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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #125 on: July 04, 2012, 07:31:46 am »
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After a ridonkulous run yesterday (CR is still down, but maybe something like 13-1?), I managed to jump to level 30!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I AM in THE BEST 326 players....on the leaderboard....right now

Not sure I can make it much higher with the threat of FunSockets looming, but I think that's a pretty alright watermark for having sub-500 games played and being a total noob with only 4 IRL games when I started on iso.
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #126 on: July 04, 2012, 10:59:26 am »
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Well, my alt account (not gonna mention the name), got in the top 75! Woo! I've been getting better and better, but I still feel like there's a lot to learn...  But I still say Smugglers and Mandarin are terribly underrated.
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #127 on: July 06, 2012, 09:03:55 am »
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After 2,183 ranked games of Dominion on Isotropic, I finally made it to level 40 (41 to be exact)!!!  I jumped 4 levels over the past 2 days thanks to my 20-2 record in that time.
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #128 on: July 09, 2012, 02:25:14 pm »
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But I still say Smugglers and Mandarin are terribly underrated.

Quite true.  People get angry and say I got lucky when I play 3 smugglers against them, top decking the laboratories with watchtower, and then use schemes to put back my develop, farming village, and border villages.
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #129 on: July 15, 2012, 10:14:59 am »
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Up to Level 47 for the first time.  In many previous periods, that would have made me comfortably #1.  Instead, I'm still looking up several levels at Marin, Obi Wan, RisingJaguar, and Stef. 

And, actually, WanderingWinder, too.

But still, go me!
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #130 on: July 15, 2012, 05:41:15 pm »
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It shocks me that you've never been at 47 before olneyce. I mean, I know it's all because you don't play enough so you always have a big uncertainty number, but still. Congrats though :)

Actually, I'm 90+% sure you were 47 on that day we played during my huge losing streak which I've posted a screenshot of a few times here. No?
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #131 on: July 26, 2012, 05:25:01 am »
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You all deserve a big pat on the back today.
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   53.785 ± 7.450   8   5997   Rabid ▲ 1
   54.878 ± 8.699   9   5979   jonts26 ▲ 1
Level 45   51.768 ± 6.508   10   7006   lespeutere ▲ 1
Level 44   51.050 ± 6.475   11   7736   dghunter79
   55.531 ± 11.181   12   5003   First
   53.627 ± 9.503   13   2834   Geronimoo ▲ 1
Level 43   50.896 ± 7.015   14   580   notedloch
   57.674 ± 13.871   15   2386   ARTjoMS ▲ 3
   52.575 ± 8.841   16   3287   WHARF 2 THA BRIDGE
   50.301 ± 6.567   17   6587   julie
   51.447 ± 7.896   18   4957   Jimmy Steward ▲ 1
   52.510 ± 9.333   19   3625   Big Cheesesteak ▲ 1
   53.076 ± 9.978   20   3855   kn1tt3r
   52.812 ± 9.775   21   1449   nomnomnom ▲ 1
Level 42   56.516 ± 13.769   22   370   tat ▲ 2
   53.738 ± 11.226   23   2384   manzi
   51.703 ± 9.290   24   1224   Immu91 ▲ 1
   57.796 ± 15.502   25   814   ryderc
   50.272 ± 7.979   26   2774   Celicath ▲ 1
   52.556 ± 10.327   27   3829   qmech ▲ 1
   50.016 ± 7.863   28   8652   VetoPossession ▲ 1
   51.198 ± 9.168   29   1984   yuuna ▲ 1
   51.645 ± 9.620   30   2301   Mic Qsenoch
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #132 on: July 27, 2012, 02:35:40 am »
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So do you have to win at least 50% to even rank at all? I can't seem to squeeze out level 1. I win about 33% of my games.
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #133 on: July 27, 2012, 02:44:14 am »
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So do you have to win at least 50% to even rank at all? I can't seem to squeeze out level 1. I win about 33% of my games.

Depends on whom you play. If you mostly play opponents of your level, and win 50% of you games, your mean skill will stay the same, but your variance should decrease, so you gain levels.

Your graph looks like you lost 10 levels due to increasing variance in half a year of not playing, but afterwards your mean level increased and variance decreased, so probably, when you continue playing you will get positive at some time.

Edit: In a quick look it seems to me that you buy too many terminal actions. So if you priorize Silver a bit higher, you would probably win more games. If you look at your games (see link above for old games) how often you draw at least 2 actions, but can only play one, and imagine every time that happens one of them would be a Silver, your hand looks a lot better...
Edit2: Actions are fun, but having two of them in hand an one can only play one of them is not.
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #134 on: July 27, 2012, 03:08:24 am »
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So do you have to win at least 50% to even rank at all? I can't seem to squeeze out level 1. I win about 33% of my games.

Depends on whom you play. If you mostly play opponents of your level, and win 50% of you games, your mean skill will stay the same, but your variance should decrease, so you gain levels.

Your graph looks like you lost 10 levels due to increasing variance in half a year of not playing, but afterwards your mean level increased and variance decreased, so probably, when you continue playing you will get positive at some time.

Edit: In a quick look it seems to me that you buy too many terminal actions. So if you priorize Silver a bit higher, you would probably win more games. If you look at your games (see link above for old games) how often you draw at least 2 actions, but can only play one, and imagine every time that happens one of them would be a Silver, your hand looks a lot better...
Edit2: Actions are fun, but having two of them in hand an one can only play one of them is not.

I didn't know I had a graph. Thanks for the insights. (I wish my wife didn't make me take those six months off of playing...)
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #135 on: July 27, 2012, 04:51:45 am »
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I didn't know I had a graph. Thanks for the insights. (I wish my wife didn't make me take those six months off of playing...)

It's not that bad (for your level). The variance decreases quite rapidly, and your mean level stayed the same anyway.
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #136 on: July 27, 2012, 07:23:54 am »
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Hurrah, level 40!
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #137 on: August 14, 2012, 11:05:49 am »
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Reclaimed #1 on the leaderboard and set a new personal best for level. 50 here I come!
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #138 on: August 14, 2012, 11:15:41 am »
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Reclaimed #1 on the leaderboard and set a new personal best for level. 50 here I come!

It's going to be interesting to see who claims the permanent spot as #1; given that the leaderboard will be frozen in place very soon.

I just hope I climb back to 30 before it's over. :-\
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #139 on: August 15, 2012, 10:55:25 pm »
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I suffer from FPS (Fancy Play Syndrome) way too much to be competitive.
Greetings fellow sufferer of FPS! and thank you for defining it. I didn't know what I had had a name.
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #140 on: August 16, 2012, 11:08:18 am »
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Reclaimed #1 on the leaderboard and set a new personal best for level. 50 here I come!

It's going to be interesting to see who claims the permanent spot as #1; given that the leaderboard will be frozen in place very soon.

I just hope I climb back to 30 before it's over. :-\
Whoever does should post in this thread :P
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #141 on: August 16, 2012, 02:27:13 pm »
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I got my first "The Flash" goal on the last day (supposedly) Isotropic is alive!  WOOT!!

I won the game 1-0 in 9 turns with key cards being Border Village, Wharf, and Quarry.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201208/16/game-20120816-111851-d15444c9.html
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #142 on: August 18, 2012, 10:29:10 am »
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I enjoy playing around on Isotropic trying to find cool new combos, so I sometimes have a tendency of losing games I really shouldn't. With Isotropic going down, I figured I would play to try to get my rating up. On the 16th I was a 29. :( However, Isotropic was still up yesterday, and good thing, too. This morning I broke through and am a level 30!
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #143 on: August 18, 2012, 11:12:24 pm »
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I enjoy playing around on Isotropic trying to find cool new combos, so I sometimes have a tendency of losing games I really shouldn't. With Isotropic going down, I figured I would play to try to get my rating up. On the 16th I was a 29. :( However, Isotropic was still up yesterday, and good thing, too. This morning I broke through and am a level 30!

Even though Goko was scheduled to release on the 16; Iso was always scheduled to be up until the 22nd.
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #144 on: August 19, 2012, 10:47:49 am »
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I enjoy playing around on Isotropic trying to find cool new combos, so I sometimes have a tendency of losing games I really shouldn't. With Isotropic going down, I figured I would play to try to get my rating up. On the 16th I was a 29. :( However, Isotropic was still up yesterday, and good thing, too. This morning I broke through and am a level 30!

Even though Goko was scheduled to release on the 16; Iso was always scheduled to be up until the 22nd.

I did not know that. I guess I misinterpreted the message on Isotropic's login page.
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #145 on: August 20, 2012, 07:03:04 pm »
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Someone stole my username right at the end so it looks like I'm going down in history as Jorbles_drunk, the username I used to use for playing to let people know I was drunk, but now I guess will be using for all remaining games.
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #146 on: August 21, 2012, 10:27:18 am »
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Wow, that's harsh...

I'm still struggling to hit lvl 40 before iso goes down.
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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #147 on: August 21, 2012, 10:51:07 am »
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Wow, that's harsh...

I'm still struggling to hit lvl 40 before iso goes down.

Yeah GRRRRRR: 51.009 ± 11.165

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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #148 on: August 21, 2012, 02:46:22 pm »
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I finally got back to 20, and it looks like I might manage to hold it for a while!

....shut up I am trying hard :(

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Re: Attention-whoring thread.... I did it!!
« Reply #149 on: August 21, 2012, 02:51:30 pm »
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I have managed to pull out of my latest inexplicable slump and get back to L36... doubt I will ever reach my peak of 38 again, let alone 40.
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