Looking at the recent results for Hitch I started to ask myself how the percentages of accuray are found? Hitch ended with 72%, and the lowest scorere had 37% predicted, but the accuracy was 65%. Common sense tells me it should be a bit over 50% accurate, since 36% would be exactly 50% accuarate. So, how exactly are the percentages found? Is there a special formula?

Inso, I'll be changing the % to points soon. The reason why its been like that is because honestly, I've just been waiting for the server change to do the rest of the modifications to the game.

Accuracy is now judged not according to percentage but by how many percentage points you're off by.

Movie scores 18%. You predict 20%. Accuracy is now 98 points. You predict 13%. Accuracy is now 95 points. You predict 64%. Accuracy is now 54 points.

Sorry about my laziness. I really just wanna wait till the server change before fixing up these small things. Keep in mind that the game itself is still not live.

Also, if you have suggestions for the game, please do let me know. Thanks.

Thanks for clearing it up.

I think the poinrs are a bit unfair. It favors predictions of movies that end in the 50% area, because if a movie has a 51% rating and someone predicted 60%, then that's 91 points. However, if the same movie got 20% with the same prediction, that's 60 points off.

I donno.

An idea that I had when figuring it out was this:

Take the difference (X) between the the rating (A) and the pred (B), and divide it by the final rating (A). Multiply by 100. Subtract that product (Y) from 100.

So...

(A-B)=X
(X/A)x100=Y
100-Y=Accuracy

So if a prediction was 79% and the rating were 72%, the difference would be 7.
7/72(%)=0.0972.
0.0972x100=9.72
100-9.72=90.28% accurate

Just a thought.

well

how does your calculation work if the actual was 20. one person predicted 40 and the other person 60? You'll notice that this scheema is even more unfair. This was btw,, the original schema to begin with that roid proposed we should change.

btw, you got your calculation wrong. If a movie got 20 and the guy predicts 60, according to the current schema, hes 40 points off, not 60. I see nothing wrong with that.

Bleh, I meant to say that's 40 points off, leaving him with 60 points, but sort of combined the two into a more confusing thought.

But meh, I sorted out the problem I needed anyhow. I was using this tomatometer idea in Mojoland, so no worries.