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HOW IN THE WORLD!!!!!
Posted by
(VIP) 1 Sep 2004 10:06pm
Can someone please explain to me how a player who is ranked #9 beats a player ranked #55 and then becomes the #1 ranked player. This is impossible according to the rules yet it has just happened. These are the kinds of things that make the rankings seem funny if you know what I mean.
Sure, someone can explain it to you
Posted by
Menkman74
(VIP) 2 Sep 2004 12:30am
Every month, on the first of the month, GC resets the top spots of the ladder. It looks like they move spots 11-20 into 1-10 but I could be wrong. Hope this explanation suffices.
Always a Pleasure, Never a Chore...
Menk
jja15......
Posted by
Ed_Blue
(VIP) 2 Sep 2004 12:38am
Your's is one of the best postings to the FORUM in quite a while but it's easy to explain. As you know, I'm not the biggest proponent of the LADDER and I actually enjoy watching the incredible swings.
The reason why the #9 ranked player became #1 is the same as me being ranked #3. At the end of the month the top players are reversed, or something like that. #10 becomes #1 or #19 becomes #1. This is the concept of the LADDER suppoprted so vigorously by one of the very best TDs. It's the climb to the top that's fun, not being on top....This is not in quotes because its probably not a good quote.
My last posting, 'DON'T WALK UNDER THE LADDER', was intended to make jest of the system that shoots you from nowhere to the top and vice-versa. It's the way the LADDER is structured. It's not important enough to cost you any sleep. If the LADDER prizes were larger, that would be an entirley different thing but they aren't.
I really did enjoy your posting. You said more than I was able to say in 26 replies last month
Ladder is Dynamic...
Posted by
webmaster
2 Sep 2004 7:52am
There are several mechanisms in the Ladder that make it as dynamic & democratic as possible :
- As soon as monthly prizes to Top Ten are disbursed at the end of each month, each of Top Ten players is dropped by 10 ladder spots. In other words, the top of the Ladder is renewed each month.
- Any of the Top Twenty players can formally challenge any of the other Top Twenty player. To avoid auto-penalty, the challenged player has play the challenge within 7 days. There is a place for negotiations between players.
The challenged player gets to select the table options.
- To avoid penalties for inactivity, each of the Top Ten players has to play someone directly below once every week.
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