How the hell can you consider the Log board a realistic view of CF, most people don't post their fights and the 90% that do are idiots. n/t

How the hell can you consider the Log board a realistic view of CF, most people don't post their fights and the 90% that do are idiots. n/t:
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Posted by Bubba on November 4, 2000 at 16:44:18:

In Reply to: I'm sure the average CFer would like to believe, this, but... posted by Macheath on November 4, 2000 at 16:28:15:

> >I'm going to propose the idea that the "average CFer"
> >has gotten better. The game has been around a long
> >time, and the number of people with the requisite 1-
> >2+ years of experience to develop competence is now
> >quite high. More people know how to put up a fight,
> >and aren't going to stand there and die. As that
> >number of competent players grows, it gets harder and
> >harder to "clear our your range", or even take the
> >chance of charging in one-on-two. The number of
> >truly dominant players therefore shrinks, hidden by
> >the expansion of the "pretty good". Running up 100
> >kills at the hero ranks now means that a good number
> >of those are going to be tough fights. While the
> >best can still win through superior preparation, that
> >takes time and effort, and there is eventually going
> >to be the day where they get caught off guard, and
> >one or two or three of the "New average" can take
> >them down.

> This is a fine theory, and I'll compliment you for how well you've thought it out.

> However, it just doesn't fit the facts. You've constructed a fairly intricate theory and an extensive analogy, both based upon a set of phantom facts. From all reports and evidence, it isn't the deviation from the norm that's decreased by way of the "average" player becoming better... it's just the skill level that's decreased, overall. The elite aren't any better than they were, the average player isn't any better than he was (in fact, quite the opposite, by any definition of "average"). The elites are fewer now, but they thrash the "average" player every time. The only batting average analogy I could come up with is a lower league-wide average with a few spikes up over .400 here and there.

> If you want evidence of the decline, look at the log board. I could point to dozens of logs that just make me sick. And if I'm noticing these grave mistakes, and no "average" players are, you know there's something rotten in Denmark.

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Comments:	> > >I'm going to propose the idea that the "average CFer" > > >has gotten better. The game has been around a long > > >time, and the number of people with the requisite 1- > > >2+ years of experience to develop competence is now > > >quite high. More people know how to put up a fight, > > >and aren't going to stand there and die. As that > > >number of competent players grows, it gets harder and > > >harder to "clear our your range", or even take the > > >chance of charging in one-on-two. The number of > > >truly dominant players therefore shrinks, hidden by > > >the expansion of the "pretty good". Running up 100 > > >kills at the hero ranks now means that a good number > > >of those are going to be tough fights. While the > > >best can still win through superior preparation, that > > >takes time and effort, and there is eventually going > > >to be the day where they get caught off guard, and > > >one or two or three of the "New average" can take > > >them down. > > This is a fine theory, and I'll compliment you for how well you've thought it out. > > However, it just doesn't fit the facts. You've constructed a fairly intricate theory and an extensive analogy, both based upon a set of phantom facts. From all reports and evidence, it isn't the deviation from the norm that's decreased by way of the "average" player becoming better... it's just the skill level that's decreased, overall. The elite aren't any better than they were, the average player isn't any better than he was (in fact, quite the opposite, by any definition of "average"). The elites are fewer now, but they thrash the "average" player every time. The only batting average analogy I could come up with is a lower league-wide average with a few spikes up over .400 here and there. > > If you want evidence of the decline, look at the log board. I could point to dozens of logs that just make me sick. And if <b>I'm</b> noticing these grave mistakes, and no "average" players are, you <b>know</b> there's something rotten in Denmark.

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