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crissindahouse said:

Ajescent said:

crissindahouse said:

Ajescent said:

 

Really not sure why people are struggling with this. A gold is worth more than silver which is worth more than bronze. Counting by tally belittles the golds achieved.

If you want to be higher up the tables, earn more golds, it really is that simple.

But I agree, some sports give out way too many medals why some hardly give out any.

yes a gold is more worth than one or maybe even three silver but a nation earning 2 gold isn't better than a nation earning one gold and 20 silver so 20 silver should be more worth than one gold. it is against every logic to say a country with one more gold but 30 less medals was better and deserves to have a better place.

A gold will always be infinitely more than a billion silvers, That's just how it works.

Everyone knows if they want to be ranked higher, they need to step up their game. 

The system is not broken.

If it makes you feel better, pretend a gold is worth 10,000 points a silver 100 points and bronze 1

that just makes no sense. i know that this is the system but it just makes no sense. it is destroying the worth of a second and third place hugely. the second and third place are worth almost nothing because of that system. no clue how someon can think a system which makes even the second place almost worthless is a good system just because they had this system alrady 100years or so ago and wonÄt change it. if we would have a point system for 100 years now no one would think a country with one fiorst place should rank higher than a country with 30 second places. i',m pretty sure you would also think that is a bad idea if you wouldn#t know this system since you live. you are just used to it.

But...isn't that the point of the competition? First place is what everyone wants no? This is the height of competition, not a bunch of 9yr olds on Sport's day.

The old rules used to be "Gold of get the fuzz out" because that was what everyone wanted until they eventually introduced silver and bronze.

I've said it once before, I'll say it again.

ask ANY athlete what colour they REALLY want and they will all say Gold. If you start count silvers and bronze as the equal to Gold then Gold becomes meaningless and we might as well go back to the "gold or get the fuzz out" years, because that's esscentially what you are asking for.