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Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship)

Sat, 27 March 2004 12:03

Kang

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Messages: 87
Registered: April 2003

Now that a set of criteria is being seriously considered for use in your ranking system, there is still an issue not addressed.

For the following, lets assume 16 players.
Top 25% = top 4 players
Bottom 25% = Last 4 players

Now assuming that the only measuring criteria for who is tops and who is a gutter dweller is the in-game scoring system, we are left with some obvious problems.

The top player, or the top alliance of player is usually not in question. The problem is the player who poses a serious threat to him, or alliance that proposes a serious threat to him. This player will likely end up below 4th place once he has taken the brunt of the offensive by the top player/alliance. Meanwhile the player who did virtually nothing but hide in his corner and avoid conflict knows he can advance in the rankings by building jug cc's and chaff to raise his score into the top 4 places while the real threat is slowly dropped to a lower ranking because he is fighting a war.

The other problem that is likely to occur if people take this system seriously, is that in a game the top players will become more likely to ally with each other to preserve their ranking rather than choosing to fight on opposite sides. I don't see how this can benefit the game.

Last problem is that most games do not have public player scores, so the host will be required to get the passwd's for each player and check their rankings, or ask the players to provide the ranking and hope it is accurate. OR set up a victory condition so that the game can be force generated to a given year following game ending to see what the rankings are, but that leaves open the possibility of score manipulation again.

Kang

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		Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Orca on Fri, 19 March 2004 22:12
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Crusader on Fri, 19 March 2004 23:31
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Orca on Fri, 19 March 2004 23:48
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: icebird on Sat, 20 March 2004 01:10
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Kang on Sat, 20 March 2004 01:28
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: ForceUser on Sat, 20 March 2004 03:36
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Orca on Sat, 20 March 2004 22:44
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: ForceUser on Sun, 21 March 2004 05:26
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Sun, 21 March 2004 17:46
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Kang on Mon, 22 March 2004 13:06
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Mon, 22 March 2004 13:38
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: donjon on Tue, 23 March 2004 11:30
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Tue, 23 March 2004 12:21
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: donjon on Tue, 23 March 2004 14:32
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Raindancer on Tue, 23 March 2004 15:47
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: donjon on Tue, 23 March 2004 16:09
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Tue, 23 March 2004 12:29
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Ptolemy on Mon, 29 March 2004 00:10
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: iztok on Mon, 29 March 2004 01:16
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Ptolemy on Mon, 29 March 2004 01:21
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: mazda on Mon, 29 March 2004 02:10
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Hyena on Mon, 22 March 2004 14:01
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: ForceUser on Tue, 23 March 2004 13:40
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Tue, 23 March 2004 18:53
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: LEit on Tue, 23 March 2004 20:20
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Wed, 24 March 2004 05:40
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: LEit on Wed, 24 March 2004 09:24
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Wed, 24 March 2004 09:42
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Orca on Wed, 24 March 2004 10:15
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Wed, 24 March 2004 12:08
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Kang on Wed, 24 March 2004 13:30
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Crusader on Wed, 24 March 2004 14:44
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: donjon on Thu, 25 March 2004 09:12
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Crusader on Thu, 25 March 2004 10:38
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Raindancer on Thu, 25 March 2004 08:53
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: donjon on Wed, 24 March 2004 10:53
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Orca on Wed, 24 March 2004 10:12
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Crusader on Tue, 23 March 2004 20:15
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: ForceUser on Wed, 24 March 2004 12:20
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: EDog on Wed, 24 March 2004 19:00
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Wed, 24 March 2004 18:53
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Crusader on Thu, 25 March 2004 09:18
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Thu, 25 March 2004 09:43
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Crusader on Thu, 25 March 2004 10:30
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: mazda on Thu, 25 March 2004 11:14
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Thu, 25 March 2004 11:24
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: LEit on Thu, 25 March 2004 12:39
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Thu, 25 March 2004 13:58
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Kotk on Thu, 25 March 2004 14:43
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Thu, 25 March 2004 15:14
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: donjon on Thu, 25 March 2004 15:32
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: LEit on Thu, 25 March 2004 15:53
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: donjon on Thu, 25 March 2004 16:06
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Thu, 25 March 2004 16:12
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: LEit on Thu, 25 March 2004 16:33
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Thu, 25 March 2004 17:07
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: LEit on Thu, 25 March 2004 17:26
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Thu, 25 March 2004 17:43
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: mlaub on Thu, 25 March 2004 19:59
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Kang on Thu, 25 March 2004 23:48
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Fri, 26 March 2004 05:37
		Proof of the pudding By: mazda on Fri, 26 March 2004 06:07
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Staz on Fri, 26 March 2004 07:03
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: mazda on Fri, 26 March 2004 07:32
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Staz on Fri, 26 March 2004 08:17
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Crusader on Fri, 26 March 2004 09:16
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Staz on Fri, 26 March 2004 10:29
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Ron on Mon, 29 March 2004 00:24
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Ptolemy on Mon, 29 March 2004 00:56
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Staz on Mon, 29 March 2004 05:43
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Ptolemy on Mon, 29 March 2004 05:50
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Alien on Mon, 29 March 2004 06:00
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Ptolemy on Mon, 29 March 2004 06:07
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Staz on Mon, 29 March 2004 06:11
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Ptolemy on Mon, 29 March 2004 06:39
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Staz on Mon, 29 March 2004 06:57
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Ptolemy on Mon, 29 March 2004 07:12
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Staz on Mon, 29 March 2004 07:37
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Ptolemy on Mon, 29 March 2004 08:28
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Staz on Mon, 29 March 2004 09:21
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: multilis on Tue, 30 March 2004 00:10
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Ptolemy on Tue, 30 March 2004 03:32
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Staz on Tue, 30 March 2004 04:01
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: donjon on Tue, 30 March 2004 04:30
		Re: Proof of the pudding By: Staz on Tue, 30 March 2004 05:09
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Hyena on Fri, 26 March 2004 01:40
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Fri, 26 March 2004 05:22
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: LEit on Thu, 25 March 2004 15:40
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: donjon on Thu, 25 March 2004 15:54
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Crusader on Thu, 25 March 2004 12:24
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: donjon on Thu, 25 March 2004 12:48
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Crusader on Thu, 25 March 2004 15:58
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Fri, 26 March 2004 05:27
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: iztok on Fri, 26 March 2004 08:54
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Fri, 26 March 2004 10:21
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Crusader on Fri, 26 March 2004 10:33
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Crusader on Fri, 26 March 2004 08:34
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Fri, 26 March 2004 08:51
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: mlaub on Fri, 26 March 2004 14:00
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: donjon on Sat, 27 March 2004 06:45
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Sat, 27 March 2004 07:41
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: overworked on Sat, 27 March 2004 11:45
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Kang on Sat, 27 March 2004 12:03
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: donjon on Sat, 27 March 2004 13:42
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: donjon on Sat, 27 March 2004 14:06
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: LEit on Sat, 27 March 2004 14:37
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Crusader on Sat, 27 March 2004 17:10
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Kang on Sat, 27 March 2004 18:39
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Crusader on Sat, 27 March 2004 19:34
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Kang on Sun, 28 March 2004 00:09
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Ptolemy on Sun, 28 March 2004 05:29
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Sun, 28 March 2004 06:54
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: mazda on Sun, 28 March 2004 07:51
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Sun, 28 March 2004 08:06
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: iztok on Sun, 28 March 2004 11:17
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: donjon on Sun, 28 March 2004 06:56
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Ptolemy on Sun, 28 March 2004 07:17
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Sun, 28 March 2004 07:42
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Ptolemy on Sun, 28 March 2004 07:56
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: mlaub on Sun, 28 March 2004 13:53
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Crusader on Sun, 28 March 2004 16:56
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: donjon on Sun, 28 March 2004 17:29
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Sat, 27 March 2004 17:45
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: EDog on Sat, 27 March 2004 18:12
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Sat, 27 March 2004 18:18
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: EDog on Sat, 27 March 2004 18:18
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Sat, 27 March 2004 18:19
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Sat, 27 March 2004 18:04
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Crusader on Sat, 27 March 2004 18:32
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Alien on Sun, 28 March 2004 11:46
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Sun, 28 March 2004 12:00
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Alien on Sun, 28 March 2004 12:51
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Ptolemy on Sun, 28 March 2004 13:08
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Hyena on Sun, 28 March 2004 21:58
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Staz on Tue, 30 March 2004 10:04
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: donjon on Tue, 30 March 2004 11:40
		Re: Skill ranking (was RE: Mentorship) By: Crusader on Tue, 30 March 2004 13:00

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