I didn't know that winning tournaments could affect your average. It can see you promoted to a higher tier and I thought that was the anti-sandbagging measure.
firemangeorge:Fwiw. Once you start a new tier and record 10-20 or so rounds (not sure of the exact #), you get a new average. Guess the word is "reset". Then.....the average can only go down. Not up. At least that's the way mine's always worked.
My understanding is that when you go to a new tier your average is reset but after your first round. It will then move up or down depending on your scores until you reach saturation (at your level I think that's 50 ranked rounds). At that point your average can no longer go up.
What happens then is you now have 50 rounds that make up your average, if you play a ranked round your score replaces the worst of the 50 if it is better than it, if it is worse it is ignored. (Your lose your worst score but still 50 rounds for your average). So clearly you can score worse than your average, but better than your worst score, and see it drop.
firemangeorge: As far as a 32(64) changing my average. Not seeing that either. That's higher than my 61 average score stat. The only time I see my average go down is when I shoot a score that is lower than that average.
This may seem true but it has to be possible for a score over your average to lower it, as there must be scores over your average in the 50. I suppose if you had 50 scores the same, which could happen with someone who was saturated for a very long time, but then the average would be a whole number.
The reason I said I'd expect a 32 to change it (I don't think you've scored one since, so we'll see) is the massive change you reported when you scored 30.
Edit:-Apologies to alosso for a bit of repetition. I'm in moderation (not sure why, quoting someone fully and accurately back to them I think) so although I wrote the above before his post, his appeared first and my was later slotted in above it. The joys of the moderation system, daftest thing is that this edit doesn't get moderated.......so if I really wanted to say something naughty.......stupid system.
On tournament results reducing averages I really don't know so perhaps you're right, I do know match play wins do. If it does happen then surely it can't apply to everyone or the likes of Mags and Tasor will have averages in single figures eventually.
My opening line should have been: I didn't know that winning tournaments could affect your average. It can see you promoted to a higher tier without the average and/or number of rounds usually needed; I thought that was the anti-sandbagging measure.