Quote from AzarelOh.. but what about Vern's Serra? It says that she's a B rank gladiator.
Quote from FalconHonestly, that's probably something you should ask Vern himself about. Tbh I think we can use different ranks if we wanted to, I just chose to use what was in the Vague thread.
Quote from ChromeChecked the thread, and the exact words used were "B-tier." I think I realized why I was surprised to hear you say that about a ranking system, because I interpreted "B-tier" as more to the effect of "B-list," which may or may not be synonymous. Think celebrities. Most popular celebrities and actors and stuff that you'll think of off the top of your head get called "A-list" or celebs, because they're names everybody has usually heard of before. Ones you might've heard of before, but don't hear about all the time are usually referred to as "B-list" or "C-list." People who are "famous" but nobody really knows about get called "D-list" celebs. Obviously I'm not Vern, so I can't confirm anything on his behalf, but I'm pretty sure that's what Vern was implying about Serra -- that she's a B-list gladiator/celebrity, meaning people generally know of her, and she probably doesn't lose a whole lot if ever, but she isn't like... the definitive gladiator.
Chrome is surprisingly accurate.
You're free to use what's in the Vague City thread. I myself never touched it or put any of my own stuff in it cause I think it's mostly spunk. Richard ranks his gladiators by sheer level of power, which is fine. It's one way of doing things, and just because you're from one power level doesn't mean you're barred from fighting people with other power levels. The way I approach it is different. The RHG corporation may have an internal adminstration ranking gladiators by power but "OP4" doesn't mean jack shit if you still lose every battle you're in. Someone who has mastered fighting with a knife will always win out against the dude who can destroy continents, but doesn't know how to. No, in my vision gladiators are ranked by one thing only: Popularity. Victories and obedience to the corporation of course help a whole lot, but are ultimately irrelevant if you steal the show every single time. They're a corporation, they're only concerned about making money and making sure that the people who make them the most bank are put centerstage.
There's effectively six tiers: The F tier, which is basically the joke tier. It's where all the gladiators with ridiculous powers go to, such as glue manipulation or the ability to turn into a tiny horse. It's basically just comedy. The rest of the tier lists works pretty much like Chrome described, D-tier is just wannabes and losers, C-tier is the unremarkable and mediocre, B-tier are the competent ones that don't quite cut it, and the A-tier are your actual celebrity-gladiators. Then there's the S-tier which is basically reserved for those handfuls that achieve 'immortality' because they're so iconic, if you need an example think FLLFFL.
Serra loses a lot. She also wins a lot. Basically she just fights a lot, but doesn't really stand out quite enough to be A-tier. The fact that she's so underwhelming is the whole point of her character.
Quote from Also FalconWell that would make sense. Just a question, but have we ever thought of having actual ranks or something? Like if you got a certain score in the hall, you would get a certain title, and would manage to keep said title even if your score goes down? Something like that?
As far as I know I myself and a handful of others have had quite a few ideas of implementing such a system but the issue is that there simply isn't enough activity to warrant such a thing. We couldn't implement a system more complex than the Hall simply because people either leave this place after a short while, or become incredibly inactive after a while (cue literally every single vet in the WL). I mean Lobotomizer hasn't written anything in ages and they're still on top of the leaderboard simply because nobody (barring Azure) has ever put in enough effort to rack up enough of a score to surpass them. An argument could be made for Crank, but he's instead put that effort into spars, which is laudable.
TL;DR - Good luck ever implementing a ranking system and getting enough traction to make it work.