Scott-Land wrote:Looking at the top 6 of the ladder--
1 Legends of War 112.32 Points 119-72 62% With a loss, not sure how they are ahead of THOTA.
2 THOTA 111.27 Points 190-112 63% Undefeated in 5 challenges but yet are #2.
3 EMPIRE 107.56 Points 100-71 58% 5-0 Defeated ID... good ranking.
4 Sky Force 106.09 Points 132-123 52% 3-3They've beat a clan that is ranked 31 of 31, 30 of 30 and a clan that has lost 4 of 9 challenges.
5 ++The Legion++ 105.43 Points 148-135 52% -- No disrespect to Legion but the ranking here is laughable. 5-4 weak wins with the exception of TBH.
6 Agents Of Chaos 102.25 Points 13-7 65% They defeated the bottom team of the ladder (31) Water's Fury 91.35 Points
Look, I think most people agree that the way the ladder works isn't the best, but there are reasonable explanations for all of the scores above, given the rules of scoring.
1. LoW - We were just behind THOTA until our most recent win. We got a lot of points from that as the team were unranked and so got the automatic 100 point ranking - keep in mind we won 25-5, we won 5 games for every 1 that they won. It's the same as someone playing a New Recruit in 1v1 - look at how many games Maxatstuy won against New Recruits... the win rate was around 95-100%, yet he got 5 points per game with a potential loss of 80 points. Now, we didn't go looking for a new clan to play, they challenged us - if they had challenged TSM, would you have turned them down? Besides, if you're that worried about points, why don't you play them, see if you can manage an 83% win rate.
2. THOTA - THOTA have played 3 clans that were unranked, the same thing that caused uproar at LoW's win against Project Enigma. Also, keep in mind that LoWs opponents have an average ladder rank of 15, whereas THOTA's have an average ladder rank of 22 - that's almost 3/4 of the way down the ladder.
3. EMPIRE - Average opponent is 18th in the league, they are 5 from 5. So they're undefeated, but playing opposition that average below middling skill. It's reasonable that they're up the top but not in top spot.
4. Sky Force - Yes, they've beaten the clans coming last and second last, but they've also beaten the clan coming 5th, and 2 of their losses are against 10th place and 1st place.
5. +++The Legion+++ - 5 weak wins, and you quote TBH as being their best one? TBH are the 4th lowest clan that they've beaten. Eternal Empire and Order of Odin are ranked higher than TBH, and I believe TUC were higher at the time. TBH are 23rd/31 teams. The Legions losses are against EMPIRE (15-16 loss) and Sky Force (27-33 loss). They aren't big losses, and they are to top 5 teams.
6. Agents of Chaos - Both clans were unranked before this challenge, and the result was 13-7, a record of almost double the wins to losses. Once a few more challenges come in, this "spike" will settle into the right position.
Now, I believe you are upset because your clan is 7th. Let's have a look at TSM's record:
34-26 over LoW, 22-18 over Immortal Assassins
Neither of those are particularly convincing wins, especially when you consider the rankings LoW and IA had at the time. You can't go saying "LoW is number one, we beat them 12 months ago, therefore we should be number one", same as THOTA can't go around saying "We're undefeated (against low-ranked clans) we should be number one". It's a ladder, the points you get are based on where your opponent was ranked at the time, and how convincing the win was.
It's all explained in the rules on the front page