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Nov 2019
7:18pm, 25 Nov 2019
44,052 posts
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Velociraptor
You'll know what you need to do differently to get the square next time, Elsie Too 
(I trespassed on a track that looks like a path but is private property last night to try to get a square. Missed it. Tried again this morning, in daylight. Missed it again. But I now have a landmark for how far I need to go next time.)
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Nov 2019
7:32pm, 25 Nov 2019
2,223 posts
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Elsie Too
I think next time I’ll stay dry and accept that it’s a 29 square run!
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Nov 2019
7:38pm, 25 Nov 2019
14,301 posts
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Rosehip
Hi Ferret *waves*
- toe sore, but need to get some miles in - been using too many excuses.
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Nov 2019
7:52pm, 25 Nov 2019
173 posts
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Daddy Shark
NDWDave, that's exactly what the Elo system does. It models the probability of each result and exchanges points on the basis of the liklihood of the result that actually happens.
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Nov 2019
7:56pm, 25 Nov 2019
10,727 posts
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NDWDave
I guess the question is how does it translate the into WSW? What are the odds of beating someone with 30 points higher rating for example
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Nov 2019
10:35pm, 25 Nov 2019
24,747 posts
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Wriggling Snake
People choose to play the game.
If they choose to play it so often and play it so hard they are in the top dozen and end up playing each other then that is their look out and they have no right moaning about it.
If fact repeated match ups occur further down too.
Getting trashed today! Still I was off grid mostly. Nature if the game.
Hey ho!
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Nov 2019
10:57pm, 25 Nov 2019
4,954 posts
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
Sorry WS. I am in perfect WSW territory this week, a US town with a near north-south grid system.
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Nov 2019
7:18am, 26 Nov 2019
7,930 posts
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ITG
I know this started as a test but Fetch has to draw a line and say "this is it"; no more fannying about. I've been playing conquersize for ages and the beauty is the simplicity.
There will be features in any game that favour a training style or a location. We cannot please everyone and every reshuffle will disadvantage someone else.
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Nov 2019
7:35am, 26 Nov 2019
10,734 posts
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NDWDave
+1 ITG and WS
I would benefit from moving the location twice a week as I run at work during the week and at home at the weekend but that is the way the game is set up. I just have to do more with my weekday runs.
Whilst repeating matches might be dull, will the top dozen enjoy games where their opponents “only” score 30-40 and there is no real competition? I normally visit 70-100 squares each week a few times which would usually result in a heavy tonking by the top 6 or so
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Nov 2019
7:51am, 26 Nov 2019
23,047 posts
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fetcheveryone
I think there are always little changes to all of the games, and some of the changes to WSW recently have been simplifications eg removing the double points rule. 39 people voted for the option to avoid playing people too regularly - so there must have been quite a spread of rankings behind that. And the changes I’ve made to the multiplayer eligibility (removing sub-1000 scores and taking into account whether the user is interacting with the game) are there to help lowly ranked players with an interest in participating.
The new ‘avoid last ten opponents’ aspect of matching is going to prove interesting, but my gut feeling is that it’s not going to change much. The new rule means that players 2-11 all get a crack at player 1 over a ten week period - and if they’re good enough to beat those players, then they deserve to be top. And the bigger the gap between two opponents, the bigger the reward for a minnow win.
All in all, I’m mostly really pleased that you lot are very much invested in the tactics and gameplay. I hope it shows that we have an exciting game here - and it’s steadily getting a bigger audience I think.
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