# 100 things you wish you knew about Gems of War \[DONE\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Guides\ **Created:** [November 20, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529 "2016-11-20T04:10:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![KrudlerTheHorse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/krudlerthehorse/32/9505_2.png) [@KrudlerTheHorse](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KrudlerTheHorse)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/62 "2016-12-02T02:09:18Z")
Thanks @Ashasekayi for the wicked new video thumbnails. She designed them from scratch and they look great. This is turning out to be a good community effort. I feel shame for I have forgotten many shoutz and 'gratz but they will not remain unsaid for long! šŸ˜³ ---
**Author:** ![Ashasekayi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ashasekayi/32/61090_2.png) [@Ashasekayi](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ashasekayi)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/63 "2016-12-02T02:15:40Z")
Youā€™re welcome. šŸ˜ƒ Thank you for adding some great videos that help the new players. Iā€™m sure they will help grow the game. ---
**Author:** ![Strat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Strat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Strat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/64 "2016-12-02T03:15:00Z")
@Illithid @Lyya Yes, I recall a post from Mr. strange a long time ago justifying the reason for the change in the 4&5 matches. He also made a number others too, mostly very small. I would say them majority were positive for the player. i.e. Like on Invades you get a random Traitstone, that sort of thing. ALL were undocumented to the public (at first). ---
**Author:** ![Strat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Strat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Strat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/65 "2016-12-02T03:16:22Z")
@Ashasekayi Very nice thumbnail! ---
**Author:** ![KrudlerTheHorse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/krudlerthehorse/32/9505_2.png) [@KrudlerTheHorse](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KrudlerTheHorse)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/66 "2016-12-02T03:16:26Z")
Since it was mentioned Iā€™ve been watching and I think itā€™s a good thing that 4 matches donā€™t proc surges. Otherwise game-breaking looping would be possible I think (from both the user and AI end) ---
**Author:** ![Lyya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyya/32/3650_2.png) [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/67 "2016-12-02T03:17:36Z")
ā€œGame-breakingā€ loops are possible without 4-match surges. It all depends on your definition of ā€œgame-breakingā€ (and your patience to loop endlessly!). ---
**Author:** ![Ashasekayi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ashasekayi/32/61090_2.png) [@Ashasekayi](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ashasekayi)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/68 "2016-12-02T03:40:18Z")
Thanks @Strat šŸ˜ø ---
**Author:** ![KrudlerTheHorse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/krudlerthehorse/32/9505_2.png) [@KrudlerTheHorse](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KrudlerTheHorse)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/69 "2016-12-02T03:43:34Z")
> [@Lyya](#): > > ithout 4-match surges. It all depends on your definition of ā€œgame-breakingā€ (and your patience to loop en Patience, thatā€™s what I mean. Its bad enough from an emotional perspective when the computer goes on a berserk run, but 4-bangers giving surges would make a bad situation feel even worse. All around I think it would just further compress battles and make them even more one-sided for whichever side got the jump. Not good from a game experience standpoint. Just my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Strat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Strat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Strat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/70 "2016-12-02T03:55:09Z")
@KrudlerTheHorse @Lyya I donā€™t want to interrupt this theoretical discussion. Butā€¦ considering everyone posts about the smallest thing they perceive that is wrong with the game and this has been un commented on for over a yearā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![KrudlerTheHorse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/krudlerthehorse/32/9505_2.png) [@KrudlerTheHorse](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KrudlerTheHorse)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/71 "2016-12-02T04:11:03Z")
Please donā€™t gatekeep. These are forums, which are for discussing. ---
**Author:** ![Strat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Strat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Strat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/72 "2016-12-02T04:24:07Z")
I think you completely mis-understood me, my bad I usually keep it excessively short. What I mean is that if this would be a massive game breaking problem then console players would haven be filling the forums with posts for over a year about how broken it is, morning, noon, and night every day. ---
**Author:** ![Annaerith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/annaerith/32/13840_2.png) [@Annaerith](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Annaerith)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 9:23am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/73 "2016-12-02T09:23:30Z")
@KrudlerTheHorse please edit your first post in this topic so that it contains the videos you made all together with the summary/list of things they need to know - so that new players can access all they need without trying to get through all the spam šŸ˜‰ then we could maybe even have it pinned as a guideā€¦ in community guides section? ---
**Author:** ![KrudlerTheHorse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/krudlerthehorse/32/9505_2.png) [@KrudlerTheHorse](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KrudlerTheHorse)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 9:27am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/74 "2016-12-02T09:27:03Z")
Ok, tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![KrudlerTheHorse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/krudlerthehorse/32/9505_2.png) [@KrudlerTheHorse](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KrudlerTheHorse)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/75 "2016-12-08T01:48:08Z")
Part 3 is up at the top. @Ashasekayi Iā€™m sorry šŸ˜° ---
**Author:** ![Ashasekayi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ashasekayi/32/61090_2.png) [@Ashasekayi](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ashasekayi)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/76 "2016-12-08T03:40:40Z")
No worries. šŸ˜† Also, I had no idea you could use boolean operators in GoWā€™s ingame search. Thanks for that tip. ---
**Author:** ![ogunther](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ogunther/32/1464_2.png) [@ogunther](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ogunther)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/77 "2016-12-08T03:42:47Z")
That one was news to me, too. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![KrudlerTheHorse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/krudlerthehorse/32/9505_2.png) [@KrudlerTheHorse](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KrudlerTheHorse)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/78 "2016-12-08T05:59:09Z")
As far as I know, Iā€™m the only person to ever figure that out. I even asked @Sirrian about it and he was surprised to find out that it was even possible! edit: Despite my best efforts, I could not get other BOOLEAN operators to work such as != NOT ! \<\> AND & && ā€¦ and pretty much every other combo I could think ofā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![yonizaf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/yonizaf/32/1435_2.png) [@yonizaf](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/yonizaf)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/79 "2016-12-08T12:17:31Z")
Thatā€™s because boolean operators really shouldnā€™t work. What about the pipe thing, you ask? Simple answer: Itā€™s RegEx. Donā€™t believe me? search for `emp.*vash` or `a{2}`. ---
**Author:** ![hermanbloom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@hermanbloom](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/hermanbloom)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/80 "2016-12-08T13:42:06Z")
Very helpful for a newbie, and thanks for the code. ---
**Author:** ![KrudlerTheHorse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/krudlerthehorse/32/9505_2.png) [@KrudlerTheHorse](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KrudlerTheHorse)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529/81 "2016-12-08T19:14:25Z")
Wowā€¦ I know how to to Regular Expressionsā€¦ time to go insane with testing. Thanks! [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529.md?page=3) [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529.md?page=5)