Scores, Scores, and More Scores
When viewing any scores page, you can hit Refresh/Reload in your
browser to fetch the latest results. See below for an explanation
of the different types of scores.
About Scores and Stats
The table heading is shown in parenthesis to the right of each section. Scores and Stats have been broken
into separate tables as there was just getting to be too much detail to show in one table.
Current Streaks (Streak)
This tally shows the current high rollers in the standard streak
department. A streak of course is how many games you've won in
a row without blowing one. We have logic to age out folks who've
found themselves in a losing game but just don't have the gumption
to quit out of it.
Note: ties on the streaks lists are decided in a very arbitrary manner:
I needed something concrete and I've just used the account creation time
with newer accounts winning the tie. Someday I'll do something better.
All Time Streaks (All Time)
These streaks may no longer be active, but they are the best the
particular players have achieved in their auspicious NetCELL careers.
Some of these are very old.
Daily Streaks (Daily)
This category tracks how many games in a row a person has won in
one 24 hour day EST. If you win 35 games in a row on a particular day,
but blow it below day's end, you're still on the board for the 35.
Of course if you're obsessive (no one here like that), you could run up
a second much better streak, and that would then take precedence.
All Time Daily Streaks (All Time Daily)
The best one day streaks of all time. Like the All Time Streaks above
some of these are pretty dated. We've been doing this a while.
Current Year (Yearly)
This is the games in a row the person has won just in the current calendar year. Say they carried
over a streak of 50 from last year and have won 40 more games in a row. Their Current Streak and All Time Streak
will show the full 90 but since they're only won 40 in the current year the Yearly will show 40. Since we've got
over 20+ years of data now it's hard to get onto the All Time list but you can still strive to "win the year."
Plays
Simply the total number of times this person has played this variant,
streak or non-streak.
Wins
The number of total wins, streak or non-streak, for this variant.
Adjusted Win Percent (Win%)
The percentage of wins divided by plays and sorted with that weird rule
that makes higher numbers of plays count more:
wins /(plays+1)
This way someone who has only played 2 games and won them both doesn't
come out ahead of someone who has played 2788 games and only lost one.
There ain't no perfect solution here, hence this compromise.
Average time per game (Avg.Time)
A rough average of playing time in this variant, simply total time
divided by plays.
Average Streak (Avg.Streak)
Vaguely accurate "average streak length" but it's just plays divided
by losses. It's not really a good indicator as it's not streak-specific.
Idle ()
How long since they've played this variant.
Total Time (Total)
Total time they've spent actually in a game on this variant.
The "You Win" Dialog
When you win a game you get a "You Win" dialog box with a fair amount of information something
like this:
Game #
The game variant {columns}x{cells}, for instance 9x5 or 8x4, and then
a number which uniquely identifies the deal.
Game Stats
This shows the global stats for that specific game: plays/wins/percentage.
Difficulty
The difficulty level of the deal. Difficulty levels are discussed at length
here.
Elapsed
How long you took to play the game. Note that if you go idle without
explicitly saving the game this time will include the idle timeout.
Streak
Your current streak (number of games won in a row) for this variant.
This number is less meaningful for the harder variants where you might
have a much lower overall chance of winning.
Today
This shows your best streak for the current day. That is often the
number of games you've played since midnight server time but if you've
lost your streak it will be the number of games in that previous streak or
if you've bested that streak, your current daily streak.
Current
This is your ranking in the Current Streaks list. "Current" is defined as
"has played within the last two weeks." We set that arbitrary limit so
as to not show all the streaks where people have gotten stuck but not
wanted to quit out.
Daily or Daily Best
If your current streak is greater than or equal to your best of the
day this gives your ranking on the Daily Streak list with the heading
"Daily". If you're below your current daily best (see Today above) it shows
how many games you need to win to catch up to your previous effort and
the heading says "Daily Best".
Yearly or Yearly Best
Like the daily streak above, this looks at your record for the year.
If you're forging ahead it shows your rank for the year with the heading
"Yearly". Otherwise it shows how many games you need to win to catch
up to your previous yearly record and the heading is "Yearly Best".
All Time
Also like the daily and yearly, this tracks your all time streak.
Unlike the above the heading does not change but the data displayed is
differently. If you've matched or exceeded your previous all time streak
if will show your ranking against all the other players. Otherwise it
shows how many games you need to win to match your previous record.