3Dice tournament speed

**funeral979** · 26th January 2011, 04:22 AM

Hopefully somone can provide me some insight on why most 3Dice slots run so slow for me.

Whenever I play in any of the slots tourneys, I always seem to have wagered much less than almost everyone else (at least the ones I can see in the top 10).

For example, if I start within 30 seconds of the start of a tournament, and look at the scores after 10 minutes (and get no bonus rounds), pretty much everyone else will have wagered more than me, and maybe half will have wagered TWICE as much as me. How is this possible? Its the same whether I click away or use the autospin. I have also tried changing the optimize for quality/speed, but it doesn't really make a difference.

I have a fairly new computer (less than a year old). Its not the best, but its a fast machine.

The only exception is stickshifter. For some unexplainable reason, this slot runs super fast on my computer....and I always have the highest amount wagered on this game, even with lengthy free spin rounds. Any explanation why this is so?

**Glunn11** · 26th January 2011, 04:32 AM

Your speed settings are on Turbo, right?

Aside from that, what FPS are you getting during the slot play? You can check that by clicking the gears (options) and seeing the number under "Optimize".

**funeral979** · 26th January 2011, 04:37 AM

Originally Posted by Glunn11

Your speed settings are on Turbo, right?

Aside from that, what FPS are you getting during the slot play? You can check that by clicking the gears (options) and seeing the number under "Optimize".

Well damn. I wish I would have started this thread 6 months ago when I started playing these tournaments. For some inexplicable reason I never even noticed the normal/turbo setting.

Thank you!

Now I can lose much faster in real

**Glunn11** · 26th January 2011, 04:46 AM

Originally Posted by funeral979

Well damn. I wish I would have started this thread 6 months ago when I started playing these tournaments. For some inexplicable reason I never even noticed the normal/turbo setting.

Thank you!

Now I can lose much faster in real

Genius move by 3Dice, no?

Yeah, you don't stand a chance in hell in the tourneys without that turbo setting. Glad you're all squared away! Looking forward to seeing the newer, speedier funeral979 leading a tourney.

**funeral979** · 26th January 2011, 04:52 AM

Originally Posted by Glunn11

Genius move by 3Dice, no?

Yeah, you don't stand a chance in hell in the tourneys without that turbo setting. Glad you're all squared away! Looking forward to seeing the newer, speedier funeral979 leading a tourney.

Well I guess this explains why all my tourney wins (except for one freak accident on slotronomicon) were on the table game ones

This option has always been there? Am I that blind?

**Glunn11** · 26th January 2011, 04:57 AM

Originally Posted by funeral979

Well I guess this explains why all my tourney wins (except for one freak accident on slotronomicon) were on the table game ones

This option has always been there? Am I that blind?

Afraid so. That's just the way these kinds of things seem to work, though: looking so hard for something that's right in front of you.

**Seventh777** · 26th January 2011, 05:28 AM

Don`t forget the maximize for speed option also (bottom button iirc)

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**taysh075** · 26th January 2011, 08:01 AM

Wow, don't I feel like an idiot. Didn't notice that either funeral. Hopefully now I might actually win once in a blue moon.

**De Beuker** · 26th January 2011, 08:19 AM

Again 3Dice seems to far ahead on the competition.

Could someone from 3Dice PLEASE, PLEASE, call Microgaming and explain to them that it IS POSSIBLE to have quickspin/turbo play enabled during tournament play?

**vinylweatherman** · 29th January 2011, 08:59 PM

Originally Posted by De Beuker

Again 3Dice seems to far ahead on the competition.

Could someone from 3Dice PLEASE, PLEASE, call Microgaming and explain to them that it IS POSSIBLE to have quickspin/turbo play enabled during tournament play?

Microgaming already know this, in fact they have not simply left things alone, they have introduced some "crippleware" to ENSURE the tournaments run at the slower speed. This "crippleware" kicks in when your spins get as fast as one per 3 seconds. If you spin a bit faster, it kicks in and starts to add 3-6 second artificial pauses between spins. What has been a dead giveaway that this is DELIBERATE is that when you have "normal" server lag, your coin balance has the bet deducted immediately, although the reels keep spinning through the lag. When it's "crippleware" induced lag, the bet is NOT deducted immediately, but is removed when the first reel comes to rest.

This is a subtle, but very TELLING difference. They have tried to mimic server lag so that they can use "corporate denial", and tell players it is their PC, or their internet connection, that has let them down in the tournaments.

Tuning your PC for MGS tournament preformance is NOT about getting it to spin as fast as possible, but about getting it to spin at 3 second intervals, and NOT any less, such that the "cripple" function is not triggered, giving you up to 6 second pauses between spins.

Players with fast PCs have the advantage up to a point, but have TOO fast a PC, and MGS tournaments actually run SLOWER than on a more modest machine.

3Dice has no "crippleware" to slow down the tournaments, and neither does it have individual timers, just the overall timer for the tournament.
The only problem at 3Dice is that you CANNOT shut off the "stop on win greater than ........" option, so you cannot run permanently on autoplay as you can with MGS.