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[BB3_Oregon_Steel]

Hi everyone!!!  

 

It's your resident Biplane Girl again (YAY BIPLANES). 

 

A few weeks ago there was a good deal of discussions about clans, clan rivalries and the fact that there was no effective way for Clans to compete in any meaningful way and some open questions as to what could be done about that.  

 

I sort of began casting about for a way that Clans might actually be able to rate themselves against each other in some uniform way so I went to the Clan Boards and started poking around.  The problem with the existing Clan Board is that a lot of the clans listed there are either dead or have a few active members but a HUGE number of highly rated pilots that have left the game.  These clans, even though they are largely or totally inactive, may still have a high "clan rating" in the system which makes the way that data is displayed not particularly helpful or even very valid.  

 

So I decided to do something simple but something that could solve at least part of the issue and give some meaningful data to the community and clans.  I decided to use the information on the Clan Boards but include only "active" clans".  I decided that a clan that averaged at least one battle per day per member was likely to be "active".  This would eliminate the clans which were essentially dead as well as those with a small number of active pilots and hordes of inactive ones which are having their effective clan rating inflated by continuing to hold highly rated inactive pilots on their clan rolls.  

 

Anyway, after having done this for a few weeks and gain some mostly positive (and a bit of negative) responses, it was suggested I put this into it's own thread so ... here it is, the most current weeks ratings for the 31 active clans in WOWPS.

 

This information is based on the data contained in the Clan Ratings Board.  Clans with a Average Battles per Day per Member rating of under 1 battle are considered "inactive" clans and are not included in these rankings.  These rankings are based on the Clan Rating as calculated by WG.

 

For quick reference, the following information is provided. 

 

Clan Ranking - If a Clan has moved up the board to a new higher ranking a +1 will show immediately after the rank and a -1 if the clan has fallen back in the rankings. 

 

Clan Rating - Calculated by WG.  If the clan's rating has increased or decreased the amount of this increase or decrease will be shown directly after the rating.  Changes in rating are also color coded with normal black text indicating no change in the rating, blue text indicating and increase in the rating and green text indicating a decrease in the rating. 

 

#1 - 6,239 (+58) - OWSS - Order of the White Silk Scarf

#2 - 4,326 (+55) - X3M - X3M Fighters

#3 - 4,129 (-19) - FALCO - Fuerza Armada Latina

#4 - 4,079  - BFS - Black Flight Squadron

#5  - 3,658 (-6) - R-A-W - The Order of Radiant Air Warriors

#6 - 3,615 - DOW - DogsofWar

#7 - 3,568 (+63) - GW_S - Gray Wolf Squadron

#8 - 3,459 - ES - Eagle Squadron

#9 - 3,357 (-13) - THC - Team Hard Core

#10 - 3,233 (+2) - LNSTR - Lannisterz

#11 (+1) - 3,227 (+32) - REX - Rebeldes Exiliados "La vieja Guardia"

#12 (-1) - 3,195 - (-31) FK - Flying Knights

#13  - 3,147 (+1) - E-E-E - Elite Sky Soldiers

#14 - 3,111 (+3) - TWE - They Were Expendable

#15 - (+1) - 3,102 (+57) - A-S-S - Aerial Supremacy Squadron

#16 - (-1) - 3,091 (-2) - ALAS - The Wingman Bar - Open 24/7

#19 - (+2) - 3,014 (+231) - GAVCA - 1 Grupo de Aviacao de Caca

#17 - (-1) - 3,012 (+17) - B_C_S - The Black Crow Squadron

#18 - (-1) -2,950 - 524 - 524 Sturgeon Squadron

#20 - 2,609 (+2) - QUID - Cool Hands

#21 - 2,598 (+13) - BSSF - Black Sheep Squadron Fighters

#22 - (+2) - 2,406 (+505) - FTR - Fear the Reapers

#23 - (-1) - 2,372 (+1) - A_C_E - Rebel Aces

#24 - (-1) - 1,939 (+1) - HVAR - High Velocity Ace Rocketeers

#25 - 1,638 (-6) - GCR - Giant Communist Robots

#26 - 1,555 (+3) - F_I_C - French - Iron - Connection

#27 - 1,327 (+3) - BANDI - Sabandijas Rebeldes

#28 - 1,247 - KRTS - Krauts

#29 - 1,156 - FPOA - Former Pilots of Aquaria

#30 - 1,050 (+1) - DAZE - Days_of_Glory

#31 - 1,039 - 707TH - KGBS 707th Vultures

 

Dropped from ratings - USPC - Uncle Sam's Plane Club

 

Lots of movement on the rankings this last week!!!  Congratulations to REX, A-S-S, GAVCA and FTR for moving up in the rankings!!!    

 

Finally we do have some BIG movers, shakers and clans to look out for who really boosted their point totals in the last week or so, they are ... 

 

(+505) - FTR - Fear the Reapers - OMG, what are these people eating for breakfast??

(+231) - GAVCA - 1 Grupo de Aviacao de Caca - 5th week in a row on this list as they continue the meteoric rise up the rankings!!! 

(+63) - GW_S - Gray Wolf Squadron  - The Grey Wolves have been just hanging around until this week.  Wow, great job everyone. 

(+58) - OWSS - Order of the White Silk Scarf - For the last several weeks, the clans at the top of leaderboard have been losing ground or stagnant.  That all ended this week.  What an effort, great job OWWS!!!

(+57) - A-S-S - Aerial Supremacy Squadron - 4th straight week for going out and kicking .... well ... you know ... ***

(+55) - X3M - X3M Fighters - Another of the top clans getting their wings on and making things happen.  WOOT!!!

(+32) - REX - Rebeldes Exiliados "La vieja Guardia" - Second week in a row on the list.  Nice job REX!!! 

 

Nice job everyone!!!  Just remember that age old truth.  True joy comes from flying BIPLANES!!!  YAY BIPLANES!!!

Edited by BB3_Oregon_Steel, 13 February 2020 - 09:17 PM.

[Bubba_Zanetti]

How do I get you to see that owws is actually owss?  It’s not just adding silk to the description but also changing the tag.  Just an fyi.  I know, silly details.

[BB3_Oregon_Steel]

Bubba_Zanetti, on 13 February 2020 - 11:07 AM, said:

How do I get you to see that owws is actually owss?  It’s not just adding silk to the description but also changing the tag.  Just an fyi.  I know, silly details.

 

All fixed!!!  Sorry, I'm an accountant so those letter thingees confuse me sometimes,  

[HANNIBAL_LECTER_1]

Although our clan is not interested in this "Statistics War" you did a great job BB with all this. Congrats. 

[BB3_Oregon_Steel]

HANNIBAL_LECTER_1, on 13 February 2020 - 02:02 PM, said:

Although our clan is not interested in this "Statistics War" you did a great job BB with all this. Congrats. 

Thanks Hannibal, 

 

Well, there aren't any ... or I guess any things out there for clans to do other than just be clans.  Some clans will think the data is cool and use it, others won't and most won't even know it exists.  Still, I like numbers and it's not hard to do soo ... who knows, maybe it will be a little seed that will make clans seem more relevant to some.  

[trikke]

here's five bucks to move RAW to the top...    just to get my OWSS friends upset

sorry, forgot to ask in advance if you're open to a little bribery and creative accounting

 

give us just one more battle than their total.     watch their heads explode!

[Ace_BOTlistic_Cosmo]

trikke, on 13 February 2020 - 05:27 PM, said:

here's five bucks to move RAW to the top...    just to get my OWSS friends upset

sorry, forgot to ask in advance if you're open to a little bribery and creative accounting

 

give us just one more battle than their total.     watch their heads explode!

well, I guess three nic gets another a kick in the ...

[Captain_Underpants53]

Ace_BOTlistic_Cosmo, on 13 February 2020 - 05:45 PM, said:

well, I guess three nic gets another a kick in the ...

Dude!  You had ONE WHOLE guy fly all of yesterday!  If you had flown it would have made it TWO.  Just sayin'.

[_A_3_]

Its like playing the game is the ultimate act of bravery.

I have another word for it.

[mnbv_fockewulfe]

"clan rating" you're using there is an outdated statistic and no longer has any meaning.

[Maverick_Rivers]

mnbv_fockewulfe, on 13 February 2020 - 07:54 PM, said:

"clan rating" you're using there is an outdated statistic and no longer has any meaning.

Then go play elsewhere.  It has meaning to others.

 

Booze

[Bluegoose02]

Well the boss always said just get out there and play the game and something about no hookers in the Officers Club or don't get caught with hookers in the Officers club.Oh well.

Ho yea and 1st place Yea.

Edited by Bluegoose02, 14 February 2020 - 03:15 AM.

[mnbv_fockewulfe]

Booze_Morgan, on 14 February 2020 - 01:55 AM, said:

Then go play elsewhere.  It has meaning to others.

 

Booze

It's meaning is literally non-applicable as it's based on 1.9 data. I'm trying to save you some extra work here.

[Maverick_Rivers]

mnbv_fockewulfe, on 13 February 2020 - 09:52 PM, said:

It's meaning is literally non-applicable as it's based on 1.9 data. I'm trying to save you some extra work here.

Meh. The negativity without suggestions just gets old.  BB3 is doing a great job and her data is just fine.

 

Booze

[BB3_Oregon_Steel]

mnbv_fockewulfe, on 13 February 2020 - 05:54 PM, said:

"clan rating" you're using there is an outdated statistic and no longer has any meaning.

 

Well ...

 

Here's the thing.  The rating, as calculated by WG probably isn't perfect and it may not respond to everything which maybe would be useful in the 2.0 environment.  

 

That being said, many of the inputs which create the rating are still being used and those inputs continue to have weight in the rating system and continue to make that rating system respond to clan activities.  It's also the only rating system out there which is pretty much going to be considered unbiased, at least in terms of people being accused of tilting the ratings so that their clan looks better at the expense of others. 

 

In the absence of anything better, it's what we have to work with and seems to provide at least some degree of performance measure.  

 

You can, or course, ignore it for any number of reasons just like you can choose to ignore the Clan Board where these figures are derived from.  

Edited by BB3_Oregon_Steel, 17 February 2020 - 09:03 PM.

[BB3_Oregon_Steel]

Ace_BOTlistic_Cosmo, on 13 February 2020 - 02:45 PM, said:

well, I guess three nic gets another a kick in the ...

 

Ace, here is the issue. 

 

As I explained in the first post, I am attempting to choose "active" clans wherein the bulk of the information available is relatively current and is not being unduly influenced by having a large number of departed or highly inactive members on the clan rolls which are greatly impacting the clan rating, which is one of the weaknesses of the current Clan Board. 

 

To do that, I decided to choose clans where the members of that clan are averaging one battle per day.  It seemed to be a logical starting point though I'm willing to be convinced otherwise if there's evidence out there that there are active clans without a lot of inactive members influencing their clan rating, that have a lower than one battle per day rating. 

 

3NIC has 26 members with an average battles per member per day of 0.19.  Of 3NIC's 26 members, three have actually flown at least once over the past 28 days which represents only 11.54% of the clan.  A total of 11 members have flown less than 10 battles since the introduction of ver 2.0 which is 42.31% of the entire clan.  A total of 6 members (23.07%) have averaged as much as 0.1 battles per day since ver 2.0.    What this tells me, for better or worse, is the vast majority of 3NIC's clan rating of 2,151 is largely based on players who are no longer with the game and likely, never to return. 

 

The system above does not attempt to rank clans with that level of activity since it seeks to look at clans whose ratings are going to be more significantly influenced by current performance. 

 

However, if you want to see how 3NIC stacks up historically with other clans, the Clan Board is probably a better measure since it rates all clans in existence, whether they have any recent activity or not.  On that board, out of about 5,000+ clans, 3NIC has a 2,151 clan rating and is ranked 1,122nd.  That puts them historically in the top 20% or so of all clans.   

 

 

Edited by BB3_Oregon_Steel, 14 February 2020 - 06:35 PM.

[Captain_Underpants53]

[Bluegoose02]

BB3_Oregon_Steel, on 14 February 2020 - 01:33 PM, said:

 

Ace, here is the issue. 

 

As I explained in the first post, I am attempting to choose "active" clans wherein the bulk of the information available is relatively current and is not being unduly influenced by having a large number of departed or highly inactive members on the clan rolls which are greatly impacting the clan rating, which is one of the weaknesses of the current Clan Board. 

 

To do that, I decided to choose clans where the members of that clan are averaging one battle per day.  It seemed to be a logical starting point though I'm willing to be convinced otherwise if there's evidence out there that there are active clans without a lot of inactive members influencing their clan rating, that have a lower than one battle per day rating. 

 

3NIC has 26 members with an average battles per member per day of 0.19.  Of 3NIC's 26 members, three have actually flown at least once over the past 28 days which represents only 11.54% of the clan.  A total of 11 members have flown less than 10 battles since the introduction of ver 2.0 which is 42.31% of the entire clan.  A total of 6 members (23.07%) have averaged as much as 0.1 battles per day since ver 2.0.    What this tells me, for better or worse, is the vast majority of 3NIC's clan rating of 2,151 is largely based on players who are no longer with the game and likely, never to return. 

 

The system above does not attempt to rank clans with that level of activity since it seeks to look at clans whose ratings are going to be more significantly influenced by current performance. 

 

However, if you want to see how 3NIC stacks up historically with other clans, the Clan Board is probably a better measure since it rates all clans in existence, whether they have any recent activity or not.  On that board, out of about 5,000+ clans, 3NIC has a 2,151 clan rating and is ranked 1,122nd.  That puts them historically in the top 20% or so of all clans.   

 

 

Your making my brain hurt. I understand how your getting your numbers but it is getting to be to much to read about. Keep up the good work though.

[trikke]

I'm just glad that any useful information can be yanked out of the clan board at all

I'll admit that it has spurred me to fly a few more battles, so there's that

[wylleEcoyote]

trikke, on 14 February 2020 - 04:18 PM, said:

I'm just glad that any useful information can be yanked out of the clan board at all

I'll admit that it has spurred me to fly a few more battles, so there's that

 

me too.
So i guess BB can chalk this up to "Working as Intended" 

speaking of which ...   i need to get off this forum  and back to work