Watch the Layout Launch Screen

[Admin]

HOW TO WATCH THE LAYOUT LAUNCH SCREEN:
Oh Boy, are you about to have some fun! Should you choose to accept it.
In order to watch the layout launch screen and play at the same time:
1: On your game screen, click the box to the left of the X in the upper right hand corner of your game screen. DO NOT click on the X!! This should make it so the game does not take up your full monitor view. www.mahjongtowerseternity.com/layouts.php
2: Click on any layout in your favorites list, then click on the "On the Web" button instead of the "View Layouts" button. This will bring up the MTE web site with that players name showing.
3: Click on the green "View Layouts" button shown beneath the sites waterfall. This will bring up the layout screen. I then resize the layout screen so it is narrow enough to read the layout names and the # of times the layout has been bumped, (attempted) and keep it open on the right side of my monitor. Keep refreshing this page while you are playing and you will see the layouts as they are launched AND bumped. You can copy/paste the Layout name into your fav list, (*let me know if you need instructins on copy/paste, the mouse method won't work) or still grab by player name as you have been doing. A side benefit to the knowledge of when the layouts are launched, besides nabbing them at their maximum point value, is being able to TALK via the layouts, IF you want to. Called the "conversation" layouts. Some of us find it fun. We can get the place rolling with laughter at times depending on who is on when with these type of layouts, plus it has the added benefit of more layouts being launched etc etc. It's also a fun way to get to know more players.
Let me know if I can be of any help. I'm always happy to share any lil tip I can if you want. Have fun!!

[tinwoman]

This is great for newer players, especially, to know. I played for a long time without ever knowing there was a place I could go to to find new layouts as they were launched.

I would like to advise players that when they grab the new layouts, first to wait for them to get "bumped" before grabbing them, because it's a difference of 2,500 points or 10,000 points. Also, once you grab them, you can keep them in your favorites list without their point value going down. So many new players don't understand this and they play them immediately. I have left layouts in my favorites list for hours and they always remain the same unless I back out of the game, then they will go down (the one exception to leaving the game and keeping the point value is if you play them offline and do not return to the game until you've played them off line).

There is really no reason players can't wait 10 minutes or so before they play them. This gives everyone a chance to download them at high point value. Plus, it will lessen your chances of people sending you irate messages about ruining their layouts ;D

Remember, be courteous to others in the game and in return they will do the same for you!

[Marilyn]

Great info and advice TW!
Thanks for posting it. Karma for ya!

There are no "rules" about when to play a LO, but as you say, it is nice to be "courteous to others in the game and in return they will do the same for you"

Thanks again!!!

[tinwoman]

This is the link for the launch screen:

www.mahjongtowerseternity.com/layouts.php

Don't forget to refresh it every once in awhile - to refresh, simply click on the "View Layouts" button and it will refresh. If you look at the bottom of the list (it only shows the last 25 layouts), you can click on different page numbers to go back and see who has been launching, how many times their layouts have been played etc.

Have fun!

[Marilyn]

Thanks for posting the link TW!
Karma hug to ya!

[Katie]

Hi, Marilyn, Guess what? I have another question. Why doesn't a player's newest layouts not always appear when you go to download them? Sometimes after I download the layouts the next time I go back to download the newest ones they won't appear. It seems to be stuck on the layouts I didn't download before. That's where keying in the name has come in handy. If I download every layout there isn't a problem. This happens only when I leave some.

[Marilyn]

Hi Katie!
In order for you to see a players newest LOs if you have recently checked them, you need to search for a different players LOs first.
So, when I am grabbing the LOs, and someone is launching a bunch, I'll DL what I want of theirs, then when I want to check again, I click on a LO made by someone else, click on View LOs to see the other players LOs even if I don't want them, even checking my own player works, then if you click on the person who is launching a bunch of LOs LO again, their most recent LOs will come up.
Karma Hug for all the stuff you are learning!
Yahooooooooooooooo!

[Katie]

Hi, Marilyn, I accidently discovered the answer to the above question before I read your answer. Didn't have a chance to check the site until very late tonight (Friday). Someone else asked me the same question and for a change I was able to answer a question instead of asking one. Again, thanks for all your help. Karma hug coming your way.

[Marilyn]

Katie!
Isn't it nice when you can help someone?!
I just love it!
Karma Hug for being a great game helper!!

[tinwoman]

And thanks, too, Katie, for not being afraid to ask questions! That's how you learn and how, in turn, you can help others!