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Getting past the 1800 point
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tharris7 wrote
at 11:08 PM, Saturday December 23, 2006 EST
Is anyone else finding it almost impossible to reach the 1800 point. I mean, playing with 1775 or so against 1500 players will only get you less than 20 if you win, and if you get a bad draw, seventh place takes you back 50 points. Even before when there was the gap between 1700 and 2000 it was never this hard. Is it the new scoring system? I'm probably just bitter at my bad luck but I think 200 point intervals would work better. Thoughts?
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moonshot wrote
at 1:45 AM, Sunday December 24, 2006 EST I just made 1800, it took me a while but I wouldn't call it a problem with the points system. I gained the last 60 or so points with a #1 and #2 finish back to back. Certainly a 7th place would have hurt me, but avoiding those is part of the challenge.
Regarding the table intervals, too many of them could make it hard to get games going, particularly at the upper limits. I think that needs to be tuned to the number of people playing so that ideally a table is always forming at each level. Otherwise you might have high ranked players forced to play the lower tables, which would make the issue you describe even worse. |
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Lindsay wrote
at 6:35 PM, Monday December 25, 2006 EST I only have trouble with that when I'm stoned.
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Ravenkbs wrote
at 7:26 PM, Monday December 25, 2006 EST *throws a rock at Lindsay*
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MadWylli wrote
at 10:18 PM, Monday December 25, 2006 EST not at all. i just made my 3rd alter ego hit 1800 after 20 games in total i dont call that much.
and i started off with a bad start of dropping to 1420 too... |
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NewOne 2 wrote
at 5:07 AM, Wednesday December 27, 2006 EST just made it. Had a bad luck streak and needed 28 games.
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tinfoilhat wrote
at 12:04 PM, Wednesday December 27, 2006 EST Skilled players have an unfair advantage getting to 1800. Those of us who have trouble seeing more than one turn ahead are discriminated against.
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Tech wrote
at 12:50 PM, Wednesday December 27, 2006 EST That was sarcasm right? My meter is busted.
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tinfoilhat wrote
at 1:47 PM, Wednesday December 27, 2006 EST It is somewhere between sarcasm and self-effacing humor.
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trism wrote
at 4:19 PM, Wednesday December 27, 2006 EST 1500/1700/1900 would make more sense than 1500/1800/2000. Often enough I find all the 1500 tables are taken.
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CNE wrote
at 5:22 PM, Wednesday December 27, 2006 EST My personal problem is getting up above 2000. Mainly because I'll get close and then I choke/have bad luck which knocks me back down near the 1800 level again.
I just got 22 points for winning a sub-1500 table, which just barely pushed me back over to 1800. Hooray me! Time to go lose again! |
