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Spectating

As a spectator you can view the battle from the eyes of the combatants one by one, or you can choose to have a detailed over-view of the whole battle. As a spectator you cannot be harmed in any ways, nor can you attack other players. While spectating other players you have the advantage of reading their habits, tactics, accuracy and favorite weapons. This is particularly useful in the Tournament game-play.

To enter the game as a spectator, press ESC followed by JOIN and then SPECTATE.

Note: In version 0.6 there is a bug when spectating: While in spectator mode for a tourney (1on1) game, you are in free spectate, and there after during game-play, switch to spectate Player A, then you automatically end up at the bottom of the queue list of waiting players. This can cause extremely long waiting times for a player who keeps switching between 'free-spectator' and 'player-spectator'.

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