This is to help the team track bugs during this weekend playtest of Meetups: Block Parties.

Your post needs to include:

• Username
• Platform
• What issue you experienced

Sharing your bugs is critical for the team to review after the test ends. 

Feedback, suggestions, requests should go here: Meetups: Block Parties Feedback Thread | EA Forums - 13625308 

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Need a refresher on what Meetups: Block Parties are? We got you.

Meetups: Block Parties Summary

What It Is

• A Roaming, Mass-Player Event: A live-service, social skate contest mode in skate. supporting up to 150 players on a server simultaneously.
• Part of "Meetups": It is the first iteration of a broader feature category called "Meetups" designed to naturally bring players together across the city.
• Casual Yet Competitive: Designed with accessible objectives for all skill levels, but built with enough depth, point scaling, and trick-chaining potential for competitive players.

How It Works

Opt-In & Schedule

• Seamless Entry: Features a seamless "drop-in/drop-out" mechanic with no sign-ups, matchmaking queues, or interaction prompts—players simply skate into the event area to participate.
• Scheduled Intervals: Events trigger every 30 minutes (at :15 and :45 past the hour).
• Dynamic City Roaming: Each 30-minute event moves across three randomized, connected locations throughout the city (including popular hubs and lesser-known spots), creating a group parade between locations.

Gameplay & Leaderboards

• Varied Objectives: Mixes street, park, and vert challenges with randomized sequences to keep events unique. Late rounds include point multipliers to enable comeback wins.
• Real-Time Tracking: Uses two distinct leaderboards:
• Round Leaderboard: Tracks live performance (scores, distance) for the active round.
• Overall Leaderboard: Tracks combined standings across all rounds in the event.
• Focused Leaderboard UI: Displays the top overall players alongside the players directly above and below your current placement.
• Visual Crown System: The player currently in 1st place in a round is visually highlighted with a crown icon above their head, making them visible to all participants.

Progression & Rewards

• Task-Based Rewards: The event itself does not award direct currency, but players earn rewards by completing Block Party-related tasks.
• Accessible Goals: Tasks do not require a 1st-place finish, allowing players of all skill levels to earn rewards.

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