Cookie Domination

The first Cookie Domination took place November 2, 2017. This event, otherwise known as the Cookie Tournament, takes place from Thursday to Sunday starting and ending at midnight in the Alaska Standard Time (AKST) UTC-09 time zone.

In the event, a player tries to get the most Cookies possible in the allotted period of time Cookie Domination takes place. If a player wishes to not participate, they can turn it off in the settings.

For new players, prizes are given to the top 50%, 30%, and 10%. As they progress, the top percentages change. New prizes are also added to the Cookie Domination.

In the first 2 tournaments, prizes were given to the top 10%, 5%, and 1%.

Here is a list of the rewards gained for each tournament.

NOTE: This list is incomplete, and has a gap.

If one has fully upgraded their Time Machine, the Time Warp is actually worth a little less than 25 Golden Cookies, plus the player has more freedom to spend 25 Golden Cookies on what they want than a Time Warp.

Introduction
The introduction is a reference to "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope".

Many many cookies ago, in a galaxy far, far away...

A NEW COOKIE

It is a period of challenge between Cookie Clickers players.

Clickers from all over the world have decided to battle one another for every last cookie to dominate the galaxy.

Downtick
When Cookie Domination was first released, over 1,000 players participated. However, Cookie Domination has a major downtick: it is an optional feature. Fewer people participated as time went on. Well-progressed players soon started complaining that it was too easy to win Cookie Domination's 1% prizes, and they stopped participating, creating a domino effect of less, but still well-developed players dropping out due to how easy it is, despite the worthwhile reward. This is quite odd considering there is no substantial benefit in dropping out, yet people still opted-out in large numbers, helping create the very effect they complained about.

Currently, it is quite the opposite, where the competition is smaller, yet much more competitive, making it significantly harder to get within the top 10%.

Cookie Domination Features
When a player participates in Cookie Domination, a leaderboard will appear beneath The Cookie. It shows the player’s rank (along with some other competitors). There will also be a stopwatch on the top left and a click speed gauge on the top right, which show how much time the player continuously clicks The Cookie and how fast they click.