c3cummins Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 The "new" look of the award symbols is not crisp and clear. It has a smudged appearance. I'd like to see this made better. The "old" one was at least more clear. Thanks. c3cummins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3cummins Posted March 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 The "new" look of the award symbols is not crisp and clear. It has a smudged appearance. I'd like to see this made better. The "old" one was at least more clear. Thanks. c3cummins I believe if the gold outline was removed it would be much more clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Maybe right, but I can’t get excited about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 I agree with Jack. This whole update seems like a solution in search of a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 I agree with Jack. This whole update seems like a solution in search of a problem.No, there was a serious problem with the old system: once one became a 10 it was close to impossible to advance in rank. Some 10s were getting frustrated. Some even stopped playing. (A somewhat less serious problem was that the gaps between 8 and 9 and between 9 and 10 were very big - we added the plus symbols in an attempt to encourage people who were stuck in these gaps) (A further issue was that the percentage of players who were AKQJs had been getting smaller and smaller over the years - we increased the numbers of Ks, Qs, and Js in an effort to do something about this) My fault for not giving enough thought to the original ranking system. My only excuse was that it was hard to foresee just how successful and popular our masterpoint tournaments were going to become 10 years after these tournaments (and the ranking system) were first introduced. Yes, I suppose I might have figured this out by thinking about the history of the ACBL and its masterpoint ranks :) As for the actual design, our artist suggested that plainer-looking symbols would be easier on the eyes (especially at low screen resolutions). However, she also thought the gold outline looked OK and some people on our staff (including me) thought it was important to add a little pizazz to the design. If we start to get a lot of complaints then we will likely reconsider this decision at some point in the future. Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 If people have been quitting because they can't get past the level of 10, maybe this ties in to Eagle123's thread about who cares about masterpoints. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 I guess it does not matter in the grand scheme of things but just out of curiosity I would be interested to know how many BBO master points are held by the lowest ranking Jack, or Queen or King (I can find the Ace).Or more to the pont, how to find that data for myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 Login to the web version of BBO and click on "Masterpoints and Races", then click on "Lifetime Leaders". This shows the top 100 masterpoint holders, which used to be all the royals, but now will show all the AKQ. We're looking into the impact of increasing this to the top 250, so it will again show all the royals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 For anyone who's curious, here are the current masterpoint ranges for the royals:A 12680K 4723-9901Q 2842-4683J 1991-2841 So this means that the highest Master rank players can currently achieve is 19; everyone higher than this is a Royal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarletv Posted January 8, 2021 Report Share Posted January 8, 2021 A 36979K 12527-31623Q 8647-12467J 5996-8623 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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