FAQ
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Sparkball has servers located in NA West, NA East, Europe, LATAM, and Southeast Asia. Matchmaking is both skill-based and regional-based so most matches you play should take place to your closest region.
Note, Sparkball plays relatively well on 200+ ping so even if you are far from these spots, don't give up! In fact, the player who is widely considered the top Sparkball Athlete right now plays on 180 ping!
In terms of localization and text, the game will only officially be available in English (for now! More languages coming soon!). We will make best effort to provide translation guides and resources for non-English speakers and we'd love your help creating and providing those to your community.
Sparkball is currently PC only and requires a download through Steam to play.
While Sparkball does not require a heavy gaming PC to run, your PC/Laptop must have at least a dedicated graphics card equal or greater than a GTX970.
The Battle Pass trophy shown on Sparkadia is a 'Coupon' to unlock it for free when Season Zero launches later this year (~August). Once live, it will automatically activate and activities performed during Season Zero will progress it to unlock new cosmetics and other rewards.
The Battle Pass coupons are available via attending events/winning raffles. There will be multiple opportunities to earn one through the Preseason event, but there is no advantage to having it now versus on Season launch.
There is no functionality for Steam Next Fest, nor does it need to be activated this week.
Yes! Sparkadia is made up of more than just Sparkball athletes!
We'll be hosting multiple events throughout both Preseason and Season Zero where attending or participating earns you the same rewards as the players! On top of event participation, our Clubhouse hub is geared toward creators and active participants in our community.
Unfortunately, not yet, but perhaps the most exciting part of Preseason is that every match played is being used to train the first iteration of the Sparkball AI used for both our gameplay bots and our AI vs AI Fantasy Sports. As the meta evolves, these bots will learn as players do, growing smarter and improving every match!
We have one simple rule - Never ruin another player's gameplay experience or make them waste time for your own gain.
To ensure this doesn't happen, we've built a detection algorithm that flags potential bot/afk behavior in-game on our backend. There's also a manual report system where repeat offenders will be dealt with via the full force of Sparkadian Law Enforcement!
Competitive games have a tendency sometimes to bring out the worst in us. We all have bad games, tempers flare, disappointment is immeasurable, and days can be ruined.
No. There are zero NFT or blockchain components in Sparkball.
However our future plans for Sparkadia do include minor Web3 integrations. You can think about this where Sparkball is the activity of playing soccer; Sparkadia is watching, wagering, creating leagues, forming teams, monetizing, and more for soccer. This includes features like like:
Player Rewards - Users will receive a share of the value they create within our ecosystem
Fantasy Sparkball - Wagering and 'Ultimate Team'-style modes
Economic Metagame - A compelling crafting and resource management loop geared around who you are and what you do in Sparkadia.
This separation between Sparkball and Sparkadia allows us to focus Sparkball entirely on Player retention (aka a ton more free content), while Sparkadia owns the more necessary commercial aspects like monetization and keeping the lights on!
But Sparkball can and should be different. You are always one play away from turning the tide of a match and with such short matches, there's never a reason to quit. We are all human beings, remember to be kind and be OPTI! Don't believe us?! Check out the famed from our Paladins DAO tournament where Sylphy was down 16 to 2 in KOs in Round One yet never gave up!
