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Your own score still shows up even if you play offline, but you cannot see the scores of others. In the last live tournament I played offline play did not give me the 30x multiplier, so it's not a very useful strategy, but I cannot test this out if this is true in the current tournament.
I think I have read in the rules that you are not allowed to play simultaneously on more than one device. So yes, you can play three different devices, but only one at a time, which does not convey an advantage. If you see a player gaining impossible scores then they are using illegal methods and hopefully the systems will spot it and eliminate them.
That brings up an interesting point. I know It's over BUT for future reference, if they give you the 30x bonus when you get back online , do they do it retroactively? CUZ that would explain a huge jump in score , like if somebody flips back N forth to check scores, N they get the 30x added for all they've played since last time they came online.
I didn't know what would be the advantage of playing offline , (like I said I didn't even know that was possible) especially if everyone can see UR score. 🤔
Stranger things , right ?
On another note I passed level 5000 tonight! WooHoo!
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Not positive , BUT I think that's how I got bumped out of 1st place in the 2ed finals N took 2ed place instead. Even more peculiar to me , the player stopped logging any more score 1hr13min before that session ended! Pretty risky , CUZ , 1) I was breathing down their back , N , 2) what if they DO give you 30x retro when you come back in to the game from playing offline? That player may've been screwed! It was as if they KNEW they were ok , N passing thru to 3rd finals. That didn't set right with me. They could've been watching , BUT , I don't think I'd have taken that chance , CUZ I got relatively close. ~ ~OH WELL~
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30x retroactively is part of the offline gameplay, which is allowed in the rules. It can be a strategy to just go play offline if you want someone in first to possibly ease up, then you log back in and jump them. I think it's a tad shady, it's a gray area but ultimately seems allowed overall. Just make sure they are scoring about the same hourly rate during that time….If their scoring tripled, something might be afoot.
I am really quite surprised about this @pmin . I thought I had tested this out a few months ago during another leaderboard competition and at the time found that the 30x multiplier did not get added retrospectively, but reading your info I now think I may have been mistaken. I agree that would create problems, both for the other players and even for King to spot cheaters as they cannot keep track of us while playing offline (That whole Big Brother thing only works while we are playing online, of course). I will definitely check this one out during the next leaderboard tournament as I think we need to know what is possible and legitimate and what is not prior to the next Big One.
I'm positive the 30x is added retrospectively. I checked since I wanted to be sure I'd get the points in case I was actually disconnected for a second. If you just play hard the entire time it's not an issue though since their scoring rate should ultimately be the same. Maybe a little icon next to an offline player would help to caution competitors.
Hi @pmin Did you delete your most recent post or was it removed by the community overseers? I had just read it and was going to mark it as "helpful" but got the little message in the corner of "post not found" or something to that extent. For the record I did find it helpful, thank you for your honest explanations, but the post has now disappeared.
I was just shortening it down, but my long posts require reviewing. It might pop back up later. I'm just trying to not upset anyone by speaking up too much. Learning from other stuff I'm reading that when PR is involved likely is best to be quiet until told to do otherwise.