The Official Unofficial Netplay Ranking (Closed.)

[orochiwolf]

Wow, I bet this will be a great tournament!

[Spidey]

Wow, I bet this will be a great tournament!

I hope that wasn't said in sarcasm. Hopefully something like this will take off.

[Zero]

Also registered.

Hope people have fun playing.

[Tak]

If anyones looking for a match add me at GTDrift@hotmail.com
Be Gentle   

[abitofBaileys]

Maybe it would be useful to create an IRC channel for this?

[orochiwolf]

First, that wasn't sarcasm. And, I agree to the IRC channel, then everyone, at the same time, will know the updates.

[orochiwolf]

By the way, I'm registered.

[dakanya]

How do I enter and participate?:
1) Have melty blood and get netplay working
   A) Lan matches are only acceptable when I AM PHYSICALLY PRESENT
      1) If you wish to have a Lan Match and you are close to me, you may PM or email me with this request.

Offline matches are fine if the "Broadcast" feature of MBCaster is used. "Broadcast" lets people spectate offline games via the internet. Ability to host netplay games is required.

[Deer]

Any plans about a program?

I'm too lazy to do this without something easy to do it with...

[asdfqwer]

I'm in.

Any plans about a program?

I'm too lazy to do this without something easy to do it with...

Hamachii, IRC, and MBcaster?
There probably aren't any programs that exist or are planned that will make it easier.

[abitofBaileys]

You mean combining those three programs? That's theoretically impossible.

[Jen]

I think RabidCh was referring to the program to calculate the ladder scores.

[abitofBaileys]

Since the season has started, I felt like opening a Hamachi channel only for meeting up with the contestans. This is only a solution until there's a IRC channel or something.

Two ways to organize matches. Hamachi:

name: MB NP Ranking
pass:  XieXie

IRC channel:
EFNet, so you don't have to change servers if you are in the MBAC channel.
#Netplay_Ranking

Thanks to Zero for keeping the channel up!

[Jen]

Some questions:

1.  Should we mention the type of match in our e-mails?
2.  Can we change characters between matches?
3.  I already asked this in my e-mail but in your examples are the numbers in Multiplying[####] supposed to be our ID numbers?
4.  So are we responsible for calculating our own scores if we want to know what it is?

[Xie]

Some questions:

1.  Should we mention the type of match in our e-mails?
2.  Can we change characters between matches?
3.  I already asked this in my e-mail but in your examples are the numbers in Multiplying[####] supposed to be our ID numbers?
4.  So are we responsible for calculating our own scores if we want to know what it is?

1) Yes, you should. Sorry I didn't explicitly state this in the current top post. I obviously meant to, but because I basically retyped the entire post, I omitted a few things on accident. The updated syntax is WinnerName[WinnerID#] (Winner's Character [Winner's Palate]) won against LoserName[LoserID#] (Loser's Character [Loser's Palate]) in a MatchType. I hope this is clear enough this time.
2) Yes, you may change characters between games, though the pick/counter-pick ettiqute (read- don't be a douchebag about it) applies. The only real penalty is that I will be less likely to make videos where players change characters. This is more of a personal preference than an actual rule
3) I think I answered this in 1)...
4) No, you are not responsible for calculating your scores AT ALL. Plus... it's not really possible unless you knew what your opponent's raw rating was at the time of play (which, you'll probably never get from me unless you specifically ask, and even then, if he plays one match it becomes different)so... I can't fathom how you would be able to do that without being psychic.

Also, there was a comment that I could technically watch Lan Matches over the internet, but the reason I do not allow this is more because I'm not sure I will have the time to do so rather than me frowning upon possible cheatyface ways.

[MasterT]

So the sign ups are still open?

[Xie]

Yes, they are still open, for the record, for people who still somehow don't know, signups will never close so long as the season is still in session.

[Dieucra_Der]

Then a lot of people can still sign up

[Xie]

Alright, so now that results are starting to trickle in I tested the calculation program and it seems to be working without a hitch (so far). What would you guys prefer as the starting number for ratings? This won't effect results in any way but is more of a matter of being readable and ascetically pleasing.

For example, if we started at 3000, then the current standings (as of 1-10-08) look like:
3052   Zero
3030   tenkai
3010   Lighty
2993   AkimotoX
2992   Jen
2989   FabroRowan

Or if we started at say, 1000, they look more like
1017   Zero
1010   tenkai
1003   Lighty
998   AkimotoX
998   Jen
996   FabroRowan

Either way, they are exactly the same, and the distance between the rankings is proportionate to one another. But note, Jen's ranking is equal to AkimotoX's in 1000 due to smaller number roundoff, but AkimotoX still stays on top because his score is actually slightly higher than Jen's. The actual raw total rating is a different number, but I've essentially just used a multiplier at the end to make it more readable (instead of say, 25.76 or something). I am personally leaning toward 1000 at the current moment, but if you have a preference or something, email/post/PM/IM it to me then.

[MasterT]

1000 seems fine but I don't really care either way.

Anyways, registered, so others can feel free to catch me on AIM/MSN or email me. Or whatever.

[abitofBaileys]

Yeah, I'm last. If I just took Zero's Shiki seriously~ T_T

Edit: What grammar. Must have been drunken.

[KidPhantom]

Yes, they are still open, for the record, for people who still somehow don't know, signups will never close so long as the season is still in session.

I'd like to sign up, but I don't want to j-up until after my exams are finished with. (I'm in Canada, so exam times are probably different.) Is it ok if I register, put me down as inactive, and then when I have time again, put me down as active again?

[anam]

At what times do most ppl play? And do you guys have some sort of meeting place for this? I think I saw mention of an IRC channel somewhere but didn't see anything about one actually being set up. I live in Sweden so it would be interesting for me to see the number of people online at the times I usually play ( ~19-00ish CET ).

[asdfqwer]

At what times do most ppl play? And do you guys have some sort of meeting place for this? I think I saw mention of an IRC channel somewhere but didn't see anything about one actually being set up. I live in Sweden so it would be interesting for me to see the number of people online at the times I usually play ( ~19-00ish CET ).

Two ways to organize matches. Hamachi:

name: MB NP Ranking
pass:  XieXie

IRC channel:
EFNet, so you don't have to change servers if you are in the MBAC channel.
#Netplay_Ranking

Thanks to Zero for keeping the channel up!

[anam]

Ah thnx m8, better start looking for my eyes...