B161-B162: Showdown fixes and fairness
Two same-day Peach Creek Showdown updates: real weapons, inventory in a match, AFK handling, leaving at any time, fairer hits and no bunny hopping.
2026-11-06updateshowdownpvp
B161 and B162 both went live on November 6, 2026, a few hours after the Peach Creek Showdown opened. They answer the first rounds of player feedback. Both are live on desktop, web and mobile.
B161: Showdown fixes
- No more placeholder slingshot. Every weapon keeps its real class in a match. An empty hand counts as a plain blaster.
- Inventory in a match. You can change outfits and weapons from the inventory in the middle of a fight.
- AFK fighters. An idle fighter is warned after about 25 seconds and taken out of the match after about 40 seconds. New rounds skip players who have been idle for a while.
- Past only. Characters in the Future, and players inside an instance such as a lair, are never pulled into a match.
B162: Showdown fairness
- Leave any time. Press the Leave match button beside Show body, or type
/leave. On phones the button sits in the touch row; tap it twice./leavealso takes you out of the queue. - No stuck views. A stuck match or spectator view now recovers by itself, and the players you spectate are animated.
- Easier, fairer hits:
- tighter aim and bigger hit areas;
- the first shot after a short pause is exact;
- a little help on near misses;
- no shots land on players who are still respawn-shielded.
- No bunny hopping. In a match there is a short wait on the ground between jumps, and you steer less in mid-air.
- Toon Cats. A Toon Cat plays the Showdown as its normal character and gets the cat back afterwards. The barber is not available in the arena.
- No Pixelmon in the arena. Followers are hidden, and send-outs and battles are off during a match.
- Smoother opponents. Other fighters move more smoothly on desktop and web.
See also: Peach Creek Showdown, Showdown Weapons and Tactics, PvP and Duels
