Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:06 pm
Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:21 pm
afyapardess wrote:Cranberry wrote:Basically, you want to get as many goals as possible and let your opponents get as few as possible, because if you win 6-4, that's just as bad as winning 2-0. I think it worked differently last year, with effort counting for something, but this year you NEED to win to help your team.
But this disagrees with what one of the Editorials said while PPT was down. The question was whether 'freeloaders' - people who join a team but never play - pull down their team's average. The answer was that they do not, with TNT saying this is 'completely untrue', and that it is not possible to harm your team, only help it. I don't see how that can possibly be true if the scores are being weighted to team membership as we are told they are. My best guess is that they misread the question. I submitted a question of my own to the Editorial about this, but it wasn't answered.
Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:04 pm
Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:27 pm
Kurisutaru wrote:I'm at 329 games of Yooyu Ball, 104 games of Make Some Noise, and 16 games of Slushie Slinger. Can you tell which game I don't like? I've been at Rank 5 for days. I hope I go up a rank soon!
Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:38 pm
I wasn't trying to argue with you. You just reminded me of something I had been meaning to puzzle over once PPT was back up. Eh, it's confusing... let's look at it upside down. Although it's definitely not possible to lower your team's total when you lose or draw, I'm pondering whether it's possible to bring down the team weighted average (and therefore its score for the day) by a) playing but not winning, or b) not playing at all. I hadn't meant to derail your own point about the basic per-game score, which as you said is spelled out nice and clearly in the rules.Cranberry wrote:I think you're trying to argue a different point from the one I made. All I said was that a 6-4 win and a 2-0 win are the same -- they both contribute 2 points to your team. Draws and losses count for nothing. That is spelled out very clearly in the official rules.
I hadn't thought of that possibility. I really hope there IS weighting going on, or it would trample all over what TNT were at pains to emphasise last year about how the popular teams have no advantage over the teams with fewer players. If that theory's right, it looks like the worst thing you can do for your team is play one or two games, win by a small margin, then quit for the day. Better not to play at all and leave yourself out of the average.Cranberry wrote:I would expect that people who don't play at all that day, or who send only draws/losses, don't count at all. I'd imagine there's some kind of weighting going on to make things a bit more fair (maybe), but TNT wouldn't average in anyone who didn't score any points that day.
Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:52 pm
Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:49 pm
cleo_brimstone wrote:has anyone posted a list of what it takes to rise to each level? i'd like to know what to aim for...
Pickles wrote:For ranks, this site seems to be pretty accurate so far:
http://www.neopets.com/userlookup.phtml?user=biggirl123_6_6
I'm not 100% sure - some people are saying that Slushie is only worth 1/4 a point per game instead of 1/3, so there's no telling.
Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:15 pm
Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:18 pm
Pickles wrote:Looks like if you play about 9-10 more games of Yooyuball, you'll be going up to rank 6. (your points score is roughly 329 (yyb) + 6.93 (MSN) + 5.33 (SS) = 341.263 ). I believe rank 6 starts at 350 points, so if the rank site is accurate 9-10 games of Yooyuball should do it! Once it starts taking 75 games to move up in rank (or more), it goes a *lot* slower in ranking up. {grumbles}
My personal little gloat: I should be at Rank 8 now (I'll hafta double check when I get home, but I sent enough scores to put me well over it last night). I'm hoping to pull up to rank 9 tonight, cause I'll be out of town starting tomorrow until Sunday, and I won't be able to get in anywhere near as many wins as I have been per day (assuming the internet connection at our hotel even works).
Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:43 pm
You're seriously still going for your 150 games a day target? Wow - quite a daunting challenge, seven and a half hours of Yooyuball per day, solid, not including breaks. And today your target'll take you close on fifteen solid hours. Are you planning on sleeping this summer?ellamcumber wrote:meh ive only played 15 games today, 280 more games to go.........*tra la la la la*
Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:51 pm
Kurisutaru wrote:Also in terms of todays standings, it appears that Mystery Island beat Krawk Island. I definitely wasn't expecting that!
Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:14 am
Your score of 6,682 in Make Some Noise has been reviewed and accepted.
You have been awarded 1,000 neopoints. If you qualified for an avatar, that has also been awarded.
Your score of 8,088 in Make Some Noise has been reviewed and accepted.
You have been awarded 1,000 neopoints. If you qualified for an avatar, that has also been awarded.
Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:18 am
Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:22 am
Krawkster wrote:Kurisutaru wrote:Also in terms of todays standings, it appears that Mystery Island beat Krawk Island. I definitely wasn't expecting that!
I myself am not entirely surprised. The longer the tournament goes on the more and more Krawk Island begins to slip, mainly due to so many people getting tired of playing. I myself am finding it more and more difficult to make myself play lol. Ah well if we don't get in the final 4 the team still gave a very good run.. especially in the beginning.
Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:32 am