I forgot to mention, I assumed no scramble into SZ81, since no dice had to be rolled, and my odds were very high. If you want to scramble the 2 US fighters, we can roll it on the forum.
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We rarely have any significant upsets in the tournaments at the end of the year, and the rankings have always been very successful in creating great matchups at the end of the year. I understand people are always looking for continuous improvement, and no matter what system is in place, there will be criticisms.
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No hurt, I’m just kind of tired of defending my system for so many years.
It’s not chess, it’s not starcraft, there’s weaknesses in every system, but frankly I think this system is dynamite.Length of game, I meant in hours of effort, not in how many years of correspondence - again, apples and oranges, you guys! lol
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I have played thousands and thousands of games of chess, so I totally understand ELO and what you guys are arguing, just so you know. How many hours of thought was put into that 55 move chess game? I’m no grandmaster, but I’ve never had a chess game come anywhere near the level of effort of an A&A game
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Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m still updating the rankings.
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@gamerman01 said in Post League Game Results Here:
I have played thousands and thousands of games of chess, so I totally understand ELO and what you guys are arguing, just so you know. How many hours of thought was put into that 55 move chess game? I’m no grandmaster, but I’ve never had a chess game come anywhere near the level of effort of an A&A game
Gamerman, your system is SOOO annoying because I am not No. 1!!!
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lol I was waiting for someone to spice this up
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@gamerman01 said in Post League Game Results Here:
No hurt, I’m just kind of tired of defending my system for so many years.
It’s not chess, it’s not starcraft, there’s weaknesses in every system, but frankly I think this system is dynamite.Length of game, I meant in hours of effort, not in how many years of correspondence - again, apples and oranges, you guys! lol
Again, this system is really good. The problem is that it discourages play between the ranks. Gamer, honestly, I think this only happened (as an issue) when the M was introduced, and then there were games where beating someone wasn’t as good as losing to someone. Maybe the losing to M equals beating a 3. I’ll have to look, but this change (5 years ago or so???) was the bad part. Otherwise, it’s really cool.
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I really appreciate that, Dizz, again, I know some will hate this, but I don’t think M’s have any business playing a 3 in league play - play in the play boardgames section or something if you must
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@gamerman01 said in Post League Game Results Here:
I have played thousands and thousands of games of chess, so I totally understand ELO and what you guys are arguing, just so you know. How many hours of thought was put into that 55 move chess game? I’m no grandmaster, but I’ve never had a chess game come anywhere near the level of effort of an A&A game
Okay, you don’t understand old correspondence chess at all. I mean, there could be 200 hours in a game lol.
Of course now since the late 90’s there are computers. Sad days.
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And I hear you on the adding one more tier - 5 is a lot - pluses and minuses
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@DizzKneeLand33 said in Post League Game Results Here:
@gamerman01 said in Post League Game Results Here:
I have played thousands and thousands of games of chess, so I totally understand ELO and what you guys are arguing, just so you know. How many hours of thought was put into that 55 move chess game? I’m no grandmaster, but I’ve never had a chess game come anywhere near the level of effort of an A&A game
Okay, you don’t understand old correspondence chess at all. I mean, there could be 200 hours in a game lol.
Of course now since the late 90’s there are computers. Sad days.
There could be 200 hours on a move. LOL
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OK, that’s all I wanted to know, is how many hours put into those games, yes
LOL what else could you guys do, play with sticks? ;) ;) -
But none of this is as complicated as trying to figure out how to put your own fishing line on a reel, when you’re a tax accountant lmao. bb soon. :D
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@gamerman01 said in Post League Game Results Here:
And I hear you on the adding one more tier - 5 is a lot - pluses and minuses
Big plus is, playas like Adam, AD, and Oysteilo are in a class of their own, not mixed with the 4.5’s
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You’re excused. ;)
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Before I took over, league ranking was by straight win percentage, gents.
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@gamerman01 said in Post League Game Results Here:
Before I took over, league ranking was by straight win percentage, gents.
This system is immensely better than that!
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:blush: Thanks, yes it is, just wanted to offer a little historical perspective since I’m getting to be an old grizzled veteran, here…
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It’s also pretty nice to be able to see who’s played who, and who won, and every year separate, with a clean slate each year…
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@gamerman01 said in Post League Game Results Here:
@gamerman01 said in Post League Game Results Here:
And I hear you on the adding one more tier - 5 is a lot - pluses and minuses
Big plus is, playas like Adam, AD, and Oysteilo are in a class of their own, not mixed with the 4.5’s
You know what might be cool and alleviate some of this speculation as to why certain high rate jimmies don’t play lower players? What if we had some kind of team game where it was one of the big 3 versus all the rest of us. Not for league points or anything, just for fun. This would allow a lot of players to learn a lot about the game. It’s kind of like those old USSR versus the Rest Of The World chess matches, but in this case the “rest of the world” would all, well, not be in the same class as the top rate.
Just a thought. I mean, the high rates not playing the low rates has been an A&A issue for well over 20 years now. It doesn’t matter the ranking system. Gamer’s system does predict results very, very well, so that part is impressive, at least to me. It would just be cool if we had more knowledge passed around. The strategy boards aren’t what they used to be.
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