Ranked Match

Ranked Matches are where the vast majority of the playerbase will go when seeking to play the game.

## Lobbies

Selecting Ranked Match in the Online menu will bring you into a lobby. If there are currently no lobbies available, you will start a new one. Anyone can be the host of a lobby, but there are certain restrictions on what rank players can join the lobby based on the rank of the host.

At first, only players who are the same rank as the host can join. After time passes, further ranks will be allowed, but this caps at a difference of 3, meaning that if a Sage hosts a lobby, a Fairy will not be able to join it.

The lobby will stand for 60 seconds, unless if it is full in which case it will stand for 15 seconds. At the end of the time limit, a race will begin on a random track, or it will boot you out if you are the only player.

After the first race, players will be able to leave and rejoin the same lobby, even if the host changes to someone else that they would not normally be able to match with. However, additional players cannot join unless if they would be able to join the given host.

## Points

Completing a race in Ranked Match will give you a certain number of points. These points indicate progress towards the next Rank.

There is no way to lose points except by disconnecting in the middle of a race, in which case you will lose 100 points.

The following chart lists all the bonuses available, as well as how much they give.

The calculation for base score depends on the rank and ending position of each racer relative to yourself. It does not matter by how many places you beat or are beaten by another player, only whether or not you beat them.

For anyone higher ranked than you, you gain 500 points for beating them and lose 5 points for losing to them.

For anyone lower ranked than you, the amount you gain from beating them varies from 10 to 350 points depending on your rank. You will lose twice as many of this value for losing to them.

* If you are a **Villager**, you will gain 10 points for every Fairy you beat and lose 20 points for every Fairy you lose to.
* If you are a **Youkai**, you will gain 100 points for every Fairy or Villager you beat and lose 200 points for every Fairy or Villager you lose to.
* If you are a **Deity**, you will gain 250 points for every Fairy, Villager, or Youkai you beat and lose 500 points for every Fairy, Villager, or Youkai you lose to.
* If you are a **Sage** or **Phantasm**, you will gain 350 points for every rank beneath you that you beat, and lose 700 points for every rank beneath you that you lose to.

For anyone ranked the same as you, you will gain between 10 and 200 points multiplied by a value based on your rank for beating them and lose between 10 and 200 points multiplied by that same value for losing to them. The base value is a hundredth of the absolute value of the difference in your points compared to the other player. In other words, this only is relevant if you are within 20000 points of the other racer, which is very small margin and usually all the calculations will be in increments of 200. The multiplier based on the rank is 1 for if you are a Fairy, Villager, or Youkai. If you are a Deity, it is 2, meaning the range is between 20 and 400, and if you are a Sage or Phantasm, it is 3, making the range between 30 and 600.

The final value after making calculations for every other player in the lobby is clamped between 10 and 1000 points, so there is no way of having a base score below 10 or above 1000.

Additionally, Sages and Phantasms are treated as though they are the same rank in score calculations.

## Ranks

The game has 6 ranks, each one with 9 phases represented by a letter, ranging from C- to A+, these ranks are:

### Fairy

The rank where every player starts. These are the amount of points needed to reach each letter and rank:

**Fairy** **C-**: 0 pts

**Fairy** **C**: 1250 pts

**Fairy** **C+**: 2500 pts

**Fairy** **B-**: 3500 pts

**Fairy** **B**: 5000 pts

**Fairy** **B+**: 6000 pts

**Fairy** **A-**: 7000 pts

**Fairy** **A**: 8000 pts

**Fairy** **A+**: 9000 pts

### Villager

The 2nd rank in the game, the player needs at least 10,000 pts to reach this rank. These are the amount of points needed to reach each letter:

**Villager** **C-**: 10,000 pts

**Villager** **C**: 12,500 pts

**Villager** **C+**: 25,000 pts

**Villager** **B-**: 35,000 pts

**Villager** **B**: 50,000 pts

**Villager** **B+**: 60,000 pts

**Villager** **A-**: 70,000 pts

**Villager** **A**: 80,000 pts

**Villager** **A+**: 90,000 pts

### Youkai

The 3rd rank in the game, the player needs at least 100,000 pts to reach this rank. These are the amount of points needed to reach each letter:

**Youkai** **C-**: 100,000 pts

**Youkai** **C**: 102,500 pts

**Youkai** **C+**: 110,000 pts

**Youkai** **B-**: 120,000 pts

**Youkai** **B**: 150,000 pts

**Youkai** **B+**: 180,000 pts

**Youkai** **A-**: 210,000 pts

**Youkai** **A**: 240,000 pts

**Youkai** **A+**: 270,000 pts

### Deity

The 4th rank in the game. The player needs at least 300,000 pts to reach this rank. These are the amount of points needed to reach each letter:

**Deity** **C-**: 300,000 pts

**Deity** **C**: 325,000 pts

**Deity** **C+**: 350,000 pts

**Deity** **B-**: 400,000 pts

**Deity** **B**: 500,000 pts

**Deity** **B+**: 600,000 pts

**Deity** **A-**: 700,000 pts

**Deity** **A**: 800,000 pts

**Deity** **A+**: 900,000 pts

### Sage

The 5th rank in the game, where most top players are. The player needs at least 1,000,000 pts to reach this rank. These are the amount of points needed to reach each letter:

**Sage** **C-**: 1,000,000 pts

**Sage** **C**: 1,500,000 pts

**Sage** **C+**: 2,000,000 pts

**Sage** **B-**: 2,500,000 pts

**Sage** **B**: 3,000,000 pts

**Sage** **B+**: 3,500,000 pts

**Sage** **A-**: 4,000,000 pts

**Sage** **A**: 4,500,000 pts

**Sage** **A+**: 4,750,000 pts

### Phantasm

The last rank in the game and the hardest to get. Currently, only 36 people (across 38 accounts) have reached this rank. The player needs at least 5,000,000 pts to reach this rank. These are the amount of points needed to reach each letter:

**Phantasm** **C-**: 5,000,000 pts

**Phantasm** **C**: 5,500,000 pts

**Phantasm** **C+**: 6,000,000 pts

**Phantasm** **B-**: 6,500,000 pts

**Phantasm** **B**: 7,000,000 pts

**Phantasm** **B+**: 7,500,000 pts

**Phantasm** **A-**: 8,000,000 pts

**Phantasm** **A**: 9,000,000 pts

**Phantasm** **A+**: 10,000,000 pts

## Factions

Factions are the way used to determine a player's ability, by default you can only range between 3 factions: Dovish, Middle and Hawkish, but you can get the factions Copper, Silver and Gold in tournaments.

The faction you get depends on your win rate against other players, factoring in the difference in your ranks. If you lose to ranks beneath your own, you will be much more likely to end up Dovish, compared to losing to someone ranked higher. Similarly, beating higher ranked players gains you much more progress towards being Hawkish, compared to beating players ranked beneath you.

The factions this game has are:

### Dovish

 If the player has a low win rate, said player will usually be in this faction.

### Neutral

 If the player has a balanced win rate, said player will usually be in this faction.

### Hawkish

 If the player has a high win rate, said player will usually be in this faction.

### Copper

 If the player reaches the finals in an official tournament, or the 2nd-3rd place in an unofficial tournament, said player will be in this faction. This will also show up as a copper crown next to the player's name on the Ranking Site.

### Silver

 If the player reaches the 2nd or 3rd place in an official tournament, or wins an unofficial tournament, said player will be in this faction. This will also show up as a silver crown next to the player's name on the Ranking Site.

### Gold

 If the player wins an official tournament, said player will be in this faction. This will also show up as a golden crown next to the player's name on the Ranking Site.