in reply to Bug in the saint's board

I noticed that there were two saints with identical XP, but they weren't listed at the same place. ... Instead, Curly was 16th and Moe was 17th. Poor Moe ...

Realizing that your tongue was firmly in cheek, the simple problem with having Saints (or anyone in a ranking, for that matter) "tie" for a position is that Saints further down the list get a false position boost for the temporary duration of the tie.

Saint: Cool! I'm now #246! I'm movin' up!
  - a moment passes -
Saint: What!?! I've been demoted to #247! Oh, the inhumanity! I shall go immediately to the CB to complain!

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Re: Re: Bug in the saint's board
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Aug 04, 2003 at 12:20 UTC
    Not true. If two people tie for fourth, the next name is still sixth. There just isn't a fifth place person. :-)

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