Case and point, 3 of the current top 10 games are from just last 18 months… 
Eclipse, Mage Knight, and Android: Netrunner

On Wednesday, January 9, 2013 3:53:10 PM UTC-5, NuMystic wrote:
>
> You're forgetting that games aren't ranked on BGG merely by average 
> rating, but BGG Rank which is a more complex algo. Newcomers constantly 
> crack the top of the charts. So your point is what exactly?
>
> On Wednesday, January 9, 2013 2:11:27 PM UTC-5, ddyer wrote:
>>
>>
>> My underlying point is that the system matters depending on what you are 
>> trying to measure.  As a thought experiment, imagine if BGG had been 
>> running for 500 years, with cumulative rankings for all that time.  Go and 
>> Chess would be #1 and #2 just because over time, lots of people played them 
>> and thought they were great.  Maybe that wouldn't be a bad idea, but it 
>> would make it impossible for a newcomer like (enter your favorite game 
>> here) to even get on the charts.
>>
>>

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG 
Down" group.
To view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bgg_down/-/jULO2DhIZ4cJ.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 
[email protected].
For more options, visit this group at 
http://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en.

Reply via email to