Metaverse wierdness

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Assuming Stardock hasn't just unleashed the lab monkeys, there seems to be something afoot with the Metaverse scores.

I'm *guessing* that what's happening is that when the final score is calculated, old scores are recalculated using the new fomula, but the history is still showing the old scores as-is.

Can one of the local deities confirm this? And are old scores going to be retro-fitted individually?

~SDC~
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
I obviously can't confirm this but my own final score is higher than the one derived using the scores listed in my score list and the existing sqrt formula.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
I wondered that. Because versions are quite different, wouldn't each require a different retrofit? If there's a scoring quirk that involves just one party choice for example are they going to look through and only adjust for that choice. Or is every score on that version going to be penalized even if they didn't take the quirky party.
Or did they just work out an end adjustment thinking (well this version scores an average of x higher so we'll deduct x from all scores with that version) And will tech wins that the computer finished first now be considered losses? I certainbly believe they should though there are Legit arguments both ways.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
No. I think what's happening is that the recorded score and version for each game is stored as part of our player profile, so each score goes on permanent record using the score formula at the time it was sumbitted. However, the final score is recalculated each time using for the 'raw' data from each game, but using the 'current' scoring formula. So there's a difference between our profile's score for game x, and the score for game x in the final score's calculation. Our profiles aren't (yet) being updated with scores recalculated using the old data and the new formula, hence the discrepancy.

~SDC~