Board Thread:Current Episode Discussion/@comment-11295248-20141021160232/@comment-16151769-20141022173708

Garison88 wrote: Broadman -- great story and congrats on first place! Awesome!

It's interesting that a group of players that knew each other were able to come together on day 1. Is it possible this was luck of the draw, or did they find a new way to form a team? It's also "interesting" that someone thougth to take a screenshot right after the team was formed, only to actually have it disbanded (was it an isolated event?  I wouldn't know b/c I didn't start until day 3)... Gari, here's what I know, sorry for the long story. There was a rumor running around about this, and I only got wind of it about an hour before event start. Mobage will change it based on what happened so it isn't going to stay a rumor, and I don't feel like I am telling something mobage doesn't already know.

I was already planning to T1 as I liked the card art, atlus weap, special ability and stats, and wanted an R7 autobot. So, I planned to join a couple minutes into the event and get started on my way. I had nerfed my deck to hopefully get added onto an existing team, but not be the top dog. Willing to take my chances and cut loose.

Then I heard the rumor that in the VERY short time after event start (very short as in less than a minute), new teams are actually forming, but forming FAST. I think the reason for this is that very few people are doing pre-reg, as they don't want to get pre-sorted. And so, there is a flood right at start up.

Anyway, I thought ok, why not, start at 30 sec instead of 5 min and see what happens. Also, my son's account was not pre-reg, so I thought I would join his at same time as mine, and maybe we land together.

So, at 30 sec after event start, I click us both in. I land with the team discussed above. They did it as a group join out of their chat, and there were other members that didn't get on the team.

Interestingly, my son landed on a team with jester, ziz and kalinprime, lol. So there were several 'super teams' created in that first minute. Even tho I clicked both buttons at the same time, my son and I didn't land together. And interesting that jester's main ended up with my son, and his alt ended up with me. And I know jester is not in their chat, nor did I coordinate with jester. I do know there are several of our wiki buds in their chat room, so who knows who else clicked then.

So, there was an obvious flood of registrations and new formations. You could see right when u clicked in, your spot in the formation, and it finished almost as fast as you saw it.

Of course, I took no screenshots of either team. My son's team never got re-formed, so I know mobage only reacted to Sparr's screenshot. As to why he thought to take it...speculation. But damn glad he did. He contacted me on my wall during day 1 to say he had the screenshot, but none of us thought mobage would honor it.