Avoiding PvP desync

[serprex]

• Don't tab out of the game during pvp or search (this may not apply to Chrome)
• Don't view arena in the same session as pvp, as it largely increases the size of requests
• Searching can have issue if both players are not requesting from kongregate.com or elementsthegame.com
• If your window manager doesn't support compositing, don't completely obscure the game's Flash region. Compositing is the feature that allows transparency effects on windows
• Which player is master (ie which player begins searching first) may impact stability. Experiment

Elements the Proxy offers an alternative pvp server. It may have its own bugs, & it cannot solve clientside bugs. The Fiddle tool includes the option to optimize HTTP requests even if the alternative server isn't being used

Feel free to list any other relevant information

[ARTHANASIOS]

 Not enough. Tell me this, if I reveal a screenshot by the time the desynch or disconnect occurs and a few more screenshots of the same game while playing the AI and reveal that, no matter how my opponent played, I had the game in (e.g.) 3-4 turns, am I going to take the win or not? Can my opponent fake desynchs/disconnects every single time and get away with it?

 Moreover, another thing that can help avoiding desynchs is to play a few "unofficial" games with your opponent before the "official" ones with "illegal" decks (the later is for making sure neither you nor your opponent takes a look to the official decks that would be used later). I have done this with Acsabi, pwconfirm, RR and Blacksmith iirc. and it seemed to help establishing a more stable connection for our official War matches.

[theelkspeaks]

 Moreover, another thing that can help avoiding desynchs is to play a few "unofficial" games with your opponent before the "official" ones with "illegal" decks (the later is for making sure neither you nor your opponent takes a look to the official decks that would be used later). I have done this with Acsabi, pwconfirm, RR and Blacksmith iirc. and it seemed to help establishing a more stable connection for our official War matches.

I did a similar thing during most of my War matches and do recommend this for all settings except tournaments/leagues, where time considerations general make this undesirable.