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Law of Averages?

• BushcraftOnFire 3,325 Posts

  Wed, Sep 11 2013 3:02 PM

  In the FAQ.. it says that your average isn't affected by a higher score than average, but I have found this not to be true. Perhaps after quite a few rounds this might be the case.. but after each level change I have noticed that the average WILL and does go up if you shoot a higher score than your average.

  I don't think this is intentionally misleading.. but it could be addressed more thoroughly in the FAQ (IMO). Has anyone else found this to be the case.. or is it just me?

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• shortstroke25 116 Posts

  Wed, Sep 11 2013 3:41 PM

  Yes that is true,once everything is in place when you change tiers your avg resets to the tier rank when succeed in the required RR's in that tier, then the higher scores are thrown out only low scores kept.Just keep on playing the avg's will take of them selves.

• alosso 21,094 Posts

  Thu, Sep 12 2013 9:35 AM

  The FAQ description is vague because WGT don't give away their calculation method. Despite of that, the basics are well-known.

  Two numbers, the average and a rounds counter, are reset at each tier change. From there, a certain number of the best scores in that tier counts towards the average. This will be floating until that number ("saturation") is reached, furtheron it may only drop (or stay constant). Basically, two conditions must be met to tier up: Play at least that number of scores (40 for a Master) AND drop the average to a certain number (63.00 as a Master). In addition, credit wins and some match play wins accelerate the tiering process.

  BushcraftOnFire:

  it says that your average isn't affected by a higher score than average,

  It says,

  completing a bad round will not negatively impact your Average Score or Tier.

  which is true in the long run. Of course, a high score will raise the average in the floating phase, but after saturation, a score above average may cause it to drop:
  Non-linear maths.