Top Ten Armies: 12/29/13 || The Top Ten Armies of 2013

Along with the weekly Top Ten, today CPA Central commemorates the Top Ten Armies of 2013 with a whole range of statistics put together over the past couple of weeks. 

1. Rebel Penguin Federation [+0] [85.00] 

2. Dark Warriors [+0] [83.00] 

3. Nachos [+2] [82.33]

4. Army of CP [-1] [81.34] 

5. Ice Warriors [-1] [70.28] 

6. Light Troops [+3] [68.88]

7. Army Republic [-2] [67.88] 

8. Doritos [+0] [63.42] 

9. Water Vikings [-2] [63.03] 

10. Water Ninjas [+0] [54.60]

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Close to the Top Ten: 

11. Special Weapons and Tactics [+2] 

12. Redemption Force [-2] 

13. United Penguin Army [NEW!] 

14. Striking Raiders [NEW!] 

15. Metal Warriors [+0] 

The full statistics can be found here. 

This week, as the 2013 year comes closer and closer to an end, we asked for your thoughts on this year. Was it better than 2012? The majority of you seemed to think so; see the full results below.

New polls released every Sunday!

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The Top Ten, released every Sunday, has become such a vital part of CPAC that we continue to explore new ways to edit and hopefully perfect it. Since the introduction of the new Top Ten Formula, it has been possible to keep a record of the full statistics per week in an Excel Document and save it onto my computer. While at this point, the statistics only reach from October and on, two of CPAC’s contributors — Boomer20 and Puckley — have put together this comprehensive group of statistics to commemorate the Top Ten Armies of 2013, all the way since January. A full explanation of calculations and further statistics will come after the Top Ten.

The Top Ten Armies of 2013

1. Nachos [391] [2.333]

2. Army of CP [352] [3.100]

3. Dark Warriors [346] [3.216]

4. Army Republic [315] [3.824]

5. Ice Warriors [286] [4.392]

6. Rebel Penguin Federation [243] [5.235]

7. Doritos [179] [6.490]

8. Water Vikings [126] [7.529] 

9. Light Troops [116] [7.725]

10. Special Weapons and Tactics [112] [7.804] 

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Close to the Top Ten: 

11. Hot Sauce Army [103] [7.898] 

12. Pirates [68] [8.612] 

13. Underground Mafias Army [55] [8.878] 

14. Golden Troops [43] [9.122] 

15. Shadow Troops [11] [9.776] 

Now, for a short explanation before we move into other statistics. The number closest to the army’s name — [391] for the Nachos, [352] for the Army of CP, et cetera — is simple addition. For every first place ranking through the year, an army received ten points. For every second place ranking, an army received nine points. For every third place ranking, eight points, and so on, until one point for every tenth place ranking. Armies received no points for being in the 11-15 area. So the numbers you see like 391, 352, 346, is simple addition of the army’s Top Ten places.

The second number — [2.333] for the Nachos, [3.100] for the Army of CP, et cetera — is an averaging of all the rankings, which is surprisingly simple. The total for the Nachos — the number 391 — was divided by the number of weeks; fifty-one. Keep in mind that the statistics from this week where not in the total for the year. 391 divided by 51 leaves us with a little more than 7 and 2/3. That number 7 and 2/3 was subtracted from 10, leaving us with 2.333, the Nachos’ average Top Ten ranking for the year. The same process was done for each of the above armies. In summary, the first number is simple addition of the army’s rankings throughout the year, and the second number is their average ranking in the CPAC Top Ten this year.

Above, you see the full chart of the rankings I just described, as well as an overview of the number of times these armies have been in the Top Three or Top Five. Keep in mind that when an army receives one point in the “Top Three” category, they are also consequently in the “Top Five” — so they receive one point in that category as well.

The First Place Rankings

Ah, the coveted number one spot. Entire wars have been waged over it, and armies all across the community covet this spot. Due to this, Puckley was also kind enough to put together multiple statistics regarding that coveted spot. First, here’s a list of the ten highest scores this year (out of 100.)

1. Nachos (99.25)

2. Rebel Penguin Federation (99.00)

3. Nachos (98.00)

4. Nachos (97.96)

5T. Nachos (2)* (97.75)

5T. Hot Sauce Army (97.75)

7. Nachos (97.00)

8T. Nachos (2)* (96.88)

8T. Rebel Penguin Federation (96.88)

10. Nachos (96.00)

*The (2) indicates that the army received this score twice throughout the year. 

Though the Nachos, Rebel Penguin Federation, and Hot Sauce Army take the cake for the ten highest scores of the year, many other armies did have spots at first throughout the year. Those statistics are below.

Of course, the first place spot can be easy or difficult on any given week depending on how well those armies around you did. Out of 100, armies have scored as close to perfect as 99.25. Armies have also reached first with scores lower than 70.00, as shown in this chart.

And finally, here is a lovely calendar displaying first place rankings per week. The year begins with many ties, as seen in January and throughout February, until the Nachos begin to take hold of the first place ranking consistently in March. They hold this rank until May, when they are challenged for dominance by the Hot Sauce Army. Following HSA’s downfall, the Nachos once again claim the number one spot consistently until they front off with the Rebel Penguin Federation during the summer. As the war between RPF and the Nachos comes to an end, the Army Republic is able to hold the first place spot for two weeks as the summer ends. Throughout September, the Nachos and RPF continue to fight for the number one spot, until the Doritos seem to get a stable grasp on it come the middle of October. Throughout November, the army changes weekly until the Dark Warriors hold the spot consistently for three weeks. Most recently, the Rebel Penguin Federation was ranked Number One.

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I hope these statistics have helped to put the Top Ten throughout the year in perspective for all of you. I’d like to send out a sincere thanks to Puckley and Boomer20, who not only thought up the idea for this post but have been so important in making it happen. I hope this can become a running post here at CPAC come the end of each year. Comment with YOUR opinions on this week’s Top Ten and the Top Ten Armies of 2013!

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Puckley

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