Post Stats?

Victor Galis · June 29, 2002, 17:42

What's with the post stats in member's profiles? (I don't seem to remember that field)

KrazyHorse · June 29, 2002, 17:54

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=52631

Dauphin · June 29, 2002, 17:55

Mark wanted to bring some geekiness in.

It was originally put in the profile next to people's posts. There is a thread about it kicking around somewhere. Big one too, about 5 pages long.

Victor Galis · June 29, 2002, 17:58

Ack... how did I miss this? (Probably has something to do with those 6 days when I didn't use the Internet in Rome/Paris)

Lucilla · June 29, 2002, 17:59

You are not the first one to ask. There's a huge thread (currently 15 pages) about this topic (http://www.apolyton.net/forums/showt...threadid=52631), but it contains only some answers. Clarifications are obviously desperately needed, but as I and apparently also others don't know the answers, nobody submitted any explanations to the FAQ, yet (or did I miss something?).

Victor Galis · June 29, 2002, 18:05

I looked at the explanations early in the thread but most seem to address stats that don't exist

Lucilla · June 29, 2002, 18:07

Well, you'll have to work your way through....

Victor Galis · June 29, 2002, 18:11

Hmm... There is only so much I can read at 11pm.

Lucilla · June 29, 2002, 18:13

That's why I said it should be in the FAQ. Sorry, I can't answer your question, because the explanations in the thread are unclear/incomplete.

Victor Galis · June 29, 2002, 18:14

Yeah... I got the A and the HP part, but the other two are a complete mystery

Victor Galis · June 29, 2002, 18:15

For a guy with a dancing black mage avatar, I don't seem to have a lot of magic power

(edit: fixed smiley)

Lucilla · June 29, 2002, 18:19

That has somehow to do with how long you've been registered and how much you posted in that time. But I don't know more specifics.
Mark, care to give us some info?

Dauphin · June 29, 2002, 18:40

Don't expect an answer, he's being cagey about specifics for some reason

Apocalypse · June 29, 2002, 19:01

Originally posted by Lucilla
That has somehow to do with how long you've been registered and how much you posted in that time. But I don't know more specifics.
Mark, care to give us some info?

Somewhere someone made a graph explaining it. If you really care, other web sites use a statistic system. They might have an explaination.

DarkCloud · June 29, 2002, 19:38

Victor that's because the stats used to be D&D like until Markos made them civ-esque.

Victor Galis · June 30, 2002, 05:16

civ-esque?

M = movement then?

Apocalypse · June 30, 2002, 10:07

Yes. A = Attack D = Defense HP = Hit Points

Victor Galis · June 30, 2002, 16:06

Hmmm... the stats are equally valid for Shining Force

Grrr · June 30, 2002, 19:27

I'm still confused on this. Oh well

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Solver · July 1, 2002, 05:47

Explanations

Don't whine, guys, a few explanations here. Now if I only I remember it all correctly

A(ttack) depends on how many posts you have. The function for it is logarithmic, which means the more A points you currently have, the more posts it will take to earn a new one.

D(efense) depends on how far is your average posts per day from the 5 posts per day. For instance, I have over 5 posts per a day average, hence I have the maximal possible D of 99.

M(ovement) depends on how much you post relative to your date registered - so, if you're registered since 1999 and only have half a thousand posts, this will be pretty low.

H(it) P(oints) - shows how much is remaining till the next A point. Once this gets to 100, your A increases by 1, and HP is dropped back to 0 (or is it 1?).

Hope this helps.

Lucilla · July 1, 2002, 06:32

Thanks, Solver.
A, D and HP are clear to me, now. M is sort of clear, but I'd like to see the algorithm to calculate it. You don't happen to know that one?
Cheers, Lucilla

Solver · July 1, 2002, 06:38

Alas, I can not tell the algorithms, as I just don't just happen to know them.

Of course, another example of it could be a person registered in 2002, having lots of posts by now, this would be a big M.

You're already a Prince level poster, though only recently registered, hence you have a whopping 49 movement.

I'm an Emperor level poster, with ~3600 posts, registered in Sept. 2000, hence my M is only 19, but my attack of 45 exceeds yours of 16, since I have more posts overall.

Lucilla · July 1, 2002, 06:44

Makes sense. Thanks again, Solver.

Victor Galis · July 1, 2002, 07:24

Hmm... well this certainly hurts the OT posters

My posts per day have been steadily decreasing since the OT posts stopped counting

Now, it's making me feel defenseless.

Victor Galis · July 1, 2002, 07:25

Also, how are D and M difference, since they seem to be based on the same two sorts of thing: how long you've been here, and how many posts you have.

Solver · July 1, 2002, 08:25

Oh Victor, it's a really long time now since OT posters don't count...

D and M do have some difference. You can be here for a long time, and post exactly 5 posts per day - will give you a defense of 99 (based on the average post count), and not a high Movement (based on total post count).

Victor Galis · July 1, 2002, 09:33

I know it's been a long time... which means I would have been emperor a long time ago if not for this restriction. This post stats thing now only reinforces our status as second class citizens