Happy webdip brithday, ya' bumm! Come on and get yer priorities set. We need to know our ghost ratings.

J/K. Good luck on the exams!

If you're that eager to know I could just put you on 0 and stone dead last :P

And then next month I'd get huge gains from wins and draws because I risked absolutely nothing each game (1/17th of 0 is still 0), I could live with that. :-P

hehehe

How do you actually do the ratings? I know the formulae, but I presume you don't do them one by one for every person? :P

I believe it is a simple case of using a random number generator to put numerical values next to a list of names. The formulae is merely for decoration.

Honestly, Ghost, I am in full agreement with Draugnar. You should also keep in mind that a quick search of made up internet statistics shows that 9 out of 10 Times Top 100 employers believe that failing at least one exam is character building and is a vital addition to a high achiever's CV.

Happy WebDip Ghostie. Also, good luck on your exams. Don't listen to Doc Oc there... what he's not telling you is that they prefer that failed exam to be either a 2nd grade spelling test or Sex Ed in middle school. =P

How hard can it be? His major is underwater basket weaving (or was it rocket science, I forget...)

Honestly, sex ed does more harm than good. If kids actually paid attention to it, we wouldn’t have ridiculous debates between the pro-choice and pro-life armies, vast problems with teen pregnancy and STDs, or uptight parents finding things to sue their kid’s school over for millions- in short, all the things that make America what it is.

Happy WebDipday!

I failed a mock Latin exam seven years ago- does that count?

@Hellenic Riot:
He runs a script that automates the process in the DB.

Happy webdip birfday, TGM.

I find this suspicious.... he only runs a script... but has no time to do it. Look to me like it's not the automatic part that needs attending to, but the manual part after, when the real result are decided :)

Happy WebDip birthday TMG.

I have no idea what these ghost ratings are, but I'm curious to find out

@ Ghost - latin vitium tentat illudere existimari

PS - Plurimos annos

maybe we should ban him.

lets ban him.

ban him.

Ban 'em all and let Kestas sort 'em out?

@Cachimbo - Ghost ratings are ratings that Ghost AKA TheGhostmaker AKA Ghostie AKA TGM give us each month. He uses things like how many times we enter games, how many times we NMR (No Move Return), CD (Civil disorder) and how many characters and messages we write each game to determine who the best players are. He then prduces a league table that everyone fights over before rediculing his methodology (if they haven't done well) or defending it to the hilt if they are OK to good players. Ghost never, ever takes bribes or demotes people for swearing.

Cheers Maniac. Where is this rating list posted? Being fairly new here, I doubt I made the last one, but I'd be curious to see the next.

NM: Found it. And given how low I rank, there's no doubt about it: the methodology sucks (kidding!).

@ Ghost... yes, a failed Latin exam would count, and count double if it was translating the Aeneid... wow, do I miss those days:(

@Cachimbo, I believe Maniac is pulling your leg a little. Basically its a rating system that takes into account how good your opponents are when deciding how much to reward you for a particular result.

tournaments.webdiplomacy.net has more details.

Are Ghost ratings coming soon?

The Ghost ratings for June are out. Glad to see I'm in the top 100 now. (Only took 11 months.) We're very appreciative for the work done to make these rating possible.