Daily Game Upgrades

The "regional" daily game is being expanded and updated to offer a better experience for all players. While we had a little bit of competition in a couple of regions, the vast majority of regions had little to no real competition, and comparisons weren't entirely fair. There also wasn't really any compelling reason to play the game. That is changing :)

You will still be able to compare yourself to other players in your region, but we're adding some cool stuff to the game.

These are changes starting TOMORROW (Tue, May 12)...

Changes:

- The game has been renamed to "The Daily Game". This game is designed so that if you only have time to do ONE thing on FunTrivia in a day, it should be this game. It has a good balance of questions both in difficulty and in range of topics, has incredibly fair scoring, and offers good point rewards for playing.

- In order to create a completely level playing field, all players are randomly assigned to one of 25 question sets each day. Each player is then scored against those players in his/her question set.

- All participants earn 1 to 100 "Daily Points" based on how they score relative to other players in their question set. The player with the best score in each set scores 100 points, and the player in last place approaches 0. Accumulate 5000 daily points over multiple days/months and you will earn the Daily Crown badge.

- This game will now have 20 questions per day instead of 15. I have added some fun generalized categories such as vocabulary/spelling into this game.

- There are now larger FunTrivia point awards for daily participation. In addition, the top 10 players in each set will earn bonus points.

- Regional charts will still be available in the game for those of you who liked the old setup. You will be able to track your regional friends as you could before in the regional game. You will be able to see the leaders for each region like before too.

- We will reset the "cumulative" standings for May to completely integrate this new system. I considered waiting until the end of the month, but no badges or scores rely on those standings, so an early reset isn't a big deal. I will post the May top scores so far in the forums for those who like to keep track of these things when I reset the standings.

Badges for the Daily Game:

- Regional Achievement has been renamed to Daily Achievement, and scaled for 20 questions.

- NEW BADGE: The winner of each of the 25 question sets each day wins the "Daily Winner" badge.

- NEW BADGE: Daily Crown: Awarded to each player who accumulates 5000 Daily Points, as outlined above.

- The old "Daily" game badge has been renamed to "Daily Game Champ" and its requirements remain unchanged. It is awarded to the SINGLE player with the highest worldwide score each day. It is incredibly difficult to earn.

- Any badges you earned in the old Regional Game will REMAIN YOURS. No badges will be lost, just some renamed.