Steemmonsters automated tournaments have started yesterday | Did you play one yet?
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Yesterday Steemmonsters automated tournaments started
I joined the first one, so did a lot of other players, I think there were around 174 players (if I recall correctly) and I was pleased to see how everything looked. Once it started, I didn't see a match and thought something was going wrong, but looking at the top right you can see that I had a "bye" for the first round, and had to wait until round 2 to start before I could play.
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The first battle
As soon as the round started, on the top right, I could see who I was matched up against. I clicked the battle button, and then you wait until your opponent has done the same. As soon as that's the case, both players see the ruleset and can select a team for the battle. I was glad to win 2 battles, meaning that I would go on to the next round, as the game was best of three.
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The right column shows info who won, and who continues to the next round
Every time a player wins a battle, you can see this in the right column. As you can see I defeated my opponent, and moved on to the next round. There were still many players in that round, I guess. So it took a while before all the battles were finished and we were matched up against the next player for round 3. Unfortunately for me, I didn't stand a chance against my next opponent.
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Defeated
When you are defeated, you see this on your screen, top right: You have been defeated. So that was the end of my first experience playing an automated tournament. I like how everything looks, and I'm glad I don't have to be in a discord constantly to check where my opponent is, or if that person is even around. It has been a point of irritation lately that people aren't around when tournaments start, so this is an improvement for those situations. I will be trying out some more tournaments in the next week, to gain some more experience playing them.
Did you already join on of the automated tournaments? What's your opinion do you like it better, or did you prefer the non-automated tournaments?
Considering my current streak in battles I doubt I will ever finish a tournament so there is no use to ever attempt it. !tipuvote 0.2
Lol, I often don't win either or have long days with quests.. but still won about 100 steem total in tournaments.. need to pick the right ones lol :) thanks for the tipu!
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coincidentally I just opened this page for the first time like half an hour ago wondering if this had always been there and I had missed it or it was new
sounds like a cool thing to do and surely this will help SM grow even more
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