georgizhukov wrote:Something has to be done about either the scoring system or the number of games someone can host at one point...We have now seen in the past month 2 conquerors jump points (josko and Ollie) by launching 200+ 1v1 games and stalling the ones they are losing on and finishing the games they are winning. Not to mention the crown. I mean Ollie went from conqueror to a colonel in 1 day. I don't see how that style of gameplay "crowns" a conqueror. Anyone with a rating of 2500+ could launch 300 games and play with this style to become conqueror at this point.
I am positive this has been discussed before, but why would the points in the game be based off starting score instead of ending score..I can't grasp that logic..
Georgi
I'm not sure what you mean by points being based off starting score... the points for a game are calculated by (from the instructions) The points to be awarded is calculated as (loser's score / winner's score) * 20, up to a maximum of 100 points from each opponent. Those scores are the actual scores just as the game ends not the points a the start of the game.
Aside from that little technical issue, I understand what you're saying about the runs which is something that has always been possible. Another possible solution is to implement a change to the scoring system. I have seen lots of people use the delaying losses strategy to a lesser degree to get a new high score and especially to hit a new high rank. This is an extension of that and as long as he doesn't deadbeat any of those games he's sticking within the times allotted to the games and fits into the guidelines.. If you start to impose those restrictions you're likely to hamper a number of people who have paid for their premium just so that they CAN enjoy that number of ongoing games.
The whole Conqueror position mostly doesn't mean as much as so many people seem to feel and its amazing the lengths people will go to to get it. I think its more a medal for ingenuity than anything else
All in all though I think we should examine another option than limiting most legitimate users who paid for their premium because a few people used it to manipulate their score to that level.
