Kills per death plus one.

[Tilt]

Would this be more accurate a measure if the maths were configured to reflect kills per life.

if, death = zero, then life = 1, else, life = death.


call me a pedant.............  

[skorpion]

i saw we take out score all togethor. just something people need to get perfected when it doesnt do squat.


but, +1 if its for more accuracy.

[The Fugitive]

Would this be more accurate a measure if the maths were configured to reflect kills per life.

if, death = zero, then life = 1, else, life = death.


call me a pedant.............  

you can't divide by 0 so you have to have a plus 1

[Tilt]

you can't divide by 0 so you have to have a plus 1

This is true

[Rob52240]

I think you can divide by zero with the plural math that's taught in England.
 

[Shane]

Math = language.

Language = whatever we want it to be.

We *can* divide by zero if we wanted. 

[Tilt]

As AH can only record deaths the logic above adds one when deaths = zero but then does not add one when death is one or more............

In this way if a player at the end of a tour has 500 kills and one death his/her KD ratio is seen as 500:1 and not 250:1 as would be recorded now.

[Dragon Tamer]

You can divide by zero, you get infinity.  Think I'm wrong, prove it. (see signature)

[guncrasher]

you are wrong a number divided by zero has no solution that is different than infinity which means an infinite number of solutions.

semp

[RTHolmes]

thing is AH doesnt actually use K/D, so its correct as it is.

the stat is K/(D+1), or as a better way of looking at it, K/L where L=lives.

this is how its done IRL too - a pilots victory score is K/L, where L is always 1.

[Tilt]

this is how its done IRL too - a pilots victory score is K/L, where L is always 1.

This is of course quite correct    and now thru logic everyone will hence forth refer to said ratio as K:L  and never again as K:D........................  won't they?   

[RTHolmes]

when people say "KD" they are actually just using a contraction of the more clumsy expression "K divided by (brackets) D+1" ...

[Vinkman]

when people say "KD" they are actually just using a contraction of the more clumsy expression "K divided by (brackets) D+1" ...

But that is still wrong. If I kill 500 people without dying, my kills per life is 500/1 = 500. Then if I get killed it becomes 500/2 = 250. But I never got kills with the second life, so why is it relevant or more acurate?


If it is Kills per life, a life is defined as the interval between deaths. It starts as a default of 1, but doesn;t become two until you die the second time.

That's what Tilt's math would do.

I agree 

[LCADolby]

#if it wasnt Deaths + 1 getting 1 kill and no deaths would mean KD = infinity, I think the symbol for infinity would screw up the rankings.

[RTHolmes]

But that is still wrong. If I kill 500 people without dying, my kills per life is 500/1 = 500. Then if I get killed it becomes 500/2 = 250. But I never got kills with the second life, so why is it relevant or more acurate?

no it isnt. 500K, no Deaths = 500K/1L = 500K/L. then you get killed and you get another life so now its 500K/2L = 250K/L.

If it is Kills per life, a life is defined as the interval between deaths.

no it isnt, thats a lifetime. eg. you havent died yet, but you've still had a life ...