These emails we receive after a win are pointless.

They only contain data about the losing player - who wants or cares!

Overall there are too many stats and even rankings should be flipped around. Wouldn’t you rather rank #1 rather than #1000 or whatever a higher number suggests as a higher ranked player. Yes to this concept!

The only information about the losing player in the "Congratulations, you've won the game '****'" is their contribution to *your* ranking change.

i.e., in the first message below, I am told that:

• *I* won game "542"
• *my* global ranking score increased by 21 thanks to the contribution from sonfeld. (And by inference, *their* ranking *dropped* by 21 to 1610.)
• Same deal for the board ranking score - I gained 18 to 1461, and they (by inference) dropped 18 to 1310.
• Note that these messages are more obvious/meaningful when they are from a multi-player win -- you would see score contributions from *each* player, I believe.

ALSO, note that the 'win' email and the 'lose' email are identical in structure -- both emails reflect the contribution by the losing player.

i.e., in the second message below:

• we see that *my* rankings went down because of my loss.
• my opponent (who is unidentified -- you'd have to look in the linked game) would see that *I* contributed 24 global ranking points and 25 board ranking points to their score

****MESSAGE 1: WIN*****

Congratulations, you've won the game https://www.wargear.net/games/view/81351904" target="_blank" style="color: lime;">542

This game took 57 minutes 8 seconds to finish and you took 0 turns.

Global Ranking Score Change

https://www.wargear.net/players/info/sonfeld" target="_blank" style="color: lime;">sonfeld: 1632/1521 x20 = 21

New score = 1521 + 21 = 1542

You are ranked #435 in the Global Rankings.

Board Ranking Score Change

https://www.wargear.net/players/info/sonfeld" target="_blank" style="color: lime;">sonfeld: 1328/1443 x20 = 18

New score = 1443 + 18 = 1461

You are ranked #201 on this board.

You have 0 championship points on this board.

You have a total of 1 championship point overall.

You are ranked #660 in the Board Championship.

****MESSAGE 2: LOSE*****

14th Jan 2023 @ 21:30 .:. You lost the game 'War'

You lost the game 'https://www.wargear.net/games/view/81351575" target="_blank" style="color: lime;">War'.

This game took 29 minutes 9 seconds to finish and you took 8 turns.

Global Ranking Score Change

https://www.wargear.net/players/info/agwyvern" target="_blank" style="color: lime;">agwyvern: 1398/1123 x20 = 24

New score = 1398 - 24 = 1374

You are ranked #748 in the Global Rankings.

Board Ranking Score Change

https://www.wargear.net/players/info/agwyvern" target="_blank" style="color: lime;">agwyvern: 1329/1027 x20 = 25

New score = 1329 - 25 = 1304

You are ranked #410 on this board.

You have 0 championship points on this board.

You have a total of 1 championship point overall.

You are ranked #662 in the Board Championship.

The only information about the losing player in the "Congratulations, you've won the game '****'" is their contribution to *your* ranking change.

i.e., in the first message below, I am told that:

• *I* won game "542"
• *my* global ranking score increased by 21 thanks to the contribution from sonfeld. (And by inference, *their* ranking *dropped* by 21 to 1610.)
• Same deal for the board ranking score - I gained 18 to 1461, and they (by inference) dropped 18 to 1310.
• Note that these messages are more obvious/meaningful when they are from a multi-player win -- you would see score contributions from *each* player, I believe.

ALSO, note that the 'win' email and the 'lose' email are identical in structure -- both emails reflect the contribution by the losing player.

i.e., in the second message below:

• we see that *my* rankings went down because of my loss.
• my opponent (who is unidentified -- you'd have to look in the linked game) would see that *I* contributed 24 global ranking points and 25 board ranking points to their score

****MESSAGE 1: WIN*****

Congratulations, you've won the game https://www.wargear.net/games/view/81351904" target="_blank" style="color: lime;">542

This game took 57 minutes 8 seconds to finish and you took 0 turns.

Global Ranking Score Change

https://www.wargear.net/players/info/sonfeld" target="_blank" style="color: lime;">sonfeld: 1632/1521 x20 = 21

New score = 1521 + 21 = 1542

You are ranked #435 in the Global Rankings.

Board Ranking Score Change

https://www.wargear.net/players/info/sonfeld" target="_blank" style="color: lime;">sonfeld: 1328/1443 x20 = 18

New score = 1443 + 18 = 1461

You are ranked #201 on this board.

You have 0 championship points on this board.

You have a total of 1 championship point overall.

You are ranked #660 in the Board Championship.

****MESSAGE 2: LOSE*****

14th Jan 2023 @ 21:30 .:. You lost the game 'War'

You lost the game 'https://www.wargear.net/games/view/81351575" target="_blank" style="color: lime;">War'.

This game took 29 minutes 9 seconds to finish and you took 8 turns.

Global Ranking Score Change

https://www.wargear.net/players/info/agwyvern" target="_blank" style="color: lime;">agwyvern: 1398/1123 x20 = 24

New score = 1398 - 24 = 1374

You are ranked #748 in the Global Rankings.

Board Ranking Score Change

https://www.wargear.net/players/info/agwyvern" target="_blank" style="color: lime;">agwyvern: 1329/1027 x20 = 25

New score = 1329 - 25 = 1304

You are ranked #410 on this board.

You have 0 championship points on this board.

You have a total of 1 championship point overall.

You are ranked #662 in the Board Championship.

Thanks for explaining Agwyvern.

I'm not clear on MrPlaya:

Wouldn’t you rather rank #1 rather than #1000 or whatever a higher number suggests as a higher ranked player.

That is how it works. If you are rank #1, you are the best on the site. Now there is also a ranking score, where higher is better, maybe that's the point of confusion?



Ozyman wrote:Thanks for explaining Agwyvern.

I'm not clear on MrPlaya:

Wouldn’t you rather rank #1 rather than #1000 or whatever a higher number suggests as a higher ranked player.

That is how it works. If you are rank #1, you are the best on the site. Now there is also a ranking score, where higher is better, maybe that's the point of confusion?



No problem :-) (well, other than my double-posting by accident --- sorry about that).

I'm sure that's the case about the rank confusion.

In a tiny nutshell --- you have a "ranking SCORE" (the higher the better) which is used to determine your "RANK" (the lower the better).