How are the stats calculated. - Page 11

FlameFlash · June 13, 2002, 12:28

oops... sorry, I didn't even realize I'd done a typo... my apologies. (Can't edit or I'd screw up some later posts, otherwise I would.)

FlameFlash · June 13, 2002, 12:30

Does everything increase by one now after HP cycles through?

A: 23 | D: 70 | M: 26 | HP: 1

I know for sure my M was 25 prior to the turnover. A was 22... don't remember what D was.

Apocalypse · June 13, 2002, 12:59

Nope, just A.

Skanky Burns · June 13, 2002, 17:27

Im A: 37 | D: 99 | M: 31 | HP: 95 now.
Was A: 37 | D: 99 | M: 31 | HP: 81 yesterday.

I'm getting stronger and stronger!
Mwahahahaha!

Apocalypse · June 13, 2002, 18:12

Bah...HP means very little since yours will drop to zero (or nil) really soon.

Skanky Burns · June 13, 2002, 23:45

I'm safe for another 800 posts or so.

Chris 62 · June 14, 2002, 00:45

Quote:

Originally posted by MikeH
It's a lot better than many things I've been called.

Could you post them?

I'd like to compare it to the list Venom gave me.

Mark, the fantasy stats were cooler, go back to that.

MikeH · June 14, 2002, 05:34

Not and not get banned.

-Jrabbit · June 14, 2002, 11:21

Skipped this for 2 days and... 13 pages of posts!

Miss a little, miss a lot.

DarkCloud · June 14, 2002, 11:29

QUOTE
DC has an overactive imagination.
END QUOTE

Apocalypse · June 14, 2002, 11:42

Quote:

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
I'm safe for another 800 posts or so.

Actually, you're not. The levels I'm talking about aren't the titles. They are the "A" stat, which is logarithmic.

Chris 62 · June 14, 2002, 11:47

Quote:

Originally posted by MikeH
Not and not get banned.

Ohwell, I'll just consider the old list definative then.

It seems that Mark's system is being cracked by the many math nuts around here.

J Bytheway · June 14, 2002, 12:03

I was puzzled when Mark posted this a while ago, and now I've decided to speak out:

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG
A(formerly level) is connected logarithmically to your post count and therefore is not like the post count levels for titles

Surely this is exactly like post count levels for titles - they're connected logarithmically to post count too (or as near as makes no difference, since sqrt(10)~=3).

Has anyone figured whether the hit points are interpolated logarithmically or linearly yet?

Apocalypse · June 14, 2002, 12:07

I'm pretty sure linearly since it is a percentage.

DarkCloud · June 14, 2002, 12:23

Hit points is merely percentages, how many points you need to get before you advance to the next A logarithmic level... I believe.

FlameFlash · June 14, 2002, 21:08

If "Hit Points" are simply a percentage to the next level I still say it makes no sense whatsoever to call them "hit points."

Upgrade Points or Leonardo Workshop points or at least something else that doesn't mean how much damage I can recieve since on this system we die or go comatose every single time we up our A rating.

And if A is the only thing that changes, I'm still surprised at how my other stats are increasing at about the same time.

Grandpa Troll · June 14, 2002, 22:25

Love the Avatar Grampos!!

Skanky Burns · June 14, 2002, 23:38

A: 38 | D: 99 | M: 30 | HP: 0

How true, Apocalypse. It looks like I died levelling up too.

DarkCloud · June 15, 2002, 05:22

Well FlameFlash, perhaps they SHOULD be called upgrade points, but upgrade points are not civvish

Thus we are doomed to not make sense

phoenixcager · June 15, 2002, 09:26

Personally, I'd rather have the whole thing make sense than have it civvish and not make sense to the average person.

I had to read all 13 of these pages before I understood what was really happening here....

DarkCloud · June 15, 2002, 09:41

Yes, D&D rankings would make more sense

Unless of course, mark, you implement the system I developed

FlameFlash · June 15, 2002, 18:19

You're right, DC, but I'm going to have to agree with phoenixcager... it's more important to me to make sense than to be civvish. If you can be civvish and make sense I'd love it!

Apocalypse · June 15, 2002, 19:11

D&D stats at a Civ site makes no sense though.

FlameFlash · June 15, 2002, 19:29

True... but neither does having to die (HP hitting zero) every time your A goes up by one.

Purple · June 15, 2002, 21:40

Quote:

Originally posted by phoenixcager
Personally, I'd rather have the whole thing make sense than have it civvish and not make sense to the average person.

I had to read all 13 of these pages before I understood what was really happening here....

I still don't understand it [eyes glazed over]. It would help a lot if the system used meaningul names for the four reported stats.

And how about a FAQ entry with definitions to point to? Even if the system is still being modified, the FAQ would cut down on the number of posts asking what the heck is going on.

Apocalypse · June 15, 2002, 23:42

It wouldn't cut down on the number of posts. There are many threads asking questions that are answered in the FAQ.

phoenixcager · June 16, 2002, 06:34

Quote:

Originally posted by Apocalypse
It wouldn't cut down on the number of posts. There are many threads asking questions that are answered in the FAQ.

Yes, but there might be many more if there weren't an FAQ.

FlameFlash · June 16, 2002, 12:55

There's a FAQ?

Immortal Wombat · June 16, 2002, 13:50

link at the top of every forum page

Apocalypse · June 16, 2002, 14:52

Quote:

Originally posted by phoenixcager
Yes, but there might be many more if there weren't an FAQ.

Doubtful. Many people claim they already looked in the FAQ and still ask questions.