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  1. Posted

    18 hours ago, Munchy29 said:

    Hey all,

    What I found was that the new system seems to match points awarded to your finishing position as a percentage of the full lobby. Once I realised this I figured that my best chances of gaining rank points was to seek out the largest lobbies, as even a terrible race could sometimes net me points.

    As you can see in the attached images, there is no discrimination in the system between a game that has few players and one that has many players (see round 9 vs round 23). Ultimately this means that lower ranked lobbies are far riskier and also less rewarding (as finishing 1st in a 5 person lobby is a top 20% finish whereas 1st in a 20 person lobby is a top 5% finish). 
     

    Hi Munchy, thanks for your suggestion! The conclusions you come to are not quite correct - the reason you get more points for a 1st place finish in a 20 person lobby vs a 5 person lobby is not because it's a higher percentage finish, but because you are beating more people. Obviously the outcome 'more points in a bigger lobby' is the same, but it's also more unlikely that you will finish 1st in the larger lobby.

    We have actually reduced this difference with the most recent changes, so it's more viable to race in smaller lobbies now than it was pre-patch 1.12.

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  2. Posted

    10 hours ago, DarrenAH said:

    Even though you may not lose as many points due to these types of results, because of the decrease in points gained it can still wipe out all the gains made from the previous 10 normal races ... gaining 10 points in 1.08 is the same as gaining 5 points in 1.09 if the anomalous result means you lose 50 points in 1.08 but only 25 points in 1.09. I'm hoping you see where I'm coming from, it's less but it's still the same.

    What we're hoping to see from this update is a little different. More like going from +10 / -50 to +5 /-15, to use your example (not actual numbers, of course). The ratio of the 'extreme' losses should be more favourable, and that's one of the data points we'll be keeping an eye on to ensure things have changed in the way we expect them to.

    We are still looking at the other concerns with the system, but we have to be cautious in the way we approach them. I'm sure you can appreciate it would be very easy to overcompensate for one issue or another if we're not careful.

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  3. Posted

    3 hours ago, DarrenAH said:

    So what you're saying is that from all the feedback in this thread so far you have decided to adjust the calculations so that less points are gained and lost ... which is half of what people were asking for.

    However, in addition to that you have fine tuned the variables in that calculation to tweek the amount of points gained or lost in on the 1v1 basis. which at most would probably be a couple of points either way, making next to no difference ... also I can't remember anyone in this thread asking for anything like that.

    Hi Darren,

    I'm Luke, a designer who has been working on the improvements to this system. Just to elaborate a little on what @Hoo has been saying - one of the main things this update should do is correct the more extreme changes in skill rating that you see from anomalous races. If you are in a lobby of people of a similar skill rating, and you finish more or less where the system expects you to, the amount you gain or lose should be comparable to what you were seeing before. Maybe both gains and losses will be a bit smaller.

    However, imagine a lobby where your skill rating is higher than the average. The system expects you to win the race, but you get into an incident at turn 1 and you finish down the field. This is an anomalous result, and prior to this patch a result like that could have wiped out all the gains you had made from the previous 10 normal races and then some. Now, that should no longer be the case. The anomalies will still hurt your rating, but the impact should be far less, which will allow you to continue trending upwards gradually overall, assuming you are performing well in normal races.

    These changes are informed by the discussion in threads such as these, but also by the metrics that let us look at the bigger picture. We'll be looking at these over the coming days to see how well the impact of these changes match up to our predictions as we consider the next steps.

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  7. Posted

    RallyDriven said:
    He was bloody lucky, as was the cameraman and any spectators in the area. That person will be parking there car a little further away from the stage next time!
    I'd love to hear the call between that owner and the insurance company.

    "And where was the vehicle? ...an off road car park? I see. And do you have the registration number of the vehicle that hit you?"

  8. Posted

    KickUp said:
    Azoresst said:


    Thanks Paul! By the way in Career can we expect a good amount of stages created by the designers or will it be like DiRT Rally? And can we expect Rally events to have, lets say, 10+ stages (close to the real "deal")?
    In DiRT Rally we had 12 unique stages that we reversed and cut up into smaller routes. In DiRT 4 we will have hundreds of unique stages. 

    Your Stage can make a near infinite number of stages because the combinations are so huge. 
    I'M STILL GONNA LEARN EM ALL!

  9. Posted

    789ifyz said:
    Tribute to "one of the most depressing moments in anime": http://kotaku.com/a-tribute-to-one-of-the-most-depressing-moments-in-anim-1787400241 


    Yup. As soon as I saw the link I thought "This is probably from Clannad, PMMM or Fullmetal Alchemist".

    The smart thing FMA did is use that story to show you how dark it could go, but rarely actually went that far. It made you on edge while you were watching without actually depressing you too much. This is where it's stronger than, say, Madoka Magica, because that show just spiraled deeper and deeper into misery without any reprieve. In Fullmetal Alchemist, the moments of horror were used sparingly. So you really felt them when they hit.

  12. Posted

    Wynterdust said:
    Has anyone seen The Asterisk War, Yona of the Dawn or Akame ga Kill? They caught my eye on Crunchyroll and I'm nearing the end of the latest Fairy Tail arc and have no idea what to watch next.

    Also, is it bad I fangirled slightly over the latest Fairy Tail OST release? :| I think I'm falling into the obsession trap.


    I've seen some of Akame ga Kill, but I stopped after a few episodes. It was a bit too grim for my tastes. I remember my friend watching Yona of the Dawn and he either said it was really good or really terrible.

    ...not remembering which one probably doesn't help you much, huh? xD

  13. Posted

    SynGamer said:
    I actually ended up watching ReLIFE and really enjoyed it. Probably because I'm 30 and questioning all of my previous decisions, etc, etc. Thinking about Flying Witch or giving Shitobako another chance, we'll see.
    Flying Witch is fantastic if you want something warm and comfy. It's about the warmest, comfiest thing in the world.

  14. Posted

    On the Shirobako note I started watching New Game today which... is NOT like Shirobako but for game development. >_<

    As you can imagine that would probably be right up my alley. Instead, it just seems to be your typical cute girls doing cute things show and the Cute Thing in question here is making a game. The main character somehow got a job as a character designer straight out of high school and she can't even do basic 3D. Grounded in reality this one is not!

    Kinda fun first episode though.

  15. Posted

    SynGamer said:
    Finished Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! last night. Enjoyed it. It was cute, though some moments were a bit cringe-worthy. Unfortunately the reviews for season 2 are not good at all. I'll probably pass on that for now.

    Moving on, I'm thinking about starting Flying Witch, it looks great and I'm hearing great things. But I kind of want to stick with ENG dubbed anime for a little bit. I find I'm more engaged during my commutes when it's English. Does anyone know if anything on my "Plan to Watch" list is dubbed and worth watching?

    http://myanimelist.net/animelist/MySynpai?status=6
    I'm not certain about English dubs on these, but if you can find them I STRONGLY recommend the following from your list:

    - Barakamon
    - Konosuba (probably not dubbed yet, it's still very recent)
    - Hyouka
    - Shirobako.

    I just finished watching Shirobako for the 2nd time today. It's just brilliant. One of my favourite ever anime. It's takes the story of 'anime production' and makes it into a fun yet dramatic show without sacrificing the sense of realism. Even though much of it is still a more idealistic, romanticised version of anime production than is probably realistic, it still feels believable.

  18. Posted

    SynGamer said:
    Finished Tari Tari today, really enjoyed it, definitely better than AnoHana. Yet again I'm getting reeled into the rom-coms. They're the perfect distraction from day-to-day responsibilities of being an adult. Open to suggestions...
    ORE MONOGATARI
    ORE MONOGATARI
    ORE MONOGATARI

    (Aka: My Love Story in English).

    Seriously it is the best of the romcoms.

  20. Posted

    789ifyz said:
    http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-04-29/complete-haruhi-suzumiya-soundtrack-announced-with-teaser-for-more-in-2016/.101618


    inb4 Endless Eight remastered

    789ifyz said:
    http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-29/your-lie-in-april-live-action-film-unveils-visual-additional-cast/.101607

    I'm personally not very optimistic when it comes to live-action adaptations of comics and games.
    I almost *never* watch adaptations of anime. Although that's perhaps hypocritical of me seeing almost all the anime I watch is an adaptation of a manga. I get very attached to the character designs and seiyuu though, most of the time it would be very weird seeing that story in live action.

    BTW guys this season is amazing. There's so much good stuff it's pretty much consuming my entire non-working time.

  22. Posted

    SynGamer said:

    Just finished Your Lie In April and it was simply amazing. Not only was it a great story, but it was inspiring. I made the mistake of watching the final episodes on my subway ride home tonight and had to hold back the tears. Just a beautiful story.

    I don't even know what to watch now...how do you follow that up?

    I dropped that because it was too good and I knew I'd have some kind of emotional break down watching it. Also... I'm a CLANNAD vet. I can spot the event flags.

  23. Posted

    789ifyz said:
    I think the first SAO arc was actually pretty decent. Went downhill after that, though. Haven't watched SAO II.

    Agreed, I love the first SAO arc but wasn't keen on the Alfheim stuff. SAOII is the other way around - I'm really not keen on the first arc but then it gets really good again.

  24. Posted

    Odemdemz said:
    KonoSuba > All. Kazuma best MC ever. Toss up between him and Arata (Trinity Seven) For biggest Lackadaisical Badass. 
    I fully endorse this.

    Megumin is also amazing.

    By the way, I've just been made aware that they're doing an original Sword Art Online movie. Despite its poor arcs, I'm a big SAO fan overall. Consider me excite ^^
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