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The new leaderboard isn't supposed to hold active, good sparrers back. How would that make sense or be fair at all? If players were #1 under both leaderboards, doesn't that mean they deserve that position?
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At least with the previous system the #1 spots were fought after more competitively. The previous leaderboard wasn't really holding anyone back it was the spar records that mostly phased people off because they were perfectly content with maintaining their good spar stats. Maybe you could make a somewhat of an argument about some of the top 10 ranked sparrers who were on those leaderboards being hesitant. However they only make up a small fraction of the sparring community and once again I think their spar records being affected had a large influence on their hesitancy.
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The gap was that big. You're thinking in numbers, not percentages. Again though, you're treating the leaderboard change as if it was supposed to hold people back. It isn't. It's not a punishment for good sparrers, it's an encouragement for everyone to spar more actively and win against the best sparrers.
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3000+ point gap, really? Its already been a few days and Sarah has already run away with it, which to her credit showcases her ability but also how much time she has to spend sparring compared to everyone else. If I were someone new to sparring or someone who wanted to begin sparring again and saw that a player had already gotten such high points without the possibility of ever losing them I'd immediately be phased off because its unrealistic to be able to get anywhere near them, because of this I just see it reducing competition.
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No change to a leaderboard will encourage new players to spar. Hats and other incentives will encourage new players to spar, and that's why I've also suggested those changes. The leaderboard change encourages sparrers to spar more.
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If hats were to be introduced they shouldn't be for ranked positions on the leaderboards, because the same people will just get them making the entire thing pointless for everyone else. Hats for sparring landmarks like a certain number of wins doesn't seem that bad though.