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**Lord Diamond** · 09-08-2016, 10:23 PM

(09-08-2016, 09:28 PM)Atuan Wrote: LD what are we going to do in regards to game 517?

The Confluence game? It is in there. What am I missing?

**Atuan** · 09-08-2016, 10:28 PM

nope Im good. I was thinking you might move it to a regular game but that works.

**Lord Diamond** · (This post was last modified: 09-09-2016, 12:23 PM by Lord Diamond.)

(09-08-2016, 10:28 PM)Atuan Wrote: nope Im good. I was thinking you might move it to a regular game but that works.

With each player having two kingdoms, it falls outside the definition of a Classic game. The definitions are defined in the main file for your reading pleasure.

The good news is that the status points do count towards Citizenship!

**Frost Lord** · 09-08-2016, 10:38 PM

(09-08-2016, 10:28 PM)Atuan Wrote: nope Im good. I was thinking you might move it to a regular game but that works.

There is a chart on page 65 that shows the logic Valhalla uses to categorize each game. Classic games are 9-12 player games where each person controls 1 kingdom.

**Tomag Ironfist** · 09-09-2016, 01:27 AM

Wow... this is truly a work of art. You both did a phenomenal job with that, and I cannot wait to see all of the Valhalla stats adding up over time.

Thank you Frost Lord and Lord Diamond for this new, sexy, revamped Valhalla and also a shout-out to Rick and Mike for creating and maintaining this awesome game for us! Truly and extraordinary experience.

**Atuan** · 09-09-2016, 01:35 AM

So true. I am loving the details and break outs.

**Jumpingfist** · 09-09-2016, 02:31 AM

Great Job guys.

**Frost Lord** · 09-09-2016, 12:45 PM

I really like the weighted algorithm that Imperial Tark proposed for calculating Status Points. It was a nice addition and allowed us to reward the players that play a lot of Special Contests. Now, those special contests count toward each players Citizenship (i.e. the Player Rankings report on page 3). Previously, we had to keep special contest status points completely separate because it was not fair that you got 3x the status points when you played a Warlord's game, or 6x in a Titan game (for example).

Also, in Classic games, it will offer a higher percentage of status points to games that fill all 12 positions as opposed to only having 9, 10 or 11 players.

Thanks Tark, for the suggestion.

**Ry Vor** · 09-10-2016, 02:26 PM

(09-08-2016, 09:27 PM)mafmiller Wrote: VERY, VERY NICE!
I especially like that the hero titles are large and golden. Not only does that look cool, but it also helps to act as a divider, so I can slow down when I'm scrolling to the next section.
BRAVO!!!!

I agree. I like the font and color choices. And very much appreciate the amount of work that has gone into the new Valhalla. Thanks guys!

**Ry Vor** · 09-10-2016, 04:14 PM

Of course, from my perspective, I am most interested in the kingdom rankings (no offense players).

I'm not finding 3rd Cycle Valhalla rankings to be surprising overall with just 8 games completed, maybe with a couple exceptions like the Gnomes I thought were doing better. But there is also that thing about the players and the kingdoms they pick. As I have said before, and I guess I am in the minority on this, in Alamaze, unlike say chess, I don't think there has to be that much emphasis on winning. Or even if there is, wouldn't you want a challenge? Let's say the Necromancer is the strongest kingdom. So do you have to take the Necromancer?

The other side of the coin I know from sending out the emails to new players. I always recommend the corner positions for the first game, but somehow they end up saying, thanks, but I'll take the Sacred Order. And then they are not ready for that. You really have to know your kingdom traits and use them with positions like Sacred Order, Amazons or Lizard King.