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.
