Yeah, so are you just trollin the forums or did you really miss us and wanna come out an play?

The problem I had with my original formula for 2x for one grade, is I did it competing with C grade sim schools vs my A grade team, this was in the old days when sim school recruiting was very predictable.  I found the number for Two complete grades to be 3X, hence I assumed linearity, and one grade was 2x.  The system is multiplicative however.  It looks something like this:

Grade	Factor	Units	*Difference
4.33	1	10
4	1.2	12
3.67	1.44	14
3.33	1.73	17	1.728
3	2.07	21	1.728
2.67	2.49	25	1.728
2.33	2.99	30	1.728
2	3.58	36	1.728
1.67	4.30	43	1.728
1.33	5.16	52	1.728
1	6.19	62	1.728
0.66	7.43	74	1.728
0.33	8.92	89	1.728
0	10.70	107	1.728

*Difference is the factor from a full grade less from the line we are on, so 30 / 17 is 1.728 and is the difference between a C+ and a B+.

So if a A+ spends 10k, a B+ needs to spend 17k to tie, while a C+ need to spend 30k.  Does that look right to all you guys?  The only thing under debate is the difference between a A+ and a A 20%, if not, the whole thing changes proportionally.  Since LM arrived at 1.7 for a full grade and I arrived at 3.0 for two whole grades, I'd feel somewhat confident this is about how it plays out.  Remind you, I did my work on this subject, maybe 8 YEARS ago, my guess is LM probably 2 or 3 years ago.

As one of you said, it probably has not changed?

Hope this helps, even if not exactly right.

Merry XMAS to all of you!

Posted by oldresorter on 12/8/2011 7:09:00 PM (view original):
The problem I had with my original formula for 2x for one grade, is I did it competing with C grade sim schools vs my A grade team, this was in the old days when sim school recruiting was very predictable.  I found the number for Two complete grades to be 3X, hence I assumed linearity, and one grade was 2x.  The system is multiplicative however.  It looks something like this:

Grade	Factor	Units	*Difference
4.33	1	10
4	1.2	12
3.67	1.44	14
3.33	1.73	17	1.728
3	2.07	21	1.728
2.67	2.49	25	1.728
2.33	2.99	30	1.728
2	3.58	36	1.728
1.67	4.30	43	1.728
1.33	5.16	52	1.728
1	6.19	62	1.728
0.66	7.43	74	1.728
0.33	8.92	89	1.728
0	10.70	107	1.728

*Difference is the factor from a full grade less from the line we are on, so 30 / 17 is 1.728 and is the difference between a C+ and a B+.

So if a A+ spends 10k, a B+ needs to spend 17k to tie, while a C+ need to spend 30k.  Does that look right to all you guys?  The only thing under debate is the difference between a A+ and a A 20%, if not, the whole thing changes proportionally.  Since LM arrived at 1.7 for a full grade and I arrived at 3.0 for two whole grades, I'd feel somewhat confident this is about how it plays out.  Remind you, I did my work on this subject, maybe 8 YEARS ago, my guess is LM probably 2 or 3 years ago.

As one of you said, it probably has not changed?

Hope this helps, even if not exactly right.

Merry XMAS to all of you!

looks right, based on the assumption you are making. i agree that the difference between a+ and a can be larger than any other grades, because of the large range of a+ schools. i do not agree with the final number, but i don't think it is dramatically wrong, either. i was curious to hear the OP respond to how he spent his money, because if he spent it right, it pretty much proves the 1.7 figure wrong (less boosters, of course).

zags - not just trolling the forums, i have a renewed interest in the game, now that i cut back to 1 team. i spent a good year trolling the forums without really playing, which burnt me out and hence my long absence on the forums. and then i spent 6 months or so doing neither, but after the much needed break,  now i am back to being engaged - just to much less of an extreme.