Conquer Club

Prankcall wrote:Does it matter what charts and graphs show as being elite?If your peers have no respect for your game,then what does your score matter?!

Bruceswar wrote:

AAFitz wrote:

Bruceswar wrote:Interesting that the 50% cutoff is at Private First Class... eek... lots of bad people?

Awww, now thats just mean...even if you are just joking.

Theres plenty of good people with those ranks. Theres some that are probably even good at the game. The main reason for the number of course, is its where nearly all of the new players end up.

And many casual players that truly just play for fun. Ive had my score there long enough to know, its not that hard to stay there, if you play silly games, and dont worry about your score.

Oh Come on Fitz.... You know no matter what game you play, even doodle assassin, you can nearly make SGT if you know anything at all. SGT should be very easy to make, unless you play 1 or 2 games at a time only. Even for the freemiums they get high up too.

MrBenn wrote:I've started getting PMs from people who are wondering what happened to my rank... I'm obviously not as elite as I hoped

Bruceswar wrote:Interesting that the 50% cutoff is at Private First Class... eek... lots of bad people?

GenuineEarlGrey wrote:

Bruceswar wrote:Interesting that the 50% cutoff is at Private First Class... eek... lots of bad people?

you mean that half the people are below the median?

the.killing.44 wrote:

GenuineEarlGrey wrote:

Bruceswar wrote:Interesting that the 50% cutoff is at Private First Class... eek... lots of bad people?

you mean that half the people are below the median?

Yes, errm, generally 1/2 is below the median

.44

MrBenn wrote:I think it's a reference to the fact that the median is so low (PFC)...

GenuineEarlGrey wrote:

the.killing.44 wrote:

GenuineEarlGrey wrote:

Bruceswar wrote:Interesting that the 50% cutoff is at Private First Class... eek... lots of bad people?

you mean that half the people are below the median?

Yes, errm, generally 1/2 is below the median

.44

I know I was being ironic

MrBenn wrote:I think it's a reference to the fact that the median is so low (PFC)...

The median of this game will remain around 1,000, by definition*!

*Almost but not quite, example on request

daydream wrote:

GenuineEarlGrey wrote:*Almost but not quite, example on request

not really, because of the large amount of newbies that join a game or four, play for a while and then decide this is too slow. they put new points into ciculation and are dropped from the scoreboard.

• The median will stay around 1,000 cause most of the players are around 1,000 and cause of the way the points work.
• The number of points lost by this "large" number isn't big enough to show the phenomenon your expecting.

manwiththeplan wrote:This has probably been said in another thread that I'm too lazy to look up, but I think if you are talking about how elite people are, it should only include players who have played, at bare minumum, more than 100 games. Take my score for example. I've finished 49 games and have another 9 in progress with a score of 1350. At the moment I'm in about the top 26% but I'm not sure that's acurate. Maybe I've been lucky. Maybe at 100 games I'll be a major. Maybe I'll be a cook. Maybe I'll only be where I am now. But I probably play more than most casual players, so being elite should apply more to me than to them. But most 'elite' players probably still scoff at my score or games played and fair to them. The more you play, the more your rank will likely average out to your actual ability. There are execeptions but you get what I mean.

To be frank, I'll judge how elite I am when I make major. If you have the patience and dedication to get the sword and baton you're alright in my book.

GenuineEarlGrey wrote:

• The median will stay around 1,000 cause most of the players are around 1,000 and cause of the way the points work.
• The number of points lost by this "large" number isn't big enough to show the phenomenon your expecting.

Timminz wrote:

GenuineEarlGrey wrote:

• The median will stay around 1,000 cause most of the players are around 1,000 and cause of the way the points work.
• The number of points lost by this "large" number isn't big enough to show the phenomenon your expecting.

Actually, unless things are changed around here, the average score will continue to trend upwards indefinitely.

Timminz wrote:To answer the question from the thread's title. How elite am I?Enough.

GenuineEarlGrey wrote:

Timminz wrote:To answer the question from the thread's title. How elite am I?Enough.

That looks like a question or perhaps you were being ironic.

Timminz wrote:I was saying "Enough." I am elite enough .

GenuineEarlGrey wrote:

Timminz wrote:I was saying "Enough." I am elite enough.

Talent and modesty.

Timminz wrote:Actually, unless things are changed around here, the average score will continue to trend upwards indefinitely.

lancehoch wrote:

Timminz wrote:Actually, unless things are changed around here, the average score will continue to trend upwards indefinitely.

Not entirely true. Thai Robert took over 4000 points off of the scoreboard not too long ago and a lot of people have received score resets. This does temper the amount of inflation we have seen. Don't forget the points that are taken off when people get busted ([player]Ramned[/player]/[player]the egg[/player] over 6000 points between the two of them).