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Experience Points Ranking System

Each time you play a game online that involves at least one other human player, experience points (XP) are awarded. These are tracked in addition to win, loss and surrender and disconnect statistics. If you’ve ever played a game like Dungeons & Dragons, you’ll be immediately familiar with our system. Check out the Master XP Formula and the Experience Levels below to see the details.

Master XP Formula

Points are earned (and lost) separately for each game on the site. You earn points based on this formula:

(Base Value * Skill Modifier) + Bonus

Base Value

The base value is found on this chart:

#Players	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1st Place	50	50	100	100	150	150	200	200	250
2nd Place	(25)	25	25	50	50	100	100	150	150
3rd Place		(25)	(25)	25	25	50	50	100	100
4th Place			(50)	(25)	(25)	25	25	50	50
5th Place				(50)	(50)	(25)	(25)	25	25
6th Place					(75)	(50)	(50)	(25)	(25)
7th Place						(75)	(75)	(50)	(50)
8th Place							(100)	(75)	(75)
9th Place								(100)	(100)
10th Place									(125)

Notes on Base Value:

Experience points are based on the number of players who finish the game! Thus, if a five player game has one person disconnect, then awards are given as if it were a four player game.
If someone disconnects, their result is zero points.
If someone surrenders, they are treated as if they were in last place in terms of experience. This is true for every player that surrenders.
In a game like nuclear war, a player is considered to have finished the game normally if they are knocked out of the game and they then leave the game (or disconnect).
The number of players is human players only – thus a 3 player Cosmic Wimpout game that includes one AI player is scored as if it were a 2 player game. For example, if the AI came in first, you would handle experience points as if the second player came in first, and so on. This means that a game with only one human player scores no points.

Skill Modifier

If your points are positive (and only if they are positive), then their base value is multiplied by the skill modifier. To use the chart, subtract your level (see below) from the average opponent level (rounded down).

Average Opponent Level - Your Level	Modifier
20+	1.5
10 - 19	1.25
(9) - 9	1
(19) - (10)	0.5
(29) - (20)	0.25
(30) -	0.1

Bonus

The following bonuses are awarded if their criteria are met.

Each game also has one or more cases of surprise bonuses that are specific to those games. Note that games which you are disconnected from, or you surrender from, are not considered finished.

Event	XP Bonus
Finish your 10th game	50
Finish your 25th game	100
Finish your 50th game	150
Finish your 100th game	250
Finish every next 100 games	200
10th win of this game	50
25th win of this game	100
50th win of this game	500
100th win of this game	750
Win every next 50 games	500

Experience Levels

Your ability as a player is seen by everyone on the site as your experience level with that game (shorthand it is just referred to as your level). In addition, groups of levels are referred to by a name, such as novice or expert. The experience points needed to attain a new level are shown on this chart.

Level	XP Needed	Name
1	-	Novice
2	200	Novice
3	400	Novice
4	600	Novice
5	800	Novice
6	1,000	Intermediate
7	1,250	Intermediate
8	1,500	Intermediate
9	1,750	Intermediate
10	2,250	Intermediate
11	2,750	Intermediate
12	3,250	Intermediate
13	3,750	Intermediate
14	4,250	Intermediate
15	5,000	Intermediate
16	5,750	Advanced
17	6,500	Advanced
18	7,250	Advanced
19	8,000	Advanced
20	9,000	Advanced
21	10,000	Advanced
22	11,000	Advanced
23	12,000	Advanced
24	13,000	Advanced
25	14,500	Advanced
26	16,000	Expert
27	17,500	Expert
28	19,000	Expert
29	20,500	Expert
30	22,000	Expert

Notes on levels:

Everyone starts at level one for each game.
Levels are tracked separately for each game.
Once you gain a level, you can never lose it. Thus, if you have 250 experience points and you lose 100 points, you just lose 50 and are now at 200 points, the minimum for level two.
Displays which show another player’s experience, like the player information window, would show up like this: “Novice (3)” or “Expert (27)”.