2016 World Ranking

[Metropolis Man]

2016 World Ranking

The World Ranking has two components: a Wins component (50%) and a Participation component (50%). It's a simple ranking system, but still an effective measure of player caliber. To receive a World Ranking a player must finish at least three Tournament challenges. So, let me walk everyone through how one's World Ranking is determined.

Each of the 2016 Tournament challenges has a column in my Tournament spreadsheet. Individual cells in the challenge columns are filled with a ratio of how many players a player beat in that challenge in relation to how many could have been beaten. Let’s take a look at Joe Blow and how Joe did in the first 3 events of the season. Let’s say the field size of event #1 is 25 and Joe finished 8th. That means he beat 17 out of a possible 24 players (I don’t count Joe), so Joe’s event #1 cell is =17/24. The 2nd event was larger, 30 players, and Joe did even better and finished 6th. Event #2’s cell is =24/29. Event #3’s participation dropped to 25, but Joe pulled out all the stops and won it. Event #3’s cell is =24/24.

Down the spreadsheet after all the individual challenge columns is the “Sum of Wins” column. This is just the total of all of one’s ratios in each challenge column. So, with the first 3 events in the bag, Joe’s “Sum of Wins” column is 2.537.

Next comes the “# of Events” column which is a simple count function for all challenge columns. Joe has only participated in three 2016 Tournament Challenges so far, so his “# of Events” figure is 3. The “Sum of Wins” is then divided by the “# of Events” for an “Ave of Wins” column:

2.537 / 3 = .845.

Now it’s time to add the weight for the Wins component. The Wins weight for everyone is 50% of final score, so we take .845 X .50 and get .422 That’s Joe’s final Wins component.

The second component is Participation. Everyone who submits a score in a challenge receives a 10% participation bonus figured into their ranking. So, there’s a 10-event cap at which point a player receives 100% of the Participation component. If someone participates in more than 10 Tournament challenges, then a player’s best finishes will be used to compute the World Ranking.

Okay, so Joe Blow has participated in the first 3 events. His participation bonus is .30 (10% per event). Participation counts for 50% of final score, so we then take .30 X .50 to get Joe’s final Participation component of .15.

Joe’s World Ranking is his final Wins component + his final Participation component:

.422 + .15 = .572

For a trip down memory lane, check out the...

2010 World Ranking
2011 World Ranking
2012 World Ranking
2013 World Ranking
2014 World Ranking
2015 World Ranking


2016 World Ranking — December 05

Nutella	0,9939
LenaLJ	0,9607
thekatie0409	0,9149
oshizu	0,9051
reggikko	0,9048
Minnie Mouse	0,8777
GlazeyLady	0,8650
Ginj	0,8252
Metropolis Man	0,8122
sdhoey	0,7845
MarianT	0,7246
Eighty8Keys	0,7226
Ricalynn	0,7008
MissZoef	0,6997
tjtemple	0,6699
Makenziegma	0,6378
Tipi	0,6199
Magpie2012	0,5905
mcbalisen	0,5896
lesleyj42	0,5640
Nikitachi	0,5591
FancescaFiori	0,5427
Teresa	0,5308
CynKuy	0,4733
Mack	0,4566
december22	0,4198
mens0067	0,4006
StephanieSims	0,3970
smastbrook	0,3794
jewels129	0,3665
kearn76	0,3354
rokrchik	0,3277
SIMantics101	0,3086
sone	0,2987
Brisayshi	0,2856
Narinn2045	0,2692
Dr Oddlust	0,2186

[Magpie2012]

Make a spot right near the bottom for this noob here

[Metropolis Man]

Lena took over World Ranking responsibilities from me last year after my hard drive crashed (thanks again, Lena!). She will be computing the first World Ranking of this season shortly after the Satisfaction Guaranteed challenge ends this coming Thursday night, but wanted to let everyone know it may not be until next weekend until we see updated ranking due to real life stuff.

[LenaLJ]

After the first 3 challenges have been played its time to look at this years first world ranking.

Nutellas strong performance in all challenges have brought her to the top in the world ranking, which is well deserved.
But others are coming up close too, and it has only been 3 challenges until now. Remember all can happen.

[Magpie2012]

@LenaLJ do you maybe have a spreadsheet we could use to keep track for ourselves? I'm excessively curious so I know I won't be able to resist visiting this page every minute after the "final buzzer" to see my updated scores (I completed my 3rd challenge now so I'll officially be one the board when it closes tonight *party*)

[LenaLJ]

@LenaLJ do you maybe have a spreadsheet we could use to keep track for ourselves? I'm excessively curious so I know I won't be able to resist visiting this page every minute after the "final buzzer" to see my updated scores (I completed my 3rd challenge now so I'll officially be one the board when it closes tonight *party*)

@Magpie2012 this is in the plans, but the sheet is not really reader friendly now, and i am not really energized these days so im not getting to fixing it

The same goes for updating the worldranking after the last challenge, it will be done during the day today, just came home from a few days at my moms.

[LenaLJ]

The world ranking is now updated with the scores from the writers challenge.

As Nutella won another challenge, she is staying save on her first place, thekatie0409 is still right behind her on her second space.
Alot of players joined the world ranking this time around as they enterd their 3rd challenge.

[Magpie2012]

Thanks Lena :-D oh wow, I'm actually on the board! Second to last, but I'm just glad I'm participating this year lol in fact, I just finished my cooking challenge :-D its not a good score but we'll see lol

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[LenaLJ]

The clubbing is now all done, and 20 clubbers signed a score, and the @thekatie0409 and @Minnie Mouse came out on a shared victory.

This now means that @thekatie0409 catched @Nutella and they have a point difference of 0,007 so its extremely close at the top for now!

[LenaLJ]

A total of 26 players decided to cook their hearts out in the last challenge.
But @Nutella showed up with yet another brilliant tactic and one another challenge.

As @thekatie0409 did not participate in this last challenge, @Nutella  regained her 1st Place on the leaderboard and even I climbed to a second place. But nothing is secure yet we are not even at the halfway point yet.

[MissZoef]

I noticed when I click on the links for world raking of past years i get a 'server error'. Maybe it's temporarily, but I thought I should say.

[Metropolis Man]

I noticed when I click on the links for world raking of past years i get a 'server error'. Maybe it's temporarily, but I thought I should say.

Thank you. I will let Carl know.

[Carl]

Metro cracked the whip and I got on it. I think the last 5 are working, but carls-sims-3-forum.com hasn't been redirected to the new address yet. It should be a bit later. I have a rule in place to *hopefully* fix that when the IP gets updated, but will have a look at it this evening if it doesn't work automatically

[Metropolis Man]

Thank you, big boss.

[Magpie2012]

Eek, I need to get cracking on some more challenges O_O RL has been a bit too hectic for it lately :-(

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[Metropolis Man]

The World Ranking is now up to date with the results of Take This Challenge...It's a Steal. Thank you, Lena.

[LenaLJ]

The collection challenge has now ended and all have gathered and counted their collectables.
@thekatie0409 ended up on top of the event, but her efforts did not change anything in the top.
@Nutella is still holding strong on the first place, but the next 4 contestants are lying very close to each other.

And now we have a total of 8 players who completed all 8 challenges until now!

[LenaLJ]

A double update from the last two challenges (live came in between so i am a little bit behind)

We now have a total of 6 players who have competed in every event this yeah which means i have to pull out their worst score.
Big congrats to @Nutella , @reggikko , @oshizu , @Ginj , @sdhoey and @Eighty8Keys

[Metropolis Man]

Thanks for all your hard work on the World Ranking, Lena. Real life always comes first, so everyone understands. Wow, Nutella - what an amazing year you are having - your best one to date. Grats to all 6 competitors who have participated in all events.

[Metropolis Man]

I just wanted to call everyone's attention to LenaLJ updating the World Ranking today. Thank you, Lena.

[rokrchik]

Just a quick note - I don't see me listed in the 2016 World Ranking and I just completed my 4th challenge for the year. Wish it had been more, but want to make sure I get all my points, meager as they are

Thanks,
rokrchik

[LenaLJ]

Just a quick note - I don't see me listed in the 2016 World Ranking and I just completed my 4th challenge for the year. Wish it had been more, but want to make sure I get all my points, meager as they are

Thanks,
rokrchik

The sheet i am using is sadly still a bit manual
I will do the update for the restaurant challenge tonight or tomorrow (think my pc will be set up in the new apartment today, wohoo!! )
I will check that you are present the right way so that you will appear on the list

[lesleyj42]

@LenaLJ Please add me to your checklist. I have also recently completed my 4th challenge for the year (wish I had found this forum sooner, I would have participated in many more) and am looking forward to seeing my name in the rankings. Thank you

[oshizu]

@LenaLJ
Thanks for taking the time to calculate the World Rankings for us all.
Looks like really hard work and it's very much appreciated!

[coolsim9999999]

Wow!  You guys in the world ranking are doing a great job !  I can't wait to see who is added to the list after December 1!

[LenaLJ]

As the final scores will come in the challenge that ends today, the tournament is soon over and we need to find the winner.

I am sadly going on a surprise vacation though and will offically first be home monday the 5th.
I do not know if i have internet to update the scores in between, if i have i will ofcause do so asap. If not this is the first point on my list when i am back.

[coolsim9999999]

Have a fun trip, @LenaLJ !  I'm going to complete at least 3 challenges in 2017, so, I'll be on the world ranking somewhere next year.  I did the finale challenge this year, and it was wicked fun !

[MissZoef]

Have a fun trip, @LenaLJ !  I'm going to complete at least 3 challenges in 2017, so, I'll be on the world ranking somewhere next year.  I did the finale challenge this year, and it was wicked fun !

Glad you had so much fun! :-)

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[coolsim9999999]

Thanks, @MissZoef .

[Metropolis Man]

Lena just updated the final World Ranking - thank you, Lena. Congrats to Nutella on a decisive win this year. And grats to Lena who was not far behind at all. Both ladies informed me that they wish to pass their prizes to players further down the list, so I will be happy to accommodate their wishes.

I want to say thanks for everyone who participated in the Tournament this season. It was so much fun. And a huge thank you to the whole team and all the great events you guys came up with.

[coolsim9999999]

Thanks a lot @Metropolis Man --- and everyone on the team.  I had a lot of fun doing my first challenge.  I can't wait until next year when I'll do at least 3 and get on the World Ranking.  Congratulations, @Nutella and @LenaLJ !

[sdhoey]

Great job everyone. Thank you to Metro and the gang for a great year. I look forward to seeing what next year brings. I'm am surprised to see I am in the top 10!!

Congrats to Nutella and LenaJ ..

[oshizu]

A huge thank you to @Metropolis Man @LenaLJ @MarianT @Nutella @Trip and @ratchie for a fantastic year of tournament challenges.
It must take so much time to design, play-test, fine-tune, and administer each challenge.

Except for the finale (which I couldn't complete due to illness), I managed to participate in all the challenges, had a really enjoyable time, and learned so many new tricks and strategies related to Sims 4 gameplay.
I feel very fortunate that we have such a talented and thoughtful Tournament Challenges team.
It's been really wonderful, too, to play alongside such a nice group of simmers!!!

Thanks so much for a wonderful year of tournament challenges! I'm so looking forward to what surprises await us tournament players in 2017!

[reggikko]

Thanks again, Team. Congratuations to the top scorers. @oshizu, I almost caught you! Well done.

[coolsim9999999]

Great job, @sdhoey and @oshizu !

[Minnie Mouse]

Congratulations everyone!! I really enjoyed this year's challenges. Looking forward to 2017! Thank you to the team for putting these together for us.

[MissZoef]

Lena just updated the final World Ranking - thank you, Lena. Congrats to Nutella on a decisive win this year. And grats to Lena who was not far behind at all. Both ladies informed me that they wish to pass their prizes to players further down the list, so I will be happy to accommodate their wishes.

I want to say thanks for everyone who participated in the Tournament this season. It was so much fun. And a huge thank you to the whole team and all the great events you guys came up with.

Maybe this is a weird question, but I didn't really realize you could win something. What can you win with the tournaments?


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[Metropolis Man]

Lena just updated the final World Ranking - thank you, Lena. Congrats to Nutella on a decisive win this year. And grats to Lena who was not far behind at all. Both ladies informed me that they wish to pass their prizes to players further down the list, so I will be happy to accommodate their wishes.

I want to say thanks for everyone who participated in the Tournament this season. It was so much fun. And a huge thank you to the whole team and all the great events you guys came up with.

Maybe this is a weird question, but I didn't really realize you could win something. What can you win with the tournaments?


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I always make a plaque for the winner, but Nutella has chosen to decline that, so I'll probably get some Amazon gift cards for the 3rd and 4th place finishers since Lena also wants to pass on any prize....

2016 Sims 4 Challenge Tournament Overview

Welcome to the 2016 Sims 4 Challenge Tournament! The 15-event Tournament runs from January 1st to December 1st (anyone can jump in the Tournament at any time throughout the year). Two events will kick off the season on January 1st — one Minor event (ending after three weeks) and one Major event (ending after six weeks). Two more events will start in February once the first two events ends and the same cycle continues through the year. Here is a link to the official 2016 Sims 4 Tournament Events Calendar. Rule sets will always be posted 2 weeks before starting dates.

The 2016 Tournament Champion will be the player at the top of the World Ranking at the close of the Tournament Finale on December 1 and will receive two Sims 4 expansions (courtesy of Carl) as well as a 2016 Sims 4 Tournament Championship Plaque (courtesy of Metro). An Amazon.com gift card will be awarded to the runner-up (courtesy of Nutella).

[MissZoef]

@Metropolis Man Oh I see, that's nice Sorry for asking, I didn't read properly. Very awesome!

[Magpie2012]

Congrats to Nutella and Lena! I'm so amazed that I made it to the middle of the ranking I was sure I'd be in the bottom 3 as this is my first year taking part...

[Metropolis Man]

Congrats to Nutella and Lena! I'm so amazed that I made it to the middle of the ranking I was sure I'd be in the bottom 3 as this is my first year taking part...

You did great! Yeah, look who made the first post last December when this thread first went up...

Make a spot right near the bottom for this noob here

[Metropolis Man]

@thekatie0409
@oshizu

I need both of you to check your PMs for a message I sent today. Thank you, and grats on your upcoming prizes.

[Eighty8Keys]

Congratulations to everyone! I had such a fun time competing. I too thought I'd end up at the bottom and am very pleased to wind up in the middle. Now that the challenges are over for the year, I've been having fun exploring City Living. After a year of either participating in a challenge or practicing for the next one, I wasn't sure if I would be able to play just  for fun. I'm happy to find that I still can. Can't wait until next year though. Thank you to everyone for all your hard work putting things together.

[Carl]

@Nutella impressive performance, that is an amazing score Congratulations on your victory this year! I see you and @LenaLJ were pretty close - it's wild how tight @thekatie0409 @oshizu @reggikko were in the final score. Great job to all of you, you're undoubtedly the best at min-maxing in this game and we could all learn some tricks from you. Coming up with consistent performance despite the wide range of topics the challenges present is really impressive and not something I have ever been good at for even one event let alone a season of them. I guess we all know stuff about the game, but putting it all together and putting it to near-perfect use is the tough part

Thank you to everyone who participated! I think we're on to do this the 8th? time next year, it's awesome that it still goes on. I am grateful to @Metropolis Man and everyone who has worked on the Challenge Team past and present to make it possible.

[Metropolis Man]

Hey, big guy! It's always awesome when you pop in and give us your wisdom. Yeah, can you believe it? 2017 will be the 8th Tournament season!

[coolsim9999999]

Hey, big guy! It's always awesome when you pop in and give us your wisdom. Yeah, can you believe it? 2017 will be the 8th Tournament season!

That's awesome @Metropolis Man !  I can't wait to participate again next year in the 2017 challenges.  I got my feet wet this year, so next year should be really fun.

[Playalot]

Amazing impressive scores! Well done @Nutella on your fab win. A huge shout out to everyone who participated, kudos to you all! 

[Magpie2012]

I also can't wait for next year. Need to get cracking on my Legacy so I can take the time to leave it alone while I participate lol not like this year where I threw it on the back-burner and concentrated on this alone lol

On the plus side, these challenges gave me a whole new population of Sims to add to my story that I've got whole side stories for as well ;-D heck, if it wasn't for the club challenge, I wouldn't even have my Founder lol

Thanks to everyone, and I hope I'll be the first poster on the 2017 World Ranking thread too ;-D

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[coolsim9999999]

Amazing impressive scores! Well done @Nutella on your fab win. A huge shout out to everyone who participated, kudos to you all! 

Thanks @Playalot.  I had a lot of fun doing a challenge this year.  Next year will be awesome !

[coolsim9999999]

Mags, I'm really glad that doing challenges helped you to accumulate characters to use in your legacy --- including your founder.  Good luck !