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Types of Game
Firstly, The Global Game (TGG) has two basic types of game:
1. The "Get out There and See Your World" or "Ongoing" games are long-running games, with a number of different courses and legs, so you can play them a number of times with or against friends and you'll get a somewhat different experience each time.
Note though: You'll only get points the first time you play this game and those points are determined by how long it took you to complete all the tasks. So they are intended as training, fun or "Friendly" missions to be played with friends.
There is a set time for completing the game, once you’ve started, and this will be clearly identified on the game description page, along with any other relevant information.
2. The second game is a "Special Theme" type. This game has normally a set time to complete once you’ve started and once finished, will not be repeated.
Again, the set time for completing the game, along with any other relevant information and game rules will be clearly identified on the game description page. For this type of game, you'll get points depending on where you finish against the other players in the game.
Point Scoring
1. Each game rewards points to all those who have played and completed all of the tasks in that game.
• When a new game is developed, TGG determines the type of game, the allowed time for the game, the overall time of the game, the maximum number of players that will be accepted for that game, and how many points will be awarded for those who finish in first place, second place, and so on.
• The greatest amount of points are awarded to the player who finished first, with second place receiving slightly less, third place receiving less than that, and so on through to tenth place.
• After tenth place, all players receive some points if they completed the game before game time ends, and nominal points if they completed the game after it ends. Each game has two time periods; the published game time (say 2 days) and the overrun time (usually 7 days after the game). In the case of the on-going games, there is no overrun time.
• Players who registered for the game but did not finish within the overrun time of play will not receive any points.
Points are awarded to the "Ongoing Games" players based on an aggregate time taken to complete all legs (determined by TGG's estimated completion times) and for the "Special Theme" games, points are awarded based on overall standings, once all players have completed the game, or the overrun time has completed. Leader Boards are posted on the web-site, showing the place of all players, based on aggregate times, with a final standings being available after completion of play.
2. The number of points available to win in each game is in proportion to the number of people who have registered to play.
• The more players competing, the higher the amount of points to be won.
• For example, if a new game has a limit of 200 players, TGG may decide that the award for first place will be 30 points, second place will be 28 points, and so on. However, if only 100 players register for the game, the award for first place may drop to 25 points, second place may be 23, and so on. This ensures that the distribution of points corresponds with the level of competition, and will entice players to encourage others to play.
• Players can visit the game page regularly to see what the registrations/points are up to.
3. Points are used to determine status in the gaming community, and to purchase / redeem items from the TGG gaming vault.
• Upon logging on to the website, you will have access to your own personal web page, which lists two sets of points:
o Status Points – the number of points you have accumulated since you started playing.
o User Points – the number of points you have available to use in the TGG vault.
• Note: a player never loses his status points. When you use your points in the TGG vault to redeem items, the points will be deducted from your User Points.
o For example, a player has accumulated 300 points through various games. On his personal page both his Status Points and User Points will be at 300 points. He visits the TGG vault and uses 120 points to purchase an item. On his main page his Status Points will still read 300 points but his User Points will now read 180.
• When a player reaches a certain number of Status Points, he is promoted to a new level of game play. Each new level will have more challenging games with a higher number of points up for grabs. There are currently five levels in total, with the following points needed for each:
o Level 2 – 300 points
o Level 3 – 1,000 points
o Level 4 – 3,000 points
o Level 5 – 8,000 points
• The nominal level one award points structure per game is as follows:
o First place 30
o 2nd 28
o 3rd 26
o 4th 24
o 5th 22
o 6th 20
o 7th 18
o 8th 16
o 9th 14
o 10th 12
o Finish 5 (if finished within game time period)
o Finish 2 (if finish at all, during the overrun time period)
o DNF 0 (did not finish – no points)
• The award points for Level 2 to Level 5 games depend on the game and will be published on the game information page, along with the rules of the game.
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