Post Stats

Iskandar Reza · July 13, 2002, 21:47

What exactly are they for?

Like mine says

A: 17 | D: 13 | M: 6 | HP: 96

What? Attack, Defense, Movement and Hitpoint?

tniem · July 13, 2002, 21:53

Yep, more info:
http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=52631

Victor Galis · July 14, 2002, 11:02

Hehe. Since when does a link to a confusing and contradictory 15 page thread constitute a response?

Dauphin · July 14, 2002, 11:03

This is Apolyton, what were you expecting?

Dauphin · July 14, 2002, 11:08

To answer the question...

A is a reference to the number of posts you have made. It fits into a logarithmic fornula rounded down to the nearest whole number.

HP is a reference to the percentage of the way you are to reaching the next level of A.

M and D mean something, but I forget, because it is all rather uninteresting. Something to do with how long and how often you post.

phoenixcager · July 14, 2002, 11:16

Quoting Markos:

Quote:

D and M are now percentages.
D shows how good your average posts per day is in comparison to an average of 5(changed from 3) posts per day

M shows (as before) how much you have posted in connection with how long you have been registered

Victor Galis · July 15, 2002, 10:44

I still don't see how D and M are fundamentally different.

Dauphin · July 15, 2002, 10:58

I think it is based on the number of days you have posted.

Posting once a day will give you a better M than someone who posts twice every other day.

Victor Galis · July 15, 2002, 11:46

Ah, that would make sense... Hmmm... that hurts me though. I registered, then went away for a long time.

Apocalypse · July 15, 2002, 13:01

Hurt me too, but stats don't matter too much as most people never see other people's stats.

Victor Galis · July 15, 2002, 13:03

That's what you think

DarkCloud · July 15, 2002, 15:23

Quote:

Posting once a day will give you a better M than someone who posts twice every other day.

Strange... Now I finally understand taht statistic !

Quote:

Hurt me too, but stats don't matter too much as most people never see other people's stats.

You'll start caring when they return to the sidebar

spartak · July 15, 2002, 18:34

Quote:

Originally posted by Iskandar Reza
A: 17 | D: 13 | M: 6 | HP: 96

A: 22 | D: 19 | M: 6 | HP: 30

Apocalypse · July 15, 2002, 19:07

Quote:

Originally posted by DarkCloud
You'll start caring when they return to the sidebar

I don't think that'll happen any time soon.

phoenixcager · July 16, 2002, 06:50

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Originally posted by Apocalypse

I don't think that'll happen any time soon.

I agree. If it does, we're likely to see yet another bunch of 15-page threads.

Victor Galis · July 16, 2002, 07:04

And what's wrong with 15 page threads? Higher post counts and stats as a result!

Dauphin · July 16, 2002, 08:18

Quote:

Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
I think it is based on the number of days you have posted.

Posting once a day will give you a better M than someone who posts twice every other day.

Strange... Now I finally understand taht statistic

Let me restate, its only a guess, I don't know that that is how it works.

Iskandar Reza · July 16, 2002, 08:25

I still don't get the significance of it all....

Apocalypse · July 16, 2002, 09:57

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Originally posted by Iskandar Reza
I still don't get the significance of it all....

There isn't much significance. It is just that these stats are becoming popular in boards and I guess Mark had a little free time.

DarkCloud · July 16, 2002, 11:09

Well, we can still have a 15-pages on the country flags

DarkCloud · July 16, 2002, 11:09

Well, we can still have a 15-pages thread on the NEW country flags

Iskandar Reza · July 16, 2002, 12:10

What country flag?

Dauphin · July 16, 2002, 12:21

<----------------- These ones.

Iskandar Reza · July 16, 2002, 12:29

How'd you do that?

Iskandar Reza · July 16, 2002, 12:45

Wait, nevermind. I always tend to miss posts that are "Top"

Skanky Burns · July 16, 2002, 20:20

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=55949

Some others might have missed it too...

Adm.Naismith · July 18, 2002, 10:59

Well, post stats worth nothing as they are, but I'm wondering if someone can add a SMAC or CIV III unit label and icon that fit into the poster stats (probably adjusted and rounded a bit).

So, instead of a meaningless group of number, I can be rated as a warrior, a musketeer, a tank...

Adm.Naismith · July 18, 2002, 11:06

... and then forum fights/flame could be decided by a Civ III combat routine!

MattyBoy · July 18, 2002, 21:44

I think we should be have the AD&D stats beside our username. These numbers would be entered by the member upon registration and other members could vote them up and down depending upon the quality of their posting.

For when you implement it, I am:
S: 8
D: 9
C: 14
I: 16
W: 11
Ch: 8

Rasbelin · July 18, 2002, 22:46

A bit late to respond on this subject, but that's what I'm still about to do.

First of all I can't see any good reason for this new rating system. Is really so cool to get a value on how active you are? It think the old good posts per day would have been good enough, but apparently not. During absence some good changes have been made like the quick reply option and easier logon procedure and registration. Although that My Apoltyon title is a bit missleading but I'll leave it. Why on Earth should Poly be ruined with a quite, yes; bloody useless feature that doesn't benefit any of the more average users?

Sounds very negative, but I still see clue with this. Wasn't there anything better to upgrade? At least one thing was found by me. Editing messages doesn't work properly now. You get most of the time an error page (the standard Poly error notification page).