Endgame The Calling - Stages, Phases, Released dates, and early access ratio

In the Endgame rules (http://endgamerules.com/us/rules-us.pdf), it is mentionned that some puzzles are not released at the beginning of the stage. As far as i understand, the game is divided in 2 stages. "Stage 1" puzzles are available at start time. "Stage 2" puzzles will be released in 3 phases, at 3 different dates. The release dates will be different for each particiant depending on when he finished the previous stage/phase. 
It seems quite clear, but one point would need clarification: 

The early access ration 10:1 ? Does it mean that for each 10 days a participant finished a phase before an other participant, the next phase would be released 1 days before ?

Fortunately, they thought to preserved the advantage of the fastest participant, but keeping only 1/10 of the advantage could be frustrating for those who kept stuck too long. Having solved a phase 2 months before the opening of the next one would reduce the advantage from 2 months to 6 small days...

We have to hope that release date will be well calibrated, to hope that marketing considerations don't lead to such cases. 

I'm pretty sure all will done for the best... and in any cases i will try to take the more advantage i can take :-)


The excerpt of the rules : 

The solution to each individual puzzle will ultimately lead to additional puzzles, until the final puzzle is  reached. Some of the puzzles that  must be solved in order to win  the Contest will not be available on  October 7, 2014 (the “Start Date”). Accordingly, completing the last puzzle that is available at any given  time does not necessarily indicate completion of all  the puzzles included in the Contest. Contest puzzles  will be released in two stages during the Contest Period. The first stage (“Stage 1”) of the Contest begins  on the Start Date.

The second stage (“Stage 2”) of the Contest will be divided into three phases, with  the puzzles associated  with each such phase being released on three separate dates. The date on which the puzzles in a  particular phase are first made available will be deter  mined solely by the Sponsor. These dates will be  disseminated to the Contest participants using the contact information provided by participants at the time  of Contest registration. A participant’s access to the puzzles in each phase of Stage 2 will be determined  based on when the participant solved t  he puzzles of the preceding Stage or phase of the Contest relative  to other participants. Participants who solve the puzzles more quickly will be rewarded by gaining access  to the next Stage or phase before participants who finished the puzzles at a later time. Early access to  subsequent puzzles will be determined by a 10:1 ratio.  After all of the participants who are entitled to  have early access to the next phase  of the Contest have been provided such early access, all remaining  participants will be granted access to such subsequent phase at the time they successfully complete all  puzzles in the preceding Stage or phase. For example,  if Player C finishes phase 1 of Stage 2 after (i)  the date on which the first puzzle in phase 2 of Stage  2 is made available and (ii) every participant who  was entitled to have early access to phase 2 of Stage  2 has been provided with such early access, Player  C will receive immediate access to the initial puzzle in phase 2 of Stage 2.