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by scblockout
Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:58 pm
Forum: Blockout II
Topic: Working in script for Blockout II World Rankings
Replies: 5
Views: 29087

Re:Working in script for Blockout II World Rankings

I don\'t see an issue with that, really. The ranking idea is aimed to us regular Blockout players, who will for sure have far more than 10 scores in a specific mode. Non-frequent players can normally upload their scores and they will eventually enter the ranking. Older user who have less than 10 sco...
by scblockout
Sun Aug 30, 2009 6:21 am
Forum: Blockout II
Topic: Working in script for Blockout II World Rankings
Replies: 5
Views: 29087

Working in script for Blockout II World Rankings

Hi, I am working on a PHP script to build the definitive and long awaited (:huh:?) \"Blockout II World Rankings\" . The rule I\'m using to assign a rank to each player is: average the best 5 scores uploaded using the same name in the last two years. Actually my final goal is average the 10...
by scblockout
Fri May 02, 2008 3:26 am
Forum: High-Scores
Topic: Purge the score database? Or do not?
Replies: 1
Views: 13732

Purge the score database? Or do not?

I was wandering if it is right to purge the score database to remove old scores (let\'s say, 6 months; it could be a year maybe). That way you keep only the current status of the players. On the other hand, if you purge old scores you lose the historically best players. So I\'m not completely sure. ...
by scblockout
Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:16 pm
Forum: Blockout II
Topic: Rules for Blockout championship ?
Replies: 15
Views: 28314

Re:Rules for Blockout championship ?

Hi, I\'m a long-time Blockout fan (and Blockout II fan also!) and just registered in the site. Let me congratulate you all for your work! The championship is a nice idea, but to solve the high scores issue (i.e. a few users that score very high and fill the list) I\'d prefer to have a ranking system...