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etc etc/glaringly obvious/and so on, and such <=Not redundant!
Posted by: Cr4ne Style
Taxes do nothing to affect the share of wealth, since taxes are only applied to income.
So that's not even a part of the conversation at all, so it's pointless talking about it....
"for a "best" moral to exist, there must exist the "best" moral base. If the base of morality varies from location to location, culture to culture...then there can't be an absolute moral..
Posted by: xfire grunt
Okay lets look at it mathematically.
To reach a level 40 again, you need to play about 100 games (and win them all). So thats about 100 * 10 = 1,000 minutes of gameplay.... if you win every single game. Lets say you win 75% of the games. That is about 150 * 10 or 1500 minutes of game play. Keep in mind, that its probably more, because of loss of rank, and stuff, so maybe around 2000 minutes of gameplay, to get a level 40 back in 1 play list. Now multiply that by 8. 16,000 minutes of gameplay. Now add, that there will be a ton of other level 40s, so your chances are seriously down, of getting matched against weaker players. So probably around 20,000 minutes, or 333 hours of gameplay, to achieve the correct rank in every play list. I think this is a "low" estimate, it will probably be much longer. If people average 3 hours of gameplay a day, we're talking about 111 days, or over 3 months, for the ranks to stabilize. At 5 hours a day ( a very long time) think around 66 days, or over 2 months for the ranks to stabalize.
More Reasons Why A Rank Reset is a Bad Idea
i can follow your numbers, but can you tell me exactly how this is a major problem? for starters, you are talking about people who are level 40, who are obviously going to be a small minority of the mm population. but, for the world's best halo 2 mm players, you are right, it will take those people a long time to find equal competition. but, as you have pointed out, they can level up by winning games, and if they are actually that highly skilled, then they should expect to race up the ranks without losing many games at all. and, if they do lose games, then they would have lost fairly against better skilled players.
what i find most amusing about your objection here is that you claim both that it will take a long time to get back to 40 and that there are loads of 40s in the mm population. if the rank system works properly (detects cheaters), then there will not be many upper level players, so there will not be many people of equal or greater skill than you (supposing that you are an honest level 40 in all ranks) bunmping into you while your ranks rise win after win. so, if the standard statistical results from such a population sample, then your only problem will be that it will take you many games to get back to being able to play against similarly skilled players. but, you also stated that there are so many 40s out there, and that you will meet them at lower levels. if this is the case, then you will have nothing to complain about since you will be matched against similarly skilled players, which is what mm is designed to do.
in any case, all of us saw what happened the last time that ranks reset, and we should expect the same to happen again. we will play games, will will get some easy wins and some tough losses, but we will all eventually reach our natural ranks, AND there will be far fewer cheaters. so, as i claimed before, any and all problems caused by the rank reset will be short lived, while the benefits will be long lived. the value of the trade off seems obvious to me.