Why did Summoner Showdown disappear early?

Well timer of Showdown was showing 7h earlier finish of event than in this announcement

Just got on to finish this and it’s gone for me as well. Wasn’t planning on doing it all last minute but had only one left. Not cool

SatsuiNoHadou

So that Kabam can screw with those whose strategy is to react to showdown leading times and not give them ample time to post even better times to displace the leader.

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Matanacos

It was supposed to end today 10:00 am PDT

Ultimatheory

Weird. Definitely is supposed to be still on.

thequadfather23

I leveled up 6* void yesterday specifically to clear Cap Marvel and now don’t get the rewards because it’s gone. So frustrating

Akoris

It was a complete failure according to me

Well two things - 1/ announcement, 2/ timer in game were showing different times. Obviously it is developer's mistake. However seeing that timer and knowing that mistakes less or more often happen I would still do it before timer expire (just in case). It ended only 7 h before due time and event was running whole weak so it was definitely doable earlier, especially that fight itself in show up difficulty is not too long. My view on it would be different if no timer in game. But it is only my opinion, I fully respect other players' opinions and feelings. Greetings!

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Apocalypse189

Well two things - 1/ announcement, 2/ timer in game were showing different times. Obviously it is developer's mistake. However seeing that timer and knowing that mistakes less or more often happen I would still do it before timer expire (just in case). It ended only 7 h before due time and event was running whole weak so it was definitely doable earlier, especially that fight itself in show up difficulty is not too long. My view on it would be different if no timer in game. But it is only my opinion, I fully respect other players' opinions and feelings. Greetings!

If they had different timers to the announcement, pretty sure they'd change them ASAP like in the recent past

But a global event that ends nearly 3 hours before the announced end time something must have caused it

Well two things - 1/ announcement, 2/ timer in game were showing different times. Obviously it is developer's mistake. However seeing that timer and knowing that mistakes less or more often happen I would still do it before timer expire (just in case). It ended only 7 h before due time and event was running whole weak so it was definitely doable earlier, especially that fight itself in show up difficulty is not too long. My view on it would be different if no timer in game. But it is only my opinion, I fully respect other players' opinions and feelings. Greetings!
If they had different timers to the announcement, pretty sure they'd change them ASAP like in the recent past

But a global event that ends nearly 3 hours before the announced end time something must have caused it

I agree. As I wrote, it is on developer undoubtly. What I stated is not to show that players messed up, but rather that there were signs in the sky and earth that it may end earlier than in announcement and when one see such signs can ignore them or take action. Not taking action is risky in such circumstances though.

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Kabam Vydious

Looking into this!

Magrailothos

Given the tendency of this game to go down unpredictably for hours at a time, events to start/finish at slightly the wrong time, and for games to start lagging and cause you to crash out of games losing 50% health, I'm going to humbly suggest that "Waiting till the last minute" isn't a well-thought-out strategy...

Also (@akumaccb) why would Kabam deliberate disadvantage certain players on purpose? Why would they care that Person A wins instead of Person B? They just want people to play, as relentlessly as possible.

Werewrym

Given the tendency of this game to go down unpredictably for hours at a time, events to start/finish at slightly the wrong time, and for games to start lagging and cause you to crash out of games losing 50% health, I'm going to humbly suggest that "Waiting till the last minute" isn't a well-thought-out strategy...

Nonsense! lol

SummonerNR

Too many things this month expiring on different days and/or weeks.

Noticed the timer last night, so I made sure to finish it last night. Not sure for how long before that the timer had been saying a “6 am EST / 3am PST ?” time.

This makes sense, sure. The problem is, it also assumes people are checking the timer and doing the math themselves when it makes the most sense to just take the announcement at face value. If you aren’t checking in often on that specific event, you may not even realize this to be the case.

Well two things - 1/ announcement, 2/ timer in game were showing different times. Obviously it is developer's mistake. However seeing that timer and knowing that mistakes less or more often happen I would still do it before timer expire (just in case). It ended only 7 h before due time and event was running whole weak so it was definitely doable earlier, especially that fight itself in show up difficulty is not too long. My view on it would be different if no timer in game. But it is only my opinion, I fully respect other players' opinions and feelings. Greetings!

This makes sense, sure. The problem is, it also assumes people are checking the timer and doing the math themselves when it makes the most sense to just take the announcement at face value. If you aren’t checking in often on that specific event, you may not even realize this to be the case.
Well two things - 1/ announcement, 2/ timer in game were showing different times. Obviously it is developer's mistake. However seeing that timer and knowing that mistakes less or more often happen I would still do it before timer expire (just in case). It ended only 7 h before due time and event was running whole weak so it was definitely doable earlier, especially that fight itself in show up difficulty is not too long. My view on it would be different if no timer in game. But it is only my opinion, I fully respect other players' opinions and feelings. Greetings!

I can speak for myself, but for me personally it is way easier to check timer than calculate when will be certain announced hour in my lovely Poland

Fair enough. I live in the time zone they use for announcements so it’s the best way for me to track. I see how that would be different for someone across the globe.

This makes sense, sure. The problem is, it also assumes people are checking the timer and doing the math themselves when it makes the most sense to just take the announcement at face value. If you aren’t checking in often on that specific event, you may not even realize this to be the case.
Well two things - 1/ announcement, 2/ timer in game were showing different times. Obviously it is developer's mistake. However seeing that timer and knowing that mistakes less or more often happen I would still do it before timer expire (just in case). It ended only 7 h before due time and event was running whole weak so it was definitely doable earlier, especially that fight itself in show up difficulty is not too long. My view on it would be different if no timer in game. But it is only my opinion, I fully respect other players' opinions and feelings. Greetings!

I can speak for myself, but for me personally it is way easier to check timer than calculate when will be certain announced hour in my lovely Poland

winterthur

Leaderboard is still being updated instead of showing results calculation (or something like that).

New leader in US zone.

Ghost is marching ahead of Magneto.

Leaderboard is still being updated instead of showing results calculation (or something like that).

New leader in US zone.

Ghost is marching ahead of Magneto.

I believe it is final. I made my fight which game me second place in EU some time before Showdown closed. I will paste it here (why not):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXdwxEYLv4U&t=8s . 7h maybe made difference for me and maybe not, I will never know

However we all had same chances. Congratulations to all who killed this IWIM and special congratulatinons to those who are in top!

Kabam Vydious

Hey gang!

Sorry for the delay in an update here. We have an official announcement on it right now, but don't have further information. We'll keep you all posted HERE.

Magrailothos

So... It was an accident?

Given the tendency of this game to go down unpredictably for hours at a time... I'm going to humbly suggest that "Waiting till the last minute" isn't a well-thought-out strategy...

Ladies and gentleman of the jury, I rest my case!

Kabam Boo

Greetings Summoners,

Due to unforeseen technical difficulties, our Summoner Showdown Qualifier Week 3 Fight against Iron Man (Infinity War) (the "event") experienced premature expiration. We acknowledge the frustration and confusion this may have caused and extend our sincerest apologies to all affected players.

After thorough investigation, our team confirms that any endeavours to resume the event will result in a compromised experience for our players. In the interest of preventing further interruptions to our system and the app, and in accordance with Section 14 of the 2020 Summoner Showdown Tournament Official Rules, we will be using the leaderboard at the time the event was terminated to determine the players who will advance to the next stage of the Tournament.

We hope you will continue to enjoy our other exciting events today.

winterthur

A second unaddressed issue was the leaderboard not being updated promptly.

Is the 'current' still visible leaderboard the final standings?

What about those of us finishing up the show up difficulty? The million gold and 900k 5* shards is quite a bit to miss because of such an error. No way to get that rectified?

Greetings Summoners,

Due to unforeseen technical difficulties, our Summoner Showdown Qualifier Week 3 Fight against Iron Man (Infinity War) (the "event") experienced premature expiration. We acknowledge the frustration and confusion this may have caused and extend our sincerest apologies to all affected players.

After thorough investigation, our team confirms that any endeavours to resume the event will result in a compromised experience for our players. In the interest of preventing further interruptions to our system and the app, and in accordance with Section 14 of the 2020 Summoner Showdown Tournament Official Rules, we will be using the leaderboard at the time the event was terminated to determine the players who will advance to the next stage of the Tournament.

We hope you will continue to enjoy our other exciting events today.