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Opinion poll: What does "+" and "–" mean for a relative pipcount?

Posted By: ah_clem
Date: Monday, 1 October 2018, at 2:20 p.m.

In Response To: Opinion poll: What does "+" and "–" mean for a relative pipcount? (Nack Ballard)

My $.02 for what it's worth:

I play on FIBS using JavaFibs as a client. It shows + when I'm ahead in the race and - when I'm behind.

I analyze my matches with XG, which uses the opposite convention. I've gotten used to mentally converting between the two and don't get confused (by that at least, the rest of the game is still a big mystery to me)

It would be nice to have a standard convention, and I don't particularly care which one. As they say, "the nice thing about standards is that we get to have so many of them."

If forced to choose, I'd adopt the JavaFibs convention, i.e. if I'm ahead in the race 60 to 65 then the difference is reported as +5.

Messages In This Thread

• Opinion poll: What does "+" and "–" mean for a relative pipcount?
  Nack Ballard -- Wednesday, 26 September 2018, at 5:43 p.m.
  • Opinion poll: What does "+" and "–" mean for a relative pipcount?
    Michael -- Wednesday, 26 September 2018, at 7:06 p.m.
  • Opinion poll: What does "+" and "–" mean for a relative pipcount?
    Albert Steg -- Wednesday, 26 September 2018, at 7:29 p.m.
    • vote "-" is ahead
      Karol Szczerek -- Wednesday, 26 September 2018, at 7:42 p.m.
      • vote "-" is ahead
        Grant Hoffman -- Wednesday, 26 September 2018, at 8:53 p.m.
  • vote "+" is ahead
    Mike Clapsadle -- Thursday, 27 September 2018, at 2:57 a.m.
    • opinion
      Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 27 September 2018, at 3:49 a.m.
      • Secondary opinion
        Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 27 September 2018, at 4:17 a.m.
        • Secondary opinion
          Mike Clapsadle -- Thursday, 27 September 2018, at 4:26 a.m.
          • Secondary opinion
            Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 27 September 2018, at 4:40 a.m.
        • Secondary opinion
          Albert Steg -- Thursday, 27 September 2018, at 11:40 a.m.
        • Secondary opinion not an issue
          Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 27 September 2018, at 2:52 p.m.
  • Opinion poll: I say don't use either + or -
    Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 27 September 2018, at 2:49 p.m.
  • Opinion poll: What does "+" and "–" mean for a relative pipcount?
    neilkaz -- Thursday, 27 September 2018, at 3:14 p.m.
  • Opinion poll: What does "+" and "–" mean for a relative pipcount?
    Joseph Pregler -- Thursday, 27 September 2018, at 3:24 p.m.
  • Opinion poll: What does "+" and "–" mean for a relative pipcount?
    Bob Koca -- Friday, 28 September 2018, at 2:11 a.m.
  • Opinion poll: What does "+" and "–" mean for a relative pipcount?
    David Rockwell -- Saturday, 29 September 2018, at 3:04 p.m.
  • Opinion poll: What does "+" and "–" mean for a relative pipcount?
    ah_clem -- Monday, 1 October 2018, at 2:20 p.m.
  • Opinion poll: Overview and conclusion
    Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 4 October 2018, at 7:41 a.m.
    • Opinion poll: Overview and conclusion
      Karol Szczerek -- Thursday, 4 October 2018, at 7:58 a.m.
      • Opinion poll: Overview and conclusion
        Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 4 October 2018, at 8:31 a.m.
        • Opinion poll: Overview and conclusion
          Karol Szczerek -- Thursday, 4 October 2018, at 10:20 a.m.
          • Opinion poll: Overview and conclusion
            Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 4 October 2018, at 2:23 p.m.
            • Opinion poll: Overview and conclusion
              Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 4 October 2018, at 2:35 p.m.
    • Opinion poll: Overview and conclusion
      maxim -- Thursday, 4 October 2018, at 4:42 p.m.