someday, brigadier will be what captain is now

[friendjonny]

Man... I would be a major right now... I think it is a good idea to update the scoring system every once in a while though...
If it were me running the site, I would update it everytime somebody reached General and held it for a while (like two weeks), then I would name the update after said player... "updated by General _____"

[yeti_c]

So here's the question...

Until recently I was languishing around 1400 - now I'm around 1700...

Does point inflation help specifically me? Or have I just got better?

C.

[khazalid]

And you were a major at 2k and a colonel at 2500 I think. I spent little time being a Sarge and a Lieutenant, I think was already in the captains range before I had the games necessary for reaching Lieutenant, though only 1 or 2 games were missing.

Captain was 1600-1999 , Colonel was 2000-2999 and General was 3000+ ..........if I'm not mistaken 8)

you're not. (mistaken that is)

I had just got my colonel's crown and so proud of it i was, when overnight it was stolen from me :(. Ever since I've been battling hard to get it back.

you both are. captain was 1400-1599 and major was 1600-1999

Oops-- yeah I should've said Major.......not Captain because I didn't know what the rank for Captain was = ) Nice job LuckyKz

luckykz? hmm

[sully800]

Yes but Sully we know this,what we are saying is that there is a wall between Captain and Major. How about comparible stats for numbers 20 + 50 ?

The problem with looking at the data at the very top is that it is highly variable. If first place wins a 6 player game then the score of first place goes up maybe 60 points.

Whereas if 250th place wins a 6 player game and wins 100 points, that person moves up in rank. The score of the new 250th place is different by a point or two if anything.

The point is, I've been keeping track of the top 10, #100 and #250 since beginning of October. Beginning of November I started keeping track of #500 and #2500 as well, just for kicks. I update the data whenever I think of it and have a few extra seconds, so the dates may be scattered but when graphed against time that won't matter.

Anyway, plotting just the score of #1 or even #10 on the scoreboard won't show a clear trend unless looked at over a very long time period. Instead I can take the average score of the top 10 and it will be meaningful over a much shorter time frame. It's still highly variable though because individuals have huge point swings (including things like krusher getting to the top and then being reset). Give me another few months to collect data from the top 10 and hopefully the trend will be clear there as well.

EDIT: "the wall" between captain and major you referred to is caused because that happens to be where the points of players really begins to spread out. When I first joined, there were 2 or 3 players that would hover or rise just above 2500 points. There was about 10 players that could dip above and below 2000. Below 2000 the point levels became more consistent, so people thought 2000 might be some type of wall against gaining more points. Perhaps very even numbers play an effect mentally, but despite that the scores at the top have consistently gone up just like the scores of 100th or 1000th place.

[sully800]

So here's the question...

Until recently I was languishing around 1400 - now I'm around 1700...

Does point inflation help specifically me? Or have I just got better?

C.

Point inflation helps you, but not by 300 points and not over a short period of time. Most likely you've improved and happened to hit a lucky streak. Chances are you will drop below 1400 again in your career. But you will also get above 1700. The scores of an individual are highly variable over short time periods, often by a few hundred points.

But look at it this way: When the site was first started and everyone had 1000 points it would have been impossible to maintain a score of 1400, let alone 1700. You'd just be too far ahead of the crowd. But as soon as people started playing, the good players gained points from the bad players and the max possible score one could maintain rose higher and higher.

[Blitzaholic]

Of course it will take a long time for the top scores to increase, but increase they shall! (They have since the dawn of CC and continue to this day).

Ignoring the huge blip in the past that was Blitz's absurdly high score, the scores at the top have consistently risen. Not fast mind you, but the inflation will always be there. Don't believe me? Here's a taste of the data:

Date Score of #250
8-Oct 2082
16-Oct 2087
23-Oct 2089
28-Oct 2086
4-Nov 2092
12-Nov 2094
14-Nov 2097
18-Nov 2103
14-Dec 2141

nice work sully, but there is a wall around 2500 and has been for some time, and as you see it has dropped form 69 to 55, no doubt it will go up, just like no doubt someone will get get 4K, but it has been almost a year. they will go up, slow process. you doing a graph?