#1 · Nagy Fathy
14 Apr 2023
am I the only one who lost my Player's statistics page?
Public forum discussion.
14 Apr 2023
am I the only one who lost my Player's statistics page?
14 Apr 2023
No, they are gone
14 Apr 2023
Returned
14 Apr 2023
but, what's with the ratings? [7k]???
15 Apr 2023
The k stands for kangaroo. Your rating is a measure of a hypothetical player who knows how to play perfectly but is being distracted by a certain number of kangaroos as they try to interrupt the game.
15 Apr 2023
I guess k stands for Kyu and d for Dan, like in go. Don't forget this site was primarily designed for playing go...
15 Apr 2023
That kangaroo explanation sounds very convincing to me. But some people have a 'd' instead of a 'k'. What does that stand for? Also, doesn't this give an advantage (or is it a disadvantage????) to Australian players, who are more used to seeing kangaroos?
15 Apr 2023
I'd always wondered what those letters meant and now it makes a lot of sense. Sometimes when I learn a new game, it feels like I'm being hindered from perfection by 20 kangaroos...
15 Apr 2023
The D stands for "Drugs that enhance gaming performance". For each D (1d, 2d, 3d, etc, all the way up to 9d) this represents the level of an already good player but who is taking that many drugs to improve their gaming abilities.
19 Apr 2023
The d explanation makes sense. I wonder... maybe we should give the kangaroos some of the gaming drugs and see what happens. IF it goes well--however we define 'well'--we can give them an account, say it's a bot, and see how long it takes anyone to notice.