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Re: Where do I ask for unicorns, I mean changes to the official stats?

Yeah the OPR/DPR/"any Rating" does not correlate to ranking for many FRC games at all and it makes it useless from year to year usage. Especially games like 2015 and 2001 where your alliance or average scores come into play or any games like 2012 where you have coopertition considerations.

Any adjustments to how it is presented visually I think will take away most of the confusion associated with how your ranking will swoop after a good win on your last match in a situation where the rankings are really close and nobody else has played their last match.

Then, you get to watch in awe as your rank dips until everyone has played that last game. I have seen kids celebrate first place for one moment and then get immensely upset 5 minutes later at being 9th seed suddenly at the end. Those of us who are accustomed to it don't see the problem but for people new to FRC it is confusing and often upsetting to the point it has probably ruined some people's experience. It also makes scouting more difficult and more important for the draft order.

No amount of teaching or training is going to necessarily fix that confusion so I am open to hearing more suggestions.
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