@yaxay, it would be pretty impractical to make something like that. We're talking about 2 x 10^9 cells in that table.

You would want to write a query to generate a small part of it (e.g. players who you have played against), along with an aggregate column for players who have played against each other

@BZD
So NOW everyone decides its time to have a top 7 game, huh?!?

No one liked the idea when I suggested it!!!
:)

140 ranks up, and only 6 additonal games =D.

Great. I've played almost half as many games as MadMarx and I'm still in the 800s... booo.

@Kingdroid
You gained fewer than 5 . . . down in the 8-900s, a few points makes a big difference in the rankings, but they get more and more spread out as you go up. For example, I jumped 480 rankings to 63 this month by gaining 145 . Gaining another 145 would probably put me somewhere in the top 20 -- a gain of 40-50 rankings.

@Dave - Its probably because i was nowhere near the top 10 when you mentioned it.

Okay then. Lets have a top 7 GR game which is Dave's idea and a great one :)

Maybe a top 8 game...? :)

I'm all for a top 7 game. TMG is no longer playing on this site, as far as I know, so that would allow dave bishop to play, but I'm boycotting games with dave bishop until he concedes that donate does NOT imply charity! ;-)

Top 8 it is then. Ill send out the invites tonight and set the game up.

It will be 30 hour phases and ill probably keep it open rather than anonymous, unless any of the top 8 have anything specific they would like?

Ack, dropped 12 places. I knew my recent results hadn't been too hot. Still, 75th place isn't too bad I guess.

Eek dropped a lot of places. That's probably because I screwed up my league games.

21 places dropped. League games have, yet again, killed my GR...

Hmmm... 2 draws from league games is what boosted me up so high.

Me too. Damn, I would have wanted to be in that Top 8 game. If someone drops out, I can be a sub if you'll have me :(

@BZD
Sounds great, thanks.

@MM
NEVER!!!!! :)

Ill get on it, expect the invites shortly and anon it will be.

@ Crazy - we would honoured to have you! Lets see if the top 8 are interested in this game first of all.

BZD, you can't just go around accepting any scrub off the street for this game, Crazyter is only #17!! ;-)

Seriously though, if this is to be a top game, #9 should be asked before #10, etc., etc.

PS - I need it anonymous, especially if Crazy's going to be in there, but this whole idea appears to be falling apart, so I may need to pass this one up...

@MM, whaddaya mean, especially if I'm going to be in there?
Besides:
1. I am too low caste to even make it into your highbrow game
2. I don't care who is who anymore, especially if they are all better than me. I'll get killed off right away no matter who is who
3. Perhaps I can disguise myself like Babak did in a recent game. He was so rude, that we all thought he was some newbie! Perhaps I will finally proof and spell all my words correctly, or I will pretend that English is my 2nd language
4. It appears that perhaps I have scared you off. ;)

HAHA, Crazyter, I like to give you a hard time!! :-P

@ MM - I laughed so hard i scared the cat!

The invites are done and its the Top 7 minus TMG and included Mr D Bishop. Just down to who joins now.

@ Crazy - If the next 8 places dont want to join, your in :)

*Including* Stupid fat fingers.

@ BZD - Glad you appreciated my humor, perhaps you can have a word with The Crazy One, I seem to have hit a button (if not two)...

@MM-I am not upset. I tired to find a witty comeback but nothing came to mind.

@BZD-I don't see what could possibly be so funny that you scared your cat. Perhaps it is the idea that I am a scrub off the street. Or perhaps my reference to being in a low caste with all you highbrows. No wait-it must be the disguise you are thinking of doing (like Babak) in the Top 8 game.

How about a commentary thread by us low caste types-we could make snide remarks about the Top 8 game?

how does oen find their rating in such a large list

@DJEcc24
ctrl+F (You're 2734)
@Crazyter
May we make snide remarks together?

oh goodness i suck

@peterwiggin-Yes! I'm starting a thread for it now