Get rid of 1 Week Races

First and foremost, I, by no means, feel that controlling people's play time is or should be allowed.
With that said, after much thought, I've come to the conclusion that I agree with the OP on this subject. Mainly because of the results of the race and how the winners were basically all sleep deprived. I have no doubt in my mind that they are skillful in this game but at the same time there are many points to take into consideration when dealing with a 1 week marathon that relies on RNG, skill and sadly most hours played.

On that note, Sleep deprivation is a VERY serious issue.

Sleep deprivation can include the following symptoms:

:Depression
:Hallucinations
:Increased Blood pressure
:Aches and pains
:Memory loss and confusion
and in some rare cases even death...

Just to be EXTREMELY clear on this. I played this race for a few hours and Stopped solely based on the fact that I knew I would become sleep deprived and possibly get sick.

My honest suggestion to GGG is to PLEASE remove the 1 week races. Not just because many of us can't compete but because those who can are seriously hurting themselves by trying to stay on top and win.

Thanks for reading, I hope this helps.

A limit on how many hours an account can be logged on the race league per day would be a better solution then removing long races entirely.

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Atraps003 wrote:

A limit on how many hours an account can be logged on the race league per day would be a better solution then removing long races entirely.

Agreed, x1000.

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sillk wrote:

Then have a race then based on /played time.
ie. You have 1 month of real time to complete 1 week of /played to see how far you can get.

That way the good players with other commitments can still win because they can play in their own time.

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caveman785 wrote:

Umm no then ill just get freinds to round up 100 mobs, log on for the kill, log off, rinse and repeat 3,000x I win

1st of all I think it is a great idea. @second quote make it solo?

Edit: Sleep deprivation is serious, but I believe that you should now your limit. Sometimes I play for 30hrs straight BUT i always take breaks. MAX time I ever really play is 10hrs (I try to never go over), I know I know I have no social life atm what have u done GGG?

1 week races pose too much of a health risk and they encourage account sharing.

Those are the only reasons I think they should be removed.


I won't ever win ANY race. Won't win a 1 hour race. Won't win a 2 hour race. Won't win a 3 hour race. So this isn't about me whining that I can't win a 1 week race. I'm too bad at the game to win any race.



/played limits in a race aren't the solution as that isn't a race.




How long would a race to level 40 or level 50 take? Would they be a good substitute? This could last a week and you could make many attempts during the week to improve your time in racing to level 40 or level 50.

Has GGG ever said account sharing is bannable?(I have no idea if it is). Maybe they should make a tick option when make a char/acc.

"I plan to share this accounts with mates." < and then make it a ban if left unticked and it is shared.

Just a thought

U guys have to be joking of massive troll... right ???


u can't be for real. If u are your .. well pick a insult .

There is something very dangerous about the 1 week races. When you have thousands of people playing in one it can honestly cause some very possible legal problems, not to mention account sharing and the like.

1. Limiting each character to X hours in one day.
This doesn't work, as the best players will want to grind up maps/gear/etc to help them while their main character is "resting".

The only viable solution is limit it to certain time periods during the day.

AKA a one week race is open 5 hours, 2pm PST - 7 PM PST from sunday till next sunday. This way during downtime you can not farm on alt characters, and account sharing is counter productive. This would give someone 35 hours in a week to participate which is much more healthy, and a lot more people will play with no issues like sharing, or cheating.

Time limits in races won't work.
It would force people to get rushed by friends who started before them in order to compete.
eg if the limit is 12 hours per day, then your friends play the first 12 hours and rush you through all that content in half the time, letting you get an extra 6 hours of leveling in that day over the competition.

Depending on how they handle custom leagues, we'd probably just end up seeing a custom league 1 week race anyway. Nothing we can do about that, if people want to participate they should hopefully know what they're getting into.