FallGuysJoe

Ouch, yeah this is super rough and not at all the experience we want.
We're looking into it but it's not a simple fix. Latency means that players can be in different positions on different clients, so making it 'easier' to grab tails risks making the grab distance for players grabbing you even worse than it currently is. That said, I'm not an engineer and so can't speak to the complexities of this issue. All I can say is that we know it's a bit busted and are going to do our best to fix it!

On our list of things to do!

Hot damn, this is pretty good!

by design

So to shed some light on it there are two 'outcomes' for a grab.
Either the grabber lets go (in which case you're just released), or they hold on and a grab 'break' happens, which applies a force to both Fall Guys involved.
Because it's a physics based game this 'force' can be a bit unpredictable currently. Players jumping or moving in weird ways can change how much effect this force has- plus when you factor in latency things can get a bit more janky too.

We're keeping an eye on clips/gameplay to see how players are using it, and will make changes if the meta becomes a little too aggressive. Good luck out there!

Ouch, this one really hurts ;)

Totally share your frustration here, it's on our list!

Hey! We're working through things like this as fast as we can but right now almost the entire team's focus is on server stability. Obviously when you've paid for the game this isn't good enough and we're trying to get this fixed ASAP!

Yep, we're looking into it!

Ouch. Will report to the team!

yes

We're aware that this is harder than we intended it to be - try diving to make life a bit easier while we look for a fix!

yes!

Everyone hitting 'PLAY' at the same time can cause really nasty side effects that are almost impossible to predict. Pardon our dust!

We're really hoping to get to this today!

This is alarmingly accurate and we referenced this exact scene in a meeting the other day.

Nice idea!Once thing we really need to be careful of with rounds like this is what happens if a team=mate quits or D/Cs. It can't make the game unwinnable for that team!

We had the same issue early on with ideas around 3-legged races, etc. We wanted to do a bunch of 'now you're in pairs' rounds but being an online game makes them much trickier than in real life!

wow, that's dedication! Titan One is the font we use for future reference

This is really cool!
Thanks for taking the time to work on it, I love that you've matched our fonts and backgrounds too.

We hear people wanting this feature but need to be careful that:

a) we don't create that k/d anxiety seen in other games. Fall Guys isn't supposed to be about min-maxing everything and we don't want to reinforce that behaviour too heavily
b) we don't create something that we feel doesn't match the tone of Fall Guys. We don't want to go super stat/ UI heavy and it's a bit dry for a gameshow, but we have some ideas for how we can let players track their stats in a way that feels more aptly Fall Guys. Our equivalent of 'strange weapons' from TF2 would be cool...

That all said I totally hear ya, I'd love to know my total crowns, total wins on each round etc.!

I'm reading it but not necessarily responding. There's too much!

Nope, they don't.