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Subject: Why are stats averaged over your entire gaming career?
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Posted by: Achronos
It isn't our shiznit anymore.

I don't get it. K/D, W/L, KA/D, all of your major stats use every game you've ever played in the average, no matter how long ago that first game was. Shouldn't your most recent games mean more when describing your current skill level?

If I want to explain how "X" sports player is currently the best in the league I wouldn't grab stats from half a decade ago. So what gives? Why isn't there a system that only takes your most recent 100 or so games into account when calculating stats (or at the very least, weigh the recent games more)? Is there anything inherently bad with this weighted system I proposed?

  • 01.31.2012 2:37 PM PDT
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I'm listeni- Oh wait I don't give a -blam!- what you have to say.

No

  • 01.31.2012 2:39 PM PDT

Not that I care very much about stats anymore, but I remember in H3 I used to be so bad in MM. My ranked is like 1.09 right now even though I average like 1.8-2.0 in my last 500 games.

  • 01.31.2012 2:39 PM PDT
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Inheritor #156 :p

Probably because we don't have seasons like in sports, in the arena is resets every 3 months and you get new stats that's pretty much as close as we're going to get.

Maybe have both stats one for all time and another what resets at the beginning of every month, they would be next to each other so you could compare how you are doing now compared to you're all time.

  • 01.31.2012 2:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
It isn't our shiznit anymore.

Posted by: tsujen
Maybe have both stats one for all time and another what resets at the beginning of every month, they would be next to each other so you could compare how you are doing now compared to you're all time.
I think a great system would be to display W/L or K/D during the month of January/February/March/etc. It would be a great indicator for how well you are improving and you don't have to worry about not being able to raise your stats after you log 10k+ kills.

Perhaps a fun graph to go along with those stats too.

[Edited on 01.31.2012 2:46 PM PST]

  • 01.31.2012 2:45 PM PDT

I like my stats being a total aggregate. Those games I played at the beginning are just as valid as the win streak I'm on right now.

  • 01.31.2012 2:53 PM PDT

Wait for the next Halo game. Or create an alt.

  • 01.31.2012 3:48 PM PDT
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Posted by: Frasier Crane
No

  • 01.31.2012 3:49 PM PDT

On the I-Phone app it is only over the last 25 games in the playlist.

  • 01.31.2012 3:58 PM PDT

I guess that is what Arena was trying to do also. I'm not passing any comment on good/bad here.

  • 01.31.2012 4:05 PM PDT

I'm trying to get my KD up after 44K kills...

It's at 1.29 now (meh), but is realistically around a 1.7.

  • 01.31.2012 4:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
It isn't our shiznit anymore.

Posted by: jgman676
I'm trying to get my KD up after 44K kills...

It's at 1.29 now (meh), but is realistically around a 1.7.
Math time!

With a Kill count of 44,000 and a K/D of 1.29, in order to increase your K/D by .01 points you would have to get ~350 kills with no deaths.

Ridiculous.

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Posted by: Frasier Crane
No
I know! This revelation is horrible! Hopefully my near divine intellect can fix these woes.

[Edited on 01.31.2012 4:48 PM PST]

  • 01.31.2012 4:46 PM PDT

Stats this, stats that. Can't you just play the -blam!- game? Do you really need the game to tell you that you are doing well or not so well? I find this sad.

  • 01.31.2012 5:05 PM PDT
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Bringing in Fikst. Bringing back lmao.
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Wish it also had like 'this weeks' stats.

  • 01.31.2012 5:12 PM PDT


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Posted by: jgman676
I'm trying to get my KD up after 44K kills...

It's at 1.29 now (meh), but is realistically around a 1.7.
Math time!

With a Kill count of 44,000 and a K/D of 1.29, in order to increase your K/D by .01 points you would have to get ~350 kills with no deaths.

Ridiculous.

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Posted by: Frasier Crane
No
I know! This revelation is horrible! Hopefully my near divine intellect can fix these woes.


I know :'(

I'm thinking about starting an alt posting here with that; my stats will be 2x better and my opinions will be taken more seriously.

After I reach Inheritor, of course.


[Edited on 01.31.2012 5:16 PM PST]

  • 01.31.2012 5:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
It isn't our shiznit anymore.

Posted by: jgman676
I know :'(

I'm thinking about starting an alt posting here with that; my stats will be 2x better and my opinions will be taken more seriously.

After I reach Inheritor, of course.
The only thing you need in order to have a good opinion is the evidence to back it up.

That and chocolates. -blam!-es love chocolates.

  • 01.31.2012 5:23 PM PDT
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*wonders how New Clan Recruitment For Shadow Pack thread gets 55 replies*

*reads "Hi I'm Ashley. . ." *

[Question Answered]

*proceeds to read on, shakes head, and gently laughs*

There should have just been an option of "Most Recent Stats"

  • 01.31.2012 8:42 PM PDT