Minesweeper Tournaments
The website currently mainly supports two tournament formats: the Golden Sheep Cup and the Weekly Tournament. If you want to host a tournament, you can contact the developers to add a new tournament mode.
Please check each tournament page for its rules, schedule, registration method, and other details.
Tournament Points
After each tournament ends, tournament points are awarded to each participating user. Tournament points consist of two parts: ranking points and prize points. Points decay automatically over time, halving every 2 years.
The system records each user's historical best result in the Golden Sheep Cup and the Weekly Tournament separately. Historical best results are updated only from tournaments that have already been awarded.
Ranking Points
Ranking points are calculated automatically based on a user's rank in the tournament. The formula is 1/rank. For example, if a user finishes 5th, their ranking points are 1/5=0.2. Each tournament has a ranking point coefficient, and this coefficient is multiplied into the ranking points. For example, if a points tournament has a ranking point coefficient of 50, the user receives 0.2*50=10 ranking points.
| Tournament | Coefficient |
|---|---|
| Golden Sheep Cup | 1000 |
| Weekly Tournament | 50 |
Prize Points
If the organizer awards prize money to players, points are calculated from the prize amount. This is not supported yet.
Point Decay
Point decay is calculated after each tournament ends and before new points are awarded. Each user's existing points are multiplied by a decay coefficient. The formula is 1/2^((current time - last update time)/2 years).
Tournament Identifiers
Only Minesweeper replays created during a tournament can participate in that tournament. For offline Minesweeper software, a tournament identifier is needed to prove that the replay is valid.
When the tournament starts, the server generates a random tournament identifier. You need to set this identifier in your Minesweeper software. Replays created afterward will contain the identifier. When you upload those replays, the server recognizes the tournament identifier and automatically marks them as tournament replays. When the tournament ends, the server stops accepting new tournament replays, ensuring that all tournament replays were created during the tournament.
A replay can contain multiple tournament identifiers, separated by commas.
Setting a Tournament Identifier
MetaSweeper
Open Settings - Game Settings from the menu bar, or press S to open the settings window.
Minesweeper Arbiter
Minesweeper Arbiter itself does not support tournament identifiers. Please follow the identifier rules set by the tournament organizer.Tournament Replays
After a replay is recognized as belonging to an ongoing tournament, it is hidden and only the replay owner can see it. This means all leaderboards on the website ignore tournament replays. After the tournament ends, the system makes replays that no longer belong to an ongoing tournament publicly visible again and refreshes the leaderboards.
Automatically Uploading Tournament Replays
If your browser supports showDirectoryPicker, you can use automatic uploading in Weekly Tournaments. This feature watches a folder, scans newly added files, filters eligible replays, and uploads them automatically. There are three filter levels:
- Tournament identifier matches.
- Tournament identifier matches, and the replay mode, level, and other properties meet the tournament requirements.
- Supported by some tournaments: tournament identifier matches, and the replay may be included in final scoring, meaning it is currently one of your best replays.
Only files added after polling starts will be scanned. Please upload older replays manually.