monsieurt unfortunately it is not possible time-wise - with a current timeline one stage lasts around 40 days and we need to finish the whole tournament in 2024. Players are really different in their speed. Some are able to finish 3-player game in a week, some needs more than month for it.

    7 days later

    Hi, what happens to sjgardner3’s spot in the next round? I’m guessing someone will take their spot, as they finished in 3rd place in their group. Will the spot go to the 4th place player in that group regardless of number of points, will the best 4th place finisher get it, or are there other rules? I’m currently tied for the best 4th place finish (group 36) with 12 points, so I’m still holding out hope that I may qualify for the second round. If you go by points gathered, how do you separate between me and the other guy who had 12 points (group 75). I tied the 3rd place finisher in my group, and got 4th place because of a tie-breaker. The other 4th place finisher with 12 points were three points out of 3rd place in their group. I also won two games to that person’s one. Of course some 4th place finisher in the few groups that haven’t finished playing yet may score more than our 12 points.

      6 days later

      Oyvind the best 4th place finish will take the spot. There are also some groups where two players ran out of time so your chances to advance are quite high.

          Hi @pajada ,
          When checking stats, I just missclicked on Leave the Tournament (was in a seed group for round 2). Please include me back 🙂
          Thanks!

            Will you hold off starting the 2nd round until the game works on Android 14? If not, then there might be a lot of timeouts

            Hi @pajada I also unfortunately misclicked on "Leave Tournament" (was Group 1 round 2). Can you include me back? Sorry and thanks!

              Namian Error fixed. Huzzah for the devs 💪

                  Are the games been started autoamtically or do we have to start IT manually withing the group members?

                  maciejka
                  The same question, it's my first tournament. I see my group , how I can join to the group game and play? checked forum and FAQ, didn't find the answer..

                      HLDM my two 4player games have started already but I am not sure if it was started automatically or one of the guys did it. They are not answering and one of them sent me here😉

                          Hello! In my games there was a player who timed out who now seems to be back in? If there was a error for the player it would be better to restart the games as thinking we woluld be playing against a bot makes an impact in the decisions we took.

                            Haxxorn hi Haxxorn, there were more possibilities how to fix this problem (restart, rewind) but I decided to just replace AI back to human player. I knew it can have some small impact on decisions of other players but because it happened early in the game and just a few rounds were played I decided for that.

                              Friends, it somehow happened that I did not receive notifications about the start of moves and all my time had expired, I went to check my games but was already deleted from them, maybe it’s possible for me to somehow return to the game

                                pajada could you please explain us how games are started?

                                  In 2024 group 69 game 11 RiRu resigned and abandoned the game after beeing declared war upon. The rules say you should not do that. How will this be handled?

                                    refs You're allowed to resign after having a war declared on you. That's not the same as abandoning.

                                        jsjsj But then AI takes over? The player who declared war did not gain anything from RiRu because he abandoned

                                            refs He resigned, not abandoned and it is in general fine according to the rules. The attacker should have gotten 7 culture and the game should have been omitted his turns (a bit like transforming the game into 3p)

                                                Pajada this World Championship is amazing. Organisation is perfect. I am enjoying it big time.

                                                Thanks a lot !

                                                maciejka When previous Stage is finished I prepare next stage and then start 4-player games.
                                                7 days after that I start 3-player games,
                                                7 days after that I start 2-player games.