overall rank?

[GregHead]

Originally Posted by Synthlight

Maybe I should try and figure it on points per game on average?


Synthlight

The problem with that is beginners are penalized for how long it takes them to learn. Plus people who play long songs have an advantage. A pro could take advantage by reseting his/her account and playing one great run.

My suggestion (though this might be a strain on bandwidth) is to take the best score the player has gotten in each of the songs, add them all up, and then compare that total.

This way, only high scores improve your total, and if you were to go and, er.. drink and then play some FFR, your ranking wouldn't decrease (well, only if other players rank up from behind)

I hope that makes sense.

EDIT: This differs from the above post in that it adds up scores instead of ranks. The differences are subtle; first, if someone hasn't played all of the songs, they'd be no way to get ranks for those songs.

Second, harder songs should have more impact. Harder songs potentially give higher scores, which would make more of a difference if scores were added rather than rankings.

Once again, I hope that makes sense.