You must sign in to post. | ranks!? weird! :: Apr 5, 2007 @ 4:39am |
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 diethmarker
Joined: Mar 16, 2007
Posts: 24 | whats going on!?
kaizen isnt on the list and there seems to be a huge change about!?post updated on Apr 5, 2007 @ 4:59am | | Re: ranks!? WHAT HAPPENED????? :: Apr 5, 2007 @ 5:04am |
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 eckels
Joined: Mar 4, 2007
Posts: 200 | i just noticed the same thing. theres a whole lot less admirals then there was before. like 8 less or so. | | Re: ranks!? WHAT HAPPENED????? :: Apr 5, 2007 @ 5:31am |
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becephalus 
Joined: Jan 19, 2007
Posts: 130
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota | After ten days people lose games, maybe people hadn't played in a while? I haven't seen Kaizen on for quite some time, or thirdparty for that matter. post updated on Apr 5, 2007 @ 5:31am | | Re: ranks!? WHAT HAPPENED????? :: Apr 5, 2007 @ 5:33am |
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eckels Joined: Mar 4, 2007
Posts: 200 | what do you mean by "after ten days people lose games"?
does that mean if we don't stay active our scores drop? | | Re: ranks!? WHAT HAPPENED????? :: Apr 5, 2007 @ 5:35am |
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diethmarker
Joined: Mar 16, 2007
Posts: 24 | this is true but your name would still be on the ranks.
as for me i play regually so i cant see how id loose 6k in points as everyday i play to keep getting more ! ie a few days ago i had 10k then the next 11k the next 13 k.... hmmm just seems strange thats all. | | Re: ranks!? WHAT HAPPENED????? :: Apr 5, 2007 @ 6:26am |
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eckels Joined: Mar 4, 2007
Posts: 200 | do you automatically lose stats from ten days ago or is it just if you're idle? | | Re: ranks!? WHAT HAPPENED????? :: Apr 5, 2007 @ 9:42am |
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 nanno
Joined: Nov 30, 2006
Posts: 479
Location: Colorado | Yes, you automatically lose stats after 10 days whether you're currently playing or not. This is a very good thing for someone in your position eckels. You are new, so you started out playing pretty badly. But you've learned and are now making yourself a "presence". If the stats did not decay, you would be stuck with your unfortunate low win days for a long time. As it is, your bad games will soon be lost and the rankings will start reflecting your current skills sooner than if these games stayed on your record for ages.
Oh, and the stats are not discarded just because they disappear off the website. Phil keeps them secreted away in an undisclosed location. Notice he posted a "best of" page for March. I can't wait to see the tallies for the end of the year!!! | | Re: ranks!? WHAT HAPPENED????? :: Apr 5, 2007 @ 9:54am |
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philhassey 
Joined: Nov 30, 2006
Posts: 800
Location: Zarcon | Because of how the points are calculated over that 10 day period sometimes those points can jump a bit erradically, especially if you play a huge amount one day and then less the next. The important bit - is that your rank stays the same, which it appears to have done. | | Re: ranks!? WHAT HAPPENED????? :: Apr 8, 2007 @ 7:02am |
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eckels Joined: Mar 4, 2007
Posts: 200 | I've thought about this system of discarding old games, which i think I like... although I think ten days is WAY WAY too short of a time period to use to calculate. I would prefer two weeks, or really, a month.
I think that a ten day sampling of games can be very misleading - maybe someone doesn't play for a week? maybe one week there's an influx of newbies because of some new review of the game on some site or magazine.
By widening the sample area (the ten day limit) to something larger (like two weeks to a month), you get a fairer average of a player's skill, and it will end the large noticable changes in players scores.
for example, say I play on average 1000 points a day. After ten days, i'll have about 10000 points. on the eleventh day, my score can drop to 9000. that's 1/10th my total score. Now, this is assuming i'm playing the same amount of points every day. Maybe on one day I did 1500 points, and maybe on some days i didnt play at all.
If you use a month sample, the score would tally higher, but the drop would be 1/30th of the total score on any given lost day. I think it would give a far more honest representation of how a player is doing, and a player wouldn't be punished so bad for not playing for a day or two. | | Re: ranks!? WHAT HAPPENED????? :: Apr 8, 2007 @ 9:03am |
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dominion 
Joined: Feb 25, 2007
Posts: 38
Location: london | agreed. |
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