BINGO (Destiny)

by Robot Chickens, Friday, June 29, 2018, 14:12 (2416 days ago) @ EffortlessFury

The fact that WWWWWLLLLL can give you a really different point ranking than WLWLWLWLWL should have been evidence enough. For the record, I don't think win streaks are 'fair' either, but nothing about them penalizes winning.

What you're really upset about then is the presence of streaks at all. WWLLWWLLWL under your system gives a different outcome than WLWLWLWLWL.

This is a legitimate critique of a ranking system in competitive play. Should we have streaks at all? This is a line of inquiry that could be explored.

Then you'd have to try to determine the intent of the competitive playlist. Who does it serve? What does a rank mean (especially if it can be reset)? Is the design goal for people to have steady progress or is it for people to stack themselves up against each other?

Except that:

• The current system
  
• A system with only a Win streak and no Loss streak
  
• EVEN a Loss streak and no Win streak

...are ALL more fair than the new proposed system.

Regarding fairness? You are correct. But is that the design goal? Because if the design goal is a feeling of progress for players than this is the most beneficial system to the player.