Small new feature: UFC picking tiers

There's a small new feature that you'll see in UFC event discussion threads.

Everyone who regularly makes UFC picks will be placed into a leaderboard with tiers like Bronze, Gold, Platinum and Diamond. I'm sure there will be questions so here's how it works:

Everyone's tier is automatically calculated based on the last 8 UFC events. So whatever points you had on your picks for those events, they are all rolled up into a total. And then everyone is ranked based on those totals.

After each UFC event is finalized, the numbers and leaderboard will recalculate. What used to be the 8th oldest UFC event will become the 9th oldest event and will no longer be included in the results. And the event that was just finalized will get included. Note that the tiers and leaderboard don't change with partial results midway through an event. It's only once the full event is finished that the leaderboard is reset.

To rise up into the highest tiers you almost certainly want to make sure you get all your picks in. Just cherry-picking the easy fights or the main card only will result in you having almost no chance to be highly ranked!

Other things you can expect to see soon: 

• More leagues beyond the UFC will get their own leaderboards (not all leagues will use 8 events, some will be different)
• An actual leaderboard page will be created outside of the discussion threads. But for now you can only see this stuff in the forum.
• There might be adjustments to the tiers in terms of how many people end up in each of them, and how hard it is to get to the highest tiers.

This is kind of a beta / new feature so be patient with any issues.

Feel free to drop any questions here.

* Edited at 09.15.2023, 3:20 PM ET *

@foppa420 

it's a cool idea but I'll just be straightforward about this one: what you've just described is quite complex!!! there are a number of really important AND easier / less complex things that will probably be occupying us for quite a while.

Are Bellator and PFL pick rankings combined under "PFL"?

no, they are separate promotions in the Tapology database