====== Time Periods ======
The game uses various time periods to schedule certain events:

===== Less than a day =====
System checks every **10 minutes** for badge production execution.

Every **1 hour** New images for regions are picked up (when some get provided, see [[rules:faq|FAQ, when do my regions appear]].

Every **1-2 hours** [[:nominatim|OSM database Nominatim]] is being batch polled to map quadrants to regions. Note: This is reevaluating things, new quadrants are queued directly after they have been played.

Every **10 hours** you can see a new random statistics in the app.

Every **13 hours** some weeklies not picked up for long (see below) jump elsewhere.


===== About a Day =====
At the beginning of the game a **badge production** lasts **24 hours** between two [[badge:regular|Regular Badges]].This timespan can be decreased by having [[badge:Production Speed|Production Speed Badges]] in inventory.

Every **23 hours** you can get a chance to [[rules:badges#vote|vote for a badge]].

Every **23 hours** [[rules:regions|region and mapper]] ownership is being checked. They alternate, i.e. 11 hours after the rulers comes the mapper and 12 hours later the next ruler.

===== About a Week =====
A week in Badge(r)s last **161 hours** and is mainly the timespan between two [[badge:weekly|Weekly Badges]] are deployed.

===== Month =====
On the **17ths of every month** diamonds are awarded for [[strategy:beauty|"beauty"]]: For the highest rating badges, badge series and badge collections. 

The number of diamonds a player can get, is between 0 and 3, i.e. one for his best badge, one for his collection, one for is production.

===== 50 days =====
Time a [[badge:weekly|weekly badge]] untouched by a player stays in place, before it "wanders", i.e. jumps to a new location (cf. above). Note, that once a weekly has been taken by a player, it does never wander again, even if it is being dropped again.

===== Season =====
System knows about common seasons, like christmas, easter and the like and adapts a bit to that. At least on the splash screen.