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Saturated averages

• jimstinson67 3,254 Posts

  Fri, Dec 29 2017 7:57 AM

  I have come across a player in my club who's a TM and is already saturated after only 10-20 rounds. IE - average doesn't go up after high rounds, only lowers. How is this possible? Also, I am a Legend and looks like I have over 100 ranked rounds as a Legend however not yet saturated. Is it 500 rounds at Legend!? Thanks all.

• alosso 21,087 Posts

  Fri, Dec 29 2017 12:32 PM

  TMs saturate after 50 rounds, so your description doesn't fit my experience. Difficult to judge though since other influences may count in.

  For Legends and TLs, 500 / 200 rounds respectively are the saturation numbers.

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• Robert1893 7,729 Posts

  Fri, Dec 29 2017 1:18 PM

  jimstinson67:

  I have come across a player in my club who's a TM and is already saturated after only 10-20 rounds. IE - average doesn't go up after high rounds, only lowers. How is this possible?

  
  
  Below Legend tier, I believe average is affected by match play wins. Others have also stated the same thing about placing well in ready go tournaments.

  While alosso is correct that Legend tier saturates at 500 rounds, it's 200 rounds for Tour Legends to saturate. I just went through the process earlier this year, and I track all of my rounds.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Fri, Dec 29 2017 1:21 PM

  Robert1893:

  Below Legend tier, I believe average is affected by match play wins. Others have also stated the same thing about placing well in ready go tournaments.

  I think this is correct but I also think credits have to be involved-like MPC or a tournament win. IIRC, it wasn't that way when it first started but was changed at some point. 

• Robert1893 7,729 Posts

  Fri, Dec 29 2017 1:27 PM

  @Jim
  
  Thanks for the clarification. I appreciate it. I've always been a bit hazy about how all of that worked.

• DodgyPutter 4,690 Posts

  Fri, Dec 29 2017 3:23 PM

  jimstinson67:

  I have come across a player in my club who's a TM and is already saturated after only 10-20 rounds. IE - average doesn't go up after high rounds, only lowers. How is this possible?

  
  
  I suspect you're just wrong, I just had a quick look but suggest you check as you know precisely who you're talking about.
  
  From what I saw there are three TM's at your CC and each of them look to have played over 50 RR's as TM, including the one that only became a TM a couple of weeks ago (If it's him my rough count was 54 rr's so the recent 38, 35 and 37 would have no effect).