If you rank by kills then you rank by time played. Total online time is a huge factor. Some folks only play a few hours a month while others play days. To compare these two is nonsense. You can argue that if you only measure things based on time spent on the server (kills per minute) then you eliminate any bonus/debit that length of time playing gives you in the ranking. A noble idea but this skews in favor for people who only play a little but happen to do good (they choose their time wisely).
I think the answer is somewhere in between. Players should be grouped by time spent playing. I'm not sure what the divisions or durations would be, maybe there is a natural breaks in the data but this would give players a better sense of where they rank against others who spend the same amount of time on that particular server. (Each server has it's own x factor as to the average skill so this would not be a measure of total playing time; some players may be playing on other servers.)
A totally random example of groupings based on time spent playing:
5hrs or less
5-15 hrs
15-30hrs
30+hrs
Also, I have added a new award for "most waking hours spent playing dod." This is based on 495hours of wakefulness in 30 days(720hr total) which is 7.5 hours avg sleep a night. The award is only valid on the last day of the month as it is incapable of determining days of the month. So in effect, you will see the percentage rise for all players as the month wears on, even if you stop playing. So if you have a percentage of 10% then you are spending that much of your awake time playing dod. Pretty simple.Statistics: Posted by The Spanish Inquisition — Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:17 am
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