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I don't think they calculated it… just Ks and Ds (reply)

Beorn — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 23:35:06 +0000

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How did the Halos handle it? (reply)

ZackDark — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:38:53 +0000

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how this probably went down (reply)

electricpirate — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:50:20 +0000

What's going on here?

I finished a match with 18 kills and 1 death. K/D reported as 18.0 as it should. Later, I finished with 18 kills and ZERO deaths. This should produce a nonsensical ratio given the division by zero, but it also displayed as 18.0.

What's going on here? How can the same number of kills but one more death result in the same K/D ratio?

Here's how this went down.

"Tester: Hey I went 18-0 and the game crashed with a divide by zero exception!"
"Programmer: fixed: if (deaths == 0) deaths++"
"Designer: I'm cool with it."

#include isnotcanon.h (reply)

Beorn — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 02:46:32 +0000

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Interesting Math for K/D (reply)

Monochron — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 02:45:33 +0000

I was about to post this exact thing but you beat me to it : )
Good on ya.

Interesting Math for K/D (reply)

Ragashingo — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 02:42:42 +0000

// Cody Miller will probably complain, but whatever

Nah. They just put that right at the top of the very first file.

Interesting Math for K/D (reply)

ncsuDuncan — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 02:39:06 +0000

ZERO deaths

Every man dies.

Not every man really lives to get 18 kills.

I was thinking about that the other day (reply)

uberfoop — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 02:34:43 +0000

I thought it would divide by 2 if you died once. You know, kills per life, averaged. Guess not...

People would refer to kills per life as the K/L ratio, not K/D.

Interesting Math for K/D (reply)

uberfoop — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 02:30:06 +0000

What's going on here?

// I hate dealing with edge cases

if(player.deaths==0)
{
   player.kd = player.kills; // Cody Miller will probably complain, but whatever
}
else
{
   player.kd = player.kills / player.deaths;
}

I was thinking about that the other day (reply)

Cody Miller — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 01:43:40 +0000

I thought it would divide by 2 if you died once. You know, kills per life, averaged. Guess not...

Nope. You can confirm given it gives you 1.0 if you have equal kills and deaths.

I was thinking about that the other day (reply)

Blue_Blazer_NZ — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 01:42:45 +0000

Most FPS games I've played seem to do this.

I was thinking about that the other day (reply)

ZackDark — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 01:37:58 +0000

I thought it would divide by 2 if you died once. You know, kills per life, averaged. Guess not...

Interesting Math for K/D

Cody Miller — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 01:34:55 +0000

What's going on here?

I finished a match with 18 kills and 1 death. K/D reported as 18.0 as it should. Later, I finished with 18 kills and ZERO deaths. This should produce a nonsensical ratio given the division by zero, but it also displayed as 18.0.

What's going on here? How can the same number of kills but one more death result in the same K/D ratio?