Ordered Titan Divisions

[Kamikaze28]

(07-17-2012 07:34 PM)calmon Wrote:  Well on top of the leagues having something like this is a nice feature. SC2 have it and there is at least no reason to not even considering it.

Comparisons with SC2 are nice for inspirational purposes, but ultimately, you have to realize that SC2 is an entirely different thing than Outwitters in respect to scope:

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.            SC2                  | Outwitters
Platform     Desktop              | Mobile
Seriousness  eSport               | Pasttime
Developers   7:19 min of credits  | 15 sec of credits
Budget       in the millions      | way less than millions

(07-17-2012 07:34 PM)calmon Wrote:  I suggested '1st Division' instead of 'Top-ofTop-League' just because it makes technically less sense to have another league instead of just a division or like I suggested ordered divisions in titan league (<- only titan, because it makes indeed not much sense in lower leagues).

You have to explain the difference between your '1st Division' and a theoretical Mega-Titan League to me other than the number of players that can be in it and the fact that promotion/demotion is solely based on points.

(07-17-2012 07:34 PM)calmon Wrote:  The main "problem" start when the difference between the points goes to far away inside the division but the Top has no chance to promote away like the top players can do in other leagues. At this point the division lacks the information/competition/whatever you usually would love to have.

Once again, this is being watched closely by the devs and will most likely be addressed in the future.

Furthermore, skill rankings in and of itself is a hopeless process. Most importantly, the 'better than'-relation between players is not transitive:
Player A consistently beats Player B; Player B consistently beats Player C.
The conclusion that "Player A consistently beats Player C" is a foolish one to draw. All three players can be of more or less the same skill. To verify or refute the statement, you have to match players A and C against each other multiple times.

To resume once again: divisions are not meant to be ranked with each other and they can't just be mingled and re-labeled based on points. That would bring back the whole monolithic leaderboard issue whose avoidance was one of the goals with the current design.

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(07-17-2012 06:55 PM)Fluffysox Wrote:  Edit: you beat me kamikaze >:o

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