What is the best stat for how good you are? - Modern Warfare 2 Forum: Free Call of Duty MW2 Community

spender · 10-10-2010, 09:24 AM

Okay - so it occurred to me yesterday whilst I was......anyway, while I had time to kill away from my console!?

Prestiging isnt actually a good indicator of how good you are (haters wait before shooting me down ,sometimes wisdom for me takes time!) as it is only really a function of how many XP you have, but not how you got them. For example, if I played 16 hours a day every day for.....ages... I would a)eventually get 10th Prestige and b)smell funny/have no (real world) friends etc etc. But it wouldnt actually "prove" I was any good at COD.

SO....

What IS the best index of how good you are?

I see some people quote K/D ratios and thats fair point, but if you started a new account and had a boss first game you could be 5 K/D or more - it wouldnt be comparably "good".

So what about XP per hour of play? Isnt a smaller number of Kills per Prestige better? What about Number of Bullets per Prestige? Or Bullets per Kill?

So come on peeps. What is the BEST indicator of being the BEST?

Dont be afraid to use your imagination!

Laters

Spender

oneinchwunda · 10-10-2010, 09:31 AM

There is no single indicator.

Platy · 10-10-2010, 09:34 AM

More deaths = better.

chaR · 10-10-2010, 09:35 AM

No stat indicates can give a very accurate representation about how good you are.

spender · 10-10-2010, 09:42 AM

Good try Platy - but more deaths could equal more time played. Deaths per Hour of gametime maybe??

I was hoping for a bit more imagination y'all. If there isnt a single one then how about getting creative?

Surely someone who achieves 126 kills per hour is likely to be (on some level) "better" than someone who only has 50kph? Is someone who achieves Prestige in half the number of bullets not "better"?

Platy · 10-10-2010, 09:43 AM

**Voodoo** · 10-10-2010, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by spender

Surely someone who achieves 126 kills per hour is likely to be (on some level) "better" than someone who only has 50kph?

and if that 50 plays S&D? Is someone who achieves Prestige in half the number of bullets not "better"?
that person used Snipers Famas/M16 and not SMGs/LMGs.

I wouldn't use stats alone to determine how good someone is.

spender · 10-10-2010, 09:56 AM

Apologies if the lighthearted tone to my question has been missed and everyone has come over all serious and "You cant do that..." on me.

Tell you what. Lets not bother trying to have a bit of fun and get back to the serious business of playing games.

Rage Quit!

(Can someone close the thread after I am gone pls!)

**Voodoo** · 10-10-2010, 09:59 AM

QQ
people having opinions that you didn't like.. o.O

Platy · 10-10-2010, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Platy

This looks more and more like something from the 1940's.

Olaf Vikingsson · 10-10-2010, 10:24 AM

OP is incredibly unintelligent.

amorant · 10-10-2010, 11:18 AM

number of times you smile per hour?

Fandom Ruck · 10-10-2010, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Platy

Apparently you were too serious.

Cloud · 10-10-2010, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Platy

Lmfao

OP: Stats wont indicate how good someone is.

**Voodoo** · 10-10-2010, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

Lmfao

OP: Stats wont indicate how good someone is.

they will to an extent.

spender · 10-10-2010, 12:43 PM

Cheers Fandom Ruck - apparently I came across tooooo serious when trying to have a bit of fun. As you and Amorant are amongst those who proudly display stats/achievements in your postings maybe what I was getting at wasnt lost on you. Cloud - obviously, but when so many forum-ers display stats, wouldnt it be more interesting to have something which dosent just reflect time played? It was only a thought.

ViS - incredibly unintelligent? Really? How so? Pointing out an obsession that many have with Prestiging when it does not actually mean much in terms of quality of achievement? You might have to explain that one.

Honestly everyone - twas not meant to be a reeaallllllly serious thread, just a bit of fun.

Stay chilled eneryone

**Dante** · 10-10-2010, 12:52 PM

I'll play against you or spectate you and assign you a number 1-100. The closer you are to 100, the better you are.

**GhostHands** · 10-10-2010, 12:56 PM

Dante, you and I can do this but you better give me a 69. You know, better than average.

spender · 10-10-2010, 12:57 PM

Good idea - isnt that how some teams decide? Like an X-Factor of COD to find the truly great players!!

10-10-2010, 01:10 PM

Or how about it doesn't matter, you can play against people and go 80-6 and tell yourself you're good. Or you can cap 940382094 flags in a game and tell yourself you're good. You can quickscope the entire team for a game and tell yourself you're good.

Or you can break the MW2 disc and be great

**Voodoo** · 10-10-2010, 01:12 PM

Dantes speccd me. Give me a number. Hint, it better be better than 69.

**GhostHands** · 10-10-2010, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Voodoo

Dantes speccd me. Give me a number. Hint, it better be 69

Dante, who would you rather give a 69 to? Voodoo or GhostHands?

**Voodoo** · 10-10-2010, 01:15 PM

duh

Imunality · 10-10-2010, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Platy

More deaths = better.

how many times you can watch Platy's siggy and still laugh = better. Wow I'm good

**abc** · 10-10-2010, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by spender

What is the BEST indicator of being the BEST?

How many top level tournaments you have won divided by the number of years you've been in a top level team? Obviously the downside is that only seperates extremely good people from world class.

K

, W:L, 1v1 wins etc as you point out have far too many flaws (sit in a corner, quitting because IWnet is hack infested counting as a loss, playing 1v1s against rubbish people etc etc)

Bullets/hitmarkers/etc per prestige is flawed because you could have immense aim but tactically useless, or very conservative with ammo.

Kills per prestige is flawed because you can get to P10 just by capturing objectives, no need to ever kill anyone.

I think the only way you'd arrive at one semi accurate number would be summing various factors, each of which are weighted appropriately. You then plug in data to your equation and each player gets a "score." Needless to say the hard bit is deciding how to weight each element of the equation.

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