Martian Games

"Update 1.5 – Welcome to the Martian Games! The Martian Games are underway! Magic Man has prepared all kinds of crazy challenges for you to compete against your fellow citizens in the ultimate test of bloon popping prowess! Emerge victorious to be crowned the new King of Mars and earn Martian Crystals to trade for fabulous prizes, including premium characters and items! New Games begin every few days so don't delay! Dive into the competition now!"

- Version 1.5.0 description

The Martian Games are a type of challenge in Bloons Adventure Time TD, introduced in Version 1.5.0. This mode functions similarly to Contested Territory in Bloons Monkey City; up to 6 players from around the world compete against the highest round possible on specialized rules and maps, starting with a specified default threshold, which is then governed by whoever reaches the top round. The player who reaches the highest round, starting from Round 10, will be crowned the new King of Mars, which will allow the player automatically generate Martian Crystals that can be used to buy items from the Martian Trader: Coins, Wish Orbs, Shards, Allies, Trinkets, Weapons, and even exclusive items such as seasonal items, premium items, and Premium Characters like Tuxedo Jake. The top player will stay as King of Mars for up to 8 hours or when another player beats the round after the top round, whichever comes first. Each Martian Games event lasts for 2 days each.

Success in Martian Games events will often be influenced by players' abilities to generate additional cash and/or to reduce their expenditure. In events where it is possible to max out available characters and allies (i.e. All Level 10 characters, having enough number of all items in the game to make any possible weapon/ally/trinket combination, having stocked up enough Powers in all types) then decisive factors may be: the gaming value/choice of allies/weapons/trinkets/characters/powers in possession, the star level of characters as related to unlocks available to them, the placement positions/targeting priorities of the characters and allies, the choices made of character upgrade paths chosen or manipulating game environment (e.g. removable obstacles) in some maps, the timing of activated abilities/Powers/other micro, some RNG (whether it came from characters/items, game modifiers, or even the game environment itself), the performance of the player's device and network connection, or as may often be the case, who was the first player to conquer a last attainable round.

Game Modes
Every Martian Games event, there will be two or three special game modifiers (called "rules" in-game) that will majorly modify the gameplay of the event. The list of rules that may potentially be selected randomly are shown below:

In addition to the added rules, there is a flat limit of $10,000 cash generated per round, as a countermeasure against income generation exploits.

"TIP: INCOME LIMIT REACHED

You have reached the income limit for this round! You can only generate a maximum of $10,000 per round during the Martian Games.

Your cash sources won't give any more cash until next round. You will still earn cash from popping bloons and for completing the round as normal."

- Cuber's warning for $10,000 income (via Bonus Income and Bonus Income per Round) limit per round once player reaches that limit in a Martian Games round for the first time

Rewards
Every Martian Games event, the player earns an instant 100 Martian Crystals for beating the specific round threshold for the first time, starting from Round 10. As of Version 1.6.0, greater rewards are rewarded upon beating every 5 rounds from Round 10. The player additionally may receive an instant 150 Martian Crystals once reached the King of Mars for the particular Martian Games event for the first time.

If a player reaches King of Mars position, he/she will be able to generate a specified amount of Martian Crystals per unit time, up to 8 hours. For example, someone of Rank 60-65 would receive a rate of 1 Martian Crystal per ~24.0s. Unlike Bloons Monkey City's Contested Territory, the generation of currency is automatic and thus does not necessarily require regular collection of the gained currency income.

Martian Trader
The Martian Trader runs a shop where Martian Crystals can be exchanged for various rewards. Every two weeks, the Martian Trader shop replaces the rewards shelf with new items.

Quotes
"The Martian Games can have all sorts of crazy rules, from banning certain characters to having them change places between rounds"

"Beat the highest round to take the throne and start earning Martian Crystals"

"You can sit on the throne for a maximum of 8 hours at a time before you need to capture it again."

"You'll earn crystals by sitting on the throne even if you close the game. You won't lose crystals if it gets captured while you're away."

"Spend Crystals at the Martian Trader. You can use them to buy epic loot, exclusive items and even premium characters."

"The Martian Trader's items will change every 2 weeks. Keep an eye out for your favorite loot."

- Advice snippets randomly presented while flying to the Games (as current in version 1.7.3)

Trivia

 * Players in the Martian Games are represented by characters from the game. As of currently, these include Finn, Jake, Ice King, Princess Bubblegum, Max, and Captain Cassie.
 * Every Martian Games event, each player is assigned one of the six characters randomly. For identification reasons, there is currently no way for players to switch to a different character avatar during an event.
 * This is the only game mode in BATTD where multiple BADs may show up in a single game.
 * the Wizard Attack modifier stacks with the Wizard Royale map, resulting in 2 towers with debuffs.