Jewel Quest II Tournament Mode

Hi all,

Has anyone figured out what the criteria is for your score to go up or down when playing in tournament mode? I've won and lost games without having a change up or down. There seems to be no connection as to whether you beat someone with a higher or lower score, lose to someone with a higher or lower score, beat the average (win or lose), or have a new personal best (win or lose). It seems totally random.

I win so few games that it's disappointing when my score doesn't go up on my rare wins.

Loretta (aka Virago in San Jose)

I played Jewel Quest 2 in the tournament mode tonight for quite a while. Over 50 games. Interesting and still fun, but frustrating. I could complete the puzzle and do the bonus for awhile and still not get enough points to win even if the other person didn't finish the puzzle. Maybe the trick is to do the puzzle longer and get more points from multiples. not sure. Oh well. Are we playing with real people or virtual people, anyone know?

If I recall correctly, you are playing saved games (not real-time) against opponents with a similar ranking to yours. These are games that were played by real people.
So if your ranking is 500, your opponent will rank somethere between 475 and 525 for example.

I thought that all you had to do to "win" was to beat your opponent (better total numerical score), but perhaps that is not the case.
Also, it is not just the numerical score you see at the end of the game / time limit -- all the bonus tokens (silver coins) get added to the total point score, so you want to collect a lot in challenge mode.

Interesting. We are talking about the version where you bought the game and it's part of the package.

You mean they aren't real people?!?! I never imagined such a thing.

Last night I beat someone with a much higher rating than me (115 vs 1175), I beat the global average, and it was a new personal best for me. I got no change in my rating. It must be completely random is all I can figure.

Loretta