How the winner is calculated

Hi Clamking ....

I'm using the blog for this as that itsy bitsy shoutbox on the quiz is too small.
You said ....
Clamking: I was using the stats from Pengy 's blog...
Clamking: 5545/8 US players=693, 6014/10 UK=601.

On the article before this one I wrote, for the Titan August result

The USA fielded a crack squad of 8 worthy warriors, nabbed 5545 points = 48%
Oh dear ... alarm bells are ringing ....
The UK & Co fielded an even better pack of sharp shooters,10 of them, grabbed 6014 points = 52%.
This result made a UK win.

How is it calculated?
I add the total of each armies points. I divide by how many players. I then multiply by how many days were played in the month for that armies total score.
These are the figures quoted in the posted results ... though I only post the final score and not all the stages of the maths to keep it chatsy and fun.
The percentage is based on that.

Or with all the sums ... for August Titans
USA earned 1431 points divided by 8 players then multiplied by 31 days in the month of August. This sum = 5545.
UK & Co earned 1940 points divided by 10 players then multiplied by 31 days in the month of August.
This sum = 6014.
The winner is the UK ... the greater number of points.
I just convert it into a percentage as well becasue I'm a penguin so like to think of it as pie cut into larger and smaller portions.

Now ... you might wonder why I don't just take an armies total points irrespective of how many play for their country?
Calculated that way a much larger team could easily win by swamping the other side and win by sheer weight of numbers.

But ... as we all know in war .... it's not always the larger army who wins. It's the calibre of the individual soldiers. A smaller army can win if it is better.
So .. to be fair .. it was decided at the start of the war, four years ago, to take the average score of each whole army.
This way every single point earned by every single player is critical to a teams success.
It makes it a team effort ... which fits with the fun and team spirit of it all.

If you want to ask anything just click on the comments link at the end ... there's so much more room there than on the quiz itself.