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#1241667 - Sun Sep 01 2019 09:31 AM Percentiles are backwards
TriviaFan22 Offline
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It probably only bothers me because I'm a math guy but the percentiles are backwards. So if in Obscurity, Halekotsi has a 6.5 percentile, it should actually be 93.5%ile, not 6.5. Is anyone else bothered about this? If not, then I'll shut up.

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#1241669 - Sun Sep 01 2019 10:04 AM Re: Percentiles are backwards
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Percentiles can always be expressed both ways (it depends on just how you label them - in the game, you could either compare one on one wins or losses and get the opposite result), but I agree that "high percent is better performance" is the common usage.

It doesn't bother me much however - as long as it's clear which direction is used (and you do get that by simply looking at the divisions), either way works. It's just a number to justify "why is player X in division Y"?


Edited by WesleyCrusher (Sun Sep 01 2019 10:06 AM)
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#1241671 - Sun Sep 01 2019 10:46 AM Re: Percentiles are backwards
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I agree that the percentile rankings should be flipped to the higher percentile rankings corresponding to higher performance. Since most of the games have gone to win points I'd like to see a win percentage column also. Yes I know you can do your win points per play divided by your average division of wins to calculate win percentage but it'd be nice to see separately.

I'm still confused about division sorting. It's definitely not based solely on win percentage, total points or average percentile. At the time of writing this in the Easy game for example the highest rated player in Division 5 by average percentile is at 14.4 while the lowest rated player by average percentile is Division 6 is at 21.1. Division sorting is very important for meeting certain challenges but the sorting mechanism seems mysterious.

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#1241756 - Mon Sep 02 2019 01:32 PM Re: Percentiles are backwards
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Originally Posted By: Triviaballer
I agree that the percentile rankings should be flipped to the higher percentile rankings corresponding to higher performance.
I concur as well with Triviaballer and TriviaFan22. It's the more conventional presentation.
Originally Posted By: Triviaballer
Since most of the games have gone to win points I'd like to see a win percentage column also. Yes I know you can do your win points per play divided by your average division of wins to calculate win percentage but it'd be nice to see separately.
This is also a good idea.
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#1242456 - Tue Sep 10 2019 07:28 PM Re: Percentiles are backwards
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Now for those who don't know, Wesley is an actual scientist, and it is interesting and something I didn't know that it could be presented either way. But it is satisfying to know I'm not the only one who was bothered by that. Of course I read bass clef and am bothered by treble but it is just a form of thinking we may have to get around.

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