Regional Ranking Adjustment

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  • madmatt621
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    • Dec 2006
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    #31
    Re: Regional Ranking Adjustment

    I'll come up with a map when I get off from work tonight.

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    • madmatt621
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      • Dec 2006
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      #32
      Re: Regional Ranking Adjustment




      I'll get into details later today. But first, I need a shower.

      EDIT: Not all the continents you see highlighted will be included.
      Last edited by madmatt621; 08-14-2007, 08:28 AM.

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      • madmatt621
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        • Dec 2006
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        #33
        Re: Regional Ranking Adjustment

        EDIT:

        *Go to first new post*
        Last edited by madmatt621; 08-16-2007, 09:19 AM.

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        • revolutionomega
          FFR Veteran
          • Mar 2006
          • 2240

          #34
          Re: Regional Ranking Adjustment

          sounds interesting. *bump*
          "AW MAN, WE SUCK AGAIN!"
          - Rob Schneider, The Waterboy (1998)

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          • [HectoGtzMX]
            FFR Player
            • May 2007
            • 1474

            #35
            Re: Regional Ranking Adjustment

            u_u; ... Where's Mexico? ... Mexico is part of North America! x(

            It's coming for you

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            • madmatt621
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              • Dec 2006
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              #36
              Re: Regional Ranking Adjustment

              Originally posted by [HectoGtzMX]
              u_u; ... Where's Mexico? ... Mexico is part of North America! x(
              Middle America:
              Would you like me to call it Mexico?

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              • [HectoGtzMX]
                FFR Player
                • May 2007
                • 1474

                #37
                Re: Regional Ranking Adjustment

                I don't think it's a good idea to have Mexico as a region, because probably there aren't enough active players to fill it. But maybe something like, Mexico & Central America would be nice =/.

                It's coming for you

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                • madmatt621
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                  • Dec 2006
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                  #38
                  Re: Regional Ranking Adjustment

                  Originally posted by [HectoGtzMX]
                  I don't think it's a good idea to have Mexico as a region, because probably there aren't enough active players to fill it. But maybe something like, Mexico & Central America would be nice =/.
                  Exactly. I will look in to it.

                  EDIT: Everything will be on the first post.

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                  • devonin
                    Very Grave Indeed
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                    • Apr 2004
                    • 10120

                    #39
                    Re: Regional Ranking Adjustment

                    Ugh, your final suggestion just gets worse and worse. You really need to put more thought and emphasis onto population and playerbase rather than geography.

                    Each "region" should have a fixed and as close to equal population as possible. If that means the US is 5 regions, and South America/Africa/Asia is all one big region, so be it.

                    The goal should be to have an equal amount of competition in each listed region, not to cram the list so full of regions that everyone can top 10.

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                    • madmatt621
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                      • Dec 2006
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                      #40
                      Re: Regional Ranking Adjustment

                      Originally posted by devonin
                      You really need to put more thought and emphasis onto population and playerbase rather than geography.
                      There is no way in telling how many users are in each state/region/country.

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                      • [HectoGtzMX]
                        FFR Player
                        • May 2007
                        • 1474

                        #41
                        Re: Regional Ranking Adjustment

                        But you can tell of the competitiveness of the regions by looking at the regional's top 10.

                        I mean, look at africa, there is a guy with 10,000+ avg. rank, and he is there! ... And places like Canada and the U.S are obviously more competitive so there must be more regions.

                        EDIT: 8,000+ now xD.

                        It's coming for you

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                        • madmatt621
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                          • Dec 2006
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                          #42
                          Re: Regional Ranking Adjustment

                          There are people in Africa that shouldn't be in Africa and should be in United States or Canada or Asia.

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                          • devonin
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                            FFR Simfile Author
                            • Apr 2004
                            • 10120

                            #43
                            Re: Regional Ranking Adjustment

                            Originally posted by madmatt621
                            There is no way in telling how many users are in each state/region/country.
                            Yeah, if only the staff had some means of seeing from which country their players most often access...oh wait...that's actually incredibly easy to do. If my MUD from circa 1990 had the technology to simply cull lists of activity by country via IP, surely it can't be that difficult.

                            But you know what else would work? Perhaps -counting- the number of people in each existing region...

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                            • madmatt621
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                              • Dec 2006
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                              #44
                              Re: Regional Ranking Adjustment

                              Originally posted by devonin
                              But you know what else would work? Perhaps -counting- the number of people in each existing region...
                              More than half of the users that say they live in Africa, Asia, or Australia actually live some place else.

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                              • devonin
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                                • Apr 2004
                                • 10120

                                #45
                                Re: Regional Ranking Adjustment

                                Well, you're the one wanting to make regions even smaller, and thus even more easily abused by people moving into ones they don't belong in. Do you have a solution for this?

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