the focus is still on Medals and you can't really divide the 10 points a basic Kill gets you as it would have next to no effect on EXP earned/whatever anyway.

AlmasRetroChild · Jan 26, 2017

How does the scoreboard work?

Yeah but getting betrayed is almost unavoidable and the betrayed gets a death. Just doesn't seem right.

PeterARNixon · Jan 30, 2017

Have same problem, In New Zealand Events start at 1am. currently. If you start then sign out after doing 10 - 15 challenges to go and get some sleep then sign in after work all of a sudden have take 13 - 14 hours when you know your time is less 2 hours!
very unfair

optodata · Feb 1, 2017

There are two elapsed timers: The one that counts towards your Events score (and determines your place at the finish) is the total time spent actually playing each game. It doesn't matter how many times you take a break or how long you wait in between games.

The cumulative time, which shows up on the lower right of the screen before you look at the entire group finishers, is the time it took from when you started the first game until you finished the final game. It doesn't show up in the rankings but I think
that may be a tie breaker if two people finish with the same score and game-time.

Whenever you take a break from Events, be certain that you either finish the current challenge or cancel it, and to be sure I usually close Solitaire until I come back. If you walk away with a game open, the away time will count as playing
time as well as total elapsed time.

The Luckinator · Feb 3, 2017

I don't know either but I would have thought it should be the cumulative total for how long it took to complete each challenge but it doesn't seem to work that way. In Australia the challenges start at 10pm. I did most of the challenges for one event in
the evening and then did the last three expert challenges the following morning and my night's sleep was included in my total time 9:38:55. I was on target for a top 5 finish too! I wish Microsoft would fix this as it can't be meant to work this way.

The Luckinator · Feb 27, 2017

I don't know either but I would have thought it should be the cumulative total for how long it took to complete each challenge but it doesn't seem to work that way. In Australia the challenges start at 10pm. I did most of the challenges for one event in
the evening and then did the last three expert challenges the following morning and my night's sleep was included in my total time 9:38:55. I was on target for a top 5 finish too! I wish Microsoft would fix this as it can't be meant to work this way.
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optodata is correct - be CERTAIN that you either finish the challenge you are currently in or cancel it. I just closed it down mid-challenge because I was tired and the time continued until I looked at it again the next morning. Thanks optpdata for the
info.

OleRoger · Mar 9, 2017

I agree with you that it should simply track actual time solving the puzzles but, like you, was dismayed to discover that it seems to measure clock time.

Roger

OleRoger · Mar 9, 2017

There are two elapsed timers: The one that counts towards your Events score (and determines your place at the finish) is the total time spent actually playing each game. It doesn't matter how many times you take a break or how long you wait in between games.

The cumulative time, which shows up on the lower right of the screen before you look at the entire group finishers, is the time it took from when you started the first game until you finished the final game. It doesn't show up in the rankings but I think
that may be a tie breaker if two people finish with the same score and game-time.

Whenever you take a break from Events, be certain that you either finish the current challenge or cancel it, and to be sure I usually close Solitaire until I come back. If you walk away with a game open, the away time will count as playing
time as well as total elapsed time.
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Thanks, I will try that approach and see how it works.

Roger

UnweptBeatle538 · Jun 24, 2017

There are two elapsed timers: The one that counts towards your Events score (and determines your place at the finish) is the total time spent actually playing each game. It doesn't matter how many times you take a break or how long you wait in between games.

The cumulative time, which shows up on the lower right of the screen before you look at the entire group finishers, is the time it took from when you started the first game until you finished the final game. It doesn't show up in the rankings but I think
that may be a tie breaker if two people finish with the same score and game-time.

Whenever you take a break from Events, be certain that you either finish the current challenge or cancel it, and to be sure I usually close Solitaire until I come back. If you walk away with a game open, the away time will count as playing
time as well as total elapsed time.

Thanks, I will try that approach and see how it works.

Roger
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BobNusbaum · Nov 2, 2018

I've experienced similar problems with Microsoft Solitaire on Windows 10. I'm pretty proficient, and have completed all the challenges 7 times so far. Tonight, when I went out to dinner, I had Solitaire running, but I was definitely NOT in a game when
I left, and all the time in between was added to my cumulative time. Instead of getting the competitive cumulative time I earned, I'm dropped to the rear end of everyone with a perfect score.

The Luckinator

I don't know either but I would have thought it should be the cumulative total for how long it took to complete each challenge but it doesn't seem to work that way. In Australia the challenges start at 10pm. I did most of the challenges for one event in
the evening and then did the last three expert challenges the following morning and my night's sleep was included in my total time 9:38:55. I was on target for a top 5 finish too! I wish Microsoft would fix this as it can't be meant to work this way.

BobNusbaum

I've experienced similar problems with Microsoft Solitaire on Windows 10. I'm pretty proficient, and have completed all the challenges 7 times so far. Tonight, when I went out to dinner, I had Solitaire running, but I was definitely NOT in a game when
I left, and all the time in between was added to my cumulative time. Instead of getting the competitive cumulative time I earned, I'm dropped to the rear end of everyone with a perfect score.

OleRoger

There are two elapsed timers: The one that counts towards your Events score (and determines your place at the finish) is the total time spent actually playing each game. It doesn't matter how many times you take a break or how long you wait in between games.

The cumulative time, which shows up on the lower right of the screen before you look at the entire group finishers, is the time it took from when you started the first game until you finished the final game. It doesn't show up in the rankings but I think
that may be a tie breaker if two people finish with the same score and game-time.

Whenever you take a break from Events, be certain that you either finish the current challenge or cancel it, and to be sure I usually close Solitaire until I come back. If you walk away with a game open, the away time will count as playing
time as well as total elapsed time.

Thanks, I will try that approach and see how it works.

Roger

UnweptBeatle538

There are two elapsed timers: The one that counts towards your Events score (and determines your place at the finish) is the total time spent actually playing each game. It doesn't matter how many times you take a break or how long you wait in between games.

The cumulative time, which shows up on the lower right of the screen before you look at the entire group finishers, is the time it took from when you started the first game until you finished the final game. It doesn't show up in the rankings but I think
that may be a tie breaker if two people finish with the same score and game-time.

Whenever you take a break from Events, be certain that you either finish the current challenge or cancel it, and to be sure I usually close Solitaire until I come back. If you walk away with a game open, the away time will count as playing
time as well as total elapsed time.

Thanks, I will try that approach and see how it works.

Roger

OleRoger

I agree with you that it should simply track actual time solving the puzzles but, like you, was dismayed to discover that it seems to measure clock time.

Roger

How does the timer work during the Events?