Bahamut, Mark

by **Phyrex** » Tue Apr 04, 2017 2:16 am

We have some promo matches to play. When are you guys gonna be around? On weekdays I'll be available until about 5pm cst. This weekend I should be around until 8-9 pm cst, depending on how long I can stay awake.
If there is no other way I can also play around midnight cst but that's early morning (7am) for me and I'd like to avoid playing around that time if at all possible, not a morning person :mrgreen:

by **Mark392** » Tue Apr 04, 2017 8:22 am

Hey! I can bolt home after work Thursday and play at maybe 4 central if that works?

by **Phyrex** » Tue Apr 04, 2017 10:01 am

Thursday around 4 works for me:)

by **Sirius** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:40 am

That's very kind of the algorithm, it gives you a target score against Mark392 that was last hit by Cyrus in September... and Drakona and Jediluke at the LAN before that. Welp. GL!

by **Phyrex** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 2:51 pm

Haha yea... although browsing through some other promo challenges 11 is actually a low-ish target. Got lucky

by **Hyper** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:40 pm

Not directly related but something i thought interesting...
For rethink's demotion challenge, target vs Jedi was 10, vs Mark was 15.

For Phyrex's promo its he has to score 11 on each. Wah?!

by **roncli** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:53 pm

First, Promo & Demo will always have different targets. It's easier to win the demotion challenge.

Second, Mark hadn't played in a while, and I think he signed up for Rethink before the algorithm had given him a new rating, or his rating had dropped low enough to warrant the low requirement. When he made it to Phyrex, his score had stabilized.

by **Phyrex** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:01 am

So while we're talking algorithm anyways... What made it think I deserved a gold promo challenge in the first place? Got the offer right after scoring 5 on Mark but I doubt that even makes the line for bottom gold so it must have been before that... Is it because of Rethink's losses vs B2af and Naleksi, both of whom I got wins on right after?
It kinda came out of nowhere for me and realistically I think I'm around mid level silver. Sure I can compete with some top silver pilots on a good day but my lack of experience and tendency to tilt mean I run into stupid losses or close scores regularly and some gold pilots simply brickwall me once they figure out how I play. On the other hand the challenge itself is going alright so far... Maybe the algorithm just knows me better than I do :lol:

Not that I'm complaining mind you, promo games are always exiting and a fun way to get to play some pilots I usually don't see much :mrgreen:

by **Jediluke** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 6:48 am

I don't pretend to know the math behind the skill ratings....and I admittedly was surprised to see you get the challenge also. Then I played you shortly after and thought, ahhh I see why.

You have flashes of brilliance but you are right.....u lack consistency. Keep pushing yourself and you'll get where you want to go!

by **LotharBot** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 8:02 am

Keep in mind you don't have to accept a challenge if you don't feel like you're ready.

The ladder offers them if it thinks you are playing "like gold", which is usually a pretty complex process having to do with your opponents and scores, their opponents and scores, overall ladder activity, and so on. Sometimes it sees things before the rest of us; sometimes those things turn out to be a flash in the pan and sometimes they turn out to be something with real substance.