ChickenBrick Studios Forum

[VonDreadKinStien]

Alrighty this is my deal what the crap is up with some dude have 30 kills and 25 deaths and I have 8 kills and 1 death and he's on top he averaged 5 I get 7 wtf mabe I'm dumb but I think its dumb that he/she get that title when u died so many times its stoopid I like how u have the flag setupbut hopefully I don't know if that bumps u up on the top but I bealive it should be on kills and death averaging Tho o yea and that whole turn around crap long press is bull crap I seen a post on it some response was stupid straight out sorry hahaaaaahahha just how I feel let it be known u know¿

[BLOODHOUND]

I know what you mean...

I think the stats are based on the amount of kills a person gets. I'm not sure if deaths even count.

BLOODHOUND

[VonDreadKinStien]

Glad u AGREE!

[eville]

Cmon guys! The poor bastard who was returning all alone against a full base should be penalized for taking a few shots? I think its fine as is.

[superman]

Ok well he was probly a flag returner while u were defending or holding


It he had that many kills and deaths he was obviously playing hard.


I see what u mean if its a dm game but high #s like that in a ctf game might not show who was the best player but it shows who's the most involved in the game(or its just the scout that is camped next to a few brutes)

Returners get no respect

[Kurik]

I wish they would average the deaths to kills to sort the board. I also wish that your stats would track how many times you have been the top player. A top 20 highscores list would be a great way to get people to visit the site and forums also!

[eville]

Good point on the stat board on the forums, kurik.

I just don't seen the value in the kill/death ratio in CTF. DM sure, but in CTF there is so much more at play. If you are having to return all game against a heavily guarded base, your stats aren't going to be great. You might get 5 death to get that one kill to return flag. I guess we should just stop and kill a couple noobs on the way to return!

I went 7k 1d with my brute tonite without even playing. I setup on flag and had to attend to one of my kids. Sixth and would been higher with an averaged K/D.

[Piccolo]

I don't think the scoreboard results matter unless there is a way to put them in a time machine. Say I want to see a specific game from two weeks ago, I would log in a stats page, type in two or three characters (or, as many as remembered) to cross link, then that list show the relationship between specific mixes of teams.

For the scoreboard itself, it is okay the way it is. Kill to death ratio is a part of statistics, it is inferred from two things. It is like saying that X and Y should be replaced with X divided by Y, then arrange it in that order. A bit much.

Until next time..

[terencela]

Surely it's just a case of replacing just X with X - Y?

X being kills, Y being deaths. I just played a game and got 7 kills to 1 death. The player above me got 7 kills and 6 deaths.

I know if you're on the same team as someone, if you've got the same kills as another team member and less deaths then you'll go above them. If you've got the same kills as someone on the opposing team and less deaths, sometimes that guy will be above you. I think it's got something to do with the team member above you...say if the guy on top is green and you're blue and you've got the next number of kills along with another guy on green with more deaths, the guy on green will go above you. Hard to understand I know...I'll think of something better next time I comment on something lol!

[Piccolo]

Even with that argument, I don't believe that the Kill-to-death ratio is an indicator of how skilled you are if it is just one game. In some games, I end up with very high K:D ratios, and other games it is very low -- Maybe because there are many skilled veterans, or it is a map full of newbies, or I'm trying to recover flags against a heavily fortified base, etc. As a consequence, inconsistencies like these can cause the overall kill to death ratio (for individuals) to become meaningless or misleading. Who killed who?

Say, we have a three-way duel (there's no free-for-all in INF, for some reason) I have 15 kills and 5 deaths, and you have 15 kills and 15 deaths... That Newbie has 15 kills and 25 deaths. (I'm first, you're second, That Newbie's third) That Newbie managed to kill me five times, but you couldn't get one kill off me while he/she also killed you ten times. So, all of your kills came from That Newbie's 25 deaths, while I killed him ten times as well. Remember, I killed you five times.

Since That Newbie killed you more than I was able to kill you, they are better at killing you than I am. On the top of that, That Newbie is better than you at killing me. That Newbie just had the misfortune of dying 25 times since we both ganged up on him/her every time. Who should be 1st, 2nd or 3rd?