thought I'd continue this topic as it got closed but wasn't resolved. some interesting chat I had about it after on someone's direct messages, but not forum.
RE: peaks at every 100 mark on the graph (the rapid ratings graph in particular) --
I just noticed that aswell as the peaks at exactly the 100 marks, it also goes towards a steep decline from exactly every 50 mark until 75, and then from 75 steeply upward. Why's there a dip there?! Lots of adamant comments about it being to do with people tending to keep going until the 100 marks and then rest, but I don't think the positioning of these precise and perfectly regular peaks and troughs illustrate this. I still really would like to get to the bottom of it though. why on Earth does this happen? There was a link that someone left re some explanation, but the forum wouldn't let me open the link, so I couldn't read it. It did look interesting though - if you're reading this, please could you briefly explain what it said. Thanks in advance.
I think regarding the common idea (misconception imo) that people tend to keep going until the 100 multiples and then rest would be more realistic if this was concerning the puzzles, bc you can just keep going until the next 100 mark if you've got time - and I definitely aim to do that sometimes (but more often I don't), but in a real game, we just don't get significantly better in one sitting, improvement is clearly a very gradual process however hard we try, - and with each game being matched, it's a 50 / 50 thing, and when improving, just slightly more than 50 50 - and there are significantly more people resting at random points other than the 100 marks, so that idea doesn't make much sense (particularly as this is no approximation). If anyone does believe that it's to do with the human will to keep going till the 100, please leave some actual evidence to illustrate this, rather than the general cyclic hearsay. One way or the other, I'd really like to understand why the graph isn't a smooth curve. To me it shows that from every 50 to 75 it gets increasingly more disproportionally difficult to win, and then disproportionally easier to win from 75 to 100 !!? that just doesn't make sense to me. Please help me put the pieces of my mind back together. appreciated.
RE: peaks at every 100 mark on the graph (the rapid ratings graph in particular) --
I just noticed that aswell as the peaks at exactly the 100 marks, it also goes towards a steep decline from exactly every 50 mark until 75, and then from 75 steeply upward. Why's there a dip there?! Lots of adamant comments about it being to do with people tending to keep going until the 100 marks and then rest, but I don't think the positioning of these precise and perfectly regular peaks and troughs illustrate this. I still really would like to get to the bottom of it though. why on Earth does this happen? There was a link that someone left re some explanation, but the forum wouldn't let me open the link, so I couldn't read it. It did look interesting though - if you're reading this, please could you briefly explain what it said. Thanks in advance.
I think regarding the common idea (misconception imo) that people tend to keep going until the 100 multiples and then rest would be more realistic if this was concerning the puzzles, bc you can just keep going until the next 100 mark if you've got time - and I definitely aim to do that sometimes (but more often I don't), but in a real game, we just don't get significantly better in one sitting, improvement is clearly a very gradual process however hard we try, - and with each game being matched, it's a 50 / 50 thing, and when improving, just slightly more than 50 50 - and there are significantly more people resting at random points other than the 100 marks, so that idea doesn't make much sense (particularly as this is no approximation). If anyone does believe that it's to do with the human will to keep going till the 100, please leave some actual evidence to illustrate this, rather than the general cyclic hearsay. One way or the other, I'd really like to understand why the graph isn't a smooth curve. To me it shows that from every 50 to 75 it gets increasingly more disproportionally difficult to win, and then disproportionally easier to win from 75 to 100 !!? that just doesn't make sense to me. Please help me put the pieces of my mind back together. appreciated.