Gnizmo on 13 May 2008
Soriku said:
That's always been like that I think or something. I remember a thread MONTHS ago I think started by Neos about the 100.1% thing and ioi explained why it's like that, but I forget why now. I think he changed it but now it's 100.1% again. IDK. I don't remember much but I know it has happened before and there was a reason. |
It is a rounding error. Any time you round you create a certain amount of inaccuracy within the data that will eventually show itself. Using full numbers is often impractical, if not impossible though, so you have to choose a spot to round that will not significantly affect the end results. ioi clearly feels (and I agree) that when keeping track of market share you only need one decimal place before rounding. Consequently you can get an odd combination of numbers that will result in a slightly higher (or lower) number than expected. For example if the numbers were 33.45, 33.45 and 33.1 that would round to 33.5, 33.5, and 33.1 which adds to 100.1%.
