I still love the ponds, and have not lost interest at all. I don't like to have more than 10 ponds at once, however.
I hope you don't stop creating them, rabbitoid! When I am getting low on ponds and want to add a few more, yours are the first I look for. (Because they are always close to starting after signing up, and they are 1 day ponds)
I signed up for a few that were past the sign up time last night..

There is too much ponds . Some people - me for example is geting tired from that numbers of ponds and playing just few of them . Must relax from them . I will be back . Dont know when , but i will .

Vikings: OH :( i didnt realize that not having set up a pond in about 8-9 months....call it short memory LOLOL

BerniceC: at least 16 is required to start a pond.

rabbitoid: yes I noticed that as well ;( where i used to have 20-25 games (ponds) going at once now it is flat out getting 10-15.....I think if you leave your numbers of entry open you might fare better...instead of 16/- or 16/16 make it say 12 or even 8....see what happens...JMO

My dailys are now starting almost a week late, it's more and more difficult to enlist 16 players. I should be talking, I kind of lost interrest myself.

UzzyLady (et al): If you could be convinced that there was no collusion, the progression of the sophistication on the bidding would make an interesting PhD study into the dynamics of human adaption in a (semi-)closed environment.

WhisperzQ: I thinkg that's just a function of what's been happening in the previous ponds. 59 has been too low and 69 had been too high, so we all hit 66. No conspiracy, just a limited amount of numbers in that range.

WhisperzQ: I don't think there is anything suspect about it, I have noticed that opening bids have been grouping closer lately

Thad: lol are you talking about the gas prices or ponds? Seems they both are working alike.

Vikings: 5 out of 18 players all bidding 66 is also a bit suss to me ...

Skittles: So the questions are:

When will it peak?
What will it peak at?
Will it come back down?

Vikings: I feel in a pond the other day on round 1 with 69, guess none of the 60's are safe anymore.

66 is no longer safe in round 1
http://brainking.com/en/Pond?g=2200

Czuch Chuckers: Now there's a surprise. ;-)

Nothingness, I suggest sending a PM to Fencer asking about the calculations for Pond ratings. Also, you could go waaaaaay back in this DB. There may be some useful info there.

Thad: When i first came to this site I was on about subject headers, but it went nowhere...

Czuch Chuckers: I dont see the need for the reply anymore,
I know what you mean about the ratings but I don't think it is as bad as it was at first

Thad: I think they both work the same dont they?

Thad: The "Box" brings up a reply box right under the message. It may not work for people on WebTV, not sure.

Czuch Chuckers: The box automatically sets the subject for you, which the top message area does not. People who reply without entering a subject are on my list of pet peeves. ;-)

Vikings: My point is that, when I played that way, my BKR was lower than people who never won but had a nice high averge.


Why would you want to use the reply instead of the box? Is there a reason for both?

Czuch Chuckers: I think that you can achieve top ratings and wins, there will be dips in the ratings however for agressive play, but the #1'S AND #2'S help the bkr recover quickly

Czuch Chuckers: I think the only difference is that the box is more efficient

BTW.. what is the difference between "reply" and "box"?

rabbitoid: I think this was discussed a long time ago... That would surely change the strategy from where it is now. I quit playing for a long while after the first ratings came out, because I had played for wins in the begining and had quite a few of them, then the ratings came out and I was discouraged to find out that people who had no wins yet placed 4th or 5th a lot had better ratings than I did! Now that I am playing again, I have only one win, but I am top 5 in every game so far, and my rating is climbing steadily. I guess if you can learn how to do both, get wins and be in the top 5 when you lose, you will be top ranked BKR for sure!


Vikes I gues you are correct, I am always happy if I finish and everyone who beats me is higher ranked than myself...

It would be nice if we could set games for BKR ratings!

Czuch Chuckers: As I always understood the game it is about winning. Any system that gives anything to a second place goes against the spirit of the game. When you're splashing, it doesn't matter if you fell in on the first round or the last - youu're just as wet!

Czuch Chuckers: I am certain that it does matter the same as it matters in any other game

Nothingness: Although I dont think the BKR of the people who finish ahead of you matters at all? Its not a strength of the field type calculation, but more the strength of the people you beat, Ithink?

Nothingness: the exact formula has never been shown but it is something like that

so basically if the people in front of me average lower than the peopel in back of me when i finish high i will not gain as many points. if the opposite was the case id prolly gain many more points? So i guess its averaged in some way. Impossibel to really research since peopel are constantly running in ponds. Thanks for the explaination peeps.

Nothingness: It also depends as to what your rating is, in this scenerio if you have a high rating, say 2100 or more, you would probably lose points for 5th, if you had a low rating,say 1700, would probably gain just a few points, I think this may not have been the best example as rating were very low and it is rare to have 1600 and 1900 finish 1-2

10 person pond
name rtg
joe 1300
tom 1400
jim 1600
tim 2100
abe 2200
me 1700
jen 1440
mel 2300
peg 1900
pam 1600

How much will my rating move if i get 5th? the top name fell first the last name wins the pond in this scenario. Could anyone shine some light on this specific scenario?

well depends what rating the other players have who are in the pond ,if most of them are below you you wont get as many points for a win or second place but if there are some with high rankings that fall in before you you will earn more points , it will be more complex than that but thats the general idea .

well i am sure that this has been answered already many times over but ill ask it again. b/c i rarely come to the discussion boards. How are teh points for ponds dipursed for your placing in each pond. some ponds i get more for 1st others i get more for 2nd the points vary greatly from 10 pts to 300 pts.. what is the mathmatical formula that is used for ponds?

14 signed 4 or 6 to go i will start it as fast as it fills up,you have to get in to win.

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