Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about Quick Draw: The Drop. For your profile, recovery code, privacy choices or deleting your data, see the support page.
Playing
Is Quick Draw free?
Yes. The whole game is free to play in your browser and in the apps. It's supported by ads.
Do I need an account?
No. You pick a display name and start dueling. Your profile lives on your device, with a private recovery code you can use to move it to another device.
Why didn't my time count?
Only clean hits count. A false start (tapping before the dot), a miss (tapping off the dot) and a hit under 100 milliseconds are all fouls, and fouls are never recorded. If you never tap within 2 seconds of the dot appearing, the duel is a loss marked NO DRAW, with no time. The rules page covers each one.
Why is a hit under 100ms a foul?
No one can see a signal and respond to it that fast, so a time under 100ms means the tap started before the dot appeared and happened to land. Sprinting uses the same line for false starts. There's more on this in What is a good reaction time?
I was fast. Why did I lose?
Your opponent was faster that duel. Opponents don't hit the same time every round. Each one draws a time from their own recent form, which sometimes includes their best. The result screen shows both times and the margin, such as 12ms SLOWER, so you can see exactly how close it was.
What happens on a tie?
You win. A dead-even duel goes to you.
How do I lose my win streak?
By losing a ranked duel, or by fouling twice in a row. One foul on its own doesn't break your streak, and any clean duel clears the count.
Who are the ghosts?
Ghosts are the game's built-in opponents, a ladder of twelve fighters from The Apprentice at about 780ms to The Last Draw at about 255ms. When no real player near your level is available, you duel the ghost that matches your skill. Real opponents are recorded duels from other players.
Does the game work if my connection drops?
You can keep dueling the built-in ghosts. Your ranked duels are sent to the leaderboard once you're back online.
Devices
Which is better, phone or computer?
Both are fair, but they feel different. On a phone your finger travels to the dot. On a computer you move a mouse or trackpad. Compare your times on the same device, because screens and inputs add their own small delays.
Why does it say WINDOW TOO SMALL?
In a very small browser window, a cursor resting in the middle would already be on the dot most of the time, which would make aiming pointless. The game only lets you duel when the window is big enough to stay fair. Make the window larger, or play on your phone.
Where can I play?
In any modern browser at games.blackchad.io/quickdraw, on a phone or a computer. Apps for iPhone and Android are on the way.
Ads
How often do ads appear?
Rarely, and never during a duel. An ad can show only between duels, after a result. You'll see at most one for every six clean duels, never two within 90 seconds, and never in your first two duels after opening the game.
Can I choose how ads use my data?
Yes. In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, you can review or change your consent in Settings, under Privacy Options. The privacy policy has the details.
Leaderboard and challenges
How is the leaderboard ranked?
By each player's best clean reaction time. Your own place is shown even when you're far from the top. Ranked duels count. Friend challenges don't.
Why don't friend challenges change my stats?
A friend duel is against one fixed time your friend set, and you can retry it as often as you like. Counting those retries would let anyone pad their record, so friend duels stay unranked.
How long does a challenge link last?
30 days from when it was created.
I saw an offensive name. What should I do?
Email info@blackchad.io with the name and where you saw it. We review every report and remove offensive names.
Still stuck?
Write to info@blackchad.io. Tell us your device, its operating system and what happened. A screenshot helps.