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Collect your well-deserved rewards from Season 12!

The season has ended on March 31st, 23-59-59 UTC, and now your rewards are waiting for your in the KARDS client.

Simply log into KARDS - the rewards have been automatically delivered to your account.

We also celebrate the winner of Season 12.



After a thrilling battle between the top players in the Officer Club - just a few hours before the end of the season the first and second placed were literally even - we saw the winner emerging.

So, after this super exciting finish we celebrate 塞雷娅 (Saria) as champion of season 12!
This is the second time that Saria won a season, double congratulations on this.

Congratulations also to AriBigBehn for the second place and for putting up a super strong and thrilling fight.

As a reminder: The next season (and all following seasons till September), the top ten of the Officer Club will automatically qualify for the World Championship 2020 Tournament later this year.

This patch is all about bug fixes for KARDS. The patch was published on March 31st.



[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• 85th PIONEERS's passive icon was blinking when an order was drawn, revealing to the opponent that the player was drawing an order. Fixed.
  
• If both a KATYUSHA and L6/40 are destroyed at the same time, the KATYUSHA will remain stuck on the board. Fixed.
  
• IN THE NAVY wasn't showing up in the card history. Fixed.
  
• RESCUE MISSION is not activating. Fixed.
  
• TYPE 93 attack buff is not removed after destroying it with DIVE BOMBING. Fixed.
  
• M8 GREYHOUND attack buff is not removed after destroying it with DIVE BOMBING. Fixed.
  
• AKITA REGIMENT destruction effect does not trigger after destroying it with DIVE BOMBING. Fixed.
  
• I-16 ISHAK is guarded after your I-15 CHAIKA is destroyed and KV-1 1939 is placed on the opposite side to I-16 ISHAK. Fixed.
  
• In some cases when cards gained defense and were dealt damage at the same time, the defense value of the card would show an incorrect number. Fixed.
  
• Ranking up sometimes showed the stars incorrectly. Fixed.
  
• All activated UNEXPECTED RESISTANCE were activated when AI moved a non-blitz unit to the frontline. Fixed.
  

Please report bugs on KARDS Discord or to KARDS Support.

When you report bugs, please include your player name and a meaningful description of the bug, ideally a screenshot or short video. Thank you!

Season 12 in KARDS ends on March 31st (at 23'59'59 GMT). The more ranks you have gained, the bigger and better the reward. Extra rewards for those who have reached the Officer Club!

Use remaining time to gain as many ranks as you can to get a big payout! You gain ranks by winning PVP matches. This is the perfect opportunity to get a nice boost.



[h2]Reward details[/h2]
With the end of the season, you will receive rewards like card packs and cards. After you have received the rewards, your ranks will be lowered a bit.

As a reminder, you can check the rewards you will get currently and what you need to do to reach the next better rewards. Simply log into KARDS and go to PROFILE -> RANKS.

Currently, AriBigBehn is leading the Officer Club with around 140 points. There are several challengers behind, but will they have enough time left to catch up and beat AriBigBehn?

The best player of the season will get a special, physical reward including a KARDS seasonal certificate (delayed due to the current pandemic situation though).

Have fun and best of luck for the rest of the season!

[h2]Next season[/h2]
The next Season 13 starts on April 1st! From Season 13 onward till September, the best 10 players in the Officer Club will directly qualify for the KARDS World Championship 2020. Keep in mind, this direct championship qualification starts with Season 13 and doesn't apply for the current Season 12.

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Great news for all KARDS players and enthusiasts!

The qualification period for the KARDS World Championship 2020 starts this April and goes through the summer into early fall.



The finals will then be held again in Iceland this winter, bringing together the best players from all over the globe to decide the 2020 KARDS World Champion.

Read on and learn more about the qualification period and how to secure an early spot in the championship.

[h2]Qualifiers, Elimination Rounds, and the Finals[/h2]
The previous KARDS World Championship 2019 and the Finals - held at the KARDS HQ here in Iceland - were a huge success. Building upon this success, we are going to keep a similar approach for the 2020 event with the Qualifier and Elimination rounds - but with several exciting tweaks such as a pre-qualification stage.

The KARDS World Championship 2020 has four main stages:

Stage 1
6 seasons from April to September, during which 60 players will qualify for the tournament.

Stage 2
Everyone who hasn't qualified can fight for the remaining 64 spots of the tournament.

Stage 3
This is the elimination round which will see the 128-player tournament cut down to just the best of the best.

Stage 4
We will hold the Finals in Iceland.

The tournament has 128 spots:

• 4 spots are reserved for the finalists of the KARDS World Championship 2019: Gearbot, GKZhukov, Fenrir, and Drogear
  
• 60 spots are reserved for players from the pre-qualifiers
  
• The remaining 64 spots will be filled with the winners of the elimination stage
  

[h2]The pre-qualification: Be on the safe side! [/h2]

The pre-qualification stage kicks off this April and will run through summer until the end of September.

A successful pre-qualification guarantees a spot in the championship tournament and allows you to skip the elimination stage in order to avoid any risk of not making the cut.

An early pre-qualification is the safest way into the championship tournament.

[h2]Pre-qualification through the Officer Club[/h2]

For the next six months, starting at the end of April, all of the top ten Officer Club players of each season will receive a guaranteed spot in the World Championship tournament.

Place in the top-10 of an Officer Club season from April to September and you are qualified for the KARDS World Championship Tournament!

We expect to have at least a few people reach a top-10 position in multiple seasons. This will open extra spots which will be distributed between the next best players.

As we progress through the seasons together, we will provide further details and relevant information. For now, we are very excited to kick-off the KARDS World Championship 2020!

This patch brings a good number of bug fixes to KARDS. The patch was published on March 27th.



[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• MEDITERRANEAN RAID could be used against HQ. Fixed
  
• PATTON was increasing the cost of cards drawn by 22. Infantry. Fixed
  
• When dragging JOINT OPERATION, invalid targets didn’t gray out. Fixed.
  
• Some orders could target units that were already dying. Fixed.
  
• Sd KFz 222 was giving double bonus when played out if the enemy had RADAR ALERT active. Fixed.
  
• TYPE 96 AA GUN was sometimes reducing enemy air units health after their deployment effect. Fixed.
  
• TYPE 96 AA GUN wasn't reducing ISHAK's defense to 1 if spawned by CHAIKA on enemy's turn. Fixed.
  
• When pressing "Cut communications" the End Turn button would disappear. Fixed.
  
• Have something in history, close it and open it again. When hovering below the history it will blur everything. Fixed.
  
• Kredits for countermeasure activating is taken away and countermeasure does not activate after using it before the start of the round icon appears. Fixed.
  
• The Chinese translation of SUPPLY FRONT is incorrect. Fixed.
  
• Player's order cost wasn't reduced by 85 PIONEER if it was drawn on AI's turn. Fixed.
  
• Opening card packs sometimes resulted in a visual error with a card was not displayed correctly or not displayed at all even though it was present. Fixed.
  

Please report bugs on KARDS Discord or to KARDS Support.

When you report bugs, please include your player name and a meaningful description of the bug, ideally a screenshot or short video. Thank you!