BC Matt Eagles:

50 is such an arbitrary number.. any particular reason for choosing it? Why not 63? Or 47?

Yeah I think 50 is not enough at all.

well 50 is a bit low thats true ...
id say 100 is a better number but if u want to be first in ppg u often cant afford that number since there just isnt enough 10ks and you cant sit every 2500 because of rc/pges waiting there for you ...

If you are a member, then you can only compare to nonmembers as the tables you can play at the beginning of the month allow you to gain more points at one time.

If you are a member, then you can only compare to OTHER members as the tables you can play at the beginning of the month allow you to gain more points at one time.

bcm and ryan:

In a post long ago ryan said that the average number of games played in a month by a player was 60. So a reasonable requirement is that to qualify for special mention, a player must have an above average number of games played, that is, more than 60.

Diplomat, you play very conservative before you go to a higher table level so your PPG will never be high. That's the reason why I wrote:

PPG = 90% (skill + luck in first games + risks you are willing to take in your first 50 games) + 10% (your membership bonus)

you don't take risks so your PPG will never be high.

And sorry to come even more to my point but lets look at your results:

July 2008: 340 games 16 PPG
Agust 2008 so far: 20 PPG

Do you honestly think you would have a PPG over 100 if you bought the membership? If it was the case why aren't more people supporting Ryan and becoming a member for less than $3 a month???

well that would be december

162 PPG


to those think its stupid to compare members to non-members: post your own topic and stop making this one ugly.

Well last month i had 198 as a nonmember 1 day before the end ...
Im sure that if i was member it might have been a tiny bit over 200 but the difference after 300 games shouldnt be too big.

I picked it arbitrarily, no science, I just figured that it seemed like a good round number.