I know it will occur if the losing team has control of the zone(s) by the time the clock runs out, but sometimes I it happen for a split second even though the losing team isn't controlling the zone(s) or sometimes it happens for more than 10. I'm guessing it may be because of lag but i'm not too sure, has this happened to any of you before and if so what do you think?
What exactly causes an overtime to occur?
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hard to say for sure, but the general wisdom seems to be that:
- the losing team has to be the team that controlled the zone(s) last
- the winning team does not have a majority of ink coverage on two-zone maps (very unsure of this, but it might be the reason why sometimes taking one point is enough to win and other times it isn't; either that or I'm misreading the situation)
- the losing team has been in control of the point in the last ~10 seconds (might be more or operate on some sort of permanent timer i.e. 10 seconds of no point = no overtime and the timer does not reset at any point, so if you gain control after 9 seconds of overtime and lose it for a second later on, the game ends)
- the winning team does not have control of the point
lag may play a factor in some cases.
I'm still not completely sure how it works myself, but the above is the best I've been able to piece together
- the losing team has to be the team that controlled the zone(s) last
- the winning team does not have a majority of ink coverage on two-zone maps (very unsure of this, but it might be the reason why sometimes taking one point is enough to win and other times it isn't; either that or I'm misreading the situation)
- the losing team has been in control of the point in the last ~10 seconds (might be more or operate on some sort of permanent timer i.e. 10 seconds of no point = no overtime and the timer does not reset at any point, so if you gain control after 9 seconds of overtime and lose it for a second later on, the game ends)
- the winning team does not have control of the point
lag may play a factor in some cases.
I'm still not completely sure how it works myself, but the above is the best I've been able to piece together
Chaozrush21
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I'm pretty sure it's only if the losing team has control of the zone.
yaminokaabii
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I believe the same, since if the game ends while the zone is still contested, then the winning team immediately wins. But if the losing team has the zone and holds it for long enough to get the lead, they'll win.
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I've never had a game go into overtime unless the losing team was in control at the end, so I'm pretty sure that's the only way for it to happen. I don't think it has anything to do with who's in the lead based on my experience.
yaminokaabii
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Well, pretty much by definition, the losing team is losing because they're not in the lead :3