On 11/11/2007, Alain Baeckeroot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le dimanche 11 novembre 2007, Stuart A. Yeates a écrit:
> > Such a metric would actually benefit all players, by encouraging them > > to play as many different other players as possible and avoid the > > formation of player cliques. One would have to ensure that you weren't > > penalising player who always played at a certain time of day in a > > certain timezone, however. > i suspect most people plays always at a certain time of the day, in their > timezone, so currently there might be 3 "cliques": Asia, Europe, and Americas. > You're right, of course. It's merely a matter of ensuring that your mathematically definition of clique is appropriate. OTOH, I wouldn't lose any sleep over a metric that rewarded players who played occasionally played outside of their usual weekday evening slot. cheers stuart
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