Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:47 pm
Hmm, it also affected the factions stats in a bad way. I makes the factions stats even more useless... 
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:50 pm
I gained 11command wins and @#(!load of kills, lol!
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:06 am
Thank you!
Being stuck with a 15 when I was brand new was pretty frustrating for me, and I'm sure it's confusing for lots of players (especially in terms of the newbie server). I'm glad to hear that this problem is now fixed. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
Being stuck with a 15 when I was brand new was pretty frustrating for me, and I'm sure it's confusing for lots of players (especially in terms of the newbie server). I'm glad to hear that this problem is now fixed. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:38 am
ROFL I'm a novice 4 with 12 wins and 24 defeats!!!! /laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> I was at 11 wins and 15 defeats before I think...
Pook.... I'm a fan of all the effort you're putting into this and have never complained before; I don't think I have a big ego but when I have a rank of novice 4.... something is wrong.
Edit - having seen some of the people below me, eg Culm, Pico.... I feel I'm not the best example /laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> I guess I'm equating old-school novice 4 with current novice 4 which isn't a fair comparison.
Pook.... I'm a fan of all the effort you're putting into this and have never complained before; I don't think I have a big ego but when I have a rank of novice 4.... something is wrong.
Edit - having seen some of the people below me, eg Culm, Pico.... I feel I'm not the best example /laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> I guess I'm equating old-school novice 4 with current novice 4 which isn't a fair comparison.
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:48 am
Gandalf, they're not comparable.
In the old system, if you were a vet and a Novice 4, that would mean that you REALLY sucked - bad.
In the new system, being a novice 4 could mean that you just don't have enough playtime in. You only have 36 games played. Aarm's up at the top of the leaderboard with almost 300... and he's an Expert 2 with just under 5000 points. the curve gets really steep up in Expert - you need 10000 points to hit Expert 9. So, while he's made it into the Expert range - he's really at the midpoint, only halfway to Expert 9.
Don't get me wrong - if you really suck your rank will still be lowish... you have to win to go up in rank. But given the "helper" you get at the lower ranks nobody with any skill should find themselves stuck down there unless they simply don't have the games in.
Grimm and Co:
It *is* possible for me to recalc again discounting those games, but at this point I think that folks are starting to get a little hostile at the rank changes and I'm better off letting it sit for awhile and watching what happens.
The code change HAS been made, however - so if and when there is another recalculation of the ranks those < 10 games will no longer count.
In the old system, if you were a vet and a Novice 4, that would mean that you REALLY sucked - bad.
In the new system, being a novice 4 could mean that you just don't have enough playtime in. You only have 36 games played. Aarm's up at the top of the leaderboard with almost 300... and he's an Expert 2 with just under 5000 points. the curve gets really steep up in Expert - you need 10000 points to hit Expert 9. So, while he's made it into the Expert range - he's really at the midpoint, only halfway to Expert 9.
Don't get me wrong - if you really suck your rank will still be lowish... you have to win to go up in rank. But given the "helper" you get at the lower ranks nobody with any skill should find themselves stuck down there unless they simply don't have the games in.
Grimm and Co:
It *is* possible for me to recalc again discounting those games, but at this point I think that folks are starting to get a little hostile at the rank changes and I'm better off letting it sit for awhile and watching what happens.
The code change HAS been made, however - so if and when there is another recalculation of the ranks those < 10 games will no longer count.
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:08 am
You say I haven't played enough? OK then, can I have a 500 point bonus for having had an operation on my arm rendering me firstly unable to play for 3 weeks and now unable to fly with my normal hand on the mouse? I think another 500 or so for having a full-time job and 1000 for being married would be fair too!! /mrgreen.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="mrgreen.gif" />
Seriously though... how do points relate to ranks? You mentioned it's steep at the Expert levels, how about lower down? And will we be able to see our actual point total?
Seriously though... how do points relate to ranks? You mentioned it's steep at the Expert levels, how about lower down? And will we be able to see our actual point total?
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:18 am
Rank = Points / (50 + (Points / 100)^1.15936)
Hmm that may not help much, eh? /mrgreen.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="mrgreen.gif" />
How's that /mrgreen.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="mrgreen.gif" />
As far as seeing how many points you have - do you guys WANT to see how many points you have? It'd be easy to show on the leaderboard.
Hmm that may not help much, eh? /mrgreen.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="mrgreen.gif" />
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10000 30As far as seeing how many points you have - do you guys WANT to see how many points you have? It'd be easy to show on the leaderboard.
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:33 am
personally i want to know how many points I have... I'm okay this way,too so...
And pook i think you might want to consider erase the point gained if the game's not counted. When i say that i refer to this: recent game
From that, we can tell that game is not counted. However, it's still showing the points gained and lost all together as a team. When elo was in place, if it didn't count it shouldn't say anything like -13 or +13 at all. When we switch system, won't it still be useless to show it? It just give me a feeling that that game did count while i understand it didn't. Just a suggestion /ninja.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":ninja:" border="0" alt="ninja.gif" />
p.s. if you do a recalculation i'm going to be back to (0) again (i'm pretty sure) since i have more than 80 games that's less than 10 players. Just now i know if next time we do a recal why i'm going to be back to 0 again so i won't get all @#$( /mrgreen.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="mrgreen.gif" />
edit: i went back and read it and found at least 6 spelling error and 9 grammer error. I need to go study ESL...
And pook i think you might want to consider erase the point gained if the game's not counted. When i say that i refer to this: recent game
From that, we can tell that game is not counted. However, it's still showing the points gained and lost all together as a team. When elo was in place, if it didn't count it shouldn't say anything like -13 or +13 at all. When we switch system, won't it still be useless to show it? It just give me a feeling that that game did count while i understand it didn't. Just a suggestion /ninja.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":ninja:" border="0" alt="ninja.gif" />
p.s. if you do a recalculation i'm going to be back to (0) again (i'm pretty sure) since i have more than 80 games that's less than 10 players. Just now i know if next time we do a recal why i'm going to be back to 0 again so i won't get all @#$( /mrgreen.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="mrgreen.gif" />
edit: i went back and read it and found at least 6 spelling error and 9 grammer error. I need to go study ESL...
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:40 am
I see what you mean Angela.
I was actually confused for a second because another game that counted has finished between your post and me clicking the link... so I was like "wtf that game counted, what's she talking about" but I get it.
You're saying it's confusing to show the point awards when the games don't count - because the points didn't actually get awarded. I'll just make it show 0 when the game doesn't count. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
I was actually confused for a second because another game that counted has finished between your post and me clicking the link... so I was like "wtf that game counted, what's she talking about" but I get it.
You're saying it's confusing to show the point awards when the games don't count - because the points didn't actually get awarded. I'll just make it show 0 when the game doesn't count. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:05 am
i thought that link should be refered to a specific game rather than the general recent game
and yes that's what i mean (man i hate my english sometimes...)
and yes that's what i mean (man i hate my english sometimes...)