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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.
System checks every 8 hours for importing (new) regions from Open Street Map corresponding to the regions which have been played.
About a Day
The Day is the period between two Regular Badges are Produced. At the beginning of the game a day last 24h. This timespan can be decreased by wearing Production Speed Badges in inventory.
Every 29 hours region ownership is being checked.
Every 35 hours you get a chance to vote for a badge.
About a Week
A week in Badge®s last 161 hours and is mainly the timespan between two Weekly Badges are deployed.
Month
Once in a month diamonds are awarded for the highest rating badges, badge series and badge collections. The range of diamonds a player can get, is between 0 and 3.
Season
System knows about common seasons, like christmas, easter and the like and adapts a bit to that. At least on the splash screen.