Rank Droppings

by **GrudgeBringer_** on Wed Aug 23, 2023 3:41 pm

I have a question about a rank drop that happened to me. Maybe I don't understand all the ins & outs of how it exactly works. I had been a Gold LT. I won a couple of big games with some serious ranks in it and jumped clear to a Gold Major (which I also thought was a big jump). I got in a few games, and it seems most of these are running long (over 100 turns in a couple or 3 of them). I did lose a couple of games in the interim to be fair. However, I looked at the points it takes to MAKE the rank. And then the difference between points for a Gold LT. & a Gold major and then what it would take to drop to a gold Captain, skipping the Silver Captain and it doesn't add up. Could you just take a look and see if a mistake was made..If not, I can live with it no problem. Thanks, you guys are usually right on top of these things!!

by **xroads** on Wed Aug 23, 2023 3:52 pm

Not sure your confusion.

You just lost 50 points in two games, so that knocked you under 2000 points and dropped your rank.

Nice thing when you win a 6 player game, you win a ton of points at once.

Remember triples are an average, you dont get points from all 3 opponents

by **Doc_Brown** on Wed Aug 23, 2023 4:18 pm

Silver ranks are freemium players. Premium players have gold ranks. Captains are 1800-2000 points regardless and the color just indicates whether or not you're premium. Major is 2000-2500.

You evidently gained >200 points in a short period to jump from <1800 (LT) to >2000 (Major), and then lost enough to drop you down below 2000, but you were premium the whole time, so your rank was always gold.

by **Kotaro** on Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:45 pm

There is no difference between a Gold and a Silver rank, except that Gold pays for Premium Membership and Silver does not. If you continue to pay, you will never be a Silver rank; if you stop paying, you will only be a Silver rank.

by **Shannon Apple** on Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:28 am

I think that you're maybe forgetting the points differences. If you lose to a low rank, you lose a lot of points.

As a brig, I need to win many games to get 100 points, if players who join are lower ranked. But could lose 100 points in 2 games to those same players if i get bad dice, or just dont play my best. It's just a game.

CC is a mix of skill and luck, so have to be prepared to lose more, the higher you go.