TAROU: is it better now?

rabbitoid: It might be worth a new tab at the Statistics page.

rabbitoid: Běh kolem rybníka (Flake, 2006-01-23 08:51:20)
-427 points

joshi tm: Nobody can do that.

rod03801: Only me.

BerniceC: That's easy because Evásek announced that she is leaving BK, so he could deduct she won't play ponds anymore.

Walter Montego: Every game is "flawed" in some way. You cannot find a perfect one. Btw, I don't think there is a significant flaw. Every aspect can be considered as a part of the strategy.

Pedro Martínez: Not legalized. But you cannot banish people only because it "looks like" cheating.

Nothingness: You must finish it with default moves.

Eriisa: Of course it didn't, it needs 16 players.

Mike UK: Absolutely.

rabbitoid: More than 2 players can fall in a round.

Andre Faria: Why don't you click on show rules?

Pedro Martínez: Can you give me the pond ID?

What bug?

Nothingness: Sorry! My bad. Ponds are counted, of course.

Mike UK: Only names and BKRs of running players are hidden. Points left and bids are visible, so are all information about fallen players.

BIG BAD WOLF: Yes.

rod03801: Add a wolf smiley after every comment and nobody can recognize you.

I call you a pesimist. The names of fallen players show up.

rod03801: The names will be replaced by question marks even in the discussion.

Czuch Chuckers: Yes.

I'll have a look at it.

tonyh: I see nothing "whacky". What do you mean?

Hrqls: It's calculated only when the pond is finished :-)
Statistics - not yet.

Hrqls: You cannot count it as "win" or "loss". The formula has some input parameters - your current BKR, average BKR of all opponents, current BKR of each opponent, number of "wins" [players with lower final order], number of "draws" [players on the same level as you], number of "losses" [players with higher final order]. It takes all of this, makes some creepy things with them and spits out the result as your new BKR :-)

rod03801: This one. Yes, the same is applied on normal games but in a simplified way.

Cathy1: 16 players might be a little better because what really matters is the average BKR of all your opponents. But not only this, of course.

BIG BAD WOLF: You are guessing right.

Czuch Chuckers: Not always, it depends on your opponents' BKR. Falling in the pond with low rated players is worse.

Not exactly. The formula is more complex in this case but the basic idea is the same.

Well, the ratings are based on final positions of the particular pond players. When you have the last round of a finished pond, consider players behind you as your wins, players on the same position as draws and the rest as your losses. And, of course, their current BKR is significant for the BKR result.

Hrqls: Me neither :-)

I will add it to Profiles as well.

Who wanted the winners?

BIG BAD WOLF: Is it better now?

Shortly, what is your request?

Czuch Chuckers: 6 players, not 3. Carry on.

Mely: Nothing, as you can see.

Czuch Chuckers: Yes if you give me pond ID and player ID.

And the result is?
Complaining is useless. New server is needed.

rabbitoid: Because the server was down for two hours, maybe more.

redsales: It's worth thinking about.

Maxxina: Sounds like a goat.

What's the point of this endless discussion? I already have a rating system for pond games, it's just not activated yet. The goal is to keep the things easy and simple, which is the fact certain people still refuse to accept.

I disagree.

Bry: I won't.

Yes, Londo came with this proposal, I am aware of it. However, the only list of forbidden things can be found on the User Agreement page.

Pedro Martínez: Not forbidden, only non-recommended. But there are situations which don't allow to leave some posts on boards, even if somebody already responded to them.

Sure thing.