Tournaments Rankings? How does it work?

[sisterbear]

I play in the tourament arena alot lately and I was just wondering how the ranking # is figured. Obviously winning a tourment gets you points, but how many? do you get points for 2nd place, more points for the 50 vs the 175 tournemnts?
What is conisdered a "good" ranking?

I remember in the newspaper section it used to have a leaderboard but I could not find it either.

Thanks for your help.

[webkinz_girlyx0]

A "good' ranking is anything that gets you kinzcash.

[monkeecj]

I spent all morning today playing tournaments and attempting to answer your questions! This is the data I came up with.

I tried to get a variety of positions in the tournaments to answer your question of if different places get different points, and I also did it in both the 50 and 175 point tournaments to answer your question of if they differ:

What I was surprised to notice is that there IS a catalog of the scoring criteria in the tournament arena! If you go to "Prizes and Statistics" and click the Information "i," it will give you the process by which the points are determined... However, these DO NOT compare to the empirical results that I received during my testing! This is what I found:

50 prize Tournament

1st place - 5 points
2nd place - 2 points
3rd place - 2 points
4th place - 1 point
5th place - 0 points
Below 5th place - 0 points

175 prize Tournament

1st place - 5 points
2nd place - 3 points
3rd place - 2 points
4th place - 2 points
5th place - 1 point
6th place - 1 point
7th place - 1 point
Below 7th place - 0 points

Note: 8th place in the 175 tournament MAY give 1 point (I did not place 8th while testing)

What I found interesting is that the 50 tournament adds 2 points to the rating in both second AND third places! Also, that differs from the 175 tournament because the latter gives 3 for second and 2 for third. You can see there are definitely more points for the 175 tournament than the 50 one.

As for your question of what a "good" ranking is... That is difficult to answer because it varies from person to person and there isn't really a certain mark to cross that makes your rating better than anyone else's. The highest ranking I have seen on WI is 9377. I think that a very good ranking is anywhere above 1000. I don't play in the tournament arena often at all, but when I do I usually win (because I play Polar Plunge!) and my ranking is currently 514, so I think that's pretty average. I think that anywhere above 1000 is a VERY good ranking to have.

They took out the leaderboard in the Newzpaper when they removed the high scores list. Hopefully it will return someday with accurate information.

[monkeecj]

Here's what Ganz's instructions say the winnings should be:

50 prize Tournament

1st place - 3 points
2nd place - 2 points
3rd place - 1 point
4th place - 0 points
5th place - 0 points
Below 5th place - 0 points

175 prize Tournament

1st place - 5 points
2nd place - 3 points
3rd place - 2 points
4th place - 2 points
5th place - 1 point
6th place - 1 point
7th place - 1 point
8th place - 1 point
Below 8th place - 0 points

So it looks like the 50 tournament is WAY off, but the 175 is completely correct as long as an 8th place finish rewards 1 point! I wonder why the one is wrong and the other correct?

That's all the information I can give you. I hope you found what you were looking for.

[sisterbear]

Thanks so much for the information! I have one acct over 1000. I have won 100 tournaments on this acct. It is the acct that I will play the quick games on ant mania, wacky zingo, stack solitare, get 11, and picnic everyday. I spent 10-15 minutes and get a little extra kc and maybe win and get some extra...kind of keeps me interrested when webkinz gets mundane.

I wish they had a trophy for rankings, I know they have the badge for winning now. It would be more fun and I;m sure more people would play if there was prizes or rewards!