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Post by Canucksoldier on Aug 12, 2006 21:53:39 GMT -5
I really should not have to re-state this rule, especially since the people involved are anything but noobs. It's come to my attention alot recently that some high ranking players are not reporting immediately following a match and are continuing to play other matches and reporting both/several matches in a order that violates the rules on how to report. So I'll make it simple for everyone:
1. Report matches immediately following your match. You do not have 24hrs to report your match, that is just the rule for people to wait to file a non-report, not a right for players to delay reporting. The ONLY exception to this is being a early kill from a team game, and then you still have a max of 24hrs to find out if your team won or lost.
2. You must NOT start a new game if you have not reported the first game, if you have time to find a game then you had time to report your losses.
3. You MUST report in order of rank, and yes if you don't know everyones current rank you MUST look it up before reporting.
If I have to sort out a mess in the top 20 from players that can't follow these simple rules that have always been in place, or worse from someone intentionally manipulating the rankings, I will spend about 30 sec longer droping that person 20-30 rungs and possibly a vacation from Civing if I believe(and all I need is my gut feeling from circumstantial evidence) that they did it intentionally to screw someones elses rank jump. So this is your one and only warning.
Happy Civing.
CS
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Post by lporiginalg on Aug 12, 2006 22:30:09 GMT -5
here here
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Post by coloneltreize on Aug 13, 2006 0:52:59 GMT -5
CS, how does this rule affect a game that could take weeks like the one I'm currently hosting? Surely, players of my game will no doubt play other games like ctons in the meantime. I'm not really clear about how reporting affects the ranking system, but I do want to communicate to my players what the right thing to do in this case is. Also, for future reference, what would be the rule for a PitBoss teamer as well, where it may be several days to find out if your team won or lost?
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Post by Necrominousss on Aug 13, 2006 2:19:14 GMT -5
Me and lp finally agree on something. Here here! is the first thing that came to my mind.
Coloneltreize, he is refering to top 20 players were reporting order could make a big difference.
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Post by deviousdevil on Aug 13, 2006 2:34:16 GMT -5
Me and lp finally agree on something. Here here! is the first thing that came to my mind. Coloneltreize, he is refering to top 20 players were reporting order could make a big difference. You have to report in rank order? Learn something new every day... Wonder who cared so much to make a fuss.
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Post by churchill1 on Aug 13, 2006 2:46:58 GMT -5
Isn't it hear hear?
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Post by Bantams on Aug 13, 2006 3:56:19 GMT -5
no church its definately here here ;D
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Post by Canucksoldier on Aug 13, 2006 8:08:00 GMT -5
CS, how does this rule affect a game that could take weeks like the one I'm currently hosting? Surely, players of my game will no doubt play other games like ctons in the meantime. I'm not really clear about how reporting affects the ranking system, but I do want to communicate to my players what the right thing to do in this case is. Also, for future reference, what would be the rule for a PitBoss teamer as well, where it may be several days to find out if your team won or lost? If your playing a pitboss or PBEM game they are not "over" for a long time, but once the game is finished I'd expect the reports to comply with the above statements. CS
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Post by Canucksoldier on Aug 13, 2006 8:09:24 GMT -5
Me and lp finally agree on something. Here here! is the first thing that came to my mind. Coloneltreize, he is refering to top 20 players were reporting order could make a big difference. You have to report in rank order? Learn something new every day... Wonder who cared so much to make a fuss. Technically speaking this applies to all games, but only becomes critical if your in the top 20. CS
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Post by coloneltreize on Aug 13, 2006 15:48:17 GMT -5
What about benchmarks in an epic over days? Do they have to make sure that they report right away before playing other games? Or are they allowed to wait to report all benchmark losses of every benchmark at the end of the game? Btw, one of my players, KC-Stin, is currently in the top 20.
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Post by Canucksoldier on Aug 13, 2006 16:53:25 GMT -5
What about benchmarks in an epic over days? Do they have to make sure that they report right away before playing other games? Or are they allowed to wait to report all benchmark losses of every benchmark at the end of the game? Btw, one of my players, KC-Stin, is currently in the top 20. Benchmarks from an Epic should be report as soon as the session that that/those benchmark(s) was reached, is finished. It is possible to complete 2 or more BM's in one session, but reporting can wait until the end of the current session, but should be reported immediately forthwith. CS
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Post by coloneltreize on Aug 13, 2006 17:03:10 GMT -5
Very good. Thx!
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Post by notagoodname on Aug 13, 2006 18:40:40 GMT -5
3. You MUST report in order of rank, and yes if you don't know everyones current rank you MUST look it up before reporting. Correct me if im wrong but rank doesnt go down when reporting unless the other player is directly above you. So it shouldn't matter in terms of rank what order you report in.
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Post by tommynt on Aug 13, 2006 19:09:54 GMT -5
better late as never
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Post by Canucksoldier on Aug 13, 2006 19:35:05 GMT -5
3. You MUST report in order of rank, and yes if you don't know everyones current rank you MUST look it up before reporting. Correct me if im wrong but rank doesnt go down when reporting unless the other player is directly above you. So it shouldn't matter in terms of rank what order you report in. Yes but in the top 20 and especially in the top 10 you can effectively nullify the rank changes if you don't report right. If #3 loses to #4 and #5 in a cton, and he reports to #5 first, incorrectly, he moves #5 ahead of #4, and then moves #4 back ahead of #5 on his next report ending with no rank changes at all, when reporting correctly would drop #3 to #5 and move #4 and #5 up one notch.......I hope that wasn't to hard to follow. CS
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Post by whiplash on Aug 13, 2006 19:37:45 GMT -5
3. You MUST report in order of rank, and yes if you don't know everyones current rank you MUST look it up before reporting. Correct me if im wrong but rank doesnt go down when reporting unless the other player is directly above you. So it shouldn't matter in terms of rank what order you report in. That's not the point. The problem is leapfroging of the ranks of those below the high rank reporter.
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Post by friedrichpsitalon on Aug 19, 2006 11:14:27 GMT -5
Never gets you in a lot more trouble, Tommy, and given the thread I just had to remove elsewhere, I don't think you really need more negative attention right now.
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Post by WarningU2 on Sept 6, 2006 7:33:51 GMT -5
Wow Friedrich is back ... !
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Post by ullaheinz on Sept 17, 2006 12:59:10 GMT -5
nice
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Post by Arvcran on Sept 24, 2006 20:15:21 GMT -5
... 3. You MUST report in order of rank, and yes if you don't know everyones current rank you MUST look it up before reporting. ... Perhaps this is a dumb question ... Is it possible to make a software or configuration change to the reporting feature to allow to report a single loss (game wise) to multiple players and have the software make the proper ranking adjustments? If not ... Can the reporting procedure have a multiple item selection scrolling list of player names and rank beside the player name box?
In any case - thanks for making the immediate reporting of losses reminder.
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