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Anonymous
12 years ago
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Ranking system for Online Vs.

I just played someone who was ranked at 38 for online vs play, and their record is 56-87-22 (W-L-OTL). I am ranked at 32 with 30-14-4 (W-L-OTL). How in the world is someone with that record even rank...
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    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    Are you sure you weren't just looking at the Monthly stats instead of the All-Time stats?  Also, if he has 50+ wins to your 30+, he may have accumulated more points (which is how the leaderboards operate).  Winning games with a lower ranked team gives you more points than winning a game with a top team.  Also, beating players that are ranked higher than you gives you more points as well.  By the same token, if you lose to someone ranked higher than you are, you don't lose any many points as you would when you lose to someone ranked lower than you are.  This is why the players in the top 100 RARELY accept challenges from anyone outside the top 100.  They don't want to risk losing to someone who could be using a 2nd account to try to knock off the top guys and they also don't want to risk losing 1-0 or 2-1 to someone when they dominate a game. 

    Basically, that guy probably played against tougher competition than you.  The NHL leaderboards are geared towards winning games vs better opponents and having winning streaks.  Start a winning streak with Buffalo or Carolina.  See how fast you climb the leaderboards.  Hope that helps.

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Anonymous
12 years ago

Are you sure you weren't just looking at the Monthly stats instead of the All-Time stats?  Also, if he has 50+ wins to your 30+, he may have accumulated more points (which is how the leaderboards operate).  Winning games with a lower ranked team gives you more points than winning a game with a top team.  Also, beating players that are ranked higher than you gives you more points as well.  By the same token, if you lose to someone ranked higher than you are, you don't lose any many points as you would when you lose to someone ranked lower than you are.  This is why the players in the top 100 RARELY accept challenges from anyone outside the top 100.  They don't want to risk losing to someone who could be using a 2nd account to try to knock off the top guys and they also don't want to risk losing 1-0 or 2-1 to someone when they dominate a game. 

Basically, that guy probably played against tougher competition than you.  The NHL leaderboards are geared towards winning games vs better opponents and having winning streaks.  Start a winning streak with Buffalo or Carolina.  See how fast you climb the leaderboards.  Hope that helps.

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    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    I understand all of this. Looking at this persons vs. stats of each game, they lost to lower ranked players to. However, when you look at a record like that this is overall record btw not monthly. My assumption is the player beat a few higher ranked players to get there so you would be right on that part. Would it not be more simple to just use the real NHL point system (2pts for W, 0 for L, and 1 for OTL)? After all, EA is going for realistic gameplay.

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      Anonymous
      12 years ago

      If it were just based on wins, the Elite people would just search for "noobs" all day.  This would also give no penalty for losses.  It'd just be the person with the most wins.  That was a major issue with the EASHL goalie rankings.  Are you really the top goalie or were you just playing a top team that smashed teams and gave up few shots/goals.  Rankings are always going to difficult whether in real life or in a video game.  Look at the NCAA BCS rankings.  My advise would be to just keep winning.  Eventually the cream always rises.

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