When the daily resets: a UTC guide for every time zone
The daily rolls over at midnight UTC, not your local midnight. Work out your reset hour, avoid losing a day, and plan around the clock wherever you are.
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Warming up before the daily without spoilers
Practice excludes today’s daily prompts. Use a short warm-up to rehearse reading, recall and typing before your ranked attempt without previewing its board.
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What a shared result page shows, and what it hides
A result page shows the mode, day, score, maximum and round values. It never shows answers, player names, email or question details. Here is the full picture.
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What crossover mode asks, and what it does not
Crossover asks for players who started a 2011–2015 men's Champions League final for a given club, sometimes filtered by nationality. Its scope, rules and limits.
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When the obvious answer is the right call
Going deep is not always correct. The last attempt, a low clock, a narrow prompt or an unsure memory all favour a safe answer that scores something.
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When it is worth signing in to play the daily challenge
The daily challenge is one ranked match per account per UTC day. Here is what signing in adds, what stays free, and a simple test for when to make the switch.
Read articleDaily, practice, crossover, archive or duel: which mode first?
Five ways to play Footbillion, matched to your situation: alone or with a friend, five minutes or longer, ranked or relaxed. Pick the right one in under a minute.
Read articleWhy crossover is not a career-path grid
Crossover is built from 14 closed sets drawn from specific finals, with 95 players in all. Why that narrow scope keeps answers checkable, and what it leaves out.
Read articleWhy the daily reveal shows only your answer
During the daily you see only the answer you locked, while practice shows the full valued list and source. Why it works this way and how to learn afterwards.
Read articleWhy passing almost never helps your daily score
Passing locks zero immediately. Wrong guesses consume attempts and time but do not subtract banked points. Learn when a plausible fallback is the better choice.
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Why Footbillion questions have fixed cutoff dates
Prompts say 'before July 2024' and crossover has a 30 June 2024 cutoff. Why fixed cutoffs keep answers checkable, and why the game does not follow live events.
Read articleFootbillion's answer values are editorial, not live popularity
Every valid answer carries a fixed value set by editors. It is not a live poll, an answer percentage or a statistic. Why that matters for how you pick.
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