HermanHiddema/Player Class Levels
Player class levels:
Xth class players are among the 10^X best players in the world. So:
- 1st class players: top 10 players in the world
- 2nd class players: top 100 players
- 3rd class players: top 1,000 players (roughly: pro players)
- 4th class players: top 10,000 players (roughly: 6d and up)
- 5th class players: top 100,000 players (roughly: 4d and up)
- 6th class players: top 1,000,000 players (roughly: dan players)
- 7th class players: top 10,000,000 players (roughly: SDK players and up)
- 8th class players: top 100,000,000 players (everyone who has ever learned the rules of go)
Hmm, and for kicks:
- 9th class players: top 1,000,000,000 players (everyone who has ever heard of go)
- 10th class players: top 10,000,000,000 players (everyone)
(and actually, one might consider 0th class = top 1 player)
Subdividing:
The top 10% of any class is the next class, we divide the remaining 90% as follows:
upper level: 10%, middle level 30%, lower level 50%.
- 1st class, upper level = top 20% of 1st class = players 1-2 = 10p+
- 1st class, middle level = middle 30% of 1st class = players 3-5 = 10p
- 1st class, lower level = bottom 50% of 1st class = players 6-10 = 10p-
- 2nd class, upper level = upper 10% of 2nd class = players 11-20 = 9p++
- 2nd class, middle level = middle 30% of 2nd class = players 21-50 = 9p+
- 2nd class, lower level = bottom 50% of 2nd class = players 51-100 = 9p
- 3rd class, upper level = upper 10% of 3rd class = players 101-200 = 9p-
- 3rd class, middle level = middle 30% of 3rd class = players 201-500 = 7-8p
- 3rd class, lower level = bottom 50% of 3rd class = players 501-1000 = 4-6p
- 4th class, upper level = upper 10% of 4th class = players 1,001-2,000 = 1-3p
- 4th class, middle level = middle 30% of 4th class = players 2,001-5,000 = 7d+
- 4th class, lower level = bottom 50% of 4th class = players 5,001-10,000 = 7d
- 5th class, upper level = upper 10% of 5th class = players 10,000-20,000 = 6d+
- 5th class, middle level = middle 30% of 5th class = players 20,001-50,000 = 6d
- 5th class, lower level = bottom 50% of 5th class = players 50,001-100,000 = 5d
- 6th class, upper level = upper 10% of 6th class = players 100,000-200,000 = 4d
- 6th class, middle level = middle 30% of 6th class = players 200,001-500,000 = 2-3d
- 6th class, lower level = bottom 50% of 6th class = players 500,001-1,000,000 = 1-2d
- 7th class, upper level = upper 10% of 7th class = players 1,000,001-2,000,000 = 1-2k
- 7th class, middle level = middle 30% of 7th class = players 2,000,001-5,000,000 = 3-6k
- 7th class, lower level = bottom 50% of 7th class = players 5,000,001-10,000,000 = 7-10k
- 8th class, upper level = upper 10% of 8th class = players 10,000,001-20,000,000 = 11-25k
- 8th class, middle level = middle 30% of 8th class = players 20,000,001-50,000,000 = absolute beginners
- 8th class, lower level = bottom 50% of 8th class = players 50,000,001-100,000,000 = non-existent