Genre: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie, Card & Board Game
Gremlins, Inc.
2x2 TEAM TOURNAMENT
Team-based community tournaments always have been popular in Gremlins, Inc. as they provide yet another great way to experience the game and demonstrate the top-notch skills that players have (alongside with some luck, of course).
To create this experience once more and to share it with everyone, we joined our efforts with some of the best and most knowledgeable players in Gremlins, Inc. in order to run a new 2v2 tournament.
Please allow us to present to you:
COOPERATING CAPITALISTS!
Details of this tournament were worked out by multiple people from all over the world. It is meant to be extremely fast-paced and strictly structured. From start to finish it should take no more than 2-3 weeks, with sessions that only happen on weekends.
Each weekend of the tournament some of its sessions will be featured on streams on the main page of Gremlins, Inc. on Steam so that the wider audience could watch them.
Through this link you can find the full details of the tournament: requirements, dates, prize fund, etc. If you and your friend think that you have what it takes to become the champions of such a tournament, we would be happy to see your enrolment for COOPERATING CAPITALISTS on our Steam forums or our official Discord server!
LIST OF TEAMS (PRELIMINARY)
[B]TEAM PLAYER, HONORARY CITIZEN + TEAM PLAYER, HONORARY CITIZEN[/B]
Watchdogs of Farron
What IF?
Attack the leader
Fashionable pear
Kaxet
Assassins of Topdeckers
Tricksters
Clockwork-town retrogrades
team of dog
BLACK MOON
team NF
Emerging Oligarch
cidanzi
OHAGI
Assault and Battery
Recursion
Just4lulz
The Clockwork Mischief's
IlBur
Double W
Swindlers
love revenge
May there be CHAOS!
ANIKI
rookie
A Terrible Accident
Greedy Gremlins
meme-police
The Dudes
[B]TEAM PLAYER, HONORARY CITIZEN + TEAM PLAYER + CITIZEN[/B]
Ze!
The Krits
loli team
Old in place
[B]TEAM PLAYER, CITIZEN + TEAM PLAYER, CITIZEN[/B]
RoKa
Darkheart
One team's application (Dark Matter) was rejected by the organising committee due to current bans held by these players, specifically for being aggressive and harassing other players. Mistakes are made to be corrected, yet in this case, the reason for the ban was in the fundamental lack of control and the committee felt that holders of active bans for such reasons should not be accepted into the community tournament.
:cards: players: 3
:score: victory condition: 25 points
:cursecard: Chaos Cards: allowed
:health_powerup: Character Abilities: allowed
:telegram: Impending Misfortune: visible
:cheatdice: Characters: from random set
:RatsClock: Timer: normal
:Location: Field: Clockwork town
Tournament points (place in session/points gained):
+139 tournament points
+26 tournament points
0 tournament points
* Special rules:
None.
:steampunk: SINGAPORE
:cards: players: 2
:score: victory condition: 35 points
:cursecard: Chaos Cards: allowed
:health_powerup: Character Abilities: allowed
:telegram: Impending Misfortune: visible
:cheatdice: Characters: from random set
:RatsClock: Timer: normal
:Location: Field: Clockwork colony
Tournament points (place in session/points gained):
+60 tournament points
0 tournament points
* Special rules:
The following cards are removed from the deck:
:cards: "Devil's Due"
:cards: "An Award Ceremony"
:cards: "False Testimony"
:cards: "An Honest Exchange"
:cards: x1 "A Set-up"
:cards: "Undercutting the Competition"
:cards: "The Accelerator"
:votes: RULES:
Sessions that count towards the tournament: :bh2coin::bh2coin::bh2coin::bh2coin::bh2coin::bh2coin::bh2coin::bh2coin: (8)
For each win, players receive additional points that depend on the strength of the opponents over whom they have won. Important: your tournament points will continue to increase with the increase in the tournament score of your past opponents, over whom you prevailed – even if you already have reached the limit of sessions for the tournament. What this means is that the tournament is never over for you as long as your previously conquered opponents continue to play, and win.
During this tournament, regular rating points will be frozen for all the players. Your tournament sessions will NOT affect your regular rating.
Players get tournament points for the first 8 sessions played in the tournament on each of the servers. Any subsequent sessions won't give any tournament points, and won't increase the number of defeated opponents who give additional points. Nonetheless, victories of all opponents who were defeated in the first 8 sessions will affect your final tournament rating.
PRIZE FUND:
Awarded: Top 10 players on each of the servers. In addition to the main prize fund, every player who finishes all 8 tournament sessions receives a special bonus player icon “Facepalm” (only if it has not been received before)!
:hypnoheart: Special prizes: all winners from top 10 of each server, Amsterdam and Singapore, will receive the new the new track: Melody of the Mechanical Troika!
:hypnoheart: Top 3 players on each of the servers, Amsterdam and Singapore, will receive by registered mail a set of 4 hard enamel pins "Gremlins, Inc.". The pins will be mailed to the winners as a registered letter to any country in the world, provided that we receive the mailing address within 72 hours after the announcement of the tournament's results.
:Holy_Grailet: = Tournament Chest (limited, tournaments only)
:greengemstone: = Spring Chest (limited, Spring Season only)
In the case when at the end of the tournament two or more players will have equal number of tournament points, they will share the same (highest) place and get the same rewards. However, the award list will not be extended, and we will still award only the top 10 players on each server.
TOURNAMENT CHESTS – FAQ:
Q. Where do Tournament Chests drop? A. Only in tournament sessions, which are available via Multiplayer Lobby.
Q. If I've finished all my tournament sessions, can I get more tournament chests? A. Yes, as long as you will keep playing tournament sessions.
Q. Are the tournament items limited to this tournament only, or to tournaments in general? A. The tournament items are available via tournament chests, which drop during every official tournament in the game.
Q. Is there a full list of tournament items available via tournament chests? A. Yes, please see below:
Today marks the third anniversary of Gremlins, Inc. on Steam. In that time, we released almost one hundred updates with new features and new content, and ran dozens of tournaments. It’s been a great adventure!
We’d like to thank the international community of players, who come from over 100 countries, for the continued feedback and suggestions. Your support is the reason why we keep improving this game month after month! What started as a niche board game became a club with its own weekly discussions and community tournaments, while the game’s official multilingual Discord server became our true family.
Over the last three years, more than 500,000 people played Gremlins, Inc. on Steam. While we’re incredibly happy with this achievement already, we plan to continue adding more content and more features to the game, so that one day the population of the Clockwork Town may hit one million users!
Thank you for all that happened – and we look forward to another great year ahead!
To celebrate the game's third anniversary, we prepared a few gifts:
Both of these items are be available for everyone for the next month, and also can be received as drops from the free chests.
:malice: A new player icon "3" with a cool special effect (just click on it);
This icon is given away for free to every player who logs into the game at least once during the next week (March 11, 2019 – March 18, 2019). After that, it will only be available from "boxes of goods" (that are crafted from free drops).
:malice: Today, a special medal is released to all the veterans of the game – it's called "Veteran" and is issued to every player who first logged into the game on March 11, 2016 or earlier.
Besides that, additional gifts await everyone who visits the game in the next few days – those who log into the game in the specific day listed below, receive one free item to keep.
This is just a quick note to say that the third anniversary of Gremlins, Inc. is coming shortly – on March 11, 2019 – and we're almost done with the special content for the game: there will be a new music track composed by Anna especially for this event, a new main menu background created by Yaroslav to mark the special date, and a new official tournament with some very special prizes. We will also release an update on the geography of current player base to show how different regions discovered this game at different times.
See you in a week and a half!
RESULTS!
The tournament is over and as always we would like to share with you some additional data as well as the list of the winners :fireapple:
DATA
Participants: 1.265 unique players participated in the tournament.
[U]Involvement
: 258 players completed 8 or more sessions. 114 players received the "Facepalm" lobby icon for completing all 8 tournament sessions for the first time. 424 players completed more than half (5+) of their sessions.
<*>Sessions played: 1.669 tournament sessions were played in the course of the tournament.
<*>Bans: 8 players have been banned for the breach of the Fair Play Rules during this tournament.
<*>Tournament chests: 2.629 tournament chests were distributed during the tournament (overall, including non-tournament sessions, 4.440 chests were distributed to players in this period).
<*>Special prize: all winners from top-10 of each server, Amsterdam and Singapore, receive the new main menu background: The Flying Piglet and the new track: Melody of the Flying Piglet!
:cards: players: 4
:score: victory condition: 30 points
:cursecard: Chaos Cards: allowed
:health_powerup: Character Abilities: allowed
:telegram: Impending Misfortune: visible
:cheatdice: Characters: random
:RatsClock: Timer: normal
:Location: Field: Clockwork colony
Tournament points (place in session/points gained):
+150 tournament points
+45 tournament points
+15 tournament points
0 tournament points
:steampunk: SINGAPORE
:cards: players: 2
:score: victory condition: 35 points
:cursecard: Chaos Cards: allowed
:health_powerup: Character Abilities: allowed
:telegram: Impending Misfortune: visible
:cheatdice: Characters: random
:RatsClock: Timer: normal
:Location: Field: Clockwork colony
Tournament points (place in session/points gained):
+60 tournament points
0 tournament points
* Special rules:
The following cards are removed from the deck:
:cards: "Devil's Due"
:cards: "Guild Services"
:cards: "An Award Ceremony"
:cards: "False Testimony"
:cards: "An Honest Exchange"
:cards: x1 "A Set-up"
:cards: "A Voodoo Doll"
:cards: "The Accelerator"
:votes: RULES:
Sessions that count towards the tournament: :bh2coin::bh2coin::bh2coin::bh2coin::bh2coin::bh2coin::bh2coin::bh2coin: (8)
For each win, players receive additional points that depend on the strength of the opponents over whom they have won. Important: your tournament points will continue to increase with the increase in the tournament score of your past opponents, over whom you prevailed – even if you already have reached the limit of sessions for the tournament. What this means is that the tournament is never over for you as long as your previously conquered opponents continue to play, and win.
During this tournament, regular rating points will be frozen for all the players. Your tournament sessions will NOT affect your regular rating.
Players get tournament points for the first 8 sessions played in the tournament on each of the servers. Any subsequent sessions won't give any tournament points, and won't increase the number of defeated opponents who give additional points. Nonetheless, victories of all opponents who were defeated in the first 8 sessions will affect your final tournament rating.
PRIZE FUND:
Awarded: Top 10 players on each of the servers. In addition to the main prize fund, every player who finishes all 8 tournament sessions receives a special bonus player icon “Facepalm” (only if it has not been received before)!
:hypnoheart: Special prizes: all winners from top-10 of each server, Amsterdam and Singapore, will receive the new main menu background: The Flying Piglet and the new track: Melody of the Flying Piglet!
In the case when at the end of the tournament two or more players will have equal number of tournament points, they will share the same (highest) place and get the same rewards. However, the award list will not be extended, and we will still award only the top 10 players on each server.
TOURNAMENT CHESTS – FAQ:
Q. Where do Tournament Chests drop? A. Only in tournament sessions, which are available via Multiplayer Lobby.
Q. If I've finished all my tournament sessions, can I get more tournament chests? A. Yes, as long as you will keep playing tournament sessions.
Q. Are the tournament items limited to this tournament only, or to tournaments in general? A. The tournament items are available via tournament chests, which drop during every official tournament in the game.
Q. Is there a full list of tournament items available via tournament chests? A. Yes, please see below:
Starting from February 1 we have switched to the new system for ranked seasons. The previous ranked season was on a shorter side (just about 6 weeks) but as usual, the top-10 strongest and luckiest players on both servers will be awarded with :flake: Winter Chests :flake: as well as with :firstplace: rare in-game items :firstplace:!
To celebrate the Lunar New Year, we've put together a special program:
Enjoy a new original main menu background created just for this occasion – The Flying Piglet!
Enjoy a new original music track created just for this occasion – Melody of the Flying Piglet!
Both items are available in-game for free to everyone for the two weeks of the celebration. Once the event is over, these items will still be available as free tradable in-game drops.
Get a new unique emoticon created for the Lunar New Year 2019 “Saving Up” for FREE*
Get a unique emoticon created for the Lunar New year 2018 “Automated Dog” for FREE*
Get a unique global effect created for the Lunar New Year 2017 "Flying lanterns" for FREE*
* – these unique items are granted for FREE automatically under the following conditions: (1) you must own Gremlins, Inc. and the following DLC's: Uninvited Guests, Automated Competitors, Astral Gamblers, Famous Figures, Digital Artbook and Original Soundtrack (collectively: The Governor Edition); and (2) you must log into the game at least once during the two-week celebration of the Lunar New Year 2019.
A new unique item is now available for purchase at Black Market: "The Golden Piglet" lobby icon.
A special Lunar New Year 2019 Tournament will run on Amsterdam and Singapore servers February 8 – February 11.
In addition to the main prize fund, every player who finishes all tournament sessions during this tournament receives a special bonus player icon – “Facepalm”.
The special bundle: the Lunar New Year DLC Set gives you 50% OFF when upgrading to the complete set of DLCs!
Thanks for playing with us – and Happy New Lunar Year!
As was announced before, the new ranking system based on monthly periods will become active starting from February 1st, 12:00 PM GMT (21:00 Tokyo, 8:00 PM Beijing). Prizes and rating for December and January will be processed by the current system for the last time and then the ranked schedule, rating recalculation and the prize fund will be significantly changed. How exactly?
CHANGES IN RANKED SEASONS SCHEDULE
Starting from February, ranked seasons will be separated from seasonal updates which bring new content. Instead, each ranked season will last for exactly 1 calendar month and ends on the 1st day of the next month, at 12:00 PM GMT. Each month the rating of all players will be recalculated, and prizes will be distributed accordingly. As a result of this change, the ranked schedule should be more predictable and the competition for higher places and better prizes more dynamic.
CHANGES IN THE RATING RESET
After the end of the February season and in all subsequent ranked seasons players rating won't be reset to 100. Instead, their rating will be recalculated according to their results in the past month.
Players from the league of Oligarchs (rating 120.01+) start a new season with 112.00 rating points.
Players from the league of Governors (rating 110.01-120) start a new season with 108.00 rating points.
Players from the league of Deputies (rating 105.01-110) start a new season with 104.00 rating points.
Players from the league of Bureaucrats and the league of Politicians (rating 95.01-105) start a new season with 100.00 rating points.
Players from the league of Swindlers (rating 90.01-95) start a new season with 96.00 rating points.
Players from the league of Slackers (rating 80.01-90) start a new season with 92.00 rating points.
Players from the league of Beggars (rating 0.01-80) start a new season with 88.00 rating points.
This way, those players who were successful enough in the past season, will partly keep their rating and won't be forced to start each season from the very bottom. And the players who didn't do too well in a season will get a boost that pushes them closer to the starting rating of 100.00 points but won’t bring them back automatically.
CHANGES IN THE PRIZE FUND
Only the players who have finished at least 1 ranked session in the previous season are eligible for getting a prize.
Top-10 players of each server receive medals and the following prizes:
01. 12 regular chests, 5 seasonal chests of the current season, the trail of the current season 02. 10 regular chests, 5 seasonal chests of the current season, all contraband items of the current season 03. 10 regular chests, 4 seasonal chests of the current season, all rare items of the current season 04. 8 regular chests, 4 seasonal chests of the current season 05. 8 regular chests, 3 seasonal chests of the current season 06. 6 regular chests, 3 seasonal chests of the current season 07. 6 regular chests, 2 seasonal chests of the current season 08. 4 regular chests, 2 seasonal chests of the current season 09. 4 regular chests, 1 seasonal chests of the current season 10. 2 regular chests, 1 seasonal chests of the current season
Each player from the League of Oligarchs (rating 120+), including the players from top-10, receives 1 regular chest and 1 seasonal chests of the current season
Each player from the League of Governors (rating 110.01-120) receives 1 seasonal chests of the current season
Each player from the League of Deputies (rating 105.01-110) receives 1 regular chest
Each player from the League of Politicians (rating 100.01-105) receives 15 charges
Each player from the League of Bureaucrats (rating 95.01-100) receives 10 charges
Each player from the League of Swindlers (rating 90.01-95) receives 7 charges
Each player from the League of Slackers (rating 80.01-90) receives 5 charges
Each player from the League of Beggars (rating 0.01-80) receives 3 charges
Although the number of prizes for top-10 players has been slightly reduced in comparison to the previous seasons, it is compensated by the increased frequency of getting the prizes and by the possibility to get a reward even if you weren't able to achieve the top-10.
It took us some time but we think that with these changes we were able to remove the key cons of the current ranked system: seasons that are too long and end unpredictably; the necessity to start each new season from the ground up; the "all or nothing" prize system where only 20 players out of a few thousand are rewarded at the end of each season. We hope that you will find the new ranked system more transparent, predictable, dynamic and fair in terms of prize distribution and rating recalculation. Thank you for playing our game!
To a large part of our audience, the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday is a great opportunity to catch up with their favorite games. To celebrate the occasion, we're going to do a bunch of fun stuff with Gremlins, Inc. –
we'll release a new animated main menu (The Flying Piglet)
we'll release a new original music theme (Melody of the Flying Piglet)
we'll release a new in-game emoticon (Saving Up)
we'll bring back two earlier items (Flying Lanterns & Automated Dog)
we'll add to the Black Market a new lobby icon (The Golden Piglet)
we'll run a special LNY-themed tournament (Feb 8 – Feb 11)
All of the new content is expected to deploy on Feb 1. The new menu and theme will be free to everyone for the duration of the event, and will become free drops after that. The new emoticon (as well as two earlier effects/emoticons from the other Lunar New Year periods) will be issued for free to every owner of The Governor Edition of the game who logs into the game during the event. The new lobby icon, alas, will not be free :bh2coin:.
We look forward a great week ahead, whether your region celebrates the holiday or not, and we hope that you will enjoy Anna's new music track and Yaroslav's new animated creation, both inspired by the coming Year of the Pig! Full details & links to be posted here on Steam on Feb 1.
What IF?
Kaxet
The Krits
