What is going on with the match game? I'm in the middle of trying to finish the game and it has disappeared as one of the choices in Gardenia's Gamery. Is anyone else experiencing this? Or is it a glitch on my game?
Post by swimmom248 on Jan 26, 2021 11:04:40 GMT -6
Not just you. I just entered to complete a board and it was missing for me too. Wonder if DECA realized we were using the hack and took it down for that reason. If you don’t use the hack, it isn’t worth playing, In my opinion.
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Not just you. I just entered to complete a board and it was missing for me too. Wonder if DECA realized we were using the hack and took it down for that reason. If you don’t use the hack, it isn’t worth playing, In my opinion.
Well that hack has always been there, through BFS, through Hasbro, pretty much from the inception of the match game. DECA has to be aware of it? If they weren't then they are really, really, really not paying attention. And that's not our problem as players. If you put the game in then you should commit to leaving it until the event is over. Never use it again or fix the hack in the future but you should eat your mistake and not pull it in the middle of an event. At the very least wait until reset.
They spotted an exploit? That's always been there. They don't have my understanding because it is nothing new. If they had a problem with it they shouldn't have added the game. This is on DECA. And that is a lousy way to handle it. At the very least they should have waited until reset.
Not just you. I just entered to complete a board and it was missing for me too. Wonder if DECA realized we were using the hack and took it down for that reason. If you don’t use the hack, it isn’t worth playing, In my opinion.
Well that hack has always been there, through BFS, through Hasbro, pretty much from the inception of the match game. DECA has to be aware of it? If they weren't then they are really, really, really not paying attention. And that's not our problem as players. If you put the game in then you should commit to leaving it until the event is over. Never use it again or fix the hack in the future but you should eat your mistake and not pull it in the middle of an event. At the very least wait until reset.
Deca did try to fix Match, yesterday and today, but were unable to so they pulled the game. If you have leftover plays the other mini-games are still available. I’ve asked if they could add Magic Tap, since players prefer that game, but it may not be possible since the event is already up and running.
Backflip fixed the Match exploit by installing a daily currency cap, which included the mini-games. Deca did not want to put a daily limit on currency (which is good), and since they were not able to fix Match quickly, the game was removed.
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Sorry Amos but that was not the case on other single days. I would have noticed it. This is new.
Gardenia has been in my park twice a day for quite a few days. If you watch the border of visitors box when the outside border is pink Gardenia is in park and the pink border disappears after you tap on her. That is how it has been in my park anyway. Collect her in the morning and they after reset each day.🌹
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Well that hack has always been there, through BFS, through Hasbro, pretty much from the inception of the match game. DECA has to be aware of it? If they weren't then they are really, really, really not paying attention. And that's not our problem as players. If you put the game in then you should commit to leaving it until the event is over. Never use it again or fix the hack in the future but you should eat your mistake and not pull it in the middle of an event. At the very least wait until reset.
Deca did try to fix Match, yesterday and today, but were unable to so they pulled the game. If you have leftover plays the other mini-games are still available. I’ve asked if they could add Magic Tap, since players prefer that game, but it may not be possible since the event is already up and running.
Backflip fixed the Match exploit by installing a daily currency cap, which included the mini-games. Deca did not want to put a daily limit on currency (which is good), and since they were not able to fix Match quickly, the game was removed.
Clearly none of this was a surprise to Deca. What you say here just reinforces the reality that Deca was aware of the potential presented by this exploit. I don't understand why they would add this game in the first place. I couldn't exploit it to any substantial degree because my game is so slow, but the opportunity for others with a faster game to go to town getting roses was a surprise to noone. Especially not to Deca. So I don't understand why this game was added in the first place. If Deca did not want to put a daily limit on currency (which I agree is good) then why add the game to the event. Clearly by your post Deca was aware that Backflip fixed the match game exploit by adding a daily currency cap and Deca didn't want to do that, so again I ask why add the game in the first place. This should never have happened. Those of us with slow games should get a gift of a bunch of roses to make up for Deca's decision to add this game to the event giving some players a distinct advantage and then pulling it before a reset adding insult to injury to those of us with slow games. I get that will never happen. But I still feel incredibly annoyed by this whole debacle.
Deca did try to fix Match, yesterday and today, but were unable to so they pulled the game. If you have leftover plays the other mini-games are still available. I’ve asked if they could add Magic Tap, since players prefer that game, but it may not be possible since the event is already up and running.
Backflip fixed the Match exploit by installing a daily currency cap, which included the mini-games. Deca did not want to put a daily limit on currency (which is good), and since they were not able to fix Match quickly, the game was removed.
Clearly none of this was a surprise to Deca. What you say here just reinforces the reality that Deca was aware of the potential presented by this exploit. I don't understand why they would add this game in the first place. I couldn't exploit it to any substantial degree because my game is so slow, but the opportunity for others with a faster game to go to town getting roses was a surprise to noone. Especially not to Deca. So I don't understand why this game was added in the first place. If Deca did not want to put a daily limit on currency (which I agree is good) then why add the game to the event. Clearly by your post Deca was aware that Backflip fixed the match game exploit by adding a daily currency cap and Deca didn't want to do that, so again I ask why add the game in the first place. This should never have happened. Those of us with slow games should get a gift of a bunch of roses to make up for Deca's decision to add this game to the event giving some players a distinct advantage and then pulling it before a reset adding insult to injury to those of us with slow games. I get that will never happen. But I still feel incredibly annoyed by this whole debacle.
Deca was not aware of the exploit when they included Make-a-Match in the event. They would not purposefully add a glitched mini-game, that wouldn’t be beneficial for them or players. Match has not been involved in an event for a while, and this was the first time they’ve implemented it, so they were not aware of its history and potential problems.
One of the Game Reps reported the exploit over the weekend and mentioned that Backflip was able to fix it. By Monday, when the DV team returned, the exploit had been widely shared on DV social sites, and the problem was growing.
Deca worked on the issue on Monday and Tuesday, but were unable to resolve it. They looked to see what Backflip did to fix it, and that’s when they discovered a daily currency limit was used to control the exploit.
Deca will probably not compensate players with a ton of Roses that they’ll be missing due to an exploit being removed. That wouldn’t really make a lot of sense. It’d be different if Match short-changed players, then they’d compensate. The Roses obtained from the glitch should just be enjoyed by the players as their extra bonus.
I have a fast device with plenty of RAM (6GB), and I found the Match glitch too time consuming to participate, especially with the donation boards providing plenty of Roses. Although I didn’t take advantage of this exploit, I know how disappointing it is when a helpful glitch is removed, even though you know the fix will inevitably happen. And clearly, a lot of players found the exploit beneficial and will miss the additional Roses. But hopefully, it gave them a helpful start to the event while it lasted.
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There's an easy fix to the match game. Instead of taking away your attempt when you pick the second tile to flip, take away the attempt when you pick the first tile. Then the second tile to flip is free. That way if you peek at one, restart the app before the second, you're still down an attempt.
I can't even do this on my park unless I want to wait a couple minutes for each try, as large parks are very slow to load even on newer devices. I don't have that level of patience. They left in the plant farming, which allowed unlimited currency, in previous events. I also didn't have the patience for that but I certainly know of players who took advantage of it and got everything early.
They also need to give 10 attempts on the match game board. Five is not enough. I'm not sure how you best balance that with the other games, although the most obvious way would be to give 10 attempts on all other games but cut the other game rewards in half.
I just came here to see what happened to the Match game. I’m not surprised it was taken out. I thought they’d either fix it or removed it. Since it’s a Double day I can see why they didn’t want it going on if a lot of players are abusing it. It’s good they noticed it and was reported and Deca was keeping track of it. I know people are mad that it’s gone but it’s probably better in the long run b/c it keeps the game fair for everyone not just people who read about exploits on forums or Facebook and Reddit.
That’s interesting BFS was never able to fix the game. The problem must be deep rooted. It would be so cool if they can get Magic Tap in I usually get the most amount from that game but I can see how it might be hard to add it so late.
Btw that was a great guess on the chocolates disappearing adlerist! I couldn’t believe it when I saw it yesterday. 😂
There's an easy fix to the match game. Instead of taking away your attempt when you pick the second tile to flip, take away the attempt when you pick the first tile. Then the second tile to flip is free. That way if you peek at one, restart the app before the second, you're still down an attempt.
I can't even do this on my park unless I want to wait a couple minutes for each try, as large parks are very slow to load even on newer devices. I don't have that level of patience. They left in the plant farming, which allowed unlimited currency, in previous events. I also didn't have the patience for that but I certainly know of players who took advantage of it and got everything early.
They also need to give 10 attempts on the match game board. Five is not enough. I'm not sure how you best balance that with the other games, although the most obvious way would be to give 10 attempts on all other games but cut the other game rewards in half.
Do you really think it’d be that easy to fix? I somehow think BFS would’ve fixed it or DECA would’ve if it was that easy.
I have the same patience as you! I can’t plant farm and I couldn’t do the match game thing either. I guess a lot of players are more patient!
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I am very underwhelmed about the Community Collection of Roses gift. It is a twin Rifted Lichen. 😕 I was hoping for something I didn’t have. I know technically, this is a dragon I don’t currently have. I do have a regular, twin and rift version of Lichen. I just don’t collect Rifted twins, or their peds, since they can’t be bred and are collected only through purchasing random eggs. There are so many other dragons that I only have one of, no twin or no Rifted version, so why this Lichen?
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Clearly none of this was a surprise to Deca. What you say here just reinforces the reality that Deca was aware of the potential presented by this exploit. I don't understand why they would add this game in the first place. I couldn't exploit it to any substantial degree because my game is so slow, but the opportunity for others with a faster game to go to town getting roses was a surprise to noone. Especially not to Deca. So I don't understand why this game was added in the first place. If Deca did not want to put a daily limit on currency (which I agree is good) then why add the game to the event. Clearly by your post Deca was aware that Backflip fixed the match game exploit by adding a daily currency cap and Deca didn't want to do that, so again I ask why add the game in the first place. This should never have happened. Those of us with slow games should get a gift of a bunch of roses to make up for Deca's decision to add this game to the event giving some players a distinct advantage and then pulling it before a reset adding insult to injury to those of us with slow games. I get that will never happen. But I still feel incredibly annoyed by this whole debacle.
Deca will probably not compensate players with a ton of Roses that they’ll be missing due to an exploit being removed. That wouldn’t really make a lot of sense. It’d be different if Match short-changed players, then they’d compensate. The Roses obtained from the glitch should just be enjoyed by the players as their extra bonus.
I did not suggest that Deca compensate players with a ton of roses because they'll be missing them due to an exploit being removed. I believe Deca should take responsibility for adding a game that is notorious for being able to be exploited and allowing some players a great advantage over others. There must be notes about this from Backflip. It's seems impossible that Deca wasn't aware before adding this game to the event. And if they weren't it is still their responsibility for such a huge oversight. Now a whole lot of players with fast games were able to accumulate a lot of roses, and Deca has admitted this themselves citing an increase of players using the bug as a reason they had to stop the game. I was not serious that Deca should give players with slow devices extra roses. I wish they would. But I recognize it is a logistically impossible and fairly ridiculous request. But one can dream. Personally I am glad that game is gone. I ran myself ragged trying to keep up using that hack knowing that people were getting far ahead of me in roses because my game is so slow. Now I can relax and enjoy playing normally. I just wish Deca would pay more attention. This was completely unnecessary and easily avoidable although I'm sure many players who were able to get their hands on tons of extra roses are happy that Deca mismanaged this so spectacularly.
Deca will probably not compensate players with a ton of Roses that they’ll be missing due to an exploit being removed. That wouldn’t really make a lot of sense. It’d be different if Match short-changed players, then they’d compensate. The Roses obtained from the glitch should just be enjoyed by the players as their extra bonus.
I did not suggest that Deca compensate players with a ton of roses because they'll be missing them due to an exploit being removed. I believe Deca should take responsibility for adding a game that is notorious for being able to be exploited and allowing some players a great advantage over others. There must be notes about this from Backflip. It's seems impossible that Deca wasn't aware before adding this game to the event. And if they weren't it is still their responsibility for such a huge oversight. Now a whole lot of players with fast games were able to accumulate a lot of roses, and Deca has admitted this themselves citing an increase of players using the bug as a reason they had to stop the game. I was not serious that Deca should give players with slow devices extra roses. I wish they would. But I recognize it is a logistically impossible and fairly ridiculous request. But one can dream. Personally I am glad that game is gone. I ran myself ragged trying to keep up using that hack knowing that people were getting far ahead of me in roses because my game is so slow. Now I can relax and enjoy playing normally. I just wish Deca would pay more attention. This was completely unnecessary and easily avoidable although I'm sure many players who were able to get their hands on tons of extra roses are happy that Deca mismanaged this so spectacularly.
I seriously doubt DECA added Match KNOWING it had an exploit. Why would they do that? It just creates more work for them and makes players mad when the exploit has to be fixed. No developer would purposefully add an element to a game knowing it had problems.
I have what would be considered a “fast” device and I couldn’t do the exploit either it was only players who were really patient and had the time who were able to use it. If they have the time and patience to open and close their game and keep track of the cards, then more power to them. They earned those roses. I’m not upset they have more when they put so much effort into it.
DECA fixed the problem quickly if it went on for weeks that would’ve been bad. I don’t see any reason to be angry or to compensate. Exploits happen all the time in games it’s not uncommon and it’s not because of mismanagement. It’s the nature of working with programs and developers can make mistakes just like everyone else. If DECA puts Match into an event again without fixing it, then what you said would be true and appropriate. But since this is their first goof with Match, it seems like an honest mistake and they removed it quickly to fix it.
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Do you really think it’d be that easy to fix? I somehow think BFS would’ve fixed it or DECA would’ve if it was that easy.
I have the same patience as you! I can’t plant farm and I couldn’t do the match game thing either. I guess a lot of players are more patient!
I'll clarify, if you know the game's code and understand the rules of the game then it's very likely that easy to fix. BFS didn't fix it because it was not a high priority for them. They usually had limits on collecting currency per day, and they never looked at social media, so exploits discussed there wouldn't be on their radar. Deca may not yet know the code well enough to make quick fixes.
I am very underwhelmed about the Community Collection of Roses gift. It is a twin Rifted Lichen. 😕 I was hoping for something I didn’t have. I know technically, this is a dragon I don’t currently have. I do have a regular, twin and rift version of Lichen. I just don’t collect Rifted twins, or their peds, since they can’t be bred and are collected only through purchasing random eggs. There are so many other dragons that I only have one of, no twin or no Rifted version, so why this Lichen?
It was just the regular mystery egg like to one sold in the Rift market so it could’ve been any random dragon. There wasn’t a guarantee you’d get a dragon you don’t own or a version of a dragon you don’t own.🙁 At least you didn’t already have a twin rift Lichen!😀 I got a twin rift Swiftgrace. Do we know if all the community rewards are the regular egg of mystery?
There's an easy fix to the match game. Instead of taking away your attempt when you pick the second tile to flip, take away the attempt when you pick the first tile. Then the second tile to flip is free. That way if you peek at one, restart the app before the second, you're still down an attempt.
I can't even do this on my park unless I want to wait a couple minutes for each try, as large parks are very slow to load even on newer devices. I don't have that level of patience. They left in the plant farming, which allowed unlimited currency, in previous events. I also didn't have the patience for that but I certainly know of players who took advantage of it and got everything early.
They also need to give 10 attempts on the match game board. Five is not enough. I'm not sure how you best balance that with the other games, although the most obvious way would be to give 10 attempts on all other games but cut the other game rewards in half.
But the attempt score should only go down if the cards don't match; if the cards match, you get another "free" chance. That can't happen if the point for the attempt is deducted with the first pick, since it isn't known whether it will be a match or not. So that "easy fix" would really reduce the interest of the game, because it wouldn't have the enticement of "no cost if the card matches."
I didn't use the exploit, closing and reloading the game over and over just seems too tedious to me, but just by writing down the cards that I turned up so I didn't forget where they were, I found it easy to get most of the pairs with the first go-round of five attempts, and very easy to complete all matches after the half-day reset, because you got five more chances, but the board stayed the same, with plenty of known unmatched cards and fewer unknowns. So by the end of the second go-round it definitely gave more currency than the reliable Guess the Egg, but not always after the first round. Anyway, I enjoyed it a lot, but I can see how the exploit was a problem.
I am very underwhelmed about the Community Collection of Roses gift. It is a twin Rifted Lichen. 😕 I was hoping for something I didn’t have. I know technically, this is a dragon I don’t currently have. I do have a regular, twin and rift version of Lichen. I just don’t collect Rifted twins, or their peds, since they can’t be bred and are collected only through purchasing random eggs. There are so many other dragons that I only have one of, no twin or no Rifted version, so why this Lichen?
It was just the regular mystery egg like to one sold in the Rift market so it could’ve been any random dragon. There wasn’t a guarantee you’d get a dragon you don’t own or a version of a dragon you don’t own.🙁 At least you didn’t already have a twin rift Lichen!😀 I got a twin rift Swiftgrace. Do we know if all the community rewards are the regular egg of mystery?
Ah, that makes sense it being just a regular mystery egg. The contribution counter did fill up pretty fast, less than a week. So there should be more chances to get different dragons. 😊
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