Around the clock game
Jun 30, 2019, 11:57 pm
#63
Join Date: Oct 2016
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I guess maybe it is "broken" if you have already completed the city that would normally be available at that time? From my understanding, you can only do each city once, and they will be changing the available cities in a couple of days?
Jul 1, 2019, 12:01 am
#64
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Jul 1, 2019, 2:58 am
#65
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I wish Accor would spend their IT efforts on the functionality of their website (e.g., viewing existing reservations, default currency in search results) rather than creating absurd games such as these (especially when they don't work).
Jul 1, 2019, 8:22 pm
#67
Join Date: Jul 2019
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Around the Clock game issues
Hi,
Has anybody had issues with the game. I get to scores of 1500 or so and switched off all the lights on the building with 5 or so seconds to go and have to wait for new light to appear.
Just finding impossible to reach that 2000 score on this game.
Has anybody had issues with the game. I get to scores of 1500 or so and switched off all the lights on the building with 5 or so seconds to go and have to wait for new light to appear.
Just finding impossible to reach that 2000 score on this game.
Jul 3, 2019, 8:30 am
#71
Join Date: Apr 2016
Programs: LH SEN, HH Dia, Accor Plat
Posts: 127
I think there are 4 possibilities:
1. Poor requirements given to a 1st year student
2. Deliberate "case when" included in the logon script to prevent gold and plats from winning (and to attract other ranges of non status clients)
3. Panic code included if there are too many winners to limit losses (difficult to believe)
4. Normal Accor IT incompetence (most probably)
Anyway it is a good case study of how to buy yourself worldwide negative publicity and angry feelings for a very little amount.
Pass
1. Poor requirements given to a 1st year student
2. Deliberate "case when" included in the logon script to prevent gold and plats from winning (and to attract other ranges of non status clients)
3. Panic code included if there are too many winners to limit losses (difficult to believe)
4. Normal Accor IT incompetence (most probably)
Anyway it is a good case study of how to buy yourself worldwide negative publicity and angry feelings for a very little amount.
Pass
Jul 3, 2019, 10:13 pm
#73
Join Date: Jul 2019
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Hi All,
So I have decided to record my few last attempts at this game and found few interesting things:
1. Total number of windows is 63 and you need to click on 100 windows (20 points per windows) so this means at least 3 windows per second.
2. When the game starts I always have all 63 windows lit but withing a second almost half of them disappear on their own so you start with say 32 windows.
3. I get to 15s left and I have switched off all the windows but one which will not go off no matter how many times I click on it.
4. You do not get multiple points when you click the same window, as per point 3 I only got 20 points and all the other clicks on that windows do not give you points.
5. For the last 15s of the game I got only 13 new windows to switch off, and the window which will not go off.
I'm not sure if any one else would attempt this but to me it look like there never is enough windows to actually get to 100.
Anyone asks how do I know this? Have video editing software where I can scroll frame by frame and see which windows go on and off and on. Now working to calculate exact number of windows that I click in these 4 recorded games.
Update coming soon.
So I have decided to record my few last attempts at this game and found few interesting things:
1. Total number of windows is 63 and you need to click on 100 windows (20 points per windows) so this means at least 3 windows per second.
2. When the game starts I always have all 63 windows lit but withing a second almost half of them disappear on their own so you start with say 32 windows.
3. I get to 15s left and I have switched off all the windows but one which will not go off no matter how many times I click on it.
4. You do not get multiple points when you click the same window, as per point 3 I only got 20 points and all the other clicks on that windows do not give you points.
5. For the last 15s of the game I got only 13 new windows to switch off, and the window which will not go off.
I'm not sure if any one else would attempt this but to me it look like there never is enough windows to actually get to 100.
Anyone asks how do I know this? Have video editing software where I can scroll frame by frame and see which windows go on and off and on. Now working to calculate exact number of windows that I click in these 4 recorded games.
Update coming soon.
Jul 4, 2019, 2:34 am
#75
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Posts: 3,530
Hi All,
So I have decided to record my few last attempts at this game and found few interesting things:
1. Total number of windows is 63 and you need to click on 100 windows (20 points per windows) so this means at least 3 windows per second.
2. When the game starts I always have all 63 windows lit but withing a second almost half of them disappear on their own so you start with say 32 windows.
3. I get to 15s left and I have switched off all the windows but one which will not go off no matter how many times I click on it.
4. You do not get multiple points when you click the same window, as per point 3 I only got 20 points and all the other clicks on that windows do not give you points.
5. For the last 15s of the game I got only 13 new windows to switch off, and the window which will not go off.
I'm not sure if any one else would attempt this but to me it look like there never is enough windows to actually get to 100.
Anyone asks how do I know this? Have video editing software where I can scroll frame by frame and see which windows go on and off and on. Now working to calculate exact number of windows that I click in these 4 recorded games.
Update coming soon.
So I have decided to record my few last attempts at this game and found few interesting things:
1. Total number of windows is 63 and you need to click on 100 windows (20 points per windows) so this means at least 3 windows per second.
2. When the game starts I always have all 63 windows lit but withing a second almost half of them disappear on their own so you start with say 32 windows.
3. I get to 15s left and I have switched off all the windows but one which will not go off no matter how many times I click on it.
4. You do not get multiple points when you click the same window, as per point 3 I only got 20 points and all the other clicks on that windows do not give you points.
5. For the last 15s of the game I got only 13 new windows to switch off, and the window which will not go off.
I'm not sure if any one else would attempt this but to me it look like there never is enough windows to actually get to 100.
Anyone asks how do I know this? Have video editing software where I can scroll frame by frame and see which windows go on and off and on. Now working to calculate exact number of windows that I click in these 4 recorded games.
Update coming soon.
