ltsply2, just my example last month

jurgen (member) 43rd 16916 points 115 games 125 PPG

gruntie (my non-member account) 45th 16569 points 78 games 212 PPG

my unofficial gruntie PPG (I think 21 games to reach 2680 or something) -> 244 PPG in 57 games

O lordy jurg i hope i didnt set you off. I think i did the calculations last month and my ppg more than doubled after i reached 2.5k.

But notice how i said gives the POTENTIAL for a huge ppg, obviously the skill is needed to see it through

Don't worry moneymango, that's why I said : But OK, I admit I am just a bit pissed about some people blaming not being a member for their poor score (in previous threads, not blaming anyone *read as moneymango* here).

I agree with you that members have a better PPG potential than non-members... but what you do with that potential is entirely up to your skills,your luck and your willingness to take risks.

But I am just saying what if a player played 500 games as member and 500 as a non-member. The bonus effect will become diluted.

Meanwhile... 12 posts in a very good post by bcmatteagles and only 1 PPG reported

Nonmembers cannot have negative PPG, and members can. So negative PPG's could be considered "bad" because they are worse than any nonmember can do.

Over 250 games, the member bonus amounts to only 10 points per game, regardless of what tables are played. Members will be left in the dust if they expect their bonus to help for PPG, even if not reckoned from 2500. And it doesn't help at all anyway, since PPG is reckoned from 2500, as I said before.

You can win even without being a member.
Example A <---
(yes i am a member now, but i wasnt until last night)

btw skrum, check my april when i didnt know anything about the game and was just fooling around for fun :)
i had -10ppg (wasnt a member)

I don't think so.

I never play on 100 tables before I have 500 points, never on 500 tables before I have 2500. Sometimes it takes some days to play on 500 tables. Thus members obviously have a huge advantage to have a good PPG.

However, good idea to establish an all-time best monthly PPG from now. Nevertheless a PPG should at least have 100-200 games to be valid imo.

(The first part of the post was adressed to jurgen)

Silly Math Nerds.

Smart math nerd you mean.