Originally posted by Zazen13
I---There is a large core of players for each country that identify exclusively with that country, these people tend not to migrate, it is this core that serves as the statistical basis for each country. This core far outweighs the relative impact of numerical disparity fluctuations and the natural migration of players.
This is a statistical given. What explains the disparity between country K/D totals? Skill? Flying style? An artifact of numbers advantages or disadvantages? Is the core group for Rooks just larger than the other core groups?
Your theory presupposes that players randomly change countries and that this randomness cancels itself out, leaving behind only the impact of the core country members. Do we really know that players randomly switch sides? One could argue, for example, that players hate being outnumbered and switch disproportionately to the country with the most numbers. You would then witness a double whammy where more players leave Bishops and Knights for Rooks than leave for each other
and Rooks would enjoy relatively fewer defectors than other countries. Such a phenomenon could likewise explain the persistence of lopsided country numbers over time.
Obviously, this would work for any team -- not just Rooks -- that consistently outnumbers other teams during prime time (when most of the daily killing occurs). You could point out that Rooks did not always enjoy prime time numbers advantages in the last year, but bear in mind that this becomes an issue of
magnitude more than anything. If one country outnumbered the others 1.5 to 1 for six months and another outnumbered the others 2 to 1 for the remaining six months, we expect that the latter country achieved more kills and a higher K/D ratio relative to the first country. That presumes, of course, a linear relationship between the number of players on a side and the average K/D ratio.
My point is that there are alternative and in-depth explanations for what you're observing.
-- Todd/Leviathn
